Layoffs hit Sports Illustrated on Wednesday as the media business continues to have a rough winter with job losses. Among the layoffs was executive editor Adam Duerson, who announced on Twitter that he is out. An internal memo obtained by The Post said that Ryan Hunt, the co-editor-in-chief who has been with the outlet for … Read more
Sportswriters were hit hard by layoffs at Vox, which cut seven percent of its workforce — about 130 employees — on Friday. “Unfortunately, in this economic climate, we’re not able to sustain projects and areas of the business that have not performed as anticipated, are less core to where we see the biggest opportunities in … Read more
Showrunner Craig Mazin is no stranger to taking bleak material and turning it into a crowd- pleasing hit. Mazin, best known for 2019’s Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning miniseries “Chernobyl,” now helms “The Last of Us,” a new dystopian drama on HBO. “I’m a huge fan of the game,” Mazin, 51, told The Post, referring to the … Read more
The numbers are in, and the ceremony was not watched across the globe. The 2023 Golden Globes on Tuesday night hit a historic low in viewership numbers, bringing in just 6.3 million people, according to data from Nielsen. For comparison, at the height of the pandemic, in 2021, the broadcast drew 6.9 million, while 2020 … Read more
Well, the next family reunion will be a bit awkward. A TikTok user claims her own relative reached out via the DNA testing platform 23andMe — to hit on her. Katie, who goes by the username @mountainscalling13 on TikTok, said family member Brad slid into her DMs on the site and told her she is … Read more
When Staten Island-based hairstylist Anjelica Conti arrived in Scotland to film the US version of the hit reality show “The Traitors,” she was shocked to be surrounded by celebrities. “I didn’t know going into it that any reality stars were going to be on, and I’ve always been obsessed with reality TV,” Conti, 29, told … Read more
Sir Paul McCartney almost became Abbey roadkill. The 80-year-old Beatles icon and his daughter Mary were at Abbey Road Studios Sunday when she asked him to re-create the iconic photo when a car came out of nowhere and almost ran over the legendary singer over. Mary McCartney — who is currently promoting a documentary about … Read more
It was an a-flop-alyptic display. A Hong Kong man redefined “taking the show on the road” after pretending to be hit by a car in an over-the-top performance for the ages. A video of his World Cup-worthy injury appeal boasts nearly 155,000 views on Twitter as viewers ridicule the fraudster’s acting. The crash-for-cash gambit went … Read more
Humans are not the only ones suffering from this winter’s extreme flu season, with veterinarians across the U.S. advising dog owners to get their furry friends vaccinated. “Canine flu is one of the infectious respiratory things that we can see in dogs,” Dr. Jess Fejes, medical director at the Veterinary Emergency Group, told Fox 29. Canine flu symptoms … Read more
On Sept. 22, 1998, police were called to the Palo Alto, California, home of Vladimir Pokhilko. They discovered a gruesome scene: The Tetris co-developer was dead, his throat slit; he was still gripping the knife. His wife Yelena and their 12-year-old son Peter had been bludgeoned to death with hammers and then stabbed. There was … Read more
An Adelaide woman was left with blood everywhere after a microphone thrown by Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose hit her in the face. Rebecca Howe was left with two black eyes and a bust-up nose after the incident which occurred at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday night, the Adelaide Advertiser reports. Rose threw his microphone into the … Read more
Balenciaga could suffer a major financial hit — and lasting damage to its coveted brand — after the pricey luxury label ran an ad campaign with children holding teddy bears wearing sexual bondage gear, industry experts told The Post. The flap unfolded last week when the Spanish fashion brand apologized for the revolting campaign. It … Read more
It’s been 42 years since the release of one of the biggest rock records of all time, AC/DC’s Back in Black. And in the four decades since, English singer Brian Johnson has been haunted by a “conspiracy theory” over who put pen to paper on the ‘80s hit. There have been persistent rumors that the … Read more
Come on, Barbie, let’s go party. So the old tune goes. But for too long, Barbie fans (children) were barred from playing with Barbie in her world-famous Dreamhouse for a simple yet devastating reason: children have no money. Worse still, parents and guardians of those very same children, who do have money, often still couldn’t … Read more
Bimbo or no bimbo? Fellow former briefcase beauty Donna Feldman told The Post that she doesn’t feel the same way about her time on “Deal or No Deal” as Meghan Markle does. “I disagree that I or anyone on the show was ever treated like a ‘bimbo,’” the Los Angeles-based model insisted. Markle claimed in … Read more
You better think before you cheat on vocals with Carrie Underwood. The country superstar — whose powerhouse pipes have led her to win eight Grammys, including six for vocal performance — is not a fan of singers who can’t deliver the goods when they do their recordings live. “Growing up and going to concerts or … Read more
Harry Styles took a bottle to the groin at his recent Chicago concert but shook it off like a Taylor Swift song. While performing at the United Center, the “As It Was” singer was speaking to his fans, as he routinely does throughout his concert, and talking about the weather in the Windy City when he … Read more
Kourtney Kellar and NBA player Isaiah Hartenstein — the buzzy new member of the New York Knicks — met in 2019 when the athlete, then playing center on the Houston Rockets, slid into her DMs. “My Instagram is pretty sexy, so I get a lot of comments about my body, which is nice. But he came in … Read more
The show will go on and oooooon! “Titanique,” the hilarious off-Broadway musical parody of the 1997 film “Titanic” that’s cleverly told through the songs of Celine Dion, will voyage to the Daryl Roth Theater on Union Square East starting Sunday, November 20. The show, which The Post called “by a nautical mile, the funniest musical … Read more
UPDATED with quotes from AMC & Cineworld CEOs: This is a big deal: For the first time, all three big exhibitors are on board with releasing a major Netflix title, that being the Rian Johnson directed sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the franchise that the streamer snapped up for a near $400M as … Read more