• Celebrity medium Thomas John dishes on new CBS show and naysayers

    Celebrity medium Thomas John dishes on new CBS show and naysayers

    Thomas John, who bills himself as a psychic medium, is getting his closeup in a new series. “The Thomas John Experience,” premiering Thursday on CBS All Access, follows John (born Thomas John Flanagan) as he travels around the country, meets strangers and puts them “in touch” with deceases loved ones. “The show is really about …
  • Erika Girardi defends cop son: ‘His job is to protect and serve all’

    Erika Girardi defends cop son: ‘His job is to protect and serve all’

    Erika Girardi is proud to be the mother of a policeman. The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, 48, defended her son Tommy Zizzo on social media after an Instagram user commented, “Your son is an officer!” on her image of a black screen to support Black Lives Matter and Black Out Tuesday. “My son …
  • Box office could see 50 percent drop in ticket sales this year, analyst finds

    Box office could see 50 percent drop in ticket sales this year, analyst finds

    The coronavirus will slash box office revenues in half this year, and the pandemic is now poised to weaken the longtime status of movie theaters as destinations for first-run movies, according to an influential media analyst. Revenue from ticket sales will plunge to $5.5 billion this year, down more than 50 percent from $11.4 billion …
  • Not even the coronavirus will stop Kourtney Kardashian-lookalike from getting plastic surgery

    Not even the coronavirus will stop Kourtney Kardashian-lookalike from getting plastic surgery

    She’s keeping up with the Kardashians in an extreme way. A plastic surgery-addicted Playboy Bunny is not letting the coronavirus pandemic keep her from undergoing operations until she resembles her favorite reality TV star: Kourtney Kardashian. The bunny’s bold proclamation comes a week after Brazil’s daily COVID-19 death toll surpassed that of the US. “I …
  • Some US salons, gyms, offices requiring coronavirus waivers before entry

    Some US salons, gyms, offices requiring coronavirus waivers before entry

    As US businesses reopen after weeks of pandemic lockdowns, many have been posting coronavirus disclaimers or requiring employees and patrons to sign waivers before entering. From hair salons and recreation centers to stock exchanges and wedding photographers, the notices have sprung up across the country, asking guests to acknowledge they might contract a disease that …
  • Gilead developing inhaled remdesivir usable outside of hospitals

    Gilead developing inhaled remdesivir usable outside of hospitals

    Gilead Sciences is developing easier-to-administer versions of its antiviral treatment remdesivir for COVID-19 that could be used outside of hospitals, including ones that can be inhaled, after trials showed moderate effectiveness for the drug given by infusion. Remdesivir is the only drug so far that has been shown to help patients with COVID-19, but Gilead …
  • Trump aids Putin on rejoining G-7 and gets a Russian insult in return

    Trump aids Putin on rejoining G-7 and gets a Russian insult in return

    President Trump used a phone call on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to suggest that Moscow return to the G-7. In doing so, he is undermining U.S. allies and boosting an ardent adversary. What’s more, the Kremlin promptly reciprocated by attacking the Trump administration’s handling of the ongoing riots. Referring to U.S. efforts to …
  • Hundreds of small businesses may have mistakenly received coronavirus funds twice

    Hundreds of small businesses may have mistakenly received coronavirus funds twice

    A technical snafu in a US government system caused many small businesses to receive loans twice or more under a federal aid program to help businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly a dozen people with knowledge of the matter said. The money mistakenly handed out could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars that …
  • How imperfect game changed much more than the lives of Armando Galarraga, Jim Joyce

    How imperfect game changed much more than the lives of Armando Galarraga, Jim Joyce

    “It is going to be the first line in my obituary.” — Jim Joyce It is not this simple: Joyce missed a call and the Astros committed baseball sins that rocked the sport. It is not that kind of straight line. From there to here. A lot happened in between. And MLB was probably on …
  • Feds expect coronavirus to drain trillions from US economy

    Feds expect coronavirus to drain trillions from US economy

    The feds expect the coronavirus crisis to drain trillions of dollars from the US economy over the next decade, in the latest sign of the pandemic’s economic devastation. The crisis will lead to a $15.7 trillion reduction in the nation’s gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced here — from …