See LeBron James in new trailer for ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’

Warner Brothers has released a new trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy. The film, starring LeBron James and the Looney Tunes, premieres July 16 in theaters and on HBO Max.  A New Legacy is the sequel to 1996’s Space Jam. The original film starred Michael Jordan as himself, whom the Looney Tunes summon to help them play basketball against …

Vice President Harris meets with Mexican President Obrador to address illegal migration

Vice President Kamala Harris met with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico City on Tuesday to discuss immigration policy, as part of her first foreign trip since taking office in January. Harris’ Mexico visit comes after she visited Guatemala on Monday, where she told Central Americans that “help is on the way” if …

President Biden ends negotiations with Senator Capito and Republicans over infrastructure legislation

President Biden has ended negotiations with Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Republicans over infrastructure legislation. According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Biden told Capito on Tuesday that the latest GOP offer didn’t “meet the essential needs of our country” to fix roads and bridges, prepare the nation for a future reliant on clean …

Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy says Dak Prescott expected to fully participate at Dallas training camp

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy expects Dak Prescott to fully participate when the team opens training camp in July, telling reporters on Tuesday: “He hasn’t missed anything that’s been slated. He’s doing a lot of extra frankly, so the anticipation would be for him to go every day is the outlook. We’re not naive. It’s …

Simone Biles earns record 7th U.S. women’s all-around gymnastics title

Simone Biles won a record seventh national women’s all-around gymnastics title in Fort Worth, Texas, tying her with the most titles won by any American in the event. Biles surpassed Clara Schroth Lomady’s previous record of six all-around U.S. championships titles. She is now tied with Alfred Jochim for the most by any American. The 24-year-old will try …

Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions signs first-look deal with Netflix

Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions has signed a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix.  As part of the deal, Nuyorican will produce both film and television offerings, scripted and unscripted. Lopez, along with producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, will aim to work on projects that look to support diverse female actors, writers and filmmakers. Business partner Benny Medina …

Chris Harrison officially exits ‘Bachelor’ franchise after racism controversy

Chris Harrison has officially exited ABC’s Bachelor franchise after 19 years as host of the reality dating series and its spinoffs.  Harrison, 49, will reportedly receive a massive payout to step away and stay mum about his departure. Harrison’s exit comes four months after controversy first arose when Rachael Kirkconnell, a 24-year-old contestant who would go …

Lili Reinhart signs first-look deal with Amazon Studios

Lili Reinhart has signed a first look film and TV producing deal with Amazon Studios. Reinhart and her production banner Small Victory Productions will develop original and adapted film and TV content as part of an exclusive pact with Amazon. The deal comes following the success last year of Reinhart’s “Chemical Hearts,” the coming-of-age drama …

Supreme Court rules against immigrants who entered U.S. illegally with temporary status

The Supreme Court ruled Monday in an unanimous decision that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents. Justice Elena Kagan wrote that federal immigration law prohibits people who entered the country illegally and now have Temporary Protected Status from seeking “green cards” to remain …

Department of Justice seizes millions in ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline

The Justice Department announced on Monday that it has successfully seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency Colonial Pipeline paid to the cyber criminal group ‘DarkSide,’ following last month’s ransomware attack that led the pipeline to briefly shut down its operations. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at a news conference: “Earlier today, the Department of Justice …