By 1986, PTL employed 2,500 people around the world and was taking in $129 million in annual revenue, according to John Wigger’s The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Evangelical Empire. Their Christian-themed resort, Heritage USA, was the third-most-visited attraction in the U.S. that year, behind only Disneyland and Disney World, and the PTL Network reached 14 million homes. The Bakkers owned multiple residences, two Rolls Royces and a private jet.On March 19, 1987, Jim resigned from PTL after church secretary Jessica Hahn alleged that the pastor had sexually assaulted her in December 1980. Jim insisted the encounter was consensual and he was never charged with…
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Cast of “Squid Game.” Photography courtesy of Getty From Lady Gaga to HoYeon Jung, Selena Gomez and more. By Jillian Morgan Date February 27, 2022 Facebook Twitter Awards season is finally in full swing. After one too many virtual acceptance speeches and axed affairs, the 28th SAG Awards was a refreshing reentry to the red carpet. You want Jeremy Strong in a pink velvet tux? You got it! The cast of Squid Game cheesing for the cameras? Check. This event has it all! The Screen Actors Guild returned to in-person pomp and pageantry Sunday (February 27) at The Barker Hangar…
American Idol is back! The hit reality singing competition returned with its Season 20 premiere on Sunday night (Feb. 27), kicking off its first round of auditions with a slew of singers hoping to make it through to Hollywood.Celebrating its fifth consecutive season on ABC, Ep. 1 already had viewers on the edge of their seats, thanks to a brand new twist known as the Platinum Ticket. The new tool gives hopefuls a chance to bypass Hollywood Week. Only nine artists will receive a Platinum Ticket throughout the season, which makes audition stops in Los Angeles, Austin and Nashville.Hunter Wolkonowski,…
As the newest member of the Saturday Night Live five-timers club, John Mulaney received a special induction with surprise appearances from Tina Fey, Conan O’Brien, Paul Rudd, Candice Bergen, Steve Martin and Elliott Gould. The sketch began with Martin, Rudd and Bergen meeting in a library where they were all sporting their honorary SNL smoking jackets. When Mulaney entered, he was hazed by the SNL veterans before receiving his own. “Let me be the first person to say, ‘Who are you?’” Bergen asked, before Mulaney quipped, “If you have a niece or son who’s bad at sports, he might know who I am.”…
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While we’ve certainly heard of actors going doing a lot to learn skills for movies (like when Tom Holland worked as a bartender), usually they don’t end up using those skills later on in real life. Apparently, learning cattle ranching for The Power of the Dog really came in handy for star Benedict Cumberbatch, though. Because it was those skills and not his Doctor Strange powers that saved a family trapped by a herd of roaming cows and calves. Benedict Cumberbatch recently recalled a time when he went on holiday after finishing up filming on Jane Campion’s The Power of the…
Green Day have cancelled their upcoming show in Moscow following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the band announced Sunday on social media. The trio was scheduled to perform May 29 at Moscow prior to their European tour in June. However, the band wrote Sunday on their Instagram Stories, “With heavy hearts, in light of current events we feel it is necessary to cancel our upcoming show in Moscow at Spartak Stadium.” “We are aware that this moment is not about stadium rock shows, it’s so much bigger than that,” Green Day continued. “But we also know that rock and roll is…
Bokeh Game Studio has released more details regarding their upcoming game Slitterhead in the form of a two-part Q&A session. The first part, moderated by Bokeh’s business development manager and producer William Yohei Hart, features Bokeh Game Studio CEO and creator Keiichiro Toyama, CTO and game director Junya Okura, and COO and producer Kazunobu Sato. In the video, the trio talk about the inspiration behind Slitterhead, which as Toyama had mentioned before, was inspired by Hong Kong. Toyama elaborated further, saying that the game is also inspired by one of his previous games, 2003’s Siren (or Forbidden Siren, if you…
Olivia Munn & John Mulaney Welcome Baby No. 1 TogetherSpotted: Olivia Munn and John Mulaney in their first joint public appearance as parents. After hosting Saturday Night Live for the fifth time on Feb. 26, the comedian stepped out with his girlfriend to attend the show’s after-party, marking the first time they have been photographed out and about since September, while the Newsroom alum was still pregnant with their first child, son Malcolm, who is now 3 months old. Olivia, 41, wore a black dress and matching knee-high boots to the bash, held at NYC’s Blackbarn restaurant, while John, 39, sported a striped shirt, black pants, sneakers, a…
Photography courtesy of Eddy Chen/HBO Get ’em before they’re gone. By Ivy Tang Date February 27, 2022 Facebook Twitter The influence of Euphoria on the world of fashion (and makeup) can’t be understated. From cult favourite brands to designer vintage, luxury items and independent designers, the outfits worn by the cool girls of East Highland High have found their way into the closets of the HBO series’ most fervent fans. Costume Designer Heidi Bivens uses clothing and accessories to tell the stories of each character (take Jules’s style evolution in Euphoria season two as proof), and fan accounts such as @euphoria_fits…
Alan Jackson’s debut album, Here in the Real World, straddles the musical and chronological line between the Class of ’89 — a neo-traditionalist new wave marked by the debut albums of Clint Black, Garth Brooks, Lorrie Morgan and others — and the more commercial-driven rise of ‘90s country.Jackson became the first signee of Arista Nashville on June 26, 1989, and many of his early songs mirror Black’s honky-tonk affinity and Brooks’ storytelling bent. Yet fame stalled after his lone major-label single of the ‘80s, “Blue Blooded Woman,” failed to crack the Top 40.Jackson’s follow-up single, “Here in the Real World,” arrived on…
Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update spent the majority of its segment discussing the biggest news of the week, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “This week, Russia began their invasion of Ukraine. President Putin launched the attack with support from allies like Belarus and Tucker Carlson,” Colin Jost said. “Experts on Russian politics were saying economic sanctions from the West won’t deter Putin because his money is in non-traditional assets that are difficult to trace. Ugh, so on top of everything else that is awful about Putin, he’s also into crypto.” “After the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian stock market fell by…
There are some TV and film franchises that reach the point where they cease to simply be entertainment and become cultural phenomenons, and the James Bond franchise (and, comparably, the Doctor Who franchise) certainly fits that bill. The franchise has welcomed some big names over the years, including Michelle Yeoh, who starred in 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies. Now, the celebrated actress has opened up about what it was like flying into the UK to film the spy flick with Pierce Brosnan as well as how the Bond girl role was evolving at that point.Michelle Yeoh has had an impressive career…
For their second appearance as musical guests on Saturday Night Live, LCD Soundsystem decided to perform two deep cuts from their discography. The Brooklyn indie outfit spearheaded by James Murphy kicked off their set with the industrial-tinged “Thrills” before returning to the stage for a funky synth performance of their hit “Yr City’s A Sucker”— both from their self-titled 2005 album. The group previously played on SNL in 2017, performing songs from their 2017 LP American Dream including the title track and “Call The Police.” Last year, the LCD was supposed to play a 20-show residency at Brooklyn Steel but had…