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Average MLB salary tops $5 million for first time

Major League Baseball’s average salary broke the $5 million barrier on opening day for the first time, according to a study by The Associated Press. The New York Mets, with Juan Soto’s record $61.9 million pay, led MLB for the third straight opening day with a $322.6 million payroll, just… Read More

Hollywood star Val Kilmer dead at age 65

Val Kilmer, the versatile actor known for iconic roles in “Top Gun,” “Batman Forever,” and “The Doors,” died Tuesday at age 65. His daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, told The New York Times that her father died of pneumonia on April 1. Kilmer had previously been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014… Read More

Cast revealed for long-awaited Beatles biopic

Hollywood studio executives are making their case for theatergoing with a little help from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — along with the newly announced stars set to play them. Sony Pictures kicked off the annual CinemaCon convention and trade show in Las Vegas on Monday… Read More

Super Bowl champ Richard Sherman’s home, family robbed at gun point

Former NFL player Richard Sherman is the latest sports figure whose home has been burglarized. The Super Bowl champion posted pictures and a video on social media asking if anyone recognized three armed intruders that broke into his house last weekend. Sherman, an Amazon Prime Video analyst, was a three-time… Read More

Steve Kornacki, famed polling analyst, quits MSNBC

Steve Kornacki, the mega popular data and polling analyst who rose to fame in the 2020 election, announced he will be leaving MSNBC. Known for his energetic breakdowns of polling and election results (and his casual wardrobe and glasses), is leaving the network after signing a new agreement with NBC… Read More

Director Oliver Stone to testify to Congress about JFK assassination files

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday about thousands of newly released government documents surrounding the killing. Scholars say the files that President Donald Trump ordered to… Read More

Hooters restaurant chain files for bankruptcy protection

Hooters, the U.S.-based restaurant chain known for chicken wings and “Hooters Girls” skimpy wait-staff outfits, has filed for bankruptcy protection. HOA Restaurant Group filed the motion for Chapter 11 protection Monday in the North Texas Bankruptcy Court in Dallas. The company ran into financial woes as its debts mounted, but… Read More

Tiger Woods drops April Fools bombshell

Legendary golfer Tiger Woods still knows how to have fun, even if he’s not playing golf. And that’s exactly what Woods did today, dropping a major announcement on social media that had his fans jumping for joy. Until they realized today is April Fools’ Day. Today Woods shared a post… Read More

No joke. The origins of April Fools’ Day revealed

From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day will be celebrated on Tuesday with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes, so make sure to triple check viral posts and don’t leave your back open to any stray sticky notes. The jokesters’ custom has been around for hundreds of… Read More