Three days after news of the death of Vin Scully was reported, Dodger Stadium finally got its chance to say goodbye to the titan of baseball broadcasting that spent so many decades in its broadcasting booth. Ahead of Friday’s showdown with the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers held a ceremony celebrating Scully’s life and career, starting with a moment of silence before airing a video obituary looking back on some of the broadcaster’s finest moments. After a montage featuring “Somewhere Over The… Source link

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson, making their red carpet debut here in April, have split. (Photo: Reuters) Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson have broken up, Yahoo Entertainment can confirm. A source close to the pair emphasizes the split was amicable and happened earlier this week. “They are both really busy, which played a factor in the breakup,” a second insider shares. “There is no drama.” E! News was first to report the break up. Insiders tell the outlet the former couple has “a lot of love… Source link

Anne Heche was reportedly involved in a fiery car crash on Friday morning in Los Angeles and is in critical condition. The 53-year-old actress was taken away on a stretcher in photos captured by TMZ and hospitalized for severe burns. She’s intubated but expected to live, according to the outlet. Yahoo Entertainment reached out to a rep for Heche, but did not immediately receive a response. The LAPD confirmed to Yahoo that officers responded at an incident in the Mar Vista neighborhood at 10:55… Source link

News that James Franco is set to play former Cuban president Fidel Castro in an upcoming film has some in Hollywood riled up. (No, not because of his sexual misconduct allegations.) Veteran actor John Leguizamo posted Deadline‘s casting news on Instagram, writing, “How is this still going on? How is Hollywood excluding us but stealing our narratives as well? No more appropriation Hollywood and streamers! Boycott!” Leguizamo, who was born in Bogotá, Colombia, called the situation “[f*****]… Source link

Wouldn’t it be neat if you could get free streaming TV channels without downloading an app or signing up for a new service? Well, you just might be getting that soon if you’re Google TV user, 9to5Google has decompiled the latest version of the software and reports the company’s TV streaming platform (formally Android TV) contains text that hints at 50 included live TV channels. The purported new feature seems to be called “Google TV Channels” based on text found in the launcher… Source link

Former Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas died of complications related to a seizure disorder, according to an autopsy report obtained by 9News’ Mike Klis. The exact manner of death reportedly remains undetermined by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office, which performed the autopsy the day after the 33-year-old Thomas was found dead in the shower last December. The medical examiner also found traces of nicotine and marijuana in Thomas’ system, but no signs of any other drugs,… Source link

It’s a deal set that is set to use hundreds of billion dollars over the coming decade to reshape the fight against climate change, how Obamacare works, the price of prescription drugs, and the U.S. tax code’s treatment of big corporations. Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) surprised the world on July 27 when they released their sweeping bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Then on August 4, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) propelled the deal closer to the finish line… Source link

The standoff between China and Taiwan (and the U.S.) has heightened tensions to their highest level in decades but — so far at least — economic observers haven’t seen a worst-case scenario. The island’s crucial semiconductor industry has dodged a direct hit and, while China currently has Taiwan effectively blockaded, that is expected to end this weekend. But White House officials and other observers say that doesn’t mean Taiwan’s economy and world markets are getting off scot free…. Source link

Back in 2019, Google proudly announced they had achieved what quantum computing researchers had sought for years: proof that the esoteric technique could outperform traditional ones. But this demonstration of “quantum supremacy” is being challenged by researchers claiming to have pulled ahead of Google on a relatively normal supercomputer. To be clear, no one is saying Google lied or misrepresented its work — the painstaking and groundbreaking research that led to the quantum… Source link

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) continued to plummet on Thursday, dropping 16% in midday trading after the company reported a $3.42 billion loss in the second quarter, partly due to obstacles related to its recent merger. “We knew it was going to be messy, but this was pretty awful,” Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence senior media analyst, told Yahoo Finance. The company expects 2022 adjusted EBITDA to come in between $9 billion and $9.5 billion, a decline from previous forecasts of $10… Source link