Jimmy Kimmel held nothing back when it came to getting political at the 2020 Emmy Awards on Sunday.The late-night star, who is hosting the awards ceremony live from the Staples Center, mocked President Trump as "Schitt's Creek" won big. The television series pulled off the hat trick by taking home the first three awards of the night, with…
Jimmy Carter has set the record straight about who joined Willie Nelson in smoking pot on the roof of the White House during Carter's presidency.It wasn't a White House staffer member, it was one of Carter's sons.“When Willie Nelson wrote his autobiography, he confessed that he smoked pot in the White House one night when he was spending the night with…
Asia Pacific|Hong Kong Publisher Jimmy Lai Is Arrested Under National Security LawThe pro-democracy figure is the most high-profile figure detained under the sweeping law imposed by Beijing on the semiautonomous territory.The Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, was arrested by police officers at his home on Monday. Mr. Lai’s company publishes Apple Daily, a…
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was blasted for what critics call a "non-apology" addressing his history of wearing blackface.On Tuesday, just one day after Fox News obtained audio of his 1996 use of the N-word in a song impersonating Snoop Dogg, Kimmel issued a statement to Fox News about his use of blackface during his tenure…
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel offered up a belated apology Tuesday after Fox News revealed the late-night host had repeatedly used the "N-word" while impersonating Snoop Dogg in a song spoof in the 1990s. Kimmel had already come under fire for using blackface in several skits earlier in his career.“I have long been reluctant to address this, as…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…