Max Verstappen wins fourth Formula 1 world championship at Las Vegas Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won his fourth Formula 1 world championship Saturday night at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Las Vegas Grand Prix capped three races in the United States — including Miami and Austin — in the 2024 season, more than any other country. The 27-year-old Verstappen finished ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris to eliminate …

St. Louis Blues fire coach Drew Bannister, hire ex-Bruins coach Jim Montgomery

The St. Louis Blues have fired coach Drew Bannister and hired Jim Montgomery as his replacement, whom the Boston Bruins just fired on Tuesday. The team announced Sunday morning that Bannister, 50, was fired after a 9-12-1 start. Montgomery, who was fired Tuesday by the Boston Bruins, signed a five-year contract to become Blues coach, …

See Jack Black, Post Malone in the Paramount+ film ‘Dear Santa’

Paramount+ released a trailer for ‘Dear Santa,’ starring Jack Black and premiering on the streaming service today, Nov. 25th. The two-minute teaser for the film show a young boy named Liam (played by Robert Timothy Smith) addressing a letter to Santa; but the narrator explains, he’s a “crappy speller” and accidentally writes “To: Satan” instead. …

CBS renews ‘Matlock’ starring Kathy Bates for Season 2

VARIETY reported that CBS’s new series Matlock starring Kathy Bates will return for a second season on CBS. Matlock is a reboot of the 1986-1995 series of the same name starring Andy Griffith. The show reimagines Griffith’s Ben Matlock as Matty Matlock (Kathy Bates), a new associate at a prestigious New York law firm, with …

ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel PM Netanyahu, former defense minister Gallant and Hamas leader

The International Criminal Court (‘ICC’) issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, along with Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, over alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC said in a statement on Thursday that they’ve accused Netanyahu and Gallant of a string of human …

Matt Gaetz withdraws his name from consideration of Attorney General position amid backlash

Matt Gaetz, 42, has withdrawn from his attorney general nomination amid his ongoing sex-for-hire scandal and subsequent House Ethics Committee investigation. The former Republican member of Congress from Florida announced Thursday on social media that he is withdrawing his nomination after “unfairly becoming a distraction” to the transition of power to the President-elect Donald Trump …

Braves’ Chris Sale and Tigers’ Tarik Skubal win 2024 Cy Young Awards

Southpaw pitchers Chris Sale (Atlanta Braves) and Tarik Skubal (Detroit Tigers) have become first-time Cy Young Award recipients in 2024. The awards for the triple Crown winners – and former Tommy John surgery patients — mark only the third time two left-handers won Cy Young honors in the same season (Steve Carlton and Sparky Lyle …

Mavericks’ Luka Dončić to miss at least one week with wrist sprain

The Dallas Mavericks announced on Thursday that star Luka Dončić will miss at least one week with a right wrist sprain. Doncic will miss games against the Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks. Per Shams Charania, Dončić will be reevaluated in a week. He was seen sporting a wrap on his …

Colman Domingo stars in trailer for Netflix’s ‘The Madness’

Netflix is teasing the new series The Madness, which stars Colman Domingo as a media pundit who finds himself in the heart of a dangerous conspiracy. Marsha Stephanie Blake, Gabrielle Graham, John Ortiz, Tasmin Topolski and Thaddeus J. Mixon also star in the series. The streaming service posted:  “You can’t escape The Madness. Colman Domingo stars …

See the trailer for Showtime’s ‘The Agency’ starring Michael Fassbender

Showtime released the trailer for its new series The Agency, premiering Nov. 29 on Paramount+ with Showtime before airing on Showtime. The Agency, based on the French series ‘Le Bureau des Legendes’, stars Michael Fassbender as a CIA agent Martian who abandoned his girlfriend (Jodie Turner-Smith) for a mission. Turner-Smith’s character, Sami Zahir, is described …