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Fox News is parting ways with Maria Bartiromo after more than 12 years with the company. The network announced the move on Thursday afternoon. What We Know: Bartiromo has anchored multiple programs across Fox News Media, including Mornings with Maria on Fox Business Network. The morning program aired weekdays from 6-9 AM ET. She also hosted Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street on Friday evenings from 7-7:30 PM ET. Meanwhile, her Fox News program Sunday Morning Futures will have a temporary change this weekend. Fox News will have Jason Chaffetz host Sunday Morning Futures this week. The network plans to announce a...

Jelly Roll can’t say he didn’t ask for it. After the rotund, country-rooted rapper drew fire from fans for using his guest-starring stint on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for consecutive nights of bashing President Donald Trump with all the sneering condescension of the modern left, he responded to critics by essentially telling them to stop listening to him. He might not have been expecting too many to take his advice. In a podcast Monday and a post on the social media platform X, conservative social media personality Johnson reported that he’d run the numbers on Jelly Roll’s social media accounts and...

President Trump has pulled off something Washington almost never sees: Hollywood studios, major entertainment unions and Adam Schiff are suddenly lining up behind the same America First jobs push. After meeting with actor Jon Voight, Trump called on Republicans and Democrats in Congress to create a federal production incentive for movies and television shows made in the United States. The goal is simple. Give producers a compelling financial reason to employ American crews, rent American soundstages and keep billions of dollars in production spending on American soil. Trump described Hollywood as a “complete and total disaster” after years of productions...

Longtime “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton has been suspended from the show, and his role will be recast, studio officials said. Sony Pictures Television Studios confirmed Tuesday in a statement to NBC News that Thornton will not be involved with the show as the studio investigates allegations against him. “We have recently been made aware of allegations concerning Jim Thornton. He has been suspended from ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and we are recasting while we conduct a thorough investigation,” the studio said. It did not provide additional details about the allegations or investigation. Thornton did not immediately respond to a...

Three Steps in the Dark (1953) is a British whodunit mystery that plunges viewers into a chilling country‑house murder where family secrets, betrayal, and intrigue collide. When a cantankerous patriarch’s announcement at a family reunion ends in murder, the web of suspicion tightens around every guest. Set in the shadowed halls of an English estate, this atmospheric crime thriller unfolds with moody interiors, whispered motives, and a complex cast of heirs and suspects. As tension mounts toward a surprising revelation, the film captures the timeless appeal of an Agatha Christie‑style mystery rooted in suspicion, deception, and psychological suspense. Three...

Four-time Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen is returning to his racing roots this September, as he attempts to chase down 100 drivers in a go-kart race at Silverstone in England. The Max vs 100 challenge is set to become the world’s biggest go-kart race and will be broadcast live on September 16 around the world on Disney+ and the ESPN App. What is Max vs 100? At one time or another, plenty of motorsport fans have probably asked themselves this question: could you beat a racing legend if the odds were stacked in your favour? That's what Max vs...

Actress Anna Faris loves her son, Jack, so much that she says she "would do anything for him," including considering becoming a Christian like Jack and his father — Faris' ex-husband, actor Chris Pratt. But she has her concerns about Jack's beliefs, including the fact that he is pro-life. In a recent podcast, Faris said she suggested to Jack that his pro-life convictions are a "luxury" for him. Key Takeaways: * Actress Anna Faris is the mother to 14-year-old Jack Pratt, the son she shares with ex-husband, actor Chris Pratt. * Faris stated on a recent podcast that her son...

Dolly Parton died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 80, surrounded by loved ones. She was loved like few other entertainers in American history. The story of how her most famous song, “I Will Always Love You,” came to be—and how Whitney Houston came to record it—may be the best of all the Parton stories you’ll hear as the nation grieves her loss. And celebrates her life. Parton was born dirt poor in 1946 to a loving family in the mountains of Tennessee. Her father couldn’t read or write, and often worked two jobs to make ends meet, but...

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (WJAR) — The jury deliberating in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth Superior Court had a question Friday, but it was not immediately clear what they asked. Live coverage of the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Court came back into session a little after 10 a.m., and the question was apparently discussed and answered at sidebar. The judge made no mention of it, and court went back into recess as deliberations continue. Clancy of Duxbury, Massachusetts, is on trial in the strangulation deaths of her three young children -- Cora, Dawson and Callan -- in 2023. The central...

<p>Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP Somebody save him ... from himself.</p><p>Country music star Jelly Roll has decided a good portion of his audience can take a hike.</p><p>The “Son of a Sinner” singer, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, stunned audiences when he guest-hosted on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" this week and delivered some particularly sharp criticisms of President Trump.</p>

Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor who starred as the heroic Optimus Prime in a convoy of Transformers films, TV shows and video games and as the gloomy Eeyore in dozens of Winnie the Pooh projects, has died. He was 85. Cullen died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his agent, Kevin Motley, told The Hollywood Reporter. He “passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family — and held in the hearts of his many friends and countless fans worldwide,” his family said in a statement. They ask “that you honor his remarkable legacy by serving your communities and...

Next stop for Karoline Leavitt after leaving the White House? Pulling up a chair next to the ladies who co-host ABC’s The View. On Thursday, the Daily Mail reported Leavitt was “in secret talks to join” The View, but CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter swiftly shot down the “implication” of the Mail’s headline as “false.” Leavitt was not going to officially join the show as a co-host, wrote Stelter, but simply had been invited to make a one-time appearance as a guest. Stelter called having Leavitt on The View a “no-braining booking move,” as the show “frequently tries to...

Country music icon and beloved philanthropist Dolly Parton recorded a secret song that will be locked away until 2046. Prior to her death at age 80 this week, Dolly Parton recorded more than 60 albums, including a never before heard song that she wanted to lock away until 2046, per WKRN. In her 2021 memoir, “Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics,” Dolly revealed she penned a secret song. The track is locked in a box on display at Dollywood’s Dream More Resort and Spa in Pigeon Forge. Inside the display are four personal items, including a box made of...

What's the impact of an ad? It's a question making the rounds in many circles as backlash grows over a 15-second spot created by Frisco-based Good Good Golf to showcase a new co-branded driver from equipment maker Callaway. The ad begins with one of the founders of Good Good, Garrett Clark, shoulder-checking a female golfer, another Good Good staffer, Alexis Miestowski, a former Division I golfer, to the ground. "I felt nauseous," The Family Place CEO Tiffany Tate said. "That was my first gut-level reaction when I saw the ad." The ad concludes with the Good Good content creator standing...

Tim Curry, a multitalented star of the stage and screen, died Tuesday at his home at the age of 80. The three-time Tony Award-nominated icon was best known for his eccentric characters, his musical background, and his comedic chops, leading to a varied and successful career in cult classics and box office hits. Curry “passed away peacefully at his home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles,” according to a statement from his longtime manager Marcia Hurwitz. The cause of death has not been made public, but Curry had suffered from several health issues since having a severe stroke in 2012. Though...

Jaye P. Morgan, the singer, actor, nightclub star and, perhaps most famously to fans of '70s game shows, the outrageously risqué panelist on Chuck Barris' The Gong Show, died of natural causes Monday, August 24, her family announced. She was 94. According to attorney and longtime friend Mark Sendroff, Morgan had been living with her nephew and niece, Duke Morgan Spencer and Peggy Sue Spencer, in Longview, Washington, having previously lived for many years in the San Fernando Valley in California.

On a day that our nation genuinely mourns the loss of a cross-party generational pillar, Dolly Parton, I think back to my younger years and the more righteous culture. She was known for kindness and humility. I can think of only one more that was like her. I was taken from my father at a young age, through a feminist no fault divorce filled with false allegations. As a young man growing up lonely for fatherly love and advice, I found a large portion of what I needed by watching Little House on the Prairie, and specifically Charles Ingalls, played...

Actor Tim Curry has died at 80 years old, a rep for Curry confirmed to PEOPLE. TMZ was first to report the news. LAPD confirms to PEOPLE that officers responded to a call for service on Aug. 25 at 11:20 p.m. and completed a death investigation for a male in his 80s at home in North Hollywood. Curry, born in the U.K. on April 19, 1946, was best known for his wide range of comedic — and often villainous — roles. Most famously, he played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in 1975’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a part he would reprise again...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird wrote in an op-ed for The Daily Wire that she is suing California for leading the charge in the lawsuit against the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger.“California is once again trying to be the country’s regulator. And once again California is defying common sense to raise costs around the country,” Bird wrote.Bird argues that “any Iowa family” would tell you the cost of streaming is too high and that there are “fewer quality shows” to choose from. She says these are symptoms of one company getting “too far in front,” and the competitors being “too small to...

Few movies have made an impact on the world of cinema quite like Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather. Widely and unequivocally regarded as one of the most influential films of all time, the first installment in Coppola's famed crime drama trilogy made waves in the year of its release. It skyrocketed to No. 1 at the box office and became the highest-grossing movie of 1972. Beyond the critical and audience acclaim, The Godfather also scored 10 Oscar nominations and took home three of those coveted golden statues at the 45th Academy Awards. One of those nominations was for Best Supporting...