INDIANAPOLIS -- Save the moral victories for the Philadelphia 76ers.The Cleveland Cavaliers, arguably the best team in the league, aren't going that route.Sure,they didn't have LeBron James and Kyrie Irving in the lineup when the Indiana Pacers defeated them 93-86 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday, but the Cavs weren't interested in a quick excuse before moving on to Houston for a Sunday matinee.Kevin Love was noticeably...
Saturday, February 28, 2015
'The Lazarus Effect' movie reviews: What critics are saying about the Mark ...
"The Lazarus Effect" won't exactly have to rise from the dead in order to succeed at the box office. Director David Gelb's horror-thriller will, however, have to overcome largely negative reviews.As of Friday morning (Feb. 26), Gelb's film - which stars New Orleanian Mark Duplass and Olivia Wilde as two in group of med-school students who figure out a way to breathe life back into the deceased - boasted a lowly 18 percent...
Color Controversies Started With Mars, Not With #TheDress
It may seem like a trivial pursuit to argue over whether a dress is blue and black, or white and gold, but the question of color balance can apply to weightier matters as well such as whether there's life on Mars.That was the debate in 1976 when NASA's Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to touch down on the Red Planet. Did Mars have a blue sky, like Earth's, or was it a sky of a...
Friday, February 27, 2015
Nine are dead including shooter in apparent string of homicides near Tyrone, Mo.
A man who authorities say may have been unhinged by the death of his ailing mother went on a house-to-house shooting rampage in a small town in the Missouri Ozarks, killing seven people before taking his own life. The victims, plus an eighth person who was wounded, were found late Thursday or early Friday...
Will Smith Focused on Career, Not Box Office Results
You might not be able to take the schadenfreude out of the town some in Hollywood love to root for a competitors heartaches but you can take a bit of the town out of the man.Will Smith said he will emotionally, and even physically, remove himself this weekend from the chatter over box office results for Focus, his first star turn...
Cleveland Cavaliers postgame show: Recapping the win against Golden State
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Cavaliers have now won four straight games, beating the Golden State Warriors, 110-99, in a much-anticipated showdown on Thursday night.LeBron Jamesled the way with a game-high 42 points, outscoring the Golden State tandem of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson all by himself.The Cavs are now 37-22,andhave won 18 of their last 20 games. They have the league's best record since Jan. 13, the...
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Teuvo Teravainen eager to help offset the loss of Patrick Kane
SUNRISE, Fla. Teuvo Teravainen doesnt expect to make up for Patrick Kanes absence all by himself. But it doesnt mean he wont try.I dont feel pressure, but I know I have a chance to step in and make a difference, the Blackhawks rookie said. Just play my best and try to help the team.With Kane out for about 12 weeks and with general manager Stan Bowman still in pursuit of veteran forwards before Mondays trade...
Giuliana Rancic apologizes on air for Zendaya hair comments
Oscars 2015: Red carpet 50 photosActress Lupita Nyong'o wore this instantly famous, pearl-laden dress to the 87th Academy Awards Sunday in Hollywood. Click through the gallery for more red-carpet fashion from the Oscars.Oscars 2015: Red carpet 50 photosDisney actress Zendaya arrives on the red carpetOscars 2015: Red carpet 50 photosJohn Travolta and Scarlett JohanssonOscars 2015: Red carpet 50 photosJennifer Aniston,...
Injury sidelines Patrick Kane
CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Blackhawks have placed Patrick Kane on long-term injured reserve and recalled forward Teuvo Teravainen from Rockford of the American Hockey League.The Blackhawks also assigned Trevor van Riemsdyk to their top minor league affiliate. The rookie defenseman, who had left knee surgery in November, likely will return after a conditioning stint with the IceHogs.Kane, who leads Chicago with 27 goals...
5 Times Madonna Has Bounced Back
Madonna took a nasty fall during her finale number during the 2015 BRIT Awards on Wednesday night, but then got back up to finish the performance without disruption. The pop icon later reacted to the accident on Instagram, writing nothing can stop me and love really lifted me up. Its not the first time fans have watched her resilience pull her through tough times. Here are 5 other moments Madonna made a flawless...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Willow Shields: 5 Things To Know About The 'DWTS' Contestant
May the odds be in her favor! The season 20 cast of Dancing with the Stars has been announced, and Willow Shields is one of the competing celebs! Get to know this fabulous young star a litter better here!You all know her as JLaws little sis in The Hunger Games franchise, and at just 14,Willow Shields, is at the top of her game.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 is due in November2015, where fans will once againcheer...
Zendaya vs Giuliana Rancic and winning the dreadlock battle
Zendaya is drop-dread gorgeous.
But when the 18-year-old actress wore dreadlocks to the Oscars on Sunday night, E! host Giuliana Rancic mocked her on Fashion Police with a comment so offensive that it immediately became a perfect metaphor for the 2015 lily-white Oscars.
I feel like she smells like patchouli oil or maybe weed, Rancic said on Monday.
And there it was: A white woman telling a black woman...
Ed Sheeran covers Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty'
Its tough to not be a fan of a song in whichRedman encourages throwing elbows and has a super sexy music video. Though those criteria could describe a number of songs, it fits the bill for Christina Aguileras Dirrty.Its been too long since Dirrty has been discussed in the public discourse, so thank Ed Sheeran for his recent cover of it.Appearing on BBC Radio 1s Live Lounge, known for inspiring artists to bust out awesome...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Josh McCown visiting Cleveland Browns today and tomorrow, source says
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Longtime veteran quarterback Josh McCown is visiting the Cleveland Browns today and Wednesday, a league source told Northeast Ohio Media Group.It means the Browns' process of overhauling the quarterback position is officially underway.McCown, 35, was released last week by the Bucs with a year remaining on his two-year deal. Since then, he's visited with the Bills, Bears and Jets, but planned to take...
Tim McGraw Honors Glen Campbell With Moving Oscars Performance
The Oscars took a solemn turn when Tim McGraw took the stage Sunday night. Dressed in a tuxedo and his signature black cowboy hat, the country superstar sang Glen Campbell's nominated song, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," sitting on a stool without his guitar or anything else to detract from the emotional lyrics penned by Campbell with Julian Raymond as a love letter to his family.Sidebar ...
Whiplash Wins, Jazz Loses
The indie movies were the big winners at the 2015 Oscars, but the biggest loser was jazz.J.K. Simmons won a well-deserved Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Terence Flethcer, an abusive "genius" director of a big band at some New Yorkish Jazz conservatory, pitted against Miles Teller's Andrew Neyman, an equally arrogant egotistical young drummer who sees himself...
American Horror Story actor Ben Woolf dies aged 34
Ben Woolf, a cast-member on the television show, American Horror Story, has died from a head injury after a car accident, a publicist has confirmed.The 4ft4 (1.32m) actor was hospitalised in critical condition last week at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after he was hit by the side mirror of a passing vehicle on the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Gramercy Place.His condition had been upgraded to...
Monday, February 23, 2015
Pelosi, Obama aides back Patricia Arquette
Patricia Arquette won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. (Robyn Beck, AFP/Getty Images)As you might expect, Oscar winner Patricia Arquettes call for wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women was received warmly by Democratic lawmakers and top members of President Obamas administration.House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, White House aide Valerie Jarrett and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez were...
Patricia Arquette wins her first Oscar for 'Boyhood'
"Boyhood"/UniversalPatricia Arquette's performance is emotionally gripping.Patricia Arquette has won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in "Boyhood."This is her first Oscar win and first nomination.Arquette was the favorite to win beating outnominees Meryl Streep ("Into The Woods"), Laura Dern ("Wild"), Keira Knightley ("The Imitation Game"), and Emma Stone ("Birdman").The 46-year-old...
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Medzerian: Oscar nominations are not the only thing 'Selma' missed
Well never know the reason behind the apparent snub of the film Selma in the acting and directing categories for Sundays Oscars.Maybe the academy members really thought there were five better choices in those categories.Maybe it is subtle or not-so-subtle racism.Maybe it really was a backlash over the films incorrect depiction of President Lyndon B. Johnson as adversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. rather...
American Horror Story actor Ben Woolf struck by vehicle, in critical condition
Posted February 20 2015 3:13 PM EST American Horror Story actor Ben Woolf was struck by a car on Thursday evening at 9 p.m.Woolf, who plays Meep inAmerican Horror Story: Freak Show, was struck in the head by the side mirror of a passing vehicle at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Gramercy Place in Los Angeles,...
American Horror Story's Ben Woolf now stable after being struck by car
ByShyam Dodge for MailOnline Published: 10:17 EST, 20 February 2015 | Updated: 07:32 EST, 22 February 2015American Horror Story: Freak Show actor Ben Woolf has been upgraded to critical but stable condition.ButTMZ reported the actor isn't out of the woods just yet. The television star was originally in critical and unstable condition after being hit in the head by a moving vehicle in Hollywood on Thursday night.Woolf,...
Why Wasn't Charlie Sheen in the Two and a Half Men Finale? Chuck Lorre ...
Two and a Half Men is over. Charlie Harper returned! But Charlie Sheen didn't. Executive producer and co-creator Chuck Lorre explained the controversial star's absence in the show's last ever vanity card at the end of the episode."I know a lot of you might be disappointed that you didn't get to see Charlie Sheen in tonight's finale," Lorre's card read. He then went on to explain the idea he had for Sheen's character,...
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Indie Spirit Awards Winners List For 2015 Includes Patricia Arquette, 'Birdman ...
Hosts Kristen Bell, left, and Fred Armisen speak at the 30th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Berenice Marlohe arrives at the 30th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jason Reitman arrives at the 30th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb....
NBA Trades 2015: Predicting Outcomes for Biggest Names on Deadline Day
Christian Petersen/Getty Images Plenty of trades are certain togo down on the final day before the deadline, but NBA fans are hoping some big names change teams.Although this season has seen few rumors surrounding the league's superstars, there are still some notable players who could be on...
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