It’s official: “Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson and pop star Ariana Grande are engaged. Davidson confirmed on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday night that the two are planning to tie the knot. Fallon joked to Davidson, “You know you didn’t have to get engaged to Ariana Grande …
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NEW YORK — The deaths of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain have caused media organizations to look at how they cover suicide. It has also sparked discussion about whether more could be done to prevent copycat killings, without neglecting the duty to report news. Several outlets have …
Read More »Ethan Hawke: “First Reformed” gives a voice to society’s anxiety
In Paul Schrader’s latest film, “First Reformed,” Ethan Hawke portrays an alcoholic priest experiencing a “crisis of faith” following the death of his son and an encounter with an unstable environmental activist. “He’s in a dark place when we find him,” Hawke told “CBS This Morning” on Thursday. “He was …
Read More »Avicii’s death: Family says late DJ “could not go on any longer”
NEW YORK — Avicii’s family has released a second statement about their late son this week, saying the famed DJ “could not go on any longer” and that “he wanted to find peace.” The Grammy-nominated electronic dance musician, born Tim Bergling, was found dead last week in Muscat, Oman at …
Read More »Video shows Prince at doctor’s office day before his deadly overdose
Nearly two years after Prince’s death shocked the nation, prosecutors released a trove of video and pictures which provide insight into the singer’s final days, and his struggle with opioids. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas reports that prosecutors released surveillance video showing Prince entering Dr. Michael Schulenberg’s clinic with his …
Read More »Remembering Tower Records’ iconic founder Russ Solomon
In a time when music couldn’t be streamed or downloaded, Tower Records stood above its competition. With late-night hours, knowledgeable employees and huge inventories, it was a go-to place for serious music fans. The chain was founded in 1941 by Russ Solomon who started selling used jukebox records out of …
Read More »David Edelstein’s Oscar predictions
By “Sunday Morning” film critic David Edelstein Fair warning: I’m going into this year’s Oscars bursting with negativity, because my favorite film, “The Florida Project,” about this imp of a girl and her druggy, trick-turning, but otherwise loving single mom in a fleabag motel, was criminally ignored, except for Willem …
Read More »Sridevi, legendary Bollywood actress, dead at 54
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Indian actress Sridevi drowned in her hotel bathtub after losing consciousness, the Dubai police said in a statement Monday, though two police officials said she was also under the influence of alcohol at the time. She was 54. Sridevi, who for years was one of Bollywood’s …
Read More »A portrait of artist Amy Sherald
Now on display in Washington: the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama. The story of the artist who painted the former first lady is the story Alex Wagner has to tell: Last week, Amy Sherald went from being a virtual unknown to one of the most talked-about artists in …
Read More »“Missing” California woman spotted on “The Bachelor” TV show
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. – A 22-year-old woman listed on in California’s missing persons database was “found” on the TV show “The Bachelor” two months after being reported missing. According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, Fresno native Rebekah Martinez’s mother reported her missing on Nov. 18, 2017. The mother told …
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