Brett Favre rebukes criticism of alleged role in Mississippi welfare fraud scandal

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died aged 87.

A team of painters were at work this week restoring the mega-photographed Hollywood sign, a mission that carries a perverse irony.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Pitt didn't speak for a while after they ended their engagement more than 20 years ago, but they've since reconnected and formed a sweet bond.READ: Gwyneth Paltrow shares insight into dating history and married lifeThe Oscar winner, 50, who interviewed Brad, 58, for her lifestyle brand Goop earlier this year, told Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday, October 19, that she's happy to have the Bullet Train star back in her life.Gwyneth Paltrow shares rare Brad Pitt story"When we first broke up, we weren't friends for a while and then we sort of found our way back, probably about 18 or 19 years ago, something like that, and then just kind of stayed in touch over the years," Gwyneth told the outlet.MORE: Gwyneth Paltrow shares rare family photos—and her son looks so grown up!RELATED: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's six children are growing up fast—all the detailsThe pair began dating after meeting on the set of the movie Se7en in 1994 and got engaged in 1996 before splitting later that year. "I wasn't ready, and he was too good for me," Gwyneth said of Brad in a 2015 Howard Stern interviewIn an interview with Vanity Fair in 2000, the mother of two said that she lost her identity while dating Brad.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE“Aftershock” (Hulu)“The Automat” (A Slice of Pie Productions)“Descendant” (Netflix)“Fire of Love” (National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon)“Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” (Briarcliff Entertainment)“Good Night Oppy” (Amazon Studios)“The Janes” (HBO)“Moonage Daydream” (HBO/Neon)“Navalny” (HBO/CNN/Warner Bros. Pictures)“Sidney” (Apple TV+)BEST DIRECTORJudd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio – “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO)Margaret Brown – “Descendant” (Netflix)Sara Dosa – “Fire of Love” (National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon)Reginald Hudlin – “Sidney” (Apple TV+)Brett Morgen – “Moonage Daydream” (HBO/Neon)Laura Poitras – “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (HBO/Neon)Daniel Roher – “Navalny” (HBO/CNN/Warner Bros.

EXCLUSIVE: It’s official. Oscar nominee Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones franchise) will be taking over the Marvel role of General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, beginning with Phase 5 title Captain America: New World Order. He’ll star there opposite Anthony Mackie, with Shira Haas, Tim Blake Nelson and Carl Lumbly also amongst the ensemble.

Clayton Davis The Critics Choice Documentary Awards announced its nominees where Sara Dosa’s lava-fueled love story “Fire of Love” led the field with seven nominations including best documentary feature and director. Co-distributed by National Geographic and Neon, the film’s Ryan White’s “Good Night Oppy,” the moving reflection on the Mars rovers, received a hearty six-nom tally including editing and score. “This year’s nominees prove that documentaries of all lengths and formats are advancing nonfiction media like never before,” said Christopher Campbell, Co-President of the Critics Choice Association Documentary Branch.

Jenna Lyons is former President and Executive Creative Director of J.Crew Group, where she was widely recognized as the creative force behind the American retail chain’s phenomenal rise from floundering catalogue chain to one of the most coveted fashion brands in the US. Jenna is now Co-Founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer beauty brand, LoveSeen, and resides in New York City with her son Beckett.Sai De Silva is an Afro-Latina, born and raised in New York. She is the creative director of Scout the City, which originated as a passion project blog and quickly evolved into an online lifestyle destination.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Chinonye Chukwu (Clemency), speaking at a Saturday night reception following the European premiere at the BFI London Film Festival of acclaimed film Till, told about how Mamie Till Mobley sought justice after the lynching of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Louis Till, in Mississippi in 1955. She told us that “There were quite a few people who wanted this role,” but Danielle Deadwyler “was meant to play it.”

A western Mississippi town is mourning the loss of a police officer after she was shot and killed in the line of duty on Tuesday. Greenville police Detective Myiesha Stewart, 30, was killed Tuesday afternoon while responding to a shooting near the intersection of U.S. Highway 82 and Mississippi Highway 1, according to WLOX in Biloxi.

opened Thursday night on Broadway, is mostly in tune.  The August Wilson play’s greatest asset is its young leads John David Washington and Danielle Brooks, both of whom are already widely admired, but display an altogether new and enticing range of skills. 2 hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 W.

“Every movie needs a rabbi,” the great and grumpy Robert Altman once warned fellow filmmakers. “You need at least one important critic to champion your cause.”

Former Central Intelligence Agency officer David Priess defended being a signatory on a letter with more than two dozen other current and former intel agents and experts who claimed the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop bombshell looked like a "Russian information operation." In October 2020, the Post broke the story about how then-Wilmington computer shopkeeper John-Paul Mac Isaac came into possession of the laptop first son Hunter Biden left at his store near Trolley Square.  A copy of the hard drive was provided to the FBI and another to former New York City Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. "It is for all these reasons that we write to say that the arrival on the US political scene of emails purportedly belonging to Vice President Biden’s son Hunter, much of it related to his time serving on the Board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," Priess and fellow signatories wrote in-part.

Ethan Shanfeld For nearly three decades, Spoon has been quietly building one of modern rock’s most robust discographies. Over the years the Austin outfit, founded by frontman Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno, has put out multiple alternative hits, including “Inside Out,” “Sister Jack,” “The Underdog” and “Do You,” and scored a handful of Top 5 albums on the Billboard rock charts. Released in February, the band’s first studio album in five years, “Lucifer on the Sofa,” seems a solid Grammy contender in the alternative and rock categories. Coming off a North American tour and ahead of the release of companion remix album “Lucifer on the Moon” (featuring “Sofa” songs reworked by Adrian Sherwood), Daniel spoke with Variety about the state of rock in 2022, the problems with touring during COVID and why he mourns the golden age of radio.

Brad Pitt is denying new allegations from Angelina Jolie.

Brad Pitt poured red wine and beer over his own children and pushed ex-wife Angelina Jolie against a wall during a bout of violence on a private jet, it is alleged. The Fight Club star, 58, is accused by Jolie of “choking” one of their children and striking another in the face as the family flew back home to Los Angeles in 2016. Jolie, 47, said Pitt was “physically and emotionally abusive” to her and the children, bringing their 12-year relationship to an immediate end and prompting her to file for divorce.