You’re outta luck. Tourists headed to Rome’s Trevi Fountain in hopes of tossing the traditional coins, brace yourselves — the beloved historic site has been shut down for construction work. For the time being, unwitting visitors will find the ancient water feature — said to typically take in more than $3,200 per day, according to officials … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I used to play in a band together. He played guitar, and I sang. He now has another female singer in his band, and I can hardly contain my feelings. In the beginning, he was invited into an existing band she was already in, and he accepted. But then, that … Read more
COVID-19 is no longer a top cause of death for Americans, dropping from fourth place in 2022 to 10th place last year. The virus was listed on 49,928 death certificates in 2023 — down from 186,552 in 2022 and a peak of 416,893 in 2021. A resident funeral director at an NYC funeral home moves … Read more
Nicole Kidman is grateful to Jodie Foster for replacing her in 2002’s “Panic Room” when she was “having a breakdown.” “There’s this misconception that somehow female actresses are at each other, or they don’t like each other or whatever,” Foster, 61, told The Hollywood Reporter during a roundtable discussion with Kidman, Naomi Watts, Brie Larson, Jennifer Aniston, Anna … Read more
A happy-go-lucky UK woman was devastated to learn she needs her shoulder removed and replaced with metal after doctors discovered a malignant avocado-sized tumor in her left shoulder joint. “[Being] told I’d need six to nine months of chemotherapy — it was the darkest day of my life,” Cat Holden, 23, lamented to SWNS. “I … Read more
Jared Leto was having a wheely good April Fools’ Day. The Oscar winner, 52, stopped by Monday night’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune” where he shocked viewers by pretending to host. He glided onto the colorful neon-lit stage with famed letter-turner Vanna White while OG host Pat Sajak was nowhere to be found. Leto and … Read more
Follow the bouncing soap star. “General Hospital” has pulled the old switcheroo again, this time with Lindsay Hartley temporarily replacing Kelly Monaco as Sam McCall. It’s the third time in three weeks the ABC daytime soap has temporarily recast a role. It’s also the third time that Hartley has stepped in as Sam for Monaco, … Read more
Do not adjust your sets. Veteran actress Nicole Paggi has replaced “General Hospital” star Kirsten Storms, who had to miss the show for undisclosed reasons for several days. Soap Opera Digest reported that Paggi would appear on the Dec. 27 episode, so it’s unclear how long Storms will be away from the ABC daytime warhorse, … Read more
Hollywood stunt actors feel “screwed over” by the deal struck to end the historically long actors’ strike and fear their industry will be “decimated” by the move. The Screen Actors Guild struck a deal to get actors and performers back to work on Nov. 9 after the 118-day strike, but the stunt workers who keep … Read more
Ken Jennings has been a staple of “Jeopardy!” since he won 74 consecutive games back in 2004. Now the 49-year-old former contestant has been co-hosting the long-running game show alongside Mayim Bialik since the late, great Alex Trebek passed in November 2020. However, Jennings said he wouldn’t have picked himself for the job if he … Read more
“Big time” acts will replace “American Idol” judges Katy Perry, 38, and Lionel Richie, 73, while they perform across the pond at King Charles III’s coronation. The royal ceremony itself takes place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6, and the related celebratory concert will take place a day later on the grounds of Windsor … Read more
Kevin Spacey got the hook — again — for being on the hook with UK courts. The embattled actor, 63, has been replaced by “Thor” and “RRR” actor Ray Stevenson in the upcoming flick “1242: Gateway to the West,” Deadline has reported, as Spacey weathers new charges of sexual assault. The film was briefly anticipated … Read more
Two of the three remaining Try Guys took to their TryPods podcast today to explain, according to member Keith Habersberger, “What we emotionally went through…our side of the experience for the last month.” That experience was the very public removal of longtime member Ned Fulmer after they discovered that Fulmer, who is married, had an affair … Read more
After four weeks of testimony from nearly three dozen witnesses, closing arguments in the Chicago federal trial of R. Kelly and two co-defendants began Monday with a scathingly methodical presentation from prosecutors and a fire-and-brimstone statement on behalf of Kelly’s former business manager. Prosecutors at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse started by reminding jurors of their … Read more