Donald Trump insists his 17-day getaway to his Bedminster golf club is “not a vacation” — but a new photo and video of the president on the green prove the trip is not all work and no play.
The president stopped by a couple’s wedding at his New Jersey club over the weekend, according to a video posted on Instagram and obtained by ABC News before it was removed from the social media site.
In the video, the president, dressed in casual attire and a red Make America Great Again hat, steps out of his golf cart to greet a...
The president stopped by a couple’s wedding at his New Jersey club over the weekend, according to a video posted on Instagram and obtained by ABC News before it was removed from the social media site.
In the video, the president, dressed in casual attire and a red Make America Great Again hat, steps out of his golf cart to greet a...
- 8/7/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Hollywood is mourning Sam Shepard after his death of complications from Als. He was 73.
Shepard’s theater representative confirms to People that Shepard passed away at his home in Kentucky on Thursday, July 27, from complications from Als, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The actor’s battle with Als was not publicly known. He was with his family at the time of his death.
As news of his death became public, celebrities and fans alike began mourning the accomplished writer and actor.
“I loved Sam. He has been a huge part of my life, who I am, and he will remain so.
Shepard’s theater representative confirms to People that Shepard passed away at his home in Kentucky on Thursday, July 27, from complications from Als, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The actor’s battle with Als was not publicly known. He was with his family at the time of his death.
As news of his death became public, celebrities and fans alike began mourning the accomplished writer and actor.
“I loved Sam. He has been a huge part of my life, who I am, and he will remain so.
- 7/31/2017
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Which music stars went home with awards at the 2014 Grammy Awards? Find out with this full winners list.
Winners in each category are bolded.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thick feat. T.I. and Pharrell
Album of the year
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (Pink feat. Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" -- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)
"Royals...
Winners in each category are bolded.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thick feat. T.I. and Pharrell
Album of the year
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (Pink feat. Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" -- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)
"Royals...
- 1/26/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The man known as "King of the Sideshows" is now becoming the main attraction of a new book and Kickstarter campaign.
Ward Hall, who at 83 years old is entering his 70th year in the carnival business, will be the subject of "Ward Hall: King Of The Sideshows," a new book about his career, if -- drum roll, please! -- a Kickstarter campaign can successfully raise $10,000 by Aug. 8.
As of Aug. 3, the campaign has raised around $7,373, mostly from the relatively small community of circus and sideshow enthusiasts.
But book author Tim O'Brien believes Hall's story has appeal beyond that teeny demographic.
"This is a story about a kid from the Midwest who ran off to join the circus when he was 14, and owned his own circus by the time he was 25," O'Brien, a former vice president for Ripleys, told The Huffington Post. "On his first day on the job, he burned...
Ward Hall, who at 83 years old is entering his 70th year in the carnival business, will be the subject of "Ward Hall: King Of The Sideshows," a new book about his career, if -- drum roll, please! -- a Kickstarter campaign can successfully raise $10,000 by Aug. 8.
As of Aug. 3, the campaign has raised around $7,373, mostly from the relatively small community of circus and sideshow enthusiasts.
But book author Tim O'Brien believes Hall's story has appeal beyond that teeny demographic.
"This is a story about a kid from the Midwest who ran off to join the circus when he was 14, and owned his own circus by the time he was 25," O'Brien, a former vice president for Ripleys, told The Huffington Post. "On his first day on the job, he burned...
- 8/4/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Fan Portrait by Tim O'Brien
It was revealed at CinemaCon recently that Fox and Blue Sky Studios are developing a 3D animated feature film adaptation of Charlie Brown. There they showed a trailer for the film to theater owners and journalists who were in attendance.
According to AICN the CG footage showed a sun rising over a round surface that is made to look like a planet, but it actually turns out to be Charlie Brown's head.
I love Charlie Brown, but I honestly don't think Fox or Blue Sky have the talent to make the film as heartfelt and soulful as it needs to be. I'm not at all excited that they are the ones developing the film, and I honestly think they are going to end up destroying it, and making a crap film.
The Ice Age films are ok, but there's no way they can pull off...
It was revealed at CinemaCon recently that Fox and Blue Sky Studios are developing a 3D animated feature film adaptation of Charlie Brown. There they showed a trailer for the film to theater owners and journalists who were in attendance.
According to AICN the CG footage showed a sun rising over a round surface that is made to look like a planet, but it actually turns out to be Charlie Brown's head.
I love Charlie Brown, but I honestly don't think Fox or Blue Sky have the talent to make the film as heartfelt and soulful as it needs to be. I'm not at all excited that they are the ones developing the film, and I honestly think they are going to end up destroying it, and making a crap film.
The Ice Age films are ok, but there's no way they can pull off...
- 4/19/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Secretaries get honored once a year, as do mothers, fathers and even people who talk like pirates, so why shouldn't sword swallowers?
That's what sword swallower Dan Meyer thinks.
For the last seven years, Meyer, president of the Sword Swallowers Association International has declared the last Saturday of February to be "World Sword Swallowers Day," a 24-hour period when the world's 200 or so sword swallowers sharpen their skills collectively.
This year, World Sword Swallowers Day is on Feb. 23, and blade gobblers will gather at various places around the world, including 18 of the 32 Ripley's Odditoriums, to perform solo swallowing and a simultaneous swallow at 2:23 p.m. local time.
World Sword Swallowers Day (Story continues below)
Sword swallowing dates back to around 4,000 B.C. Practitioners of this ancient sideshow art face death each time they attempt the feat -- and not just because the blade usually comes within one-eighth of an inch of the heart.
That's what sword swallower Dan Meyer thinks.
For the last seven years, Meyer, president of the Sword Swallowers Association International has declared the last Saturday of February to be "World Sword Swallowers Day," a 24-hour period when the world's 200 or so sword swallowers sharpen their skills collectively.
This year, World Sword Swallowers Day is on Feb. 23, and blade gobblers will gather at various places around the world, including 18 of the 32 Ripley's Odditoriums, to perform solo swallowing and a simultaneous swallow at 2:23 p.m. local time.
World Sword Swallowers Day (Story continues below)
Sword swallowing dates back to around 4,000 B.C. Practitioners of this ancient sideshow art face death each time they attempt the feat -- and not just because the blade usually comes within one-eighth of an inch of the heart.
- 2/21/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The very first scene of "Girls," HBO's new comedy about the lives of four young women in New York City, is set in the kind of upscale restaurant that once would have housed Carrie, Samantha, and the rest of the "Sex and the City" gang. But Mr. Big isn't picking up the tab this time. Hannah Horvath -- played by series creator Lena Dunham -- and her father are wolfing down food as fast as they can. Her mother accuses them of behaving as if someone is about to take their food away -- which isn't so far from the truth. A few moments later, Hannah's parents announce that they are cutting her off. Her days of interning and working on her memoirs are over.
The ghost of "Sex and the City" hovers over "Girls," calling attention to how much we -- and HBO -- have changed. But the truth is,...
The ghost of "Sex and the City" hovers over "Girls," calling attention to how much we -- and HBO -- have changed. But the truth is,...
- 4/5/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The very first scene of "Girls," HBO's new comedy about the lives of four young women in New York City, is set in the kind of upscale restaurant that once would have housed Carrie, Samantha, and the rest of the "Sex and the City" gang. But Mr. Big isn't picking up the tab this time. Hannah Horvath -- played by series creator Lena Dunham -- and her father are wolfing down food as fast as they can. Her mother accuses them of behaving as if someone is about to take their food away -- which isn't so far from the truth. A few moments later, Hannah's parents announce that they are cutting her off. Her days of interning and working on her memoirs are over.
The ghost of "Sex and the City" hovers over "Girls," calling attention to how much we -- and HBO -- have changed. But the truth is,...
The ghost of "Sex and the City" hovers over "Girls," calling attention to how much we -- and HBO -- have changed. But the truth is,...
- 4/5/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Aol TV.
So many actors say they knew from an early age that they belonged onstage. But Amanda Peet actually hurled herself onto one -- while a production was in progress -- when she was 3.
"Luckily it was a children's play," says Peet, who stars in NBC's "Bent," premiering Wednesday, March 21.
In the sitcom, Peet plays Alex, a recently divorced mom whose ex is imprisoned for securities fraud. She's renovating a house and hires Pete (David Walton) as her contractor. He's a surfer dude who likes recreational drugs and casual flings. Women find him irresistible.
Peet understands why.
"He should be a movie star," Peet says. "That he is not is astounding to me. I don't think there is anyone like him. He is George Clooney mixed with Matt Dillon. He is stone-y, quick-witted. He's weird, he's not like anyone else."
She also relates to Alex as a mom, as she reassures a child on her cellphone.
"Luckily it was a children's play," says Peet, who stars in NBC's "Bent," premiering Wednesday, March 21.
In the sitcom, Peet plays Alex, a recently divorced mom whose ex is imprisoned for securities fraud. She's renovating a house and hires Pete (David Walton) as her contractor. He's a surfer dude who likes recreational drugs and casual flings. Women find him irresistible.
Peet understands why.
"He should be a movie star," Peet says. "That he is not is astounding to me. I don't think there is anyone like him. He is George Clooney mixed with Matt Dillon. He is stone-y, quick-witted. He's weird, he's not like anyone else."
She also relates to Alex as a mom, as she reassures a child on her cellphone.
- 3/21/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
With lawsuits pending, Trump's business empire could not withstand the close scrutiny of a presidential campaign, and even his kids might have been muddied. Wayne Barrett, who first exposed Trump's ties to organized crime in his 1992 book, looked into the Donald's most recent business dealings and discovered:
• One associate who was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in a massive 2000 stock swindle-and escaped prison only by helping to convict 19 others, including six members of New York crime families • Two associates who served prison time on cocaine charges • Another partner prosecuted for trafficking underage girls after a dramatic helicopter raid on a yacht off the Turkish coast • A pending lawsuit against Trump Soho that alleges daughter Ivanka, among others, made fraudulent misrepresentations
Related story on The Daily Beast: Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'
"I had no idea I would get hammered in the way I've been hammered," Donald Trump declared in New Hampshire...
• One associate who was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in a massive 2000 stock swindle-and escaped prison only by helping to convict 19 others, including six members of New York crime families • Two associates who served prison time on cocaine charges • Another partner prosecuted for trafficking underage girls after a dramatic helicopter raid on a yacht off the Turkish coast • A pending lawsuit against Trump Soho that alleges daughter Ivanka, among others, made fraudulent misrepresentations
Related story on The Daily Beast: Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'
"I had no idea I would get hammered in the way I've been hammered," Donald Trump declared in New Hampshire...
- 5/26/2011
- by Wayne Barrett
- The Daily Beast
Delightful debut from a new blade of bluegrass
Eighteen-year-old bluegrass whiz Sarah Jarosz will have just graduated from high school when her first album is released this summer, but her age is nearly beside the point. She's a wildly talented instrumentalist, wielding her mandolin and claw-hammer banjo like an old pro alongside actual old pros like Tim O'Brien, Abigail Washburn and Chris Thile (all of whom make guest appearances). Her voice is lovely, glowing and unfurled at only the right moments, and two well-done covers—Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan's “Come on up to the House” and The Decemberists' “Shankhill Butchers”—attest to her skill as much as her taste. But the songs Jarosz wrote herself more pull their own weight. The eleven originals bubble with questions, toe-tapping impatience and a dreamy yearning, and they're strung through with twinge of poignancy that's completely refreshing. She's neither a cloyingly precious...
Eighteen-year-old bluegrass whiz Sarah Jarosz will have just graduated from high school when her first album is released this summer, but her age is nearly beside the point. She's a wildly talented instrumentalist, wielding her mandolin and claw-hammer banjo like an old pro alongside actual old pros like Tim O'Brien, Abigail Washburn and Chris Thile (all of whom make guest appearances). Her voice is lovely, glowing and unfurled at only the right moments, and two well-done covers—Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan's “Come on up to the House” and The Decemberists' “Shankhill Butchers”—attest to her skill as much as her taste. But the songs Jarosz wrote herself more pull their own weight. The eleven originals bubble with questions, toe-tapping impatience and a dreamy yearning, and they're strung through with twinge of poignancy that's completely refreshing. She's neither a cloyingly precious...
- 6/17/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
He may have lost to Kris Allen on American Idol, but Steve Martin and his banjo album "The Crow" landed on the pop charts this week, his first time back there since 1981's Ep "The Steve Martin Brothers." Yet if we were guessing that his new Billboard status might have had something to do with his brand name or the bluegrass firepower he brings with him on his new record - Mary Black, Vince Gill, Tim O'Brien, Dolly Parton along with banjo masters Earl Scruggs, Pete Wernick and Tony Trischka - the joke is, well, on us. That was the verdict last night at the Rubin Museum of Art, after the award winning comedian-actor-playwright-novelist-memoirist rounded out an intimate two-night residency with a mesmerizing display of banjo pickin', songwritin', a bit of singing (his voice doesn't quite warrant the apostrophe) and,...
- 5/29/2009
- by Alex Pasternack
- Huffington Post
Comedian Steve Martin is not known for conventional performances. He's pulled audiences out into the street on Elliston Place and is known for making a scene at odd hours of the night. On May 30, he will make a more conventional and significant performance when he makes his Grand Ole Opry debut.
The appearance at the Opry comes as Martin releases his first music album. The Crow: New Songs For The Five-String Banjo showcases his skill as an accomplished banjo player. He played the instrument during a recent hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live." The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's John McEuen produced Martin's album and he'll back Steve that night at the Opry.
John and Steve became friends during their teen years in California. John says when Steve picks, fans will get to see how much it means for him to bring his music to the heart of country music. He...
The appearance at the Opry comes as Martin releases his first music album. The Crow: New Songs For The Five-String Banjo showcases his skill as an accomplished banjo player. He played the instrument during a recent hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live." The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's John McEuen produced Martin's album and he'll back Steve that night at the Opry.
John and Steve became friends during their teen years in California. John says when Steve picks, fans will get to see how much it means for him to bring his music to the heart of country music. He...
- 4/3/2009
- icelebz.com
Following the premiere of its first scripted drama series Mad Men two weeks ago, AMC has inked a slew of development deals in the scripted arena, including a basketball project from 300 producer Mark Canton and former NBA player Rick Fox and a boxing-themed dramatic serial titled Cutman that is based on a series of short stories by F.X. Toole, the author behind Million Dollar Baby.
Also on the slate are a Vietnam War-themed miniseries titled The Things They Carried from Fox Television Studios, based on the book by Tim O'Brien, and an untitled political thriller set in a prestigious Washington think tank.
"All of these are distinct in their own way," said Rob Sorcher, executive vp programming and production at AMC. "Once we put out 'Mad Men' and (last year's miniseries) Broken Trail, I think the creative community quickly understood what we were trying to do, and they embraced our mission, which is to really come out with programming that (is) a future classic -- the kind where viewers say, 'I want to own the DVD of that.' "
As for the two sports-related projects, Sorcher said the AMC audience tends to watch a great deal of sports programming when not watching the network.
Also on the slate are a Vietnam War-themed miniseries titled The Things They Carried from Fox Television Studios, based on the book by Tim O'Brien, and an untitled political thriller set in a prestigious Washington think tank.
"All of these are distinct in their own way," said Rob Sorcher, executive vp programming and production at AMC. "Once we put out 'Mad Men' and (last year's miniseries) Broken Trail, I think the creative community quickly understood what we were trying to do, and they embraced our mission, which is to really come out with programming that (is) a future classic -- the kind where viewers say, 'I want to own the DVD of that.' "
As for the two sports-related projects, Sorcher said the AMC audience tends to watch a great deal of sports programming when not watching the network.
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