Updated Sep 23, 2022, 04:42pm EDT Topline As CNN trails competitors Fox News and MSNBC in ratings and faces decreasing profit projections, new president Chris Licht is switching up the network’s schedule and advertising revenue streams to compete—here’s a look at how CNN stacks up. Key Facts CNN announced Thursday its schedule leading up to…
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Topline Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels told the New York Times on Friday the large cast member turnover, which saw eight of the show’s comedians leaving ahead of the upcoming season starting in October, was the result of the pandemic, and said Season 48 will be “a year of reinvention.” Key Facts Michaels said…
Topline Brad Pitt announced in Vogue on Wednesday the launch of his gender-neutral skincare line, Le Domaine, joining the throngs of other big-name celebrities who have launched beauty lines in the last few years. Key Facts Le Domaine is made using grapes grown on Château Beaucastel, a vineyard in France that Pitt owns and that…
Topline The Phantom Of The Opera , the longest-running show in Broadway history—is closing after its 35th anniversary, the New York Post and the New York Times reported Friday, as the theater industry has largely failed to recover from the pandemic. Key Facts A spokesperson told the Times that Phantom will close on February 18,…
Updated Sep 16, 2022, 12:48pm EDT Topline David Beckham joined the throngs of mourners, some famous, who came out to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II and to view the monarch as she lies in state at Westminster Hall. Key Facts Beckham waited 12 hours to pay his respects, telling the BBC the communal…
Topline Justin Bieber announced Tuesday the cancellation of his Justice World Tour because of health struggles related to his diagnosis of Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome earlier this year—adding to the handful of times the tour has been delayed or canceled because of Covid-19 and the singer’s condition. Key Facts In a statement posted to his Instagram story,…
Topline A Los Angeles jury found LA County liable for negligence and invasion of privacy on Wednesday and ordered the county to pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million, according to multiple news outlets, after several emergency responders took and shared photos of the bodies of Bryant, his daughter Gianna and others who died in a…
Updated Aug 4, 2022, 06:37pm EDT Topline Infowars host Alex Jones must pay the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim $4.1 million in damages, a jury in Texas decided Thursday, as Jones faces several lawsuits for falsely claiming the tragedy that killed 20 elementary schoolers did not occur. Key Facts Scarlett Lewis…
Topline Lawyers for Amber Heard filed a request for a new trial Friday in her defamation case with ex-husband Johnny Depp, claiming a juror that was not called for duty participated in the trial and her right to “a jury trial and due process” were “undermined and compromised,” according to Deadline and Insider . Key…
Updated Apr 27, 2022, 01:48pm EDT Topline A State Department spokesman said WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was detained in Russia in February and faces up to 10 years in prison in the country on drug charges, remains a “top priority” as another U.S. prisoner, Marine veteran Trevor Reed, was released Wednesday as part of…