Chris Harrison, the longtime host of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” announced Saturday that he is “stepping aside” from the franchise for an undisclosed “period of time.” The bombshell announcement comes in the wake of a controversial interview, in which he defended a current contestant’s racist photos. “This historic season …
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February, 2021
September, 2020
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18 September
Giannis Antetokounmpo wins second straight MVP award: “I gotta keep getting better”
Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks has been named this year’s NBA MVP, his second consecutive year winning the award, the league announced Friday. The 25-year-old forward, who also won Defensive Player of the Year, joins Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the only players to win both awards during …
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June, 2020
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30 June
Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay team up for Netflix series about his high school years
Colin Kaepernick fans will soon learn a lot more about the activist and football player — thanks to a new six-episode scripted series centering around his adolescent life. Netflix on Monday announced that renowned filmmaker Ava DuVernay and Kaepernick have created a limited series, titled “Colin in Black & White.” “The series …
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17 June
Jay Pharoah says “sorry” from LAPD cops who forcibly detained him with guns drawn is “not enough”
Former “Saturday Night Live” comedian Jay Pharoah said he was scared and confused when the Los Angeles police stopped him in April. Earlier this week, Pharoah shared a video of the encounter on Instagram. Surveillance video shows LAPD officers running toward him with guns drawn. They ordered him to the …
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January, 2020
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31 January
Elon Musk just dropped an EDM track titled “Don’t Doubt ur Vibe” on Soundcloud
Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk unexpectedly released an EDM track on Friday. The 48-year-old said he wrote the lyrics and performed the vocals for a four-minute song titled “Don’t Doubt ur Vibe” – and he tweeted about it to his 31 million followers. “This song is hard,” he wrote on …
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17 January
“Mobituaries with Mo Rocca”: The art of obituary writing
“The dirty little secret is, it’s the best beat in American journalism,” said legendary New York Times obituary writer Margalit Fox. “But I’m firmly convinced the child has not been born who comes home from primary school clutching a theme that says, ‘When I grow up, I want to be …
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December, 2019
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31 December
Ball drop New Year’s Eve: TV channel, watch live, online, stream as Times Square rings in 2020
Over a million people packed into New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve to ring in 2020. They and millions more television viewers watched a nearly 12,000 pound Waterford crystal ball drop to tick off the final seconds of 2019. Following a recent string of attacks against Jewish people …
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November, 2019
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27 November
Gary Rhodes, chef credited with modernizing British cuisine, dies at 59 but family keeps cause of death private today
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, who helped transform the stodgy reputation of British food, has died aged 59 with his wife Jennie by his side, his family said Wednesday. Rhodes’ family said in a statement that he died Tuesday, but did not elaborate on the cause of …
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16 November
Colin Kaepernick workout: Football insiders question why it’s happening now
The NFL organized a workout for Colin Kaepernick on Saturday in Atlanta. At least 11 NFL teams have RSVP’d. It’s an unusual move for the league to host something like this for a single player, especially one as controversial as Kaepernick, CBS News correspondent Kenneth Craig reports. Some football insiders are wondering: …
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6 November
Nationals anthem: Gerardo Parra on how Baby Shark became the Washington Nationals’ anthem
The Washington Nationals made history when they won their first World Series last week. Outfielder Gerardo Parra helped turn things around for the Nationals when he joined the team in May, but he may be remembered more for giving the team a new anthem: “Baby Shark.” It all started when …
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