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CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss may be sidelined: report
CBS News leadership is considering sidelining editor-in-chief Bari Weiss from overseeing the network’s TV programming, according to reporting from Puck News. The potential move follows sharp criticism of CBS News’s interview with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and continued declining ratings for “CBS Evening News.” Weiss, installed as editor-in-chief despite lacking television news experience, has…
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Mattel Execs Explain Why They Chose to Follow ‘Barbie’ With He-Man and ‘Masters of the Universe’
Mattel and Amazon MGM Studios transformed the TCL Chinese Theatre into Castle Grayskull for Monday night’s premiere of “Masters of the Universe,” a massive undertaking that shows just how much money, time and effort they’ve put into the He-Man movie. Nicholas Galitzine stars as Prince Adam in the 2026 live-action adaptation of the classic 1980s…
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Ted Cruz snaps as Dem invokes famous 2013 clash: ‘You’re not Dianne Feinstein’
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) interrupted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Tuesday to tell the Texas Republican she felt “personally aggrieved” by his lecturing — only to have Cruz fire back by invoking the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, snapping, “You’re not Dianne Feinstein.” The blowup came after Cruz delivered a lengthy…
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In Pedro Almodovar’s Bitter Christmas, the Ideas Feel Familiar But the Packaging Is as Pleasing as Ever
Bárbara Lennie and Victoria Luengo in Bitter Christmas —Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival If you’ve been a fan of Pedro Almodóvar’s films since the beginning, or even just for the past decade or so, you’re probably already familiar with his magnificent obsessions: He loves striking-looking women, and he writes willful, complicated characters for them to…
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Burglary suspect trapped in a wall is rescued after Salinas cops on coffee break hear his cries for help
A group of Salinas police officers were enjoying a break from fighting crime at a local coffee roaster when they heard faint cries coming from the walls. The sounds were coming from a burglary suspect who had fallen off an adjacent movie theater roof and landed in a wall space, where he was trapped for…
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New DOJ order ‘forever bars’ US from tax claims against Trump family
The Department of Justice has issued an order permanently barring the United States from pursuing any tax claims or other legal actions against President Donald Trump, his family, his trusts, and his companies, according to a Justice Department document signed Tuesday by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The order, issued in connection with the settlement…
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US health officials order quarantine for 2 passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
US health officials said Tuesday they have issued quarantine orders for two passengers from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital in Nebraska. The orders were signed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s acting director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the CDC said in a statement. The quarantined…
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Inside Jesse Eisenberg, Nicole Ari Parker, Kelly Bensimon and other stars’ weekend in Turks and Caicos
It was mostly a family affair for celebs in Turks and Caicos over the weekend. Movie, TV and reality stars such as Jesse Eisenberg, Nicole Ari Parker, Chad Michael Murray, Dorinda Medley and other VIPs took over the Caribbean island for the opening of Sandals’ Treasure Beach Village at Beaches, where they worked out with…
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The Supreme Court just handed down two surprisingly timid Voting Rights Act decisions
On Monday, the Supreme Court decided not to thrust another dagger into the nearly lifeless corpse of the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is arguably the most successful civil rights law in American history. Before the Roberts Court began to dismantle it, the VRA included a web of provisions intended to…
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Red state candidate vows to turn ICE centers into prisons for ‘American Zionists’
A controversial Democratic candidate in Texas has proclaimed she would use Immigration and Customs Enforcement centers for a new purpose — to round up “American Zionists.” According to the San Antonio Current, Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist running for Texas’ newly-redrawn 35th Congressional District consisting of eastern San Antonio and the exurbs around it, posted…