Margaret Mackie is not your average pop star — she did it her way. Mackie has dementia and lives in a senior care facility, but last month, she released her first single, a cover of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.” It all started when she and her caregiver, Jamie Lee Morley, sang the song together at the care home’s Christmas party. On…
The family of a man executed by the state of Arkansas in 2017 is requesting the release of evidence they say could potentially exonerate him. The Innocence Project and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Thursday requesting the release of fingerprint tests and DNA evidence that could prove the innocence of Ledell Lee, who was given a…
Pinpointing exactly what the multi-talented Grammy nominee DJ Khaled does can be difficult, because he does so many things. He has worked with some of the biggest artists in music (from Rihanna and Justin Bieber to Drake), and he’s been making hit songs for more than a decade. He likes to call himself the “Quincy Jones of hip hop.” When…
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is going to start a “modern family” of his own. The actor announced on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” that he and husband Justin Mikita are expecting their first child together.The reveal came after host James Corden mentioned fellow guest Charlie Hunnam is hitting a milestone — his 40th birthday. Ferguson, who is 44, chimed…
In a new interview with Variety, Taylor Swift reveals a sad personal development for her family. The pop star’s mom, Andrea Swift, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor.Andrea Swift was already undergoing treatment for cancer, her famous daughter revealed a few years ago. Now, Swift is limiting her tour for her latest album, “Lover,” primarily because of her concern…
As the impeachment trial gets underway in the Senate, Mike Bloomberg is running a new ad urging lawmakers to vote to remove President Trump from office. The 30-second ad will run in 27 states, including Colorado, Maine, Arizona, and North Carolina, where Republican senators are facing difficult re-election bids. In the ad, Bloomberg touts his work in the 2018 midterms to help…
The new series “Star Trek: Picard” on CBS All Access sees the return of Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard, the character he made famous almost two decades ago in “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Stewart will be joined by alumni Brent Spiner (as Data), Marina Sirtis (as Deanna Troi) and Jonathan Frakes (as William T. Riker).Cast members and executive producers…
At this year’s Super Bowl — when the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers take the field — many will be watching the sideline for Katie Sowers to make history. Sowers, an offensive assistant coach with the 49ers, will become the first female and openly gay person to be calling the shots during football’s biggest game.Sowers is no stranger to breaking barriers, however. She…
Clear the runway: Supermodel Ashley Graham is officially a mom! The star welcomed her first child, a baby boy, with filmmaker husband Justin Ervin this weekend, she announced on Instagram.”At 6:00pm on Saturday our lives changed for the better,” Graham wrote in an Instagram Story on Monday afternoon. “Thank you for all your love and support during this incredible time.”…
The son of a silent film-era actress and a stockbroker, Buck Henry (Dec. 9, 1930-January 8, 2020) had a bifurcated childhood, divided between Hollywood and New York, listening to the sophisticated chatter of his mother’s friends and co-workers. “I saw how silly and funny and trivial these stars could be,” he said in a 1997 interview. “But I also remember…
Thousands of people are gathering in cities across the country for the 2020 Women’s March. The fourth iteration of the march is expected to have the lowest turnout since its inception in 2017.The first Women’s March took place the day after President Donald Trump was sworn into office on January 21, 2017. The march attracted one million protesters in Washington…
Model Karlie Kloss wed businessman Joshua Kushner in 2018 and has kept the relationship private for the most part. She doesn’t often post photos with her husband on social media, and when someone recently asked Kloss about her husband’s family she avoided the question.Why? Her husband is brother to Jared Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump and serves as…
Representative Ayanna Pressley opened up about her struggle with alopecia in a video interview published Thursday with the website The Root. The Massachusetts Democrat also revealed her bald head on camera for the first time.The lawmaker, one of the four freshman progressive women in Congress known as “The Squad,” said she first realized she had “some patches” in her hair…
Investigators stymied by a nine-year mystery following the discovery of 11 sets of human remains strewn along a suburban New York highway revealed a previously unreleased photograph Thursday of evidence found at one of the crime scenes that they said was handled by an unknown suspect. The photograph shows the initials on a belt, either an HM or WH, depending…
The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is always up to something unusual. Now, astronomers have spotted strange new objects close by — and they aren’t quite sure what they are.Using 13 years worth of data from the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, astronomers were able to identify a new class of objects extremely…
CBS and CBS All Access gave industry critics and fans a look at what to expect from the TV and streaming networks in the months to come. CBS is expected to broadcast three-celebrity focused episodes of “The Price Is Right” in primetime and CBS All Access revealed casting information for season two of “The Twilight Zone.” The network also greenlit a second…
Jane Fonda continued her weekly tradition of protesting in Washington, D.C. for “Fire Drill Fridays” on Friday — and this time actor Joaquin Phoenix was there. Ira Arlook from Fire Drill Fridays told CBS News that Phoenix, as well as actor Martin Sheen, were arrested. “Even the Joker believes in climate change!” Fire Drill Fridays tweeted, saying he called out…
Jane Fonda continued her weekly tradition of protesting in Washington, D.C. for “Fire Drill Fridays” on Friday — and this time actor Joaquin Phoenix was there. Ira Arlook from Fire Drill Fridays told CBS News that Phoenix, as well as actor Martin Sheen, were arrested. “Even the Joker believes in climate change!” Fire Drill Fridays tweeted, saying he called out…
NASA’s planet hunter satellite TESS has discovered an exoplanet orbiting two stars instead of one — and it was identified by a high school intern. The announcement of the circumbinary planet prompted comparisons with Luke Skywalker’s home world of Tatooine in the “Star Wars” movie series, with its bewitching double sunsets.But the newly found planet’s size alone — it is…
Alex Trebek wishes he knew the signs of pancreatic cancer before his diagnosis. Now, he’s working to raise awareness so other people know what to look for.The “Jeopardy!” host was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in March and now he’s joining forces with the World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition to share a new public service announcement. In the video, Trebek,…
By the time Sarah Corbett Lynch was 8 years old, she had lost three parents, been moved back and forth halfway across the world twice and experienced more loss than anyone of us do in an entire lifetime, let alone childhood. Sarah’s birth mother died when she was just an infant. A few years later, her father Jason, a successful…
When 20-year-old Barbara Johnson was working at a St. Louis area McDonald’s in November 2017, the sexual harassment started with a co-worker’s inappropriate comments, she said. “When I was going into work, I’d be thinking, do I really want to go in here and deal with this today?” she told CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan. “He made comments about my…
If Vanna White is hosting “Wheel of Fortune,” who will turn the letters? It was the question on everyone’s mind after it was announced that White would be filling in after the game show’s longtime host Pat Sajak underwent emergency surgery.On Monday, this week’s guest letter-turner, who will take over for White while she’s hosting, was revealed: Sajak’s 25-year-old daughter,…
Starlink Mission by SpaceX on YouTube SpaceX launched a third batch of 60 Starlink internet relay satellites Monday evening and this time, one of the satellites sported an experimental coating intended to make it less reflective and, company engineers hope, less disruptive to sensitive astronomical observations. The eventual Starlink constellation will be made up of thousands of small satellites, providing…