• TikTok star Charly Jordan apologizes for traveling to Rwanda amid pandemic

    TikTok star Charly Jordan apologizes for traveling to Rwanda amid pandemic

    Popular TikTok star and influencer Charly Jordan is apologizing for flouting pandemic travel restrictions with a recent trip to Rwanda. Jordan, 21, told her 3.3 Million Instagram followers that she landed in Rwanda “definitely corona-free” last week. “Crazy where the world is right now,” she added, according to Vulture. She posted some silverback gorilla content …
  • Serena Williams toughs out three-set victory in US Open

    Serena Williams toughs out three-set victory in US Open

    Serena Williams is known as one of tennis’ all-time revenge players. If an opponent beats her, look out next time. Just two weeks after losing to Greece’s Maria Sakkari in three sets on these same grounds in the Western Southern Open, Williams reversed the decision, also needing three taut sets to do so. After dropping …
  • Lineswoman struck by Novak Djokovic ball receiving death threats

    Lineswoman struck by Novak Djokovic ball receiving death threats

    The US Open lineswoman from Kentucky hit in the throat by Novak Djokovic’s tennis ball is taking Labor Day off, according to a tennis source. The injured lineswoman is Laura Clark of Owensboro, Kentucky, according to the source. The incident caused the disqualification of Djokovic, who was the heavy favorite and top seed to win the …
  • Bruce Williamson, lead singer of the Temptations, dies from COVID-19

    Bruce Williamson, lead singer of the Temptations, dies from COVID-19

    Bruce Williamson Jr., the lead singer of the Temptations, has died from the coronavirus. He was 49. The soul singer died Sunday night at his home in Las Vegas, TMZ reported. Williamson, who was not an original member, joined the Temptations in 2006 and sang with the group until 2015. The Compton, California native told …
  • YouTuber Lloyd Cadena’s family reveals cause of death at 26

    YouTuber Lloyd Cadena’s family reveals cause of death at 26

    The family of the late vlogger Lloyd Cadena, 26, has revealed that the YouTube star had recently tested positive for the coronavirus. The Filipino comedian passed away due to a heart attack precipitated by the virus, according to a post on Cadena’s social media accounts. “On September 4, 5 am he was seen by the …
  • Emirates airline pays $1.4 billion in COVID-19 travel refunds

    Emirates airline pays $1.4 billion in COVID-19 travel refunds

    The Emirates airline has shelled out roughly $1.4 billion in coronavirus-related travel refunds — and it’s not done yet. The Dubai-based carrier revealed the figure in a Monday news release, saying it had completed more than 1.4 million refund requests since March, when the COVID-19 pandemic upended air travel around the world. But Emirates said …
  • Selena Gomez says all her exes think she’s crazy

    Selena Gomez says all her exes think she’s crazy

    Selena Gomez is single and not so ready to mingle. The “Rare” singer revealed in a new interview that her dating life has been put on pause. “It’s hard [to find a man] in quarantine,” she recently told YouTube star Nikkie Tutorials, but added that it’s “not an invitation” for anyone to ask her out. …
  • Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ earns $20 million at box office

    Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ earns $20 million at box office

    Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” — the first blockbuster film to enter the theaters following widespread lockdown orders — brought in an estimated $20.2 million through the holiday weekend in US and Canadian theaters. The movie’s Labor Day weekend release displayed the new realities for US theaters as Americans went to the movies en masse for the …
  • Novak Djokovic’s excessive punishment is terrible for US Open

    Novak Djokovic’s excessive punishment is terrible for US Open

    There was always going to be an asterisk next to the U.S. Open championship played without fans and under a pandemic/bubble environment. Now you can draw a bigger, fatter asterisk after the USTA’s decision Sunday to disqualify Novak Djokovic for accidentally hitting a ball after a point that struck a female line judge in the …
  • Novak Djokovic is ‘empty’ after US Open tennis ball fiasco

    Novak Djokovic is ‘empty’ after US Open tennis ball fiasco

    Novak Djokovic was contrite on Instagram after being disqualified from the U.S. Open on Sunday for hitting a tennis ball in frustration that inadvertently struck a female line judge in the backcourt. Djokovic pleaded his case for 10 minutes with tournament offiicials, left the grounds without giving a Zoom interview but had calmed down by …