What does a guy who is worth (according to all the magazines) $41 billion do? If you’re Steve Ballmer, who at age 63 ranks as one of the wealthiest people in the world, he buys the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, which he cheers on in his familiarly exuberant style. The team has yet to win a championship. “I think…
Spend any time with Emilia Clarke, and it’s easy to see that she’s not like the character she plays on TV. “The big difference between me and Dani my sense of humor, in that I have one,” Clarke laughed. “I mean, that lady ain’t cracking jokes!” “That lady” is Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, rightful heir to the Iron Throne,…
Sam Rockwell’s long acting career, like a toy chest, is full of cowboys, outlaws, spacemen and monsters. Correspondent Tony Dokoupil noted, “If you were take every role you’ve ever been in and dump it out on the floor as action figures …” “It would be weird!” Rockwell laughed. “There’s a lotta wigs and fake beards in there.” But for Rockwell,…
Avicii may be gone, but his family is making sure his music doesn’t go unheard. Nearly one year after the Swedish songwriter and producer’s death, Universal Music announced the June release of a new album, titled “TIM.” The lead single, “SOS,” drops April 10. Avicii, whose given name was Tim Bergling, had nearly completed a 16-track album when he died…
Comedian Adam Sandler is returning to the “Saturday Night Live” stage more than two decades after he left the cast. He will make his hosting debut May 4 with musical guest Shawn Mendes, NBC announced Friday. It will be Sandler’s first time hosting the show that first made him a household name. He joined “SNL” in 1990 as a writer…
Surviving two deadly brain aneurysms gave “Game of Thrones” actor Emilia Clarke a new perspective on life, she tells Tracy Smith in an interview for “CBS Sunday Morning,” to be broadcast April 7. Emilia Clarke, of “Game of Thrones.” CBS News Clarke recently revealed she suffered the first ruptured brain aneurysm in 2011, just after finishing filming of the first…
YouTube stars Cole and Sav LaBrant are apologizing for what they say was an April Fools prank gone wrong. In a video, the couple told their 6-year-old daughter they were taking away her puppy, and she broke down in tears. The couple posted their original prank video Tuesday, in which they told Everleigh LaBrant they could no longer care for their…
A suspect in a series of slashings in and around Los Angeles is seen in an image released by the Los Angeles Police Department. LAPD A man who has been suspected of riding through South Los Angeles on his bicycle, slashing at least nine pedestrians with a sharp object, was arrested Wednesday, CBS Los Angeles reports. One of the victims…
A man has been slashing people’s faces as he rides by them on a bicycle in and around Los Angeles, police said. Investigators told CBS Los Angeles eight people have been attacked within the past two weeks. On Monday morning, a male victim in South Los Angeles was slashed in the face with an edged weapon as he was standing…
The trailer for the feature film “Joker” starring Joaquin Phoenix has been released, and it looks to be a fascinating addition to the Batman pop-culture universe. Warner Bros. Entertainment is distributing the film, which stars Phoenix as Batman’s arch-nemesis — arguably the most famous villain in comic book history. The tagline for the movie is: “Put on a happy face.”…
Rapper 50 Cent’s massive Connecticut mansion just sold for $2.9 million – 84 percent less than what he first sought for it 12 years ago, according to the Wall Street Journal, which spoke to people familiar with the deal. 50 Cent bought the 51,657 square foot home in Farmington, Connecticut, from former boxer Mike Tyson in 2003. He paid $4.1 million…
Fifty years after John Lennon and Yoko Ono famously staged a honeymoon “bed-in” for peace in an Amsterdam hotel, a Dutchman has unearthed 30 minutes of color footage of the event from his cellar. The couple spent a week mostly under the sheets at the Hilton hotel to spread a pacifist message — smoking, eating, singing and playing guitar while…
Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes said he’s launching a foundation aimed at improving lives of children called “15 and the Mahomies.” The reigning NFL MVP made his announcement during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” late Monday. Mahomes talked to Fallon about a slew of topics, including last season’s accolades and New England Patriots quarterback…
The successful test of an Indian anti-satellite weapon March 27 created a cloud of high-velocity debris that poses a near-term threat to other spacecraft in low-Earth orbit, including the International Space Station, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told agency employees Monday. Indian officials said the threat was minimal. But during a “town hall” meeting at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Bridenstine said…
“Inside Edition” anchor Deborah Norville revealed in a video released to viewers Monday that she will undergo surgery to remove a thyroid nodule from her neck. In the message, Norville said it was thanks to one viewer’s sharp eye that she went to her doctor in the first place. “We live in a world of ‘see something, say something,’ and…
You can’t hear its unmistakable theme music without flashing back to “The Twilight Zone,” which ran on CBS from 1959 to 1964. It was an anthology show of science fiction, horror and fantasy, graced by such future stars as Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Carol Burnett and William Shatner. And you can’t think of “The Twilight Zone” without thinking of Rod…
As the witty and bossy Diane on the hit sit-com “Black-ish,” Marsai Martin is a rising star. For a lot of child actors, fame and fortune would be enough, but it looks like Martin is after something bigger. “I started to think about all those young little black girls that look like me not really seen on TV a lot,”…
“Game of Thrones ” may be coming to an end, but fans will only have to wait a week after the series finale before heading back to Westeros.
Stars of the iconic ’90s romantic comedy “Clueless” reunited Saturday at a panel during the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2). And fans of the hit were, “totally buggin’.” Alicia Silverstone (Cher Horowitz), Paul Rudd (Josh Lucas), Donald Faison (Murray Duvall) and Breckin Meyer (Travis Birkenstock) came together ahead of the 25th anniversary of the film’s 1995 release in July….
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar: On Monday, feminist leader Gloria Steinem turns 85. Tuesday’s the day the Supreme Court hears cases of alleged partisan gerrymandering of Congressional districts in Maryland and North Carolina. Gerrymandering: A threat to democracy? On Wednesday, President Trump awards a posthumous Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Travis Atkins…
By the time she took the stage at this year’s Grammys, to perform “The Joke,” Brandi Carlile had already won three awards out of the six she was nominated for, for her album “By The Way, I Forgive You.” “The Joke,” an anthem for outcasts, brought the audience to their feet. Brandi Carlile – The Joke (LIVE at the 61st…
There are approximately 443 underground miles of track in New York City’s subway system. CBS News On March 24, 1900 it was “Tunnel Day” in New York City, for that was the day Mayor Robert Van Wyck used a sterling silver Tiffany shovel to ceremonially launch construction of the city’s first subway. Soon, thousands of workers were digging for real,…
Johann Sebastian Bach is getting a very modern celebration on what would be his 333rd birthday. The composer was honored with his very own Google Doodle – and the Doodle itself is making a bit of history: It’s the first to be powered by artificial intelligence.The AI Google Doodle allows users to create their own tunes, like Bach did back…
In the wake of multiple scandals, the University of Southern California’s Board of Trustees announced Wednesday that it has unanimously chosen Carol L. Folt as the school’s 12th president, CBS Los Angeles reports. The university issued a press release saying she was selected after a seven month long process. A press conference, which will be streamed online, is scheduled later Wednesday….
