ABC News (FORT WORTH, Texas) — Opal Lee was only 12 years old when a racist white mob stormed and set fire to her home on 940 East Annie Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The violence raged on June 19, 1939 — the date now known as “Juneteenth,” the annual holiday that celebrates the end […]
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Major League Baseball said Friday it has begun formally investigating the scandal involving Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhari from the news media,” MLB said in a statement Friday. […]
Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey. (Lincoln University) (NEW YORK) — Lincoln University of Missouri’s President John Moseley has been reinstated to his position after a third-party investigation found “no claims of bullying by the University President can be substantiated” after Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, a university alum and vice president of student affairs, died by suicide on […]
@MNPDNashville/X (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Two weeks after college student Riley Strain went missing after a night out at several Nashville bars, his body was recovered in the Cumberland River in West Nashville, police said. “No foul play-related trauma was observed,” police said. Here’s how the case has unfolded: March 8, 9:35 p.m.Strain, 22, and his […]
Gotham/GC Images While there may be some original songs included, the upcoming Lady Gaga/Joaquin Phoenix movie sequel Joker: Folie à Deux will mostly be a jukebox musical, Variety reports. Jukebox musicals shoehorn already existing, popular songs into the plot line: Examples include Mamma Mia!, Moulin Rouge!, Movin’ Out, & Juliet, American Idiot, Jagged Little Pill and Once Upon […]
WKRN (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The body of missing college student Riley Strain was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville Friday morning following a two-week search, according to Nashville police. “No foul play-related trauma was observed,” police said. There’s no evidence to suggest anything besides Strain accidentally falling in the river, Nashville Police Chief […]
Disney/Randy Holmes The students of Utah’s Payson High School are getting ready to cut loose: Footloose star Kevin Bacon has made their dreams come true and will return to the very school in which he shot the 1984 film. Payson High students lobbied the 65-year-old actor to return to the school for its final prom […]
Lucasfilm As that nerd from IT probably has already told you twice, the Star Wars movies are headed back into the theater. But the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission in San Francisco has announced plans for an “epic” screening of all nine of the so-called “Saga” films, with the Star Wars The Skywalker Saga May the […]
Disney/Pamela Littky Quinta Brunson has been racking up awards for her work on Abbott Elementary, and soon, she’ll have an honorary degree to add to her collection. Philadelphia’s Temple University has announced they will be honoring Brunson during their 137th commencement in May. “We are thrilled to recognize Quinta Brunson for her remarkable achievements and […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two suspected squatters have been taken into custody for questioning after they allegedly killed a woman who walked in on them living in her mother’s New York City apartment, police sources told ABC News. The victim, Nadia Vitel, a 52-year-old woman from Spain, came to the U.S. to prepare her […]
