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Giannis Antetokounmpo and his sons are looking so handsome on the red carpet!

“We lost over 500 people in D.C. last year to overdoses, both people who are intentionally using opioids and people whose drugs are laced with opioids who don’t know it,” says Alexandra Bradley, the outreach and community engagement manager for the D.C.-based harm reduction organization HIPS, Inc., which serves communities impacted by sex work and substance abuse.“We’ve seen fentanyl show up in cocaine and methamphetamine and other drugs, which are stimulants,” notes Bradley.

“We lost over 500 people in D.C. last year to overdoses, both people who are intentionally using opioids and people whose drugs are laced with opioids who don’t know it,” says Alexandra Bradley, the outreach and community engagement manager for the D.C.-based harm reduction organization HIPS, Inc., which serves communities impacted by sex work and substance abuse.“We’ve seen fentanyl show up in cocaine and methamphetamine and other drugs, which are stimulants,” notes Bradley.

Milwaukee teen Sade Carleena Robinson has been missing for over a week as gruesome clues continue to emerge. And sadly, her mother can’t help but fear the worst. Sheena Scarbrough had no idea

Lauren Graham aka Lorelai Gilmore is going on a six-show ‘Have I Told You This Already Book Tour’ with actor Sam Pancake in support of her New York Times best-selling story collection with the same name.In the book, “Graham shares personal stories about her life and career — from her early days spent pounding the pavement while waitressing in New York City, to living on her aunt’s couch during her first Los Angeles pilot season, to thoughts on aging gracefully in Hollywood,” according to her website.“I had so many jobs at the same time,” Graham explained on the Today Show. “I didn’t expect it to be as hard as it was at times…you have to earn New York’s respect.”As of now, last-minute tickets are available for a handful of the “Parenthood” star’s shows.Based on our findings, prices start anywhere from $30 to $61 before fees on Vivid Seats at the time of publication.Want to see how much it will cost to catch one of TV’s wittiest actresses live this spring?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Lauren Graham’s ‘Have I Told You This Already Book Tour’ below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all available tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Tristan Thompson has been suspended from the NBA for 25 games, without pay, for violating the NBA/NBPA anti-drug program.

The Last Dinner Party have announced a tour across North America for 2024.The UK baroque-pop band will be heading across the pond in March, April, July and August in support of their debut album ‘Prelude To Ecstasy‘, which is out February 2.The group will begin the 20-date stint at Lunario in Mexico City on March 19, making stops in Boston, New York, Toronto, Portland, San Francisco and more, before they wrap up at The Complex in Salt Lake City on August 7. Miss Grit will also perform as support across select dates.Pre-sale starts Tuesday (January 23) at 10am ET, ahead of general sale Friday (January 26) at 10am ET from here.A post shared by THE LAST DINNER PARTY (@thelastdinnerparty)“North America Dinner Guests!!! We are thrilled to unveil that we will be gracing your beauteous towns and charming cities from March, with support from @miss_grit,” the band shared on Instagram.“Chime the bells, flare the beacons, and signal the alarms to secure thy tickets swiftly!”MARCH19 – Mexico City, MX, Lunario21 – Austin, TX, Scoot Inn22 – Dallas, TX, The Studio at The Factory 24 – Boston, MA, Royale Boston*26 – New York, NY, Webster Hall*27 – Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Steel* 29 – Montreal, QC, Le Studio TD*30 – Toronto, ON, The Concert Hall*31 – Detroit, MI, The Majestic Theatre*APRIL2 – Columbus, OH, Newport Music Hall*4 – Minneapolis, MN, First Avenue*5 – Milwaukee, WI, Turner Hall Ballroom*9 – Portland, OR, McMenamins Crystal Ballroom*10 – Vancouver, BC, Hollywood Theatre*11 – Seattle, WA, The Showbox*14 – Phoenix, AZ, Crescent Ballroom*16 – San Francisco, CA, Bimbo’s 365 Club*JULY 31 – Kansas City, MO at The TrumanAUGUST2 – St. Charles, IA, Hinterland Festival6 – Englewood, CO, Gothic Theatre7 – Salt Lake City, UT, The Complex*with

Willie Nelson, 90, just extended his 2024 tour schedule, adding an additional 13 concerts to his calendar.That includes gigs in Lincoln, Milwaukee, Des Moines and other prominent midwestern cities.At all shows, Nelson performs alongside his backing band, Family, made up of touring musicians like harmonicist Mickey Raphael and drummer Billy English, whom he’s played with since the mid-’70s.They don’t phone it in, either.Based on our findings, the group plays anywhere from a dozen to 20+ songs at live shows, according to Set List FM.And if you want to sing along with the world’s most active nonagenarian — by our estimation — this May, you can grab tickets for all Willie Nelson concerts as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available for the newly announced concerts on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan.

Ethan Shanfeld If you’re eager to see “Stop Making Sense” on the big screen again, well, watch out … you might get what you’re after. Starting Jan. 27, the beloved Talking Heads concert film will return to movie theaters across the U.S., Canada and the U.K.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are taking their show to the NBA. The two WNBA stalwarts will host their first NBA game together on ESPN, bringing back a programming concept that has proven popular during the network’s coverage of the NCAA women’s final four tournament. “The Bird & Taurasi Show,” seen six times over the course of 2022 and 2023, has gained notice for the duo’s rapport and rogue energy.

A dad is on the run from authorities after his 12-year-old son was found dead at home with maggots all over his emaciated body and broken arms.

UPDATE, with new tour stops: Comedian Dave Chappelle has added five new dates to his fall comedy tour – now officially titled Dave Chappelle Live: It’s A Celebration, B!%?#&$! – with October stops in Milwaukee, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte and Atlanta.

The Cleveland Cavaliers! Even though the season came to an end a while back The Cavs played playoff basketball for the first time in years. With the craziness of the 2023 NBA playoffs, many top teams have been dethroned. Milwaukee, Memphis, and the most recent one in the Boston Celtics.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor TV news can help a dozen soundbites from politicians go viral on any day. One recent social-media uproar stirred by CBS News came not from flagship programs like “CBS Mornings” or “CBS Evening News,” but from “Red & Blue,” a program available only through streaming. On a recent Wednesday, CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns nabbed an interview with Senator Tim Scott, the Republican presidential hopeful, and made sure to ask him his stance on federal limits on when women might be able to terminate a pregnancy. Scott gave all kinds of answers, but none of them directly answered her questions. The exchange made news — even though it debuted first in a place where, in another era, it might have gotten lost.

Drew Barrymore is appearing in a new series of ads for Pluto TV, the streaming service owned by Paramount Global, which also distributes her daily talk show via CBS Media Ventures.

serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer — who has resurged in notoriety from the hit Netflix series “Dahmer: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” — is not acceptable this Oct. 31st.Impersonating Dahmer for kicks is not only blatantly disrespectful to the families of the 17 deceased, but also shows a disturbing, tasteless side of one’s psyche, Twitter users have griped in outrage recently.“Please do not ‘Cosplay’ or dress up as Jeffrey Dahmer for Halloween.

,, and , has died. He was 79. His daughter, Emma Fusco-Straub, also a best-selling author, shared the sad news on Instagram Tuesday.«Peter Francis Straub, the smartest and most fun person in every room he was ever in, 3/2/43 — 9/4/22.

Post Malone has announced a slew of North American tour dates in support of his new album, ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’.Post’s tour will kick off in Omaha in September and run through to mid-October, with stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Texas, Seattle, Vancouver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and more.On many of the dates, Post will be joined by Roddy Ricch, who features on ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ single ‘Cooped Up’ and performed the track alongside Malone during a Saturday Night Live performance in May. See dates and venues below.

Jack Harlow has shared the tracklist for his upcoming new album, ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’, which is set to arrive on Friday (May 6).The Kentucky rapper has already previewed the record with the release of singles ‘Nail Tech’ and ‘First Class’, the latter of which topped the Billboard 200 chart last month, giving Harlow his first-ever Number One as a lead artist.Earlier this evening (May 3), Harlow took to social media to reveal the full tracklist for his new album. Made up of 15 tracks, the rapper’s second studio album includes features from Drake, Lil Wayne, Pharrell and Justin Timberlake.The reveal comes after Harlow tweeted yesterday (May 2): “Strictly legends on my album.”Elsewhere on the tracklist, Harlow has a song called ‘Dua Lipa’, which is likely the same record he previewed on Instagram yesterday, where he appeared to shoot his shot at the pop star.Sharing a clip from what looks like a tour bus, he raps: “Dua Lipa, I’m tryna do more with her than do a feature/ I check the web, they out here chewin’ me up/Fuck it.”See the tracklist for ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’ below:A post shared by Jack Harlow (@jackharlow)Meanwhile, Harlow has responded to a clip of two NBA referees trying to work out who the rapper is.Last night (May 1) Jack Harlow was court side watching the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics play in the NBA playoffs when two of the referees were caught on camera trying to work out who the rapper was and what he did.“Who is Jack Harlow?” asked Scott Foster with fellow ref Ed Malloy replying “I have no idea.

Jack Harlow has responded to a clip of two referees trying to work out who the rapper is.Last night (May 1) Jack Harlow was watching an NBA basketball game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics when two of the referees were caught on camera trying to work out who the rapper was and what he did.“Who is Jack Harlow?” asked Scott Foster with fellow ref Ed Malloy replying “I have no idea. Who is he?”“I don’t know,” replied Foster.

These NBA refs may want to take a trip to a dream world of magic to get educated.

MILWAUKEE -- Actor Willem Dafoe is set to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee next month.University officials announced Friday that Dafoe will receive the doctorate of arts on May 22. He’s slated to speak at the school’s two graduation ceremonies that day.

The Black Nite Brawl took place August 5, 1961, at a Milwaukee bar that catered to the LGBTQ community. Four sailors went to the bar on a dare and were chased off by a patron, Josie Carter, described as a gender-nonconforming Black queen. Photo: Michail Takach and Don Schwamb.

Basketball Insiders. If the Hawks want any hopes of winning tonight they will have to play the best defense of their lives in order to stop Khris Middleton and Giannis Antetokounmpo who combined for 71 points in Game 3.This is a must-win game for both Milwaukee and Atlanta and it should be a very interesting game as well.

Del Crandall was al All-Star catcher for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves, and the last living player from the Boston Braves.Crandall made his MLB debut with the Boston Braves in 1949. He played two seasons for the team – interrupted by his military service during the Korean War – before the Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953.

The Killers have found no evidence to corroborate the recent allegations of sexual misconduct against members of their touring crew.An internal investigation was launched by the group’s legal team last week after sound engineer Chez Cherrie claimed that a woman was abused backstage in Milwaukee in 2009.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt was another quiet Sunday of repeats in primetime with the exception of ABC’s coverage of the Houston Rockets and Milwaukee Bucks from the NBA’s Orlando bubble, along with the CW’s debut of two new series.ABC top the night with the Rockets-Bucks game, which followed an encore of America’s Funniest Home Videos and delivered a 0.7 in the adults 18-49 demographic and slam-dunked 2.13 million viewers.

Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she's called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund. She announced Wednesday that her Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation will donate money to organizations dedicated to helping underserved communities in Chicago; Baltimore; Nashville, Tennessee; Milwaukee; and Kosciusko, Mississippi, where she was born.

Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she’s called home through her $12 million coronavirus relief fund.

Let it never be said Shaquille O’Neal isn’t a man of his word.