The real-life made-for-TV drama around the gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani’s former translator Ippei Mizuhara is indeed heading for the small screen. Lionsgate Television is developing a scripted series about the absurd situation that engulfed baseball’s biggest star and revealed one of his closest friends had allegedly stolen nearly $17 million from Ohtani to cover … Read more
That “crazy little girl” from the Bronx is in full bloom, baby. As co-chair of the 2024 Met Gala, Jennifer Lopez, 54, sent tongues wagging in a “true couture creation” by Schiaparelli that took “about 800 hours” of work and featured 2.5 million bugle beads. “I wanted to be perfect for the Sleeping Beauties [theme],” … Read more
Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night, turning Rio de Janeiro’s vast stretch of sand into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans. It was the last show of The Celebration Tour, her first retrospective, which kicked off in October in London. The “Queen of Pop” began the … Read more
Russell Wilson and wife Ciara have a lot to celebrate. The Steelers quarterback and the singer are set to receive $31 million in the impending sale of their lakefront Washington estate, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited a source close to the deal. The Bellevue mansion, located about 10 miles from Seattle, is … Read more
The exponential growth of the NBA TV contracts will ultimately lead to star players signing deals worth a total of over $500 million. Disney’s ESPN and ABC and Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT in total are paying an average of $2.6 billion a year in the current NBA rights deals, and that amount is primed to … Read more
Tomoaki “Nasubi” Hamatsu wanted to be a famous comedian — but he did not want to become an international laughingstock. Yet that’s exactly what happened when he unwittingly appeared naked for weeks on end before some 30 million Japanese TV viewers. The brutal experience is revealed in the new Hulu documentary, “The Contestant,” out Thursday. In … Read more
ESPN’s Booger McFarland likes the idea of giving Kirk Cousins $180 million and understands the potential of Michael Penix Jr, but these decisions less than two months apart “don’t make sense together.” “It’s tough to try to win now, which is why they signed Kirk Cousins to go with all those offensive weapons and try … Read more
This redefined a long-distance call. Earth just received a laser transmission from a world- (and perhaps universe) record-breaking 140 million miles away — which could have major implications for the future of space travel. However, this correspondence wasn’t extraterrestrial in origin: It was actually sent by NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, which is currently located approximately 1.5 … Read more
Forget the referees and their missed calls. Former NBA star and Philadelphia native Rasheed Wallace had someone else in the crosshairs while trying to explain why the 76ers are in a 2-0 series hole against the Knicks entering Thursday’s Game 3: $180 million man Tobias Harris. “I can’t really blame Buddy [Hield], though. He just … Read more
David Beckham is suing Mark Wahlberg for alleged losses after a brand deal went south with F45 Training, which the Hollywood A-lister has a 36 percent interest in and is the chief branding officer. The soccer star’s firm DB Ventures claims Beckham was ‘duped’ by Wahlberg, according to The Sun. Beckham claims he lost $10 … Read more
That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as “arabica.” The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better protect … Read more
It won’t be truly home cookin’ for Meghan Markle when she debuts her new Netflix cooking show. The Duchess of Sussex, 42, will be hosting a food series for the streamer in the forthcoming future. However, the show reportedly won’t be filmed at her $14 million Montecito, Calif., home. Markle will start filming the foodie … Read more
Commercial Content 21+ Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy celebrated Scottie Scheffler’s Masters win with gusto in a video posted to his account on X. Portnoy was likely as amped about Scheffler’s second career major championship victory as he was about cashing in on his bet that earned a $1.35 million payout after the world’s No. … Read more
ProFootballTalk founder Mike Florio called out ESPN insider Adam Schefter again after their clashing reports about the Jaguars re-signing Pro Bowl pass rusher Josh Allen to a five-year contract. Florio took issue with Schefter’s reporting — which said Allen’s new contract is worth $150 million ($30 million per year) with $88 million guaranteed — because he … Read more
A book from Egypt that was written at the dawn of Christianity and is considered one of the oldest books in existence will go up for auction in June in London. The Crosby-Schoyen Codex – written in Coptic on papyrus around 250-350 AD, and produced in one of the first Christian monasteries – has an … Read more
David and Victoria Beckham like big boats and they cannot lie. The soccer player, 48, and the Spice Girls member, 49, traded in their $6.5 million yacht for another one — a ship valued at $20 million. The lovebirds and their kids, Brooklyn, 25, Romeo, 21, Cruz, 19, and Harper, 12, were spotted riding on a … Read more
Add Paige Spiranac’s name to the list of golf enthusiasts perplexed by PGA Tour winner Chris DiMarco’s seven-figure gripe. During a recent appearance on the “GOLF’s Subpar” podcast, DiMarco — a former Masters runner-up who plays on the PGA’s Champions Tour of seasoned golfers — was asked about the temperature on the circuit surrounding LIV … Read more
An amateur fossil hunter made a mammoth of a discovery. Chris Bien, 56, was taking a walk on a beach in Holland-on-Sea, Essex, England when she spotted a wavy line in the gravel near the water and realized she may have stumbled upon something special. “I saw it poking out and thought ‘It must be … Read more
Big-money offers continue to pour in for Caitlin Clark. Wednesday, TMZ reported that Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league offered the Iowa women’s basketball phenom $5 million to play eight regular season and two playoff games this year. The report added that Clark would also receive “substantial additional compensation” incentives in the form of sponsorships and … Read more
Prince Harry’s name has appeared in court documents against Bad Boys Records founder Sean “Diddy” Combs. Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones recently filed a $30 million lawsuit against the music mogul, 54, citing that he participated in acts such as sexual misconduct, grooming and sex trafficking. According to the docs, Jones claimed that the Duke … Read more