Eric Kelsey
By Eric Kelsey
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Fast Forward Roseanne Barr Gets ‘Exciting’ Call From Trump After Sitcom Tops Ratings
Comedian Roseanne Barr on Thursday said it was “pretty exciting” to receive a congratulatory phone call from President Donald Trump after the return of her hit 1990s TV comedy “Roseanne,” about a working-class American family, drew huge ratings. Barr said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” show that she hopes the ABC series will help people…
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Fast Forward James Levine Fired By Metropolitan Opera Over Sex Harassment Claims
New York’s Metropolitan Opera said on Monday that it had fired its longtime conductor and musical director James Levine after an inquiry found “credible evidence” to support accusations against him of sexual misconduct. The Met suspended Levine, 74, in December after several accusations of sexual misconduct stretching from the 1960s to 1980s. At the time,…
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Breaking News ‘The Interview’ Scrapped by Sony in Apparent Victory for North Korea
(Reuters) — Sony Pictures has canceled the release of a comedy on the fictional assassination of North Korea’s leader, in what appears to be an unprecedented victory for Pyongyang and its abilities to wage cyber-warfare. Hackers who said they were incensed by the film attacked Sony Corp last month, leaking documents that drew global headlines…
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Breaking News NBA Gets Legal Life Preserver in Slam Dunk Win Over Donald Sterling
(Reuters) — The National Basketball Association was navigating uncharted and possibly treacherous waters, first when it banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life for racist remarks and then when it demanded the team be sold by September. A court has thrown the league a big life preserver by clearing the way for the…
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News Donald Sterling Calls Wife ‘Pig’ in Court Outburst
(Reuters) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling lashed out at his estranged wife following her court testimony in a trial over the $2 billion sale of the NBA team. Sterling, 80, who is fighting to scuttle the deal his wife Shelly Sterling negotiated with former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, lashed out…
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The Schmooze Gary Oldman Insists Not ‘Defending’ Mel Gibson
(Reuters) — Gary Oldman made comments about Mel Gibson, Alec Baldwin and Nancy Pelosi in an interview that sparked headlines, but his manager insisted the actor was giving a “flamboyant monologue on political correctness and demonstrates the absurd by being absurd.” In the interview published in Playboy magazine on Monday, the 56-year-old British actor said…
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Food Famed Hollywood Eatery Closes After 27 Years
Mel Brooks Ate Here! If the booths at Kate Mantilini could talk, they’d have plenty of Jewish stories to tell./Image courtesy of Kate Mantilini restaurant.* (Reuters) — The din of voices haggling over movies and pitching TV series, as familiar as the trademark meatloaf and grilled salmon, will soon disappear from Kate Mantilini, the Beverly…
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