“Alien: Romulus,” the latest chapter in a sci-fi and horror saga that taught audiences that “in space, no one can hear you scream,” is making some noise at the box office. The film earned a solid $6.
A petty turf battle within the CIA turned a potential opening to Iran into a misbegotten arms-for-hostages deal that fell apart because of the squabbling and led to disclosure of the Iran-contra scandal. That is the contention of one of the factions that are still feuding hotly over the foreign policy disaster. As reports circulated about the imminent retirement of CIA Director William Casey, who is suffering from brain cancer, the agency itself is agonizing over its handling of the Iran initiative.
Top singer Justin Bieber has postponed his Las Vegas concert after he tested positive for COVID-19This comes one week after he performed to a packed crowd in West Hollywood, California, for the pre-Super Bowl partyBieber is supposed to perform two more shows this upcoming week but no word yet on whether those will also be carried forwardR&B singer Justin Bieber has tested positive for COVID-19. The 27-year-old singer found out he contracted the coronavirus on Saturday, February 19.
On March 8, 1991, Mario Van Peebles’ feature directorial debut “New Jack City” premiered at the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood. On Saturday, a little more than 30 years later, Van Peebles walked the red carpet outside the very same cinema — now renamed the Regency Village Theatre — for a special screening of his classic crime thriller, hosted by the American Cinematheque.
Comedian Michelle Wolf addressed her controversial White House Correspondents’ dinner remarks about Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in the premiere of her new Netflix show, The Break, on Sunday. “I actually really like Sarah. I think she’s very resourceful. She burns facts, and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smoky eye. Like maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s lies. It’s probably lies,” Wolf said last month in what turned out to be the most controversial part of her speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.