Disney/Randy Holmes Eddie Murphy has reportedly signed on to play a funk music icon on screen. Variety reports that the actor/comedian is set to star as Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in a biopic directed by Bill Condon, the same director who directed Murphy in Dreamgirls, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination. The film, […]
Getty Images Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is closing in on being one of the most accomplished players in NHL history. The legendary forward already has a ton of records on the NHL history books, but there’s one more still to go that could put him in the pantheon of all-time greats. With the 2024-25 […]
WFTV (ORLANDO, Fl) — The mayor of Orlando, Florida, is cracking down in the city’s entertainment district after two people were killed and several others injured in a Halloween night shooting. The suspect, 17-year-old Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, has been taken into custody, Orlando police said. Officers responded to reports of shots fired just after 1 […]
The Kentucky Wildcats will open a new era under first-year coach Mark Pope against Wright State after wrapping up their exhibition season with a 123-52 win over Kentucky Wesleyan. They also cruised to a 98-67 win over defending Division II national champion Minnesota State, averaging 110.5 points per game in those contests. The 51-point average […]
Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams will stand trial on federal corruption charges starting on April 21, 2025, a judge said Friday. The date upset the defense, which argued for a schedule that could end the trial no later than early April to accommodate “grave, grave Democratic […]
Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Public hospitals in Texas will now be required to ask patients if they are in the U.S. legally and keep a record of the funds spent on illegal migrants after an executive order went into effect Friday. Public hospitals are required to collect information regarding the “cost […]
Getty Images Tickets to the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul are sure to be expensive, but one VIP package will run fans into the millions of dollars. Paul recently announced an exclusive ticket package that will cost $2 million and give fans unprecedented access to the Nov. 15 bout at AT&T Stadium […]
Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian missile strikes earlier this month. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes and ground fighting continued in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, […]
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With four days until Election Day, Kamala Harris is attacking Donald Trump for saying Wednesday night in Wisconsin that, against his advisers’ advice, he is going to keep saying he will “protect the women” “whether the women like it or not.” Both candidates continue their whirlwind campaigns in […]
Lance King/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The back-to-back retirements of two college quarterbacks seemingly at the start of their careers has put a spotlight again on concussions and youth sports, particularly football. On Oct. 23, North Carolina State quarterback Grayson McCall announced on Instagramthat he would retire from the sport after being carted off the […]
