Month: July 2024

Winston Nguyen, a NYC math teacher-turned-“Jeopardy!” champ, has surrendered himself to authorities over child porn charges … according to multiple reports. The educator — who worked at the swanky Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights — turned himself over to Brooklyn prosecutors on Thursday … a month after he was accused of catfishing minors and
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The British Dyslexia Association has appointed Ellen Broomé, former managing director of two Coram Group organisations, as its next chief executive. Broomé will take up the top job at the BDA, which advocates for people with dyslexia and related learning difficulties, on 1 October. She succeeds Chivonne Preston, who is stepping down after two years
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Justin Baldoni and his wife, Emily Baldoni, have been together for over a decade and share two children. The Jane the Virgin star still gushes about his life partner at every opportunity. “I had made the same mistake so many times, searching for something in a package that I thought I would want,” he told
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Allow Sha’Carri Richardson to reintroduce herself. Three years ago, the track star made history at the Tokyo Olympic trials with a record-breaking run in the 100-meter dash. But it was her fiery orange wig, full face beat, and crystal-studded acrylic nails—a look she described at the time as “loud and encouraging and, honestly, dangerous”—that cemented
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Play video content BACKGRID Kesha is clawing back at Sen. J.D. Vance over his disdain for “childless cat ladies” — she’s wearing his insult as a badge of honor, and firing some expletives his way … just for good measure. The “Joyride” singer rolled up to LAX Thursday, and a photog asked her about Donald
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Play video content MTV Macy Gray says she’s got a simple, if not fully legal, formula for keeping her spirits up — and she’s copping to it … on camera! The singer casually revealed the boozy secret to her happiness during Wednesday’s premiere of MTV’s “The Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets.” The celebrity contestants were
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AMC Entertainment had some good news today as long talks with lenders have resulted in collaborative refinancing transactions that extend up to $2.45 million in debt maturities from 2026 to 2029 and beyond. The company called the deals “transformative” and said they’ll strengthen the balance sheet, pave the way for future de-levering, and align the
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Baltasar Kormákur was in a reflective mood at the Taormina Film Festival, where his romantic drama Touch had its Italian premiere this past week. The Icelandic filmmaker compared Touch to his first feature, 2000’s 101 Reykjavik. The former was “a black comedy about love,” while Touch is “a way more sincere approach to love and
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EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios/Disney‘s Deadpool & Wolverine finally opens this weekend, not only further rebounding the post-strike box office to a healthy place, but also revitalizing the MCU’s brilliance. It was only last November that the studio fell on hard times with its lowest opening ever in The Marvels at $46.1M U.S./$110M worldwide. The current range
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Focus Features said Tuesday that it has set Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming spy drama Black Bag for a March 14, 2025 theatrical release. The high-stakes mystery stars Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender alongside Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. Producers are Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs. Focus’ upcoming fall slate includes the
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There’s joy in toon town today as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing animated movie ever at the worldwide box office. With $1,462.8M through Tuesday, the sequel has surpassed Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen II ($1.454B). Disney has seven of the Top 10 animated movies ever globally, five of which are from Pixar. Directed
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Edgar Wright’s cult classic horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead will be back in theaters across the U.S. in late summer as Focus Features re-releases the Edgar Wright film to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Starting August 29, Shaun of the Dead will begin an exclusive limited engagement at Dolby Cinema at AMC theaters. The zombie movie will be fully remastered
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Lupita Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sandra Oh have been cast in Shakespeare in the Park‘s summer 2025 production of Twelfth Night. The show will mark the return of the Public Theater‘s summertime mainstay after an overhaul of its Central Park home, the Decacorte Theater. For decades, the Public has offered productions of
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