Month: July 2021

In a shocking turn of events, WWE has announced this morning that they've released Bray Wyatt from the company, and along with the announcement came the standard caption, which stated "WWE has come to terms on the release of Bray Wyatt. We wish him the best in all his future endeavors." While WWE has released a number of talents from its roster over the past few months, Wyatt's name being in the mix is truly shocking, as he's been one of the company's most high profile stars over the past two years with his reinvented Fiend character, which also launched the most recent version of Alexa Bliss. No reasoning was given, but it was odd that we hadn't seen Wyatt on WWE television since WrestleMania 37, where he had a match against Randy Orton in his big return. Then he lost that match after...

"Real Time" host Bill Maher mocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated mask guidance, calling it "confusing." "The CDC put out new mask guidelines now, which, it’s all just so f---in’ confusing," Maher said Friday evening on his HBO program. "Indoors, outdoors, vaccinated, not vaccinated, masked, not masked. The Walmart shoppers don’t know who to punch anymore." "So now we’re back to wearing the mask from the front of the restaurant until the waiter brings the breadsticks," Maher said. "It’s called science, people! Sometimes I think we have to cover our faces so other people can cover their a--." His comments came in response to the CDC updating its mask guidance Tuesday for vaccinated people over the threat of the delta variant of the virus. It now urges people ...

R. Kelly doesn't want the feds to be given a chance to prove he had sex with a male -- because the jury isn't ready for that wrench ... and might take it out on him in a verdict, assuming they're homophobic. The singer's legal team fired back to what federal prosecutors submitted last week -- namely, a request to have new evidence they say they have touching on several new allegations ... the most shocking of which being R. Kelly groomed and molested a 17-year-old boy. You'll recall ... prosecutors filed a bombshell jus...

ZZ Top played their first concert since the death of bassist Dusty Hill on Friday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. While guitarist Billy Gibbons didn’t speak at length about his late bandmate, he acknowledged the bassist a few times during the show, as well as Hill’s desire for the band to continue on without him. “We’re gonna have a good time in here tonight,” Gibbons told the audience following the opener “Got Me Under Pressure.” “Got a new guy up here, as you know. Dusty gave me the directive. My friend, your pal, Elwood Francis is gonna hold it down behind me.” Later in the show, Gibbons noted (via UCR), “How about that Elwood, tearing up that bottom there for Dusty.” Gibbons also joked that Francis was in the midst of growing a beard to fit his new role. Francis had serve...

LONDON – Kris Wu, the former face of a dozen brands including Louis Vuitton, Porsche, and Bulgari, was detained Saturday night by police in Beijing. The news broke via a Weibo post from the Chaoyang District Municipal Public Security Bureau. It said “in response to the online reports of a person with the surname of Wu repeatedly luring young women for sex and other related accusations, the police has arrested Wu (male, 30 years old with Canadian nationality) on suspicion of rape…further investigation is pending.” More from WWD While the police didn’t specify who the person is, given the recent debacle surrounding Kris Wu’s personal life and the fact that the nationality and age revealed match that of his, the post gained over half a million shares within 30 minutes and became top trendin...