Tampa’s Fox affiliate reports: Just a few hours after a Florida man stole weapons, he posted photos of the items on social media, deputies said. Pasco County deputies said the theft occurred on February 4. Investigators said 23-year-old Steven Jeffcott smashed the back door of the victim’s home to enter. Once inside, he stole a Sieko watch, a shot gun, …
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Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida woman’s offbeat maternity photo has gone viral after she and her husband posed with a baby alligator. To make the image even more meme-worthy, the Tampa couple added a Florida state flag, a shotgun and a case of Bud Light to the mix. “I wanted a picture different than your run-of-the-mill maternity photos of …
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Playbill reports: Brooks Ashmanskas, who plays Broadway actor Barry in The Prom, is featured in the new music video for “Barry Is Going to Prom,” a song from the musical at the Longacre Theatre. The cast recording for The Prom, which also features Caitlin Kinnunen, Isabelle McCalla, Tony winner Beth Leavel, Christopher Sieber, Angie Schworer, Josh Lamon, and Michael Potts, …
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Billboard Magazine reports: HBO isn’t backing down on its Michael Jackson doc, Leaving Neverland. Amid an unsubstantiated report that the network might not air the controversial doc due to threats from Jackson’s estate lawyer Howard Weitzman, HBO has set a premiere date for the film. The first part of the four hour film will air on Sunday, March 3, with …
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NBC News reports: The city commissioner of small beach town in Florida resigned this week after being censured amid complaints she allegedly licked her male co-workers’ faces and groped them during meetings and events. Nancy Oakley, who served as the Madeira Beach City Commissioner from 2007 to 2019, submitted her letter of resignation on Tuesday. Madeira Beach City Manager Shane …
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Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: A Florida man who danced through his field sobriety tests after being found sleeping in his running truck is facing a DUI charge. Once Larson was out of the truck, deputies asked him to perform field sobriety tests. Body camera footage shows Larson lose his balance and start dancing during the “walk and turn” test. A …
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Playbill reports: Tony nominee Adrienne Warren is officially set to return to Broadway this fall in Tina—The Tina Turner Musical. She’ll reprise her star turn as the title rock legend, a role she originated and continues to play in London’s West End through April 13. Official dates and venue for the New York bow—as well as further casting—will be announced …
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Rolling Stone reports: In a touching, funny and inspirational conversation with CBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith, Linda Ronstadt opened up about her battle with Parkinson’s, the disease that robbed fans of Ronstadt’s remarkable singing voice. From the classic rock hits “(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave” and “You’re No Good,” to the acoustic country of “Telling Me Lies” and “To …
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Billboard Magazine reports: This year’s Super Bowl ads are designed to entertain and go down easy, as Stella Artois brings back Carrie Bradshaw and “The Dude” and the Backstreet Boys and Chance the Rapper remix the 1990s classic “I Want It That Way” for Doritos. With ads costing more than $5 million for 30 seconds of media time, advertisers are …
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The A.V. Club reports: Breaking the hearts of Maroon 5 fans everywhere—holding out hope against hope that one of America’s fastest-rising rap talents might swoop in tomorrow to save us all from a Cardi-B-free Super Bowl half-time show—the “Bodak Yellow” rapper has confirmed that she won’t be playing at the Huge Game. adding that she turned down “a lot of …
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Playbill reports: Warner Music Group’s Arts Music digitally released a cast recording of the current West End revival of Company today. The new album, available to download and stream on various platforms, preserves the newly-revised gender-swapped version of the Sondheim-Furth musical, with performances by two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone (Gypsy, Evita) and West End star Rosalie Craig. A physical release …
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Billboard Magazine reports: Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy have added a new, very modern chapter to their storied relationship: The Muppets faced off in a rap battle on Wednesday’s episode of TNT’s Drop the Mic, with some help from their friends Pepé the King Prawn and Beaker, respectively. In the battle hosted by veteran MC Method Man, Kermit begins …
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The Huffington Post reports: If you’re going to get a tattoo in a language you don’t speak, a quick Google search never hurts. Ariana Grande appears to have overlooked this step, falling prey to a common tattoo fail ― inking incorrect Japanese kanji characters on the palm of her hand. The pop star intended to permanently pay tribute to her …
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NBC News reports: A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for an unprovoked attack on another man who was dressed as one of the short yellow characters from the “Minions” film. Police said Nihart knocked over and kicked Jamie Roehm on Daytona Beach’s boardwalk. Roehm was dressed as one of the “Minions” characters – who are …
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Tampa’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida man thought he was being smart when he stole opioids from the medicine cabinet of a home where he was staying. However, Peter Hans Emery, 56, quickly learned he didn’t steal opioids at all. Instead, the laxatives he took sent him running to the bathroom. The Smoking Gun reports Emery was caught on video …
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Newsweek reports: A Florida man caused an evacuation at a Taco Bell in Ocala this weekend after telling cops he drove there with a hand grenade he found while magnet fishing. In social media updates yesterday, officials from the Ocala Police Department advised citizens to avoid the area after it was verified that the device was an “authentic WWII hand …
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Billboard Magazine reports: Michael Jackson’s estate sharply denounced Leaving Neverland Friday night (Jan. 25), calling it “the kind of tabloid character assassination Michael Jackson endured in life, and now in death.” A statement released by Jackson’s estate calls the men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, “two perjurers”— a reference to sworn statements the men gave when Jackson was alive that …
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NPR reports: Get drunk on the local police department’s dime? Sound unbelievable? One Pennsylvania police department is giving three lucky volunteers the chance to help train officers in field sobriety tests, by drinking a lot. Don’t bother applying, though. The Kutztown Borough Police Department posted the Facebook request on Wednesday and was flooded with eager volunteers. On Thursday, the department …
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Orlando’s ABC affiliate reports: A Florida woman is behind bars after deputies said she threatened an employee and danced naked outside a Pensacola Waffle House. According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, an employee told Freedom Ryder Zobrist, 38, of Pensacola, to leave the restaurant Monday because she had been causing trouble. Zobrist fled but returned later, saying she wanted …
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Playbill reports: The King of Pop is ready for his Broadway bow, but first, he’s heading to the Windy City. The previously reported Michael Jackson musical, now titled Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, will make its world premiere at Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre beginning performances October 29. The musical is slated to open on Broadway in 2020. Christopher …
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