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EXCLUSIVE: American rugby union is going under the doc series spotlight.

Ellise Shafer The estate of the late Sinéad O’Connor has denounced Donald Trump’s use of the singer-songwriter’s performance of “Nothing Compares 2 U” at his campaign rallies. Trump most recently played the song at events in Maryland and North Carolina in the past week. In a statement to Variety, O’Connor’s estate and label Chrysalis Records demanded that Trump cease playing the song immediately.

Pitbull is celebrating Dolly Parton after collaborating with the country star on “Powerful Women,” which Mr. Worldwide dropped in February.

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Euphoria star Hunter Schafer was reportedly arrested after taking part in a pro-Palestinian protest rally in New York City on Tuesday (February 27).Schafer – who plays Jules Vaughn in the HBO show – was detained during a protest with 50 other activists outside NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Center in the city.It is believed that the protest was being held in order to disrupt President Joe Biden’s appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers in the building. The group, representing the Jewish Voice for Peace, were calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict.hunter schafer getting arrested after fearlessly joining a pro-palestine movement in new york today… SHES SO REAL pic.twitter.com/CRTe7kKFUL— pop culture gal (@allurequinn) February 28, 2024The Jewish Voice for Peace is an American left-wing organisation that supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel.Schafer has not yet responded to an approach for comment.Schafer, 25, has a history of political activism, having fought against North Carolina’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation statute, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act – commonly known as HB2.

American Genre Film Archive. The Austin-based nonprofit preserves, restores and shares a collection of more than 3,000 35mm feature films.

Ronna McDaniel announced her resignation as the chair of the Republican National Committee, as President Donald Trump looks to place a team of loyalists as the leaders of the party.

Could this be the end of the line for Jenelle Evans and David Eason?!

EXCLUSIVE: Evan Jonigkeit (Sweetbitter, Archive 81) is joining the cast of the upcoming Starz drama The Hunting Wives in a series regular role. The 8-episode project will begin production this spring in Charlotte, North Carolina.

EXCLUSIVE: Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding, Anyone But You) has been cast in the upcoming Starz drama The Hunting Wives in a series regular role alongside previously announced co-leads Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow. Production will begin production this spring in Charlotte, North Carolina.

19-year-old daughter Isabella has faced a setback as she fights brain cancer. The 52-year-old “Good Morning America” anchor told his co-hosts on Wednesday, “The last three days have been a little rough because she [Isabella] had a fever that kind of comes and goes.”“I had to take her to the hospital and thought she’d come home a few hours later.

Jack White and Cat Power are amongst those who have paid their respects to the rockabilly musician – read their tributes below.From the Romweber Family, "It is our sad duty to inform the world that our beloved youngest brother John Michael…Posted by Dex Romweber on Friday, February 16, 2024Described by his family as a “singer, guitarist, artist and bon vivant”, Dexter was a significant figure in the roots-rock underground. Born in Batesville, Indiana as the youngest of seven and growing up in Florida, the Romweber family eventually settled in Chapel Hill, North Carolina when Dexter was eleven.From there, Dexter would play in a number of bands, but come to notoriety with the Flat Duo Jets.

In the years since One Tree Hill aired its final season in 2012, its talented cast of stars has grown up.

“Napoleon Dynamite” stars Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez and Jon Gries are hitting the road to celebrate their surprise 2004 hit film.“We didn’t realize how big the movie was,” Ramirez told NBC North Carolina. “When we showed up to these screenings, they were sold out shows.”At all gigs, the chummy trio screen the classic indie comedy, answer questions from audience members, jam out and, yes, even take part in a dance off with fans who show up in costume.Plus, there’s tetherball, piñatas, cakes, bikes and more.“It’s become like Broadway,” Ramirez laughed.Big upcoming shows on Napoleon, Pedro and Uncle Rico’s calendar include stops in Orlando (Feb.

Naomi Osaka is back on the court after welcoming her daughter, Shai, into the world in July 2023 with her boyfriend, Cordae. The couple has been dating since 2019 and although he didn’t know she was a tennis star, he has been in her corner on and off the court ever since. So who is the rapper? Here’s everything you need to know.Cordae, whose full name is Cordae Amari Dunston, was born on August 26, 1997, in North Carolina, but he was mainly raised in Suitland, Maryland. The 26-year-old rapper was known as YBN Cordae from his time in the hip-hop collective YBN, but when the group disbanded in 2020, he dropped the YBN.His debut studio album, “The Lost Boy” (2019), earned him two Grammy Award nominations for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song for “Bad Idea” featuring Chance the Rapper.

Love is Blind season six is here!

EXCLUSIVE: Kellan Lutz, known for his roles in FBI: Most Wanted and the Twilight saga, has signed on to headline the cast of the highly anticipated biographical drama Finding Normal. The film is set to commence production in North Carolina later this year, marking a significant milestone as it will also serve as the directorial debut of the talented Jordyn Ferguson.

Kelsea Ballerini and boyfriend Chase Stokes unfortunately won’t be together on Valentine’s Day.

Angelique Jackson The nonprofit Mercy for Animals, which fights to end factory farming, will honor Kate Mara, Travon Free and Tabitha Brown at its 25th anniversary gala. The trio will be honored at the red carpet event — held on Saturday, April 20, at Rolling Greens in Los Angeles — for their contributions to the cause of ending industrial animal agriculture and constructing a just and sustainable food system.

Channing Tatum has booked his next movie role!

Bob Dylan is 10 Grammys, a Pulitzer and a Nobel Peace Prize into his 65-year (and counting!) career.Yet, he’s showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.The 82-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee just announced he’ll make like a rolling stone and hit the road yet again this spring as part of his ongoing ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour.’This time around, the “Hurricane” singer will play 12 concerts from March 1-18 in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.And while it hasn’t been confirmed whether or not these are the final shows of the ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour’ — the tour announcement poster teases that it runs from 2021-24 — we do know that no other dates have been announced as of now.If you want to see Dylan possibly for the last time, you can grab tickets for his brief spring run as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan.

Toothless Man in “Deliverance,” has died at the age of 85. Coward was killed in a car accident, according to local news outlets WLOS and FOX Carolina, citing North Carolina State Highway Patrol officials. He died on Wednesday in Haywood County, NC, when his Nissan, which was exiting a parking lot, was hit by a pickup truck driven by a 16-year-old.

Deliverance, has died.The 85-year-old was killed in a car crash on Wednesday alongside his passenger and girlfriend, Bertha Brooks, who was 78.The collision happened in Haywood County, North Carolina, and also caused the death of Coward’s pet Chihuahua dog and pet squirrel.According to People, the actor was turning onto the highway when he was hit by an oncoming vehicle, a truck driven by a 16-year-old, who was subsequently taken to hospital.Authorities reported that neither Coward nor Brooks were wearing seatbelts, and that the other driver was apparently not speeding.Coward’s most memorable role was in John Boorman’s thriller, Deliverance, starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox.His memorable role as ‘Toothless Man’, one of two sadistic mountain men in the movie, involved a disturbing assault scene with Voight and Beatty’s characters.It became the fifth-highest grossing film of 1972, and was nominated for three Oscars, three BAFTAs and five Golden Globe Awards.In 2018, the year before his death, Reynolds revealed that he recommended Coward for the role. He told Conan O’Brien: “John Boorman, an Irish director, the best director I ever had, said, ‘Where am I gonna find these guys … the Mountain Men?’ And I said, ‘I know a guy.

Herbert “Cowboy” Coward, the sometime actor and pal of Burt Reynolds who played one of the two scary, sadistic mountain men in John Boorman’s Deliverance, died Wednesday in a car crash in North Carolina. He was 85.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Malin Åkerman has been cast in a leading role of the Starz series adaptation of the May Cobb novel “The Hunting Wives,” Variety has learned. Åkerman will appear in the role of Margo Banks. The series was ordered at the premium cabler back in October 2023.

, Love Is Blind season 6 is officially on the way.For the uninitiated: Love Is Blind is an “experiment” in which singles date without seeing what each other looks like, choosing their final partner based on personality alone. Eventually, some couples do get engaged—sight unseen—and it's only once there's a proposal that they finally get to meet face-to-face.The trailer for the new season dropped on Jan. 23, and we're already getting a peek at —and of course, the drama—set to arrive when it premieres on Feb.

Love Is Blind is back!

Naman Ramachandran British actor Michelle Collins (“Coronation Street,” “Doctor Who”) headlines the cast of horror-thriller “The Haunting of Helen’s Bridge.” The film, directed by Stephen Presley (“Pandemic: the people, the conspiracy, the journey”) and written by Presley and Gemma Esau, recently completed principal photography. It explores the urban legend surrounding Helen’s Mountain and its infamous bridge, located at Asheville, North Carolina.

In the years since One Tree Hill aired its final season in 2012, its talented cast of stars has grown up.

Love Is Blind is returning for it’s sixth season!