After at least eight auditions over two decades, “Jeopardy!” superfan Harvey Silikovitz learned last year that his dream was coming true: He was chosen to compete on the show. What he hadn’t anticipated was that his big chance would come as he was living with Parkinson’s disease. Silikovitz made his “Jeopardy!” debut on Monday, besting the 8-day champion Laura Faddah by winning $23,600 in a dominating game that, from the start, was a runaway. In that episode, he said that after living with Parkinson’s since 2019, coming onto “Jeopardy!” was “no longer just about wanting to do well for myself,…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
This summer is about to get “Freakier.” More than 20 years after they starred in the hit film “Freaky Friday,” Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan have reprised their roles in a trailer for the upcoming film, “Freakier Friday.” The 2003 movie, based on the 1972 novel of the same name written by Mary Rodgers, starred Lohan as Anna Coleman, a girl who ends up magically swapping bodies with her mother Tess Coleman, played by Curtis. This time around, the characters visit a psychic played by “Saturday Night Live” alum Vanessa Bayer. She tells them that their “lifelines” have “intersected…
The judge overseeing Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal battle granted much of Lively’s request for an expanded protective order that aims to prevent some information, such as medical records and trade secrets related to future business projects, from being made public. On Thursday, the judge said in his ruling that the court’s standard protective order would not be sufficient for the needs of Lively and Baldoni’s case, given the high-profile and sensitive nature of the case. “These cases involve both business competitors and allegations of sexual harm,” the judge wrote, adding that discovery will unveil “confidential and sensitive business…
Michael Fassbender blew any chance he might have had of playing 007 when he recommended another actor for the iconic role – Daniel Craig. Speaking on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, released Thursday, the Irish actor recalled meeting with James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and auditioning for the role. During the meeting, Fassbender dropped Craig’s name into conversation. “I don’t know why I was promoting him, I should have been promoting myself,” he joked, though he also told podcast host Josh Horowitz that he never really believed himself to be “in the mix” for the part. Craig, who went on…
Bowen Yang has made it clear that he is indeed a “little monster,” the moniker that supporters of Grammy-winning artist Lady Gaga have claimed. Yang had his chance to tell Gaga just how meaningful her music and her advocacy is for the LGBTQ+ community – which he is a part of – when she appeared on a recent episode of his and Matt Rogers’ podcast “Las Culturistas.” During the episode, the “Wicked” and “Saturday Night Live” star spoke about how important one Lady Gaga song in particular has been to him in his own journey. “I think I had come…
DeKaylin “DK” Metcalf may have just been traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but there’s one thing he’s already secured. During a press conference Thursday, the wide receiver shared the news that he’s engaged to singer Normani. “Found a new home here, found a new fiancée and everything’s just falling in line, just the way God planned for it to be,” he reportedly said. The professional football player gestured toward the singer and added, “She right there. Hold that rock up baby.” Metcalf explained that he had proposed while both of their families were recently together in Houston, Texas. “They got…
Conan O’Brien hosted this year’s Academy Awards and has revealed some golden ideas he and his writer were not allowed to execute. In an episode of his “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, O’Brien and Mike Sweeney, who served as his head writer for the Oscars, discussed some behind-the-scenes moments from the recent event. According to O’Brien, he pitched a promo in which he and a 9-foot-tall Oscar statuette were meant to be a domestic couple who were “fighting about things couples fight about.” “I thought wouldn’t it be great if it’s just on the couch?” he said. “Let’s lay…
A gray-haired Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in a Manhattan courtroom on Friday for a pretrial hearing in his federal criminal case. Combs pleaded not guilty to three charges in a superseding indictment: sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy. The superseding indictment included additional allegations related to racketeering conspiracy but no new charges. Two of the embattled mogul’s children, one of his sons and one of his daughters, were seated in the second row in court, along with Combs’ mother. He is currently being held at a federal detention center in New York City as he awaits…
AppleTV+ announced on Friday that its Emmy-winning comedy series, “Ted Lasso,” is set to return for a highly anticipated fourth season. Jason Sudeikis, who stars as the title character and also serves as an executive producer and co-creator, will reprise his role as the beloved UK-based football coach, returning to Richmond, according to a news release. “As we all continue to navigate a world where numerous factors have conditioned us to ‘hesitate before acting,’ in season four, the team at AFC Richmond will learn to ‘act before hesitating,’ discovering that wherever they end up is precisely where they’re meant to…
PROVIDENCE — A Rhode Island doctor has been deported after returning from a trip to Lebanon to visit her parents. Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, was prevented from re-entering the United States at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Thursday evening. She has since been placed on a plane headed to Paris. Dr. Rasha, who resided in Providence, had been employed at Brown Medicine since last July. She has been studying and working in the United States for approximately six years. The U.S. consulate in Lebanon had issued her an H-1B visa, which is granted to individuals in specialized occupations requiring expertise.…
