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(full article title: 'Survivor' Castaway Zeke Smith Outed as Transgender by Fellow Contestant Jeff Varner During Tribal Council) Zeke Smith is trying to make the best of the situation. The two-time Survivor player was outed as transgender by fellow tribe member Jeff Varner during tribal council on Wednesday's episode of Game Changers. Varner, who told host Jeff Probst that he felt he was going home earlier in the tribal council, decided to reveal one last piece of information in the hopes of saving himself. "There is deception here. Deceptions on levels, Jeff, that these guys don't even understand," Varner said,...

The original "Star Trek" series isn't just a milestone of science fiction, it's also a treasure trove of mathematical ideas — as Space.com discovered when we attended "Star Trek: The Math of Khan" at the Museum of Mathematics on Thursday (April 6). ... Captain Kirk talks computers to death no fewer than four separate occasions in the original series. The captain often achieves this feat using sentences similar to the "Liar's Paradox": "This sentence is false." It's a paradox because if the sentence is false, then the sentence is stating the truth, even though it is supposed to be false;...

A pre-taped sketch from last weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live continues to be mired in controversy due to its similarities to a pre-existing short film. In SNL’s “Birthday Clown,” Louis C.K. portrays a man who hires a children’s clown to come and perform for him, and him alone, on his birthday. After the sketch aired, many criticized the pre-taped sketch for its striking similarities to Tig Notaro’s 2015 short film “Clown Service,” which, per IMDB, is about a heartbroken woman who “enlists the services of a traveling party clown.” The clown, much like in the SNL sketch, performs for...

Beauty and the Beast is joining the billion-dollar club at the worldwide box office. Director Bill Condon‘s update of Disney‘s classic 1991 animated film likely will achieve the milestone by Thursday. (The entry of The Fate of the Furious in a handful of foreign markets on Wednesday is clouding the forecast.) On Tuesday, Beauty, starring Emma Watson as Belle, grossed $9.7 million for a worldwide total of $993.2 million. The tentpole has earned $435.9 million domestically and $557.3 million overseas, led by China ($85.2 million) and the U.K. ($75.3 million). Disney has plenty of reason to celebrate. Beauty and the...

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"Charlie Murphy, Eddie's older brother, and a very successful and popular stand-up comedian in his own right has died ... TMZ has learned. According to Charlie's manager, he died from leukemia Wednesday morning in a NYC hospital. He'd been going undergoing chemotherapy. Family members tell us they're absolutely shocked because they thought he was getting better. "

A Dutch TV show in which a woman stands on a podium while men guess whether she's fat or pregnant, or has real or fake breasts, has left viewers outraged. The TV show 'Neem je zwemspullen mee' ('Take your swimming clothes with you') immediately enraged viewers and critics alike after it was broadcast for the first time on Dutch public television this week.

Megyn Kelly's first interview in her new role as an NBC News host may be a coveted one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The network's chairman Andy Lack flew to Russia this week to try to secure the interview, according insiders. He will appeal to Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov to take part in the sit-down which would make Kelly's hotly anticipated debut on the network even more memorable. The 46-year-old was released early from her contract with rival Fox News in March after she signed a $15million, two-show deal with NBC.

Savannah Guthrie tried to shut down the rumors of friction at NBC over new hire Megyn Kelly, saying she feels 'lucky' at the change to work with the longtime Fox News anchor. The Today Show co-host was asked about Kelly in an anchor roundtable hosted by The Hollywood Reporter. 'She and I have a lot in common, actually. We both went to law school and then ran screaming for our lives away from the law,' Guthrie said. 'We both came up in D.C. But yeah, we're excited to have her. I think she's going to be great. We feel lucky....

Actor Peter Hansen, known for his role as lawyer and addiction counselor Lee Baldwin on General Hospital, has died at the age of 95. Hansen died Sunday in Santa Clarita, California, the General Hospital twitter account confirmed Tuesday. Though he made over 100 film and television appearances, Hansen was best known for his role as the stalwart Lee Baldwin on General Hospital and its spin-off Port Charles. He appeared on the weekday soap opera from 1965 through 2004, making his last appearance at Lila’s (Anna Lee) funeral in 2004 and retiring from the screen thereafter. His character began as Port...

A very old song from vinyl - "When I Need You Most of All" by Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary. Done to Kirk and Spock of Star Trek.

Trailer LinkI just watched this movie again (possibly for the 3rd time). It is painful...excruciatingly painful. But as usual, when the pain ends, you feel great. Not only great, but transformed. Raised up to a newer you. A stronger, wiser you.This movie is painful, but out of this pain emerges a new, purified view of your own experience and your view of the world...one of the most uplifting movies ever.I identify with this idiot athlete. I am forever getting in trouble...getting in over my head.That said, I have yet had to chop off my own arm.But who knows what the...

Thor without his hammer? That can't end well, can it? Chris Hemsworth's superhero is having a seriously bad day in a new teaser trailer for "Thor: Ragnarok." He's stuck on the other side of the universe while a big problem brews back home in Asgard: New baddie-on-the-block Hela, played by Cate Blanchett, is doing her best to bring about Ragnarok — see what they're doing here? — the destruction of Asgardian civilization.

“Girls” comes to an end on April 16 after six seasons, and it’s time to bid bye-bye to the best show about the worst of my generation. The HBO dramedy, created by then-24-year-old writer/actress Lena Dunham, brilliantly tackled difficult issues from abortion to sexual assault . . . while also making an entire pack of millennials look like loathsome narcissists. The cast of characters on “Girls” were remarkably, unbelievably awful. If you met a single character from the show in real life, you would be talking about how self-destructive they were . . . forever. That’s true whether it’s Jessa, who deals with her...

Former first lady Barbara Bush is missing two toes, her granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager revealed Monday. "My grandma's missing a toe on each foot," the daughter of former President George W. Bush told Kathie Lee Gifford on "Today." . . . Upon realizing that the former first lady may have never disclosed not having a full set of toes, Bush Hager appeared to regret revealing the personal details. "Ganny, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have said anything."

Tim Pigott-Smith, the BAFTA Award-winning British actor who appeared in such TV fare and films as The Jewel in the Crown, V for Vendetta and Downton Abbey, died today. He was 70.

A news anchor discovered her husband had been killed in a car crash as she delivered the breaking news on live TV. Supreet Kaur, who reads the news for India’s IBC24 channel, somehow managed to retain her composure as a reporter gave details about the horror smash over the phone. The reporter didn’t identify the victims by name but said three out of five people in the car were dead.

Omaha-raised actor Zahn McClarnon has 30 years and 70 credits to his name, most notably scene-stealing roles on FX’s “Fargo” and Netflix’s “Longmire.” The 50-year-old actor has done a lot and seen a lot. But his latest project casts him in fresh new territory: playing Pierce Brosnan’s father. In AMC’s new epic Western series, “The Son” — which began its 10-episode season Saturday night — McClarnon plays Toshaway, the chief of a Comanche Tribe. During a raid, the tribe captures a Texas boy named Eli McCullough (Jacob Lofland, of “Mud” and “Justified”), whom Toshaway raises as his own. As Eli’s...

Last night was hard. It was my first bonafide red carpet in LA (at the Beverly Hilton of all places, where they host the Golden Globes) and for some reason I felt really alienated from my body. Last night it really started to dawn on me just how much further we have to go. While gender nonconforming and nonbinary people are making progress in some ways, it's generally only been people who fit a certain androgynous, hairless, youthful look. Last night on the red carpet, I felt the weight of just how radical my chest hair and armpit hair and...

Is this the most outrageous Trump-related Tweet to come out of Hollywood so far? The #resistance has no greater friend than Joss Whedon. The director of The Avengers is one of Hollywood’s most vocal critics of the Trump administration. He did all he could to stop the real estate mogul from becoming president. He directed the infamous “Save the Day” voter PSAs from 2016. Whedon leaned on his celebrity rolodex to caution voters against Trump. The star-studded ad featured Robert Downey, Jr., Don Cheadle, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and other A-list actors.Now, he uses Twitter to warn the masses about...