Getty Images Salman Rushdie’s outspoken views on Islam have made him a target of extremists Is it legal to import Sir Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses in India? This question has been puzzling legal experts since the Delhi High Court suggested this week that the notification banning the novel’s import – issued in 1988 – […]
Dr. Dre is no longer required to keep his distance from the divorce therapist suing him for $10 million over alleged harassment. A California judge ruled Tuesday that Dr. Charles Sophy failed to prove that Dre, born Andre Young, poses a threat to his physical safety. The finding meant that a prior restraining order granted […]
Hulu has given out a pilot order to Nick Paley‘s comedy “Phony” with Connie Britton now set for a lead role, Variety has learned. The pilot is described as a coming-of-age mystery. The official logline states that it follows “a teenager who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident to discover his mom […]
Police have raided a pizzeria in western Germany which they alleged served customers a side of cocaine when they ordered item number 40 on the menu. Authorities were tipped off about the scheme in March by food inspectors, and drug squad officers began watching the restaurant, criminal director Michael Graf von Moltke said on Monday. […]
Week 7 NFL action is complete. We are just more than a third of the way through the season, so we have a considerable sample size to project how these teams will fare going forward. Four teams seem to be the ones who will be fighting for the No. 1 pick in next April’s draft: […]
Cruel World Fest is back for another year, and New Order and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will headline 2025’s festival. It’s scheduled to take place May 17 at the Rose Bowl’s Brookside in Pasadena, California. The Go-Gos, Death Cult, Devo, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Garbage, Madness, ‘Til Tuesday, She Wants Revenge, Alison […]
The first sign something unusual was going down at the Grand Palais in Paris was the small wooden house, plopped on the steps of the 150-foot-tall Beaux Arts dome. Things got stranger. The home was actually constructed in a matter of days, and it was no simple abode, but one of the demountable structures designed […]
Kelli Giddish returned once again to “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” after departing the show as a series regular in 2022. In the third episode of Season 26, titled “Divide & Conquer,” her character, Detective Amanda Rollins, comes back into the fold — and has a heartwarming reunion with her former partner, Olivia Benson […]
The ACC released its preseason predicted order of finish on Tuesday ahead of the 2024-25 college basketball season. Duke was picked to win in the annual preseason poll, and North Carolina star guard RJ Davis was given conference preseason Player of the Year honors after spurning the 2024 NBA Draft to return to school. Much […]
After a US court ruled earlier this week that Google must open its Play Store to allow for third-party app stores and alternative payment options, Microsoft is moving quickly to slide into this slightly ajar door. Sarah Bond, president of Xbox, posted on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday evening that the ruling “will allow more choice […]
