Stephen Colbert mocked President Trump after he sided with Russia over his own intelligence community in a joint press conference. “One day after his disastrous summit with Vladimir Putin, it is starting to dawn on some people: Trump may be a bad president,” Colbert said to open his Late Show …
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Dwayne Johnson saves. It’s sort of his signature thing, really. An informal list of people, places and other miscellany that the man still known by many as “The Rock” has protected, defended and/or rescued: a young Polynesian woman, part of the Egyptian empire, ancient Greece, San Francisco, fellow video-game avatars, …
Read More »'Whitney': 10 Things We Learned From New Whitney Houston Doc
There are few happy moments inWhitney, the latest documentary to chronicle the remarkable talent and tragic life of Whitney Houston. Her peerless voice made her famous, but her personal life was unbelievably troubled – mired by drug use, exploitative family members who were at once dependent and controlling, tension over …
Read More »'Whitney': The Story Behind the Controversial New Whitney Houston Doc
Whitney Houston‘s longtime movie agent Nicole David had two key goals while producing the documentary Whitney (in theaters July 6th) about the singer: “I wanted to show the world she wasn’t just this beautiful girl with the best voice who pissed it all away,” she says. “I also wanted to …
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In a 2012 performance at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, Neil Diamondintroduced his immigrant anthem, “America,” by paying tribute to his grandmother who emigrated to the United States from Russia in the early 1900s. “She and her daughter, Rose, inspired me to achieve everything that I’ve achieved in my life,” Diamond …
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