Jerry O’Connell officially joins CBS’s ‘The Talk’ as new co-host

Jerry O’Connell is joining CBS’s ‘The Talk’ as a permanent co-host, replacing Sharon Osbourne who left earlier this year. The 47-year-old O’Connell has guest-hosted the show for the past few months; he joins co-hosts Sheryl Underwood, Amanda Kloots and Elaine Welteroth and Carrie Ann Inaba (who is currently on a leave of absence from the …

Nicolas Cage says planned ‘Tiger King’ series for Amazon has been scrapped

Nicolas Cage revealed in an interview that his plans to star as the “Tiger King” Joe Exotic in an Amazon series have been scrapped, because producers felt that interest in the true-crime case had “faded.” Cage told Variety:  “We should clear the record. I read two excellent scripts, which I did think were excellent, but …

Stock market closes down, Dow falls 107 points after inflation report

The U.S. stock market closed down on Tuesday following a report detailing surging consumer prices, reversing gains from the start of the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 107.39 points, or 0.31%, while the S&P 500 dipped 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.46%. The losses came after the Department of Labor issued a …

United Airlines to buy 100, 19-seat electric planes from Heart Aerospace

On Tuesday, United Airlines announced plans to purchase 100 electric planes as part of an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The airline’s venture fund announced that it invested in electric aircraft startup Heart Aerospace while conditionally agreeing to purchase 100 of the company’s ES-19 aircraft. The ES-19 is a 19-seat electric aircraft with …

Goalie Pekka Rinne announces NHL retirement after 15-year career with Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday, saying in a statement: “For more than 15 years, I’ve been on an incredible, life-changing journey with the Nashville Predators that has taken me to more places than I could have ever imagined and given me more than I could ever hope to …

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith apologizes for insensitive comments about Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani’s use of interpreter

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith once again apologized on Tuesday after his insensitive remarks about Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani’s use of an interpreter. In a segment on ESPN’s morning talk show “First Take,” Smith said Monday that Ohtani, a Japanese-born player who has drawn comparisons to Babe Ruth, couldn’t be the face of the …

Paris Hilton to host Netflix cooking show “Cooking With Paris”

Netflix announced the new series Cooking with Paris, starring Hilton hotel heiress Paris Hilton. Hilton will executive produce and host the series from her own kitchen, and, according to Netflix, she will also ‘showcase kitchen wardrobe and welcome her celebrity friends as guests.’ The 40-year-old Hilton posted a YouTube video “Cooking with Paris” on Jan. 13, …

2021 Emmy Award nominations are announced: See the full list of nominees

On Tuesday morning, father-daughter duo Ron Cephas Jones (‘This Is Us’) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (‘Blindspotting, Hamilton’) announced the nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards. The Crown and The Mandalorian lead the nominations with 24 nominations each; WandaVision, Ted Lasso, HBO’s Lovecraft Country and The Handmaid’s Tale also earned multiple nominations. This year’s ceremony, hosted …

Texas Democrats leave state in effort to block GOP voting restrictions

Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives left the state Monday afternoon heading to Washington, D.C., in a bid to deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass new voting restrictions. With 26 days left in a special legislative session, most House Democrats boarded two planes out of Austin headed for the U.S. capital without a …

Food & Drug Administration issues new warning on rare autoimmune disorder linked to J&J coronavirus vaccine

On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) warned of an increased risk of Guillain-Barre, a rare neurological disorder, following the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after 100 preliminary cases of the syndrome were reported among the 12.5M doses administered. The agency noted that 95 of the cases were serious and required hospitalization, including one …