Month: April 2022

Estelle Harris, who hyperventilated her way into the hearts of millions of “Seinfeld” fans as George’s mother, Estelle Costanza, died on Saturday in Palm Desert, Calif. She was 93. Her son Glen Harris announced the death in a statement sent by Ms. Harris’s agent. In 27 episodes — starting in 1992 during the fourth season of “Seinfeld,” around the time that the show became a pop culture sensation, and continuing until its final episode in 1998 — Ms. Harris embarrassed and harangued her son, one of the show’s four main characters, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), and his father, Frank (Jerry Stiller). During her character’s meltdowns, often in response to slights and offenses to propriety, Ms. Harris deployed a screech that had the urgency of a hyena in its death throes. When she whined ...

WrestleMania 38 comes to its thrilling conclusion on Sunday night after a raucous finish to Night 1. Saturday saw a pair of thrilling women's title matches as Charlotte Flair and Rond Rousey battled it out while Bianca Belair exacted her revenge on Becky Lynch to regain her title. Plus, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin participated in his first match in nearly two decades when he battled Kevin Owens to close the show.  Now, WWE is set to close things out with a massive main event it is billing as "the biggest WrestleMania match of all time" when WWE champion Brock Lesnar clashes with universal champion Roman Reigns to unify the two world titles. The second night of WrestleMania also features two all-time greats facing off ...

Will Smith has sent a resignation letter to the Academy, stripping him of his membership to the Oscars awards body. On Friday (1 April), five days after slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 ceremony on stage, Smith made the decision to step down following reports he would face disciplinary action. The actor was set to find out what Academy board members, including Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Spielberg and Laura Dern, had decided on 18 April. Academy president David Rubin accepted Smith’s resignation, but said: “We will continue to move forward with our disciplinary proceedings against Mr Smith for violations of the Academy's Standards of Conduct, in advance of our next scheduled board meeting on April 18." Smith announced he would resign in a new statement, leaving many to wonder what this m...

After a two-month delay, the Grammys are finally here. The 64th Grammy Awards ceremony, celebrating the greatest achievements in popular music over the past year, kicked off at 12:30 p.m. PT on Sunday with the pre-telecast. The live ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. PT at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Trevor Noah hosts the show for the second year in a row. The Grammys were initially scheduled to take place on Jan. 31, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. However, due to the omicron surge in late 2021, the event was postponed until spring and moved to the MGM Arena, which has housed the Latin Grammy Awards for six years. Performers at the ceremony will include nominees such as Brothers Osborne, BTS, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, Olivia Ro...

The 2022 Grammy nominations were announced back in November with the expectation that winners would be revealed on Jan. 31 — but after the ceremony was delayed due to COVID-19, we’ve finally arrived at Music’s Biggest Night. Jon Batiste leads Sunday’s nominees, with 11 nods, while both Olivia Rodrigo and Finneas are going into the show with nominations in all of the Big Four categories: record, album and song of the year, along with best new artist. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news But who will emerge the night’s biggest winner? Follow along with the full winners list below, from the pre-telecast Grammy Premiere Ceremony through the prime-time broadcast. R...