• U.S. Breaks Single-Day Coronavirus Record With More Than 77,000 Infections

    U.S. Breaks Single-Day Coronavirus Record With More Than 77,000 Infections

    The United States set a new daily record for coronavirus cases on Thursday, reporting more than 77,000 new daily cases, breaking the previous record set just two days ago, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The 24-hour period also saw 969 deaths, the largest increase since June 10 as experts warn the death …
  • Jim Carrey recalls being told he had only 10 minutes to live

    Jim Carrey recalls being told he had only 10 minutes to live

    Jim Carrey suffered a close call when receiving a missile alert in Hawaii in 2018, but he used his reaction for the cover of his new book, “Memoirs and Misinformation.” “That cover is actually my face after being told that I had 10 minutes to live,” Carrey, 58, revealed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy …
  • Brandon McCarthy: Players should boycott ‘self-serving liar’ Alex Rodriguez

    Brandon McCarthy: Players should boycott ‘self-serving liar’ Alex Rodriguez

    Alex Rodriguez is one of the bidders on the shortlist to purchase the Mets, but he may have already lost his potential locker room. Preparing for his third season as an analyst for ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast, the former three-time American League MVP seemingly argued for MLB to adopt a salary cap system. The …
  • ‘DWTS’ judge Carrie Ann Inaba ‘cried’ over Tom Bergeron, Erin Andrews firings

    ‘DWTS’ judge Carrie Ann Inaba ‘cried’ over Tom Bergeron, Erin Andrews firings

    Carrie Ann Inaba was just as shocked by Tom Bergeron’s and Erin Andrew’s “Dancing With the Stars” firings as fans were. “I feel like it was just such sudden news,” the judge, 52, said during an upcoming episode of “The Talk” (via JustJared). “My heart breaks for Tom and Erin.” The “DWTS” judge also revealed …
  • Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    The pandemic spared the diabolical Astros widespread abuse for their scandalous sign-stealing cheatathon, and maybe, just maybe, no boobirds in the Yankee Stadium stands this season will prove to be a boon to Giancarlo Stanton. If Stanton strikes out five times in a game again, he won’t hear them. Such is life when you sign …
  • Democratic Georgia Mayors Clash with GOP Governor over Mask Mandates

    Democratic Georgia Mayors Clash with GOP Governor over Mask Mandates

    Democratic local officials in Georgia clashed with Republican Governor Brian Kemp on Thursday and accused the governor of playing politics a day after he banned localities from issuing mandates requiring residents to wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Kemp extended Georgia’s coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday but overruled local mask mandates, calling …
  • Brady Skjei has ‘a ton of motivation’ entering playoff series against Rangers

    Brady Skjei has ‘a ton of motivation’ entering playoff series against Rangers

    Hurricanes defenseman Brady Skjei says he has a chip on his shoulder going into the best-of-five qualifying series against the Rangers, his former team who traded him five months ago. “I’ve got a ton of motivation,” Skjei said on a Zoom call with reporters Thursday. “I really enjoyed my time in New York, loved every …
  • Colin Jost didn’t want to become Scarlett Johansson’s arm candy

    Colin Jost didn’t want to become Scarlett Johansson’s arm candy

    Colin Jost was nervous he’d be overshadowed by his Oscar-nominated fiancée, Scarlett Johansson. The “Saturday Night Live” star admitted on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show” that at the beginning of their relationship he was scared of becoming known only as Johansson’s arm candy. “That was definitely a worry. I worried about my identity with it …
  • Nicole Kidman, Idris Elba and more to read bedtime stories in HBO Max series

    Nicole Kidman, Idris Elba and more to read bedtime stories in HBO Max series

    During these turbulent times, HBO Max wants you to just … relax. The streamer has ordered “A World of Calm,” a series based on the popular app and narrated by a slew of big names. The 10-episode order co-produced by Calm and Nutopia is HBO Max’s first brush with the health and wellness space. From …
  • ‘The Hills: New Beginnings’ cast upset they can’t resume filming

    ‘The Hills: New Beginnings’ cast upset they can’t resume filming

    “The Hills: New Beginnings” isn’t taking any chances with coronavirus. The show’s production company, Evolution, is going to great lengths to adhere to Los Angeles County and network guidelines, but MTV has put an indefinite hold on production, leaving the cast angry, an insider told Page Six on Thursday. “Evolution has hired an outside consultant, …