Mar. 15, 2025
“Now that I’m older I understand the pain he endured. That makes it easier,” says Andre Morrow (right, with his father) at Sam’s home in San Jose, Calif., this summer.Photo:Courtesy Andre Morrow
Courtesy Andre Morrow
Shortly before Andre Morrow’s mom, Odette, died from breast cancer in 2013, she made her son promise that he would do everything he could to allow his dad, Sam — who was in failing health — to live out his final days in the couple’s longtime home in San Jose, Calif.
Mar. 15, 2025
U.S. flag and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration flag.Photo:Getty
Getty
A drug-cartel leader who was accused of faking his death to live a life of luxury in California has been arrested and charged with international drug-trafficking and money-laundering offenses.
The U.S. Department of Justiceannouncedthat Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 19, and faces charges including conspiracy to distribute 5 kg or more of cocaine and 500 g or more of methamphetamine, plus conspiracy to launder drug-trafficking proceeds.
Mar. 15, 2025
You probably knowRihanna’s “SOS,” but did you catch the hidden-in-plain-sight references in its second verse?
In an Oct. 11 interview onDaniel Wall’sBehind the Wallpodcast, hit songwriter Evan “Kidd” Bogart spoke about writing the lyrics of RiRi’s 2006 single and first No. 1 hit on theBillboardHot 100, revealing several well-known ’80s song titles make up part of its second verse.
Rihanna in July 2005.Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
“When I wrote it I had no idea what I was doing,” said Bogart, 46, on the podcast.
Mar. 15, 2025
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.Photo:Jeff Spicer/Getty
Jeff Spicer/Getty
Benj Pasek and Justin Paulcertainly have something to sing about after the2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
The songwriters behindThe Greatest Showmanentered the EGOT club on Sunday, Sept. 8, winning an Emmy for best original music and lyrics for “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?" — theOnly Murders in the Buildingtune they composed alongsideMarc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
“It’s obviously thrilling and very wild to think about,” Paul told reporters after the win while praising Shaiman and Wittman, who gave the duo their first job in television as composers on season 2 ofSmash.
Mar. 15, 2025
Blake Lively at the London premiere ofIt Ends with Uson Aug, 8, 2024 (L) and as Lily Bloom in the film.Photo:Gareth Cattermole/Getty; Sony Pictures New Zealand Official/Youtube
Gareth Cattermole/Getty; Sony Pictures New Zealand Official/Youtube
Sony Pictures is praisingBlake Lively’s “passion and commitment to advancing the conversation around domestic violence” withIt Ends With Usamid some backlash she’s received for her promotion of the drama.
Lively, who co-produced and stars in the film as florist and domestic-violence survivor Lily Bloom, has been criticized online for what some feel has been a “tone-deaf” approach to promoting a movie surrounding serious themes.