NEW YORK — She’s feeling ’22. Taylor Swift received an honorary degree from New York University on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium, and assured the Class of 2022 it’s OK to make mistakes in an aspirational commencement speech. “I was a teenager at a time w…
The Notorious B.I.G.’s 50th birthday celebrated with Empire State Building lighting, MetroCards, Lincoln Center tribute
NEW YORK — The 50th birthday celebration of The Notorious B.I.G. is going to be a biggie. A tribute is set to take place for the late rap icon, also known as Biggie Smalls, on May 21 — which would’ve been the golden anniversary of the day he was born. …
Friends and widow celebrate and mourn the late Bob Saget on his 66th birthday
Multitudes mourned comedian and actor Bob Saget upon his death earlier this year, a too-soon passing that hit home on Tuesday, what would have been his 66th birthday. Perhaps most poignant were the birthdays that coincided with the beloved entertainer’…
NYC enters ‘high’ COVID-19 alert status
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams upgraded New York City’s COVID-19 alert status to high on Tuesday due to a surge in people testing positive and being hospitalized for the virus. The change in status from a medium risk alert to high risk comes as coronaviru…
Johnny Depp’s lawyer grills Amber Heard about night actor suffered severed fingertip as cross-examination continues
Johnny Depp’s lawyer grilled Amber Heard about the night her ex-husband suffered a severed fingertip in 2015 during a contentious cross-examination at their defamation trial Tuesday. Lawyer Camille Vasquez, who is representing Depp, repeatedly pressed …
Mets ace Jacob deGrom’s third MRI in six weeks shows more healing from stress reaction
NEW YORK — Perhaps the Mets can rename their MRI scanner the “Jacob deGrom Tube.” The Mets ace on Monday had his third MRI in six weeks, with the latest image revealing “continued healing in the scapula,” according to a statement from the team. What do…
‘Conversations With Friends’ sizzles with hot sex but ultimately it’s about friends
Love is sticky and confusing and painful. And that’s when it works. “Conversations With Friends,” based on the 2017 debut novel of Sally Rooney, her second TV adaptation after the hit “Normal People,” premiered Sunday on Hulu with the messy love story …
Johnny Depp not coming back to ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise ‘at this point,’ says producer Jerry Bruckheimer
Captain Jack Sparrow isn’t coming back any time soon. Johnny Depp doesn’t play a role in the foreseeable future of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, producer Jerry Bruckheimer told the Sunday Times, even with two more movies on the horizon. “No…
Eric Clapton catches COVID-19 after calling vaccine efforts a ‘mass psychosis’
Eric Clapton, who has railed against lockdowns and vaccines, has tested positive for COVID-19. The 77-year-old English singer has canceled two upcoming concerts, Tuesday in Zurich and Wednesday in Milan, after being diagnosed, his team announced Tuesda…
Tucker Carlson blames Buffalo supermarket shooting on Biden, mental illness, ignores great replacement theory spread on Fox News
NEW YORK — Tucker Carlson, who has repeatedly theorized that minorities are trying to take over, the staple of the great replacement theory, mysteriously forgot about it during Monday night’s broadcast while discussing Buffalo shooting suspect Payton G…