3/7/22 Entertainment News -- Netflix is halting service in Russia. The decision was announced Sunday and Netflix said it was made in light Russia's intensifying invasion of Ukraine. The streaming services had already suspended projects and acquisitions in Russia following the country's invasion of its neighbor. TikTok also announced Sunday it would not allow users in Russia to post on its platform. -- "The Batman" is securing the best opening weekend at North American box offices so far this year. Variety reports the Robert Pattison led superhero movie raked in 128-and-a-half-million-dollars since opening on Friday. It's the only the second move [...]

2/28/22 Entertainment News -- The cast of "CODA" is showing the progress Hollywood has made with representation at the SAG Awards. The film about a culturally deaf family took home outstanding Motion Picture Cast at the award show Sunday. Meantime, Jessica Chastain is taking home the Screen Actor's Guild award for Female Actor in a Leading Role her performance in biopic "The Eyes of Tammy Faye." Will Smith is celebrating his first SAG win for outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in "King Richard." -- A motions hearing is set for today at the Santa Monica Courthouse [...]

2/22/22 Sports Update (Eagan, MN) -- The Minnesota Vikings are adding a handful of coaches to Kevin O'Connell's staff. The team officially announced yesterday that Wes Phillips will be its offensive coordinator after reports of his signing leaked Sunday night. Additionally, Matt Daniels will be the Minnesota's special teams coordinator. The 32-year-old Daniels served as an assistant special teams coach with the Rams from 2018 to 2019 before taking the same role with the Cowboys during the last two seasons. The Vikings also signed three other positional coaches and assistants yesterday. In other Vikes news, Dalvin Cook confirmed that he will [...]

2/21/22 Sports Update -- The Minnesota Wild scored four goals in the first period en route to a 7-3 win over the Oilers in Edmonton. Kevin Fiala led Minnesota with two goals and three points as the team got out to a 6-1 lead in the second. Brandon Duhaime, Joel Eriksson Ek, Connor Dewar, Matt Boldy, and Mats Zuccarello also lit the lamp for the Wild, who end a two-game losing streak with the win. Minnesota improves to 31-13-and-3 with the win, and they visit the Senators tomorrow. -- The Minnesota Vikings are rounding out Kevin O'Connell's coaching staff. ESPN reports [...]

2/21/22 Entertainment News -- An adventure film based on a video game is the top movie in North America. "Uncharted" earned just over 44-million-dollars in its first weekend in theaters in the U.S. and Canada. Coming in second is "Dog" with just over 15-million-bucks. The movie co-directed by Channing Tatum is about a war veteran and the Belgian Shepherd that helps him adjust following a traumatic brain injury. In third place is "Spider-Man -- No Way Home" with just over seven-million-dollars. The latest Spidey feature has grossed 770-million-dollars domestically since its release ten weeks ago. Rounding out the Top Five are [...]

2/8/22 Entertainment News -- The Oscar nominations are being revealed this morning for the 94th annual Academy Awards. Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan will announce the nominees at 8:18 a.m. Eastern Time, 5:18 Pacific. Films like "Dune," "Belfast" and "Power of the Dog" are expected to do well. The Oscars will be handed out on March 27th. -- The conservative-leaning platform Rumble is reaching out to podcaster Joe Rogan in an attempt to lure him away from Spotify. Rogan has been caught up in controversy surrounding the spread of COVID misinformation on his show, "The Joe Rogan Experience." Things only [...]

2/7/22 Entertainment News -- Joe Rogan is calling his past use of the n-word "the most regretful and shameful" thing he's had to address. The 54-year-old posted a five minute apology to his Instagram after a video compilation of all the times the podcaster used the slur surfaced. Rogan explains the clips were out of context, and he used the word in quote or referencing others, but says he hopes this will be a teachable moment for how offensive the word can be. This all comes after Rogan got into a recent controversy with the Spotify app over alleged COVID-19 misinformation [...]