Pro Bowl linebacker Denzel Perryman signs one-year deal with Houston Texans

According to NFL Media, Pro Bowl linebacker Denzel Perryman has signed a one-year contract with the Houston Texans. The move comes one day after the Texans agreed to terms with Pro Bowl linebacker Cory Littleton. The 30-year-old Perryman played the last two seasons in Las Vegas, earning his first Pro Bowl nod in 2021. Despite …

Mindy Kaling, Bruce Springsteen among those awarded National Medal of Arts by White House

Actress Mindy Kaling and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, singers Gladys Knight and Bruce Springsteen, and designer Vera Wang were among those honored at the White House for the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts ceremony.  The ceremony marks the first time President Joe Biden has presented awards at the White House since taking …

Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel to star in the film ‘Mother Mary’ for A24

Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel will star in ‘Mother Mary’, an “epic pop melodrama” from director David Lowery for A24 — the studio behind the Oscar-winning ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’ Lowery wrote the script for Mother Mary, which the studio describes as an “epic pop melodrama following a fictional musician (Hathaway) and her relationship …

Supreme Court rules in favor of deaf student suing Michigan school for not providing interpreters

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday for a a deaf student who sued his public school system for providing an inadequate education, a significant victory for other disabled students who allege they were failed by school officials. The attorneys for Miguel Luna Perez, who attended public school in Sturgis, Michigan, told the court that for …

Los Angeles school district shuts down as workers launch 3-day strike

The nation’s second-largest school district, based in Los Angeles, shut its doors to 422,000 students Tuesday in support of workers with the Service Employees International Union (“SEIU”) that launched a three-day strike over pay. More than 60,000 Los Angeles Unified School District employees – including school staff and teachers – made good on their promise …

Fairleigh Dickinson’s Tobin Anderson hired as head coach of Iona University

Iona University announced on Tuesday they have hired Fairleigh Dickinson’s Tobin Anderson as its new coach, less than a week after he led the 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson to an upset of No. 1 Purdue at the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.  Anderson said in a news release: “I appreciate this tremendous opportunity from [athletic director] …

New England Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower announces retirement from NFL

Longtime New England Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday. The 33-year-old Hightower, who opted out of the 2021 season due to COVID-19 and did not play in 2022, made the announcement in an article for The Players’ Tribune: “Today, I am officially retiring from the NFL. I know these announcements always …

James Gunn will write and direct ‘Superman: Legacy’ reboot

James Gunn confirmed he will be writing and directing the upcoming Superman: Legacy film, with Deadline reporting that Gunn — the new head honcho of Warner Bros. DC Studios division — will be helming one of the most important projects for the rebooted DC Universe. Kicking-off his “Chapter One, Gods and Monsters” of the DC …

Billie Eilish makes her acting debut in Amazon Prime series “Swarm”

Billie Eilish has made her acting debut in the new Amazon Prime thriller from Donald Glover, ‘Swarm.’ In addition to Billie, the show stars Chloe Bailey, Paris Jackson, Rory Culkin, and internet star Rickey Thompson. Eilish had surprised fans last week with a short clip of her in the new series, which finds her sitting across Dominique Fishback’s …

Pres. Biden issues first veto blocking retirement investment resolution critical of ‘woke’ ideas

President Biden issued the first veto of his presidency on Monday, blocking a resolution that would have tossed what Republicans called a “woke” Department of Labor rule to weigh the effect of climate change and social factors when making investments.   Biden said in a tweet: “I just vetoed my first bill. This bill would risk …