Lovestruck fans didn’t just slide into Jeremy Meeks’ DMs over the past few years — they showed up to jail. The so-called “Hot Felon,” whose smoldering mugshot broke the internet back in 2014, said that overnight fame came with an unexpected downside: obsessed admirers hijacking limited prison visit slots — and shutting out the person … Read more
“The United States came out of violence,” the historian Maya Jasanoff reminds us in our series “The American Revolution” (premiering tonight on PBS). And in 1776, the awful violence of war was centered in and around New York City. Between late August and mid-November, five significant battles were fought within New York City’s present-day borders … Read more
Brandon Blackstock’s ex-wife, Melissa Ashworth, has paid tribute to her late husband following his death at age 48. The talent manager, who was married to Ashworth from 2001 to 2012, died on Aug. 7 following a yearslong private battle with melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer. “On May 29, 1999 I married the man who would … Read more
Rosa Roisinblit was getting ready for her weekly salon appointment when she received the phone call that would alter the course of her life. “Se llevaron a los chicos,” she heard the distressed voice on the other line say. They took the kids. It was a Saturday morning in October 1978, two years after military … Read more
Adam Brody really wanted this. The actor, 45, sat down for The Hollywood Reporter‘s comedy actor roundtable on Wednesday alongside Ted Danson, Seth Rogen, Julio Torres, John Mulaney, and Jason Segel and revealed a role he auditioned for that he didn’t get. “I really wanted ‘Blue’s Clues’ early on when I first moved to L.A.,” Brody admitted in a clip posted … Read more
Sybil Shainwald, a lawyer who for nearly half a century represented women whose health had been irreparably and often catastrophically harmed by poorly tested drugs and medical devices, died on April 9 at her home in Manhattan. She was 96. Her daughter Laurie Shainwald Kleeger announced the death, which was not widely reported. Ms. Shainwald … Read more
The new head of the Food and Drug Administration division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate lawyer defending a top formula maker from claims that its product gave rise to debilitating harm to premature babies. Kyle A. Diamantas joined the F.D.A. last month to lead the food division, leaving the law … Read more
My man. Actor Josh Brolin claims he nearly got into a fight with Oscar winner Denzel Washington on the set of “American Gangster.” The “No Country For Old Men” actor, 56, shared the details of their near encounter during an appearance on the “In Depth with Graham Bansinger” podcast this week while promoting his upcoming … Read more
Stay gold, Ponyboy. Rob Lowe, 60, has revealed that he and Tom Cruise, 62, had a scuffle while they were filming “The Outsiders” in 1983. On Monday, during an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show, the radio host asked Lowe to share a memory of working with Cruise on “The Outsiders.” Lowe was 17 during … Read more
In 1958, when Mary Pat Laffey Inman became a stewardess — as they were then called — for Northwest Airlines, she was 20 years old and the clock was already ticking. At 32, she would be forced to retire. That is, if she didn’t marry, get pregnant or even gain too much weight before that: … Read more
It was an eventful commute home for the “NFL Today” crew. Boomer Esiason explained how he, along with Bill Cowher and Nate Burleson, had to deal with an angry Ravens fan at the Baltimore Amtrak station on Sunday evening after the Chiefs’ 17-10 AFC Championship game victory. According to Esiason, who was relaying the story … Read more
It’s a job, well, done? Getting fired is an unpleasant experience most would rather downplay. But one recently laid-off laborer — who very suddenly lost her tech post with website security service Cloudflare — decided to document the “traumatizing” experience on video, subsequently broadcasting her plight on social media. “Can you explain for me why Brittany Pietsch … Read more
The historic actors’ strike, which lasted nearly four months from July to November – as the longest strike ever for film and TV actors – ended on Wednesday, Nov. 8. SAG-AFTRA won protections on a range of issues from pay to health benefits – but the most controversial issue was zombies. SAG-AFTRA members were afraid … Read more
Kayla Nicole opened up about being caught in a “media storm” with her name being dragged into the news as the budding romance between her ex-boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and Taylor Swift continues to dominate headlines. The influencer and model, who dated the Chiefs tight end, on and off from 2017-22, explained why she felt compelled … Read more
“Moonlighting” is back. ABC’s groundbreaking romantic comedy series starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis arrives Oct. 10 on Hulu in its streaming debut, 34 years after its final fadeout. “We tried to get the show on Disney+ when it was first announced and when the Hulu situation developed we explored that,” series creator Glenn Gordon … Read more
A hero uncle made sure a jaguar kept its paws off his nephews — by fighting it off with his bare hands. Erivaldo Moriman was on a camping trip in Salt do Augusto, Brazil, on Aug. 13 with his nephews, ages 15 and 18, when he bravely intervened, Newsflash reported. Moriman had just returned to … Read more
Morgan Freeman emphatically makes his point in the new History documentary, “761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers,” which opens with a D-Day battle clip from the 1998 movie “Saving Private Ryan.” “I grew up going to the movies and if it was a Western or a battle story I ate that stuff up,” Freeman, … Read more
The mother of deceased vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova — who died of starvation and exhaustion after subsisting exclusively on raw fruits and vegetables — claimed that she battled hard to save her daughter but to no avail. “I fought for many years [but] she did not listen to her mother,” Zhanna’s mother Vera Samsonova, 63, lamented … Read more
For these pals, it’s go Dutch or go home. A group of friends were filmed arguing at a birthday dinner over how to split the hefty bill, which appeared to total more than $4,600. “We still talk, but [the] friendship isn’t the same,” Victor Christian, who posted the viral TikTok on Sunday, told The Post. … Read more
Scientology higher-ups allegedly tried to restrict the airspace above the 2006 Los Angeles premiere of “Mission: Impossible III” to prevent a college prankster from flying “insulting” airplane banners aimed at Tom Cruise and his controversial religion. Documents passed down from a reportedly former top Scientology executive to the Daily Mail include a letter from the … Read more