Herb Stempel, the federal whistleblower who exposed how the NBC game show “Twenty-One” was manipulated for ratings, died last month at the age of 93. His death was confirmed this weekend by Stempel’s stepdaughter to The New York Times.
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By Jordan Moreau
When the mobile, short-form content app Quibi launched on April 6, co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg surely wasn’t expecting it to release in the midst of a worldwide virus outbreak. In a New York Times interview, Katzenberg blames all of Quibi’s launch struggles on COVID-19.
“I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus. Everything,” he said.
Two weeks after the app launched, Quibi reported it had 2.7 million downloads. The New York Times article, published on
Herb Stempel, the federal whistleblower who exposed how the NBC game show “Twenty-One” was manipulated for ratings, died last month at the age of 93. His death was confirmed this weekend by Stempel’s stepdaughter to The New York Times.
The world is seemingly still roped off but golf is back swinging — albeit with social-distancing restrictions in place. All 50 states have given the go-ahead to open golf courses, including New York, which closed them earlier in the quarantine. Although the city courses still remain closed with no opening date in sight, facilities just on the outskirts are open for business.
By Gene Maddaus
By Jordan Moreau
By Ted Johnson
Earlier this year, my old-fashioned Filofax was filling up with notations about my spring book tour, which was to have started May 5—New York, Memphis, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco.
By Anthony D'Alessandro
During the time I spent working at a New York tabloid I didn’t have a clue who Jeffrey Epstein was.
After going public with her relationship last month, Ferne McCann has split up with boyfriend Albie Gibbs. The former TOWIE star revealed on her reality show First Time Mum that she made the “tough decision” to call it quits on week five of lockdown, after struggling with him being in New York while she remained Essex.
Matt Damon’s 21-year-old daughter Alexia contracted coronavirus “really early on” while at college in New York.
Two television shows are set to film this summer as mass shutdowns are still in place across America.
HGTV star Eric Eremita, a contractor who appeared on a couple of the network's programs, is opening up about his battle with the novel coronavirus after spending nearly a month under the care of doctors in New York City and two weeks on a breathing ventilator.
Last Man Standing hasn't been renewed for Season 9 yet, but members of the team have their fingers crossed for another go at it, with big plans about how they'd move forward.
In a surprise announcement sure to delight Broadway fans who are missing live theater, Disney+ announced on Tuesday (May 12) that the original Broadway production of Hamilton will come exclusively to the Mouse's streaming service on July 3.The production of the Tony-winning hip-hop historical musical was filmed live onstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York over three days in 2016. Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the news on Good Morning America.
Three men have been charged after allegedly breaching airspace restrictions - by flying drones over Glasgow's emergency coronavirus hospital.