Новости за 17.05.2020

The return of Bundesliga soccer from COVID-19 lockdown (in an empty arena) hit a record high with its Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke matchup with a .33, marking the best metered market rating ever for a Bundesliga telecast on FS1. In the match, Dortmund beat Schalke, 4-0. On Sunday, Fox Sports released the following in the […]

UPDATE: Actor Bill Pullman has responded to President Trump’s use of his voice in a parody video tweet on Saturday. The clip borrowed Pullman’s speech as a President in the 1996 film, Independence Day. “My voice belongs to no one but me, and I’m not running for president—this year,” Pullman said in a statement provided […]

Director Lynn Shelton’s collaborator and romantic partner Marc Maron has issued a statement on her death, saying doctors tried hard to save her. “She collapsed yesterday morning after having been ill for a week,” Maron said. “There was a previously unknown, underlying condition. It was not Covid 19. The doctors could not save her. They […]

Two prominent organizations devoted to nightclubs are painting a gloomy picture about taking back the night anytime soon. Spokesmen for the Nightclub Hall of Fame and the American Nightlife Association/International Nightlife Association spoke to Las Vegas television station FOX5, and reported that shutdowns in the industry may extend to 2021, with some venues not surviving […]

Italy’s cinemas will get back to business from June 15, the government announced Saturday as it outlined an overall easing of lockdown protocols in what was the initial epicenter of the European continent’s coronavirus outbreak. As with other markets that are beginning to lift restrictions on moviegoing, there will be social distancing measures in place […]

A massive fire broke out in downtown Los Angeles Saturday evening, touching off an explosion and leaving nearly a dozen firefighters injured. “There was a significant explosion that caused a mayday report,” Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott said in a briefing carried live on Twitter. “This was upgraded to a major emergency category.” […]

President Barack Obama never mentioned Donald Trump in his virtual Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 commencement speech tonight, but it was clear to everyone in coronavirus lockdown and elsewhere that he was throwing shade and throwing down the gauntlet to his successor – for the second time in less than […]

Former President Barack Obama delivered blistering criticism Saturday of President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, during a virtual commencement speech to graduates of historically black colleges and universities. Obama did not mention Trump by name, but it was obvious he was referring to the Trump administration. “More than anything, this pandemic has fully, […]

Phyllis Ann George, the 50th winner of the iconic Miss America pageant, pioneering sportscaster, and former First Lady of Kentucky, died Friday, May 14, following a long struggle with a blood disorder. George was born June 25, 1949 in Denton, Texas. She attended the University of North Texas for three years until being crowned Miss […]

Friends and former collaborators are remembering writer, director, and producer Lynn Shelton, an award-winning indie filmmaker who died Friday at age 54. The groundbreaking director was best known for her films Humpday,Your Sister’s Sister (2011), Outside In (2017) and last year’s Sword of Trust.  Humpday, which premiered in 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival, starred […]

As the nation slowly crawls back to economic activity, President Donald Trump has borrowed a speech from the film Independence Day to encourage people to take back the night. In the original 1996 film, Bill Pullman plays the role of the President Thomas J. Whitmore, a former fighter pilot attempting to inspire his rag-tag collection […]