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Her “hero”! Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young) is singing husband Tarek El Moussa’s praises after the Flip or Flop alum stepped in to help end a scary altercation on a recent flight.

Fox Sports used the World Trade Center as the backdrop for a graphic on Saturday night’s “Baseball Night in America” broadcast.

R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years behind bars on Wednesday in a New York court after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking. His lawyers had originally argued for a 10-year-sentence, citing his traumatic childhood.

Wilson Chapman editorDenzel Washington can now add Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient to his list of accolades.President Joe Biden announced the 17 honorees on Friday. Presented annually, the medal recognizes public figures who have made notable contributions to American society, culture, politics or world peace.

Manori Ravindran International EditorA documentary on counterculture icon and environmentalist Stewart Brand will get a U.S. release via Greenwich Entertainment.The indie distributor has bought the long-gestating “We Are As Gods,” from the directors of the 2017 Bill Nye documentary “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” David Alvarado and Jason Sussman. The documentary, which premiered at SXSW in 2021, will be released in New York and Los Angeles on Aug.

pic.twitter.com/0ycGtrIBh6Substack is by far seen as the biggest player in the newsletter space, generating revenue by taking a cut of writers’ subscription fees. The platform boasts some 12 million readers a month and reached one million paid subscriptions last year. It was seen as the dominant newsletter platform during the pandemic, luring everyone from freelance creators to legacy New York Times journalists.The platform is home to high-profile writers including Andrew Sullivan, Bari Weiss, Matthew Yglesias, Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi and Roxane Gay.

Donald Trump would listen to a song from a Broadway musical to calm him when he was stressed as staff played it in a bid to soothe him.

Take a look at how celebrity nightlife has changed in the last 50 years with celebrity nightclub owner Ryan Bish. Steve Rubell opened the infamous Studio 54 nightclub in New York in 1977. The club garnered a reputation for its celebrity guests, excessive club-drug usage, open sexual activity, and exclusive entry requirements.

Death is not the end for the characters of “Days Of Our Lives”.

What are you up to, Fancy Face?

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Only Murders in the Building” was a surprising triumph last year — a comedy whose amiable, low-key wit built in power as its first season ran on. With fine work by Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez at the center, it added up to a portrait of disaffected and alienated people.In its second outing, “Only Murders” no longer has its element of surprise: We know what it can do.

The man who once ruled New York City nightlife has told a media outlet that he plans to end the party in July.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMasterClass, the celebrity-driven online learning subscription service with big-name Hollywood talent partners, has cut its headcount by 20%. CEO David Rogier cited “the worsening macroeconomic environment” for the cutbacks.The layoffs by San Francisco-based MasterClass, which previously had about 600 employees, affected all the company’s teams.“Today is a sad day @masterclass,” Rogier tweeted Wednesday.

Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterThe Palm Springs International ShortFest will mark an in-person return to the California desert oasis from June 21-27, showcasing 300 short films in 51 different curated programs. If that seems like a markedly high number of films considering all of the disruptions in both the film production and festival space over the past two years, interim festival director Sudeep Sharma has an explanation.“One thing I’ve been saying a lot is that the pandemic has seemingly affected everything except for the production of short films,” says Sharma, a ShortFest veteran currently manning the festival helm while director Lili Rodriguez is on maternity leave.

Jeff Bridges had no idea that his role as Dan Chase in the FX thriller "This Old Man" would pack a punch. The actor, who stars as a former CIA spy in the series, recalled how he played many of his fight scenes while fighting another real-life battle – cancer. "What makes me laugh, I’m doing this scene, all that fighting and I’ve got a 9-by-12 inch tumor in my body, taking those punches," the 72-year-old told The New York Times on Thursday.

Jean Smart and Martin Short don’t just have names that might make them a perfect comedy-cabaret double act — they’re also both excelling in cross-generational comedy stories. On HBO Max’s “Hacks,” Emmy defending champion Smart returned for a second season as stand-up queen Deborah Vance, who’s still in a rivalrous partnership with her writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder); on Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” Short and longtime creative collaborator Steve Martin teamed with Selena Gomez to solve sweetly melancholy mysteries in their Manhattan apartment complex. JEAN SMART: I just binge-watched your show, and I cannot tell you how much I love it.

Amy Nicholson The wedding industrial complex has intensified since novelist Edward Streeter wrote his wryly observational satire “Father of the Bride” in 1949. So, too, has the titular patriarch’s panic that his daughter’s nuptials will expose him as a substandard provider. Director Gary Alazraki’s uneven adaptation — the third in seven decades after Spencer Tracy and Steve Martin reached for the migraine medication — casts Andy Garcia as the beleaguered patron whose ego outshines his child’s simpler desires.

He’s got her back. Steph Curry found a creative way to defend his wife, Ayesha Curry, after a Boston bar publicly slammed her culinary talents.

Steph Curry is wearing his pride for his wife, Ayesha, on his shirt… literally. On Monday, the point guard sat for the NBA Finals Game 5 press conference wearing a T-shirt with “Ayesha Curry Can Cook” emblazoned on the front.When asked about the pointed fashion choice, Steph said, “You gotta ask around the room and ask Twitter.”Reporter: «I can't read the final part [of your shirt].» Steph Curry: «Ayesha Curry can cook.» Reporter: «Can you tell me the backstory of that?» Steph: «You gotta ask around the room and ask Twitter.»pic.twitter.com/rTsimIaTEtIt all started when a Boston-area sports bar called Game On! posted a sign outside of the building that simply read, “Ayesha Curry Can’t Cook.” The Warriors played the Boston Celtics Monday and in classic Boston fanfare, the city was taunting the opposing team's star. Steph, of course, didn't let the jab at his wife's cooking go unnoticed, wearing the opposite statement proudly across his chest. You stay classy Boston pic.twitter.com/ZcIyNVcNNSAyesha has made an established name for herself in the culinary world.