‘Barbie’ becomes highest-grossing domestic release in Warner Bros. history

“Barbie” has overtaken Christopher Nolan’s 2008 superhero epic “The Dark Knight” as the highest-grossing domestic release in Warner Bros. history.  It is also anticipated that “Barbie” will surpass Universal’s animated “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($574 million) as the biggest domestic release of 2023. “Barbie,” which just hit $1.2 billion globally, can also potentially pass …

Rihanna secretly welcomes second son with A$AP Rocky

Rihanna has given birth to her and rapper A$AP Rocky’s second child, a baby boy. TMZ reported that the duo secretly welcomed their new son on Aug. 3 in Los Angeles. The newborn’s name has yet to be revealed, but reportedly starts with “R” just like his big brother, RZA. The 35-year-old Rihanna first revealed …

Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall in northern Baja California

Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall Sunday in the northern part of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, as National Hurricane Center warned “catastrophic and life-threating flooding” in that region , including across portions of the southwestern United States. The National Weather Service said that Hilary was downgraded to a tropical storm as rain from the storm started …

1 killed, 8 injured after shooting at Philadelphia block party

Nine people were shot after multiple gunmen opened fire on a crowd at a block party in West Philadelphia on Saturday, killing one person and wounding eight others. The shooting happened at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the city’s Parkside neighborhood, in the 500 block of N. Creighton Street, with at least 38 shots fired …

Josh Groban to miss performances of Broadway’s SWEENEY TODD due to Covid

Josh Groban has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing him to sit out his next string of performances in Broadway’s ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ‘  Groban’s understudy, Nicholas Christopher, will go on stage in his place, taking on the title role of Sweeney Todd during his absence. Josh released the news in …

Emmy-winning ‘This Is Us’ actor Ron Cephas Jones dies at age 66

Ron Cephas Jones, who won two Emmy Awards for his role on the hit NBC television drama “This Is Us,” has died at age 66. Jones’ manager, Dan Spilo, confirmed the actor’s death in a statement: “Beloved and award-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones has passed away at the age of 66 due to a long-standing …

U.S. Treasury sanctions four Russians linked to 2020 poisoning of Alexei Navalny

On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned four Russians accused in the poisoning of currently imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The Treasury Department said the four individuals were members of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or the FSB (the main successor agency to the Soviet Union’s KGB). The sanctions targeted Alexey Alexandrovich Alexandrov, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, …

Interest rates reach 21-year high as mortgage demand drops

U.S. mortgage rates rose to their highest level in 21 years this week, as demand for mortgages decreased. According to data released Thursday, in the week ending August 17, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.09% — up from 6.96% the week before (one year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate was 5.13%). The last time rates were …

Take a look at the new trailer for ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’

AMC released a new trailer for the upcoming spinoff series The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, starring Norman Reedus. The trailer sees Daryl Dixon (Reedus) is France, and features a new character (played by Clémence Poésy). Poésy’s character asks Daryl what led him to France; who replies, “bad decisions,” while she responds: “Maybe we’re the same …

Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson reunite in the trailer for ‘The Kill Room’

The trailer for the new film The Kill Room has been released, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman. In The Kill Room, Thurman plays art dealer Patrice Capullo, while Jackson plays Gordon Davis, a mob boss who needs to launder money from hit jobs. According to a film synopsis, ‘Gordon concocts a scheme where …