Month: May 2021

Mayim Bialik will soon begin her guest host run on "Jeopardy!" and she says the role is an "immense honor." The 45-year-old actress and neuroscientist shared her appreciation for the trivia game show in a five-minute interview, which was uploaded to the "Jeopardy!" YouTube channel Saturday.  ALEX TREBEK'S LEGACY REMEMBERED BY 'JEOPARDY!' GUEST HOST MAYIM BIALIK: 'A HUGE LOSS' "This is such an iconic and unbelievable piece of our collective culture, to be considered to be part of it really in any way," Bialik said. "It's an immense honor. Especially for someone who's dedicated so much of my life to academia to knowing things and to being able to communicate things." When asked what her favorite "Jeopardy!" moment has been, Bialik revealed that she and late host Alex Trebek crossed pa...

Country Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts announced in March he had lung cancer Associated Press in Arlington, Texas Sun 30 May 2021 08.41 EDT BJ Thomas, a Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with hits including Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head and Hooked on a Feeling, has died. He was 78.Thomas, who announced in March that he had lung cancer, died on Saturday at his home in Arlington, Texas, his publicist said.A Hugo, Oklahoma-native who grew up in Houston, Billy Joe Thomas broke through in 1966 with a gospel-styled cover of Hank Williams’ I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry. He went on to sell millions of records and have dozens of hits. He reached No1 with pop, adult contemporary and country listeners ...

Miles Teller spoke out on Twitter for the first time since allegedly being jumped by two men while on vacation in Hawaii.  The "Whiplash" star’s wife, Keleigh Sperry Teller, 28, took to her Instagram Story on Friday night to claim he was "jumped by 2 men" while they were vacationing with Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley.  The 34-year-old actor broke his silence on the alleged incident in response to a sports announcer who seemed to make light of the headlines announcing the attack.  SiriusXM host Pat McAfee commented on the story while showing a clip from WWE "Smackdown" showing one performer dealing a massive uppercut to his opponent in which he joked that "Miles Teller didn’t even eat a shot that hard."  The joke clearly riled up Teller, who responded to the tweet and criticized ...

DEAR ABBY: One of the things I always do when I have my parents and my sibling’s family over is play the piano. My 80-year-old father loves to hear me play. I am an accomplished pianist and I love to play difficult pieces. Jeanne Phillips During their most recent visit, while I was trying to play the Warsaw Concerto for my father, my family was talking over my grand piano, my niece was chasing my grand-niece through the living room, and my sister-in-law was filming me, which was chaotic and terribly distracting. I think they were rude and disrespectful. How can I get them to stop this kind of behavior without sounding like a snotty jerk? SERIOUS MUSICIAN IN COLORADO DEAR MUSICIAN: When you wish to perform a concert for your father, entertain your parents apart from your sibling...

B.J. Thomas, the Grammy-winning singer who enjoyed success on the pop, country and gospel charts with such hits as "I Just Can't Help Believing," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "Hooked on a Feeling," has died. He was 78. Thomas, who announced in March that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, died from complications of the disease Saturday at his home in Arlington, Texas, his publicist Jeremy Westby said in a statement. A Hugo, Oklahoma-native who grew up in Houston, Billy Joe Thomas broke through in 1966 with a gospel-styled cover of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and went on to sell millions of records and have dozens of hits across genres. He reached No. 1 with pop, adult contemporary and country listeners in 1976 with ″(Hey Won't You Play) Another Some...