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McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski on Wednesday offered three predictions for trends that the quick-service restaurant industry will see this year. The top three trends that Kempczinski forecast to emerge in the sector this year focused on food and technology. He detailed them in a video he posted on Instagram.  “I think protein is going to … Read more

Former Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver, who achieved prominence as a 1960s revolutionary, author and presidential candidate but spent his later years as a conservative idealist concerned with the environment, died Friday at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. He was 62. A hospital spokeswoman declined to reveal the cause of death, citing a family request. … Read more

Harrison Ford will no longer appear as a presenter at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday. The “Indiana Jones” star, 82, stepped down from the gig on Saturday morning after he was diagnosed with shingles on Friday, according to Entertainment Weekly. Ford, who was announced as one of the show’s presenters on Wednesday, is doing okay … Read more

In 1991, directors John Clements and Ron Musker gave Disney animator Eric Goldberg an unusual assignment: listen to Robin Williams’ stand-up albums and draw the comic, as a genie. Clements and Musker were making “Aladdin,” the musical fantasy that would go on to become the highest grossing film of 1992, win two Oscars and help … Read more

Ashley Padilla with comedian Shane Gillis, who returned to host “Saturday Night Live.” (Rosalind O’Connor/NBC) If you’re “Saturday Night Live” and you just spent multiple weeks celebrating 50 years of comedy and music with star-studded live events, how do you follow all those festivities for your first regular episode back? “SNL” counter-intuitively brought expectations back … Read more

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” was killed early Saturday in a car crash. She was 63. About 4 a.m., the vehicle she was riding in back to Atlanta from Alabama “flipped over and was subsequently … Read more

I spent the last months before the pandemic on tour. I was luckier than I knew I spent much of the first months of 2020 driving around America, before spending almost every day of the next 10 sitting right here. The occasion was a reunion tour with a singer-songwriter I accompanied through the 1990s and … Read more

Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che! pic.twitter.com/cnladr3HJM — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) March 2, 2025 Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” ripped former New York governor Andrew Cuomo — taking aim at allegations of sexual-harassment against the pol. Update co-anchor Michael Che was ready with a sharp barb for Cuomo, who officially … Read more

Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars are ready to celebrate film’s biggest night of the year. Chanel held its 16th annual Pre-Oscar Awards dinner on March 1, 2025, at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. 1 of 28 Demi Moore Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP 2 of 28 Sebastian Stan Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP 3 of 28 Adrien Brody … Read more

“Grey’s Anatomy” star Kate Walsh is opening up about a health scare she faced years ago. During a recent appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” the 57-year-old actress recalled being diagnosed with a noncancerous brain tumor in 2015 and shared how the experience changed her approach to health. “Thankfully, it turned out to be benign, … Read more