Emmanuel Acho: Van Lathan ‘manipulated’ friendship with Rachel Lindsay for podcast ‘setup’

Emmanuel Acho: Van Lathan ‘manipulated’ friendship with Rachel Lindsay for podcast ‘setup’

Emmanuel Acho and Van Lathan had an uncomfortable conversation. Acho, a TV host at FS1, joined Lathan and Rachel Lindsay on the Ringer’s “Higher Learning” program last week. The conversation centered around race became combative, and Acho later accused Lathan and the podcast’s producers of “manipulating” his relationship with Lindsay as a “setfsetup” to attack … Read more

Van Conner, co-founder and bassist of Screaming Trees, dead at 55

Van Conner, co-founder and bassist of Screaming Trees, dead at 55

Van Conner, co-founder and bassist of the Pacific Northwest band Screaming Trees, died Tuesday. He was 55. His brother, Gary Lee Conner, took to Facebook Wednesday to announce the musician’s death, which he said was from pneumonia. “Van Conner, bassist and songwriter of Screaming Trees, died last night of an extended illness at 55,” wrote … Read more

Joe Buck and Scott Van Pelt laugh off idea of feud: ‘Incredible’

Joe Buck and Scott Van Pelt laugh off idea of feud: ‘Incredible’

Joe Buck and Scott Van Pelt want the internet to know that they don’t actually hate each other. A couple weeks ago, Buck made a deadpan comment about only getting one question from Van Pelt on midnight “SportsCenter” after a lackluster “Monday Night Football” game between between the Colts and Chargers. Questions abounded about whether … Read more

‘An angel from God’: Dick Van Dyke hands cash to homeless people

‘An angel from God’: Dick Van Dyke hands cash to homeless people

Just call him jolly old Saint Dick. Dick Van Dyke was spotted Friday handing out money to homeless people looking for work at the Malibu Community Labor Exchange. The 96-year-old “Mary Poppins” star is allegedly a massive fan of the nonprofit and frequently returns to the spot to help those who are looking to find … Read more

Protesters throw soup on Van Gogh’s iconic Sunflowers painting

Protesters throw soup on Van Gogh’s iconic Sunflowers painting

Fossil fuel protestors have been arrested for splashing a tin of Heinz tomato soup across Van Gogh’s iconic “Sunflowers” painting inside the National Gallery in London. Anna Holland, 20, and Phoebe Plummer, 21, carried out the act of vandalism inside the gallery on Friday morning before gluing themselves to the wall beneath the $85 million … Read more

Atlanta returns to its roots in an excellent two-episode premiere

Atlanta returns to its roots in an excellent two-episode premiere

LaKeith Stanfield in season 4, episode 1 Photo: Guy D’Alema/FX After one head-trip of a European tour, Atlanta has finally come back to Atlanta. Season three came out this spring, dropping its characters into several outlandish situations on another continent—that is, when it wasn’t taking audiences away from the main foursome entirely. Season four, then, … Read more