John Mulaney set to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ for a fifth time on February 26

Comedian John Mulaney is set to guest host Saturday Night Live for a fifth time on Feb. 26, after the show returns from a three-week break due to NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics. The only other celebrities who have guest hosted SNL five times include Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Goodman, Tom Hanks, Drew …

CNN President Jeff Zucker announces resignation after failure to disclose relationship with colleague

Jeff Zucker has resigned as president of CNN Worldwide, effective immediately. The 56-year-old Zucker announced his resignation in a staff memo on Wednesday, explaining that the decision for him to resign was made after he failed to disclose a “consensual relationship” with a colleague. The statement read in part: “As part of the investigation into Chris …

President Biden to deploy 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe amid Russia-Ukraine crisis

President Biden has agreed to deploy 3,000 additional U.S. troops to Eastern Europe to support NATO and Ukraine to dissuade Russia from any kind of military intervention in Ukraine.  The deployment follows talks between U.S. and Russian officials and a meeting of the United Nations Security Council this week over the Ukraine crisis. The deployments …

Washington Football Team announces new name is the Washington Commanders

The Washington Football Team has revealed its new name: the Washington Commanders. Washington owner Dan Snyder said in a statement: “As an organization, we are excited to rally and rise together as one under our new identity while paying homage to our local roots and what it means to represent the nation’s capital. As we …

Hue Jackson implies Browns owner Jimmy Haslam paid him to lose during his time as Cleveland head coach

As part of the proposed class-action lawsuit Brian Flores filed against the NFL, one allegation noted was that Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered Flores $100,000 to intentionally lose games to improve draft positioning. Now former Cleveland Browns coach Hue Jackson is implying that Browns owner Jimmy Haslam did the same. The 56-year-old Jackson has been …

2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees include Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie and more

Dolly Parton, Eminem, and Lionel Richie were among the nominees announced for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2022. Also nominated were Beck, Pat Benatar, Kate Bush, DEVO, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Judas Priest, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, Rage Against The Machine, Carly Simon, A Tribe Called Quest and Dionne Warwick. …

Steve Carell and John Krasinski to reunite for the new film ‘If’

Former co-stars of the hit series The Office — Steve Carell and John Krasinski — will team up again in the new film ‘If.’  Carell has joined the cast of the upcoming movie, directed by and starring Krasinski, who also will write and executive produce the film.  If is based on Krasinski’s original idea about …

Nearly 6,000 residents are evacuated over fears of explosion due to fire at fertilizer plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

At least 6,000 residents in the North Carolina city of Winston-Salem have been asked to evacuate the area during an active fire at the Winston Weaver Co. fertilizer plant.  Winston-Salem Fire Department Battalion Chief Patrick Grubbs said at a news conference on Tuesday “We’re asking everyone to stay out of this area,” as officials told …

1 student dead, another critically injured in shooting at Minnesota school

One student is dead, and another is in critical condition after a shooting Tuesday outside a school in Richfield, Minnesota, about 7 miles south of downtown Minneapolis. Richfield Police Chief Jay Henthorne said that the police were called to the South Education Center at 12:07 p.m., and upon arrival, discovered “two students had been shot …

Tom Brady officially confirms his retirement after 22 years in the NFL

Days after reports first broke that veteran quarterback Tom Brady was retiring, Brady himself confirmed the news in a lengthy statement on social media. Alongside a photo of himself playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the 43-year-old Brady wrote: “This is difficult for me to write, but here it goes: I am not going to …