R. Kelly auditioned for ‘The Five Heartbeats,’ Robert Townsend says
“He comes to me and he’s like, ‘Mr. Townsend I’m trying to be a songwriter for the movie' …"
“He comes to me and he’s like, ‘Mr. Townsend I’m trying to be a songwriter for the movie' …"
Urban beat: The Subways’ Downward Spiral As Gotham prepares to reopen, the New York Police Department and the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority need to “make sure trains are safe not only from disease,” but also from crime, warns City Journal’s Nicole Gelinas. Otherwise, “riders will stay away.” While March saw dramatic drops in ridership, crime...
Green card holders with criminal offenses will now have a harder time fighting deportation orders after the Supreme Court ruled with the Trump administration on Thursday. The split 5-4 ruling applied to the case of Andre Martello Barton, a non-citizen Georgia father of four who was charged with firearm and drug offenses after immigrating from...
The months-old girl tragically killed by coronavirus “went out looking like a princess” during her funeral — wearing the dress her newly minted firefighter dad had bought her for his FDNY graduation ceremony that she didn’t live to see, the father told The Post in an emotional interview Thursday. Jerel La Santa got the rose-gold...
Rob Gronkowski thanked Patriots fans, and promised a renewed vigor for those awaiting his Buccaneers debut. The three-time Super Bowl-winning tight end came out of retirement earlier this week and was subsequently traded to Tampa Bay, where longtime teammate Tom Brady signed a month prior. Gronkowski had announced his retirement in March 2019 after nine...
Even as NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said, “we’re not going to rush anything,” in his interview with Sportsnet on Wednesday, the NHL may be on an accelerated timeline to resume the season. The Post has learned that at least one NHL team has told its players to be prepared to report on May 15 to...
The owner of a Cleveland thrift shop facing criminal charges for violating Ohio’s non-essential business shutdown is vowing to stay open unless the military is sent in to stop her, according to a report. Jamie Davis, who runs The Yard Sale Lady, said she won’t shut the doors to her secondhand store despite being cited...
The Big Apple coronavirus death toll surpassed another crushing milestone Thursday as city health officials reported that more than 15,000 New Yorkers have now passed from the disease. The pandemic has claimed 15,411 New Yorkers as of Thursday afternoon and the total number of cases across the five boroughs climbed to an astonishing 141,754, according...
Even if the only rides to enjoy are virtual, there’s still plenty of action happening behind the gates.
Fred the Godson has died after contracting the coronavirus earlier this month. He was 35.
The New York City Council wants to ban food-ordering apps like Grubhub from charging most of their usual fees to restaurants during any government-ordered state of emergency, The Post has learned. The bill seeks to prohibit food-ordering and delivery apps like Grubhub’s Seamless Web site, UberEats and Doordash from profiting from Big Apple restaurants during...
Jordan Love isn’t the only prospect rumored to replace Tom Brady. Justin Herbert, the former Oregon Ducks quarterback, is said to be drawing interest from the Patriots, who currently hold the 23rd overall pick in Thursday’s NFL Draft 2020. “They love Justin Herbert,” a GM told NBC Sports’ Peter King of New England brass, adding,...
It wasn’t a meteor shower, but it sure looked like one. A driver was stranded when gigantic boulders rained down from the side of a mountain in Ramban, India, according to a report from South West News Service (SWNS), a British news agency. Mahesh K, 22, was on a 30-day road trip when he came...
Alicante, Spain, is to introduce “Covid free” certificates for its hotels which will see a ban on hugs, handshakes or kisses for clients, protective gear for chambermaids, voice-operated lifts and chambermaids with masks. The Alicante Tourist Board and the Provincial Association of Hotels of the Province of Alicante (APHA) have created a security badge called...
The findings are a boon to coffee snobs everywhere.
Target said on Thursday that rising costs from trying to meet the fast-changing needs of consumers during the coronavirus crisis were set to hurt its first-quarter profit and margins, even as it recorded robust online sales during March and April. The big-box retailer said digital comparable sales surged more than 275 percent in April, with...
Jets CEO Christopher Johnson, his family and the Jets are making an additional $2 million donation to support the COVID-19 relief response in New York and New Jersey. This comes a month after the Johnson family and the Jets donated $1 million to multiple local United Way agencies to help combat the pandemic. The latest...
Doctors are warning against the rush to use mechanical ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, saying the breathing machines could be doing more harm than good. While medical professionals in several countries battling the global pandemic agree that ventilators have helped save lives, the risks of using the overly intrusive machines could be too high for...
IDLIB, Syria – A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine – homemade equipment to fight the new coronavirus if it hits the last rebel stronghold, where hospitals lie in ruins after nine years of war. The group of 12, mainly technicians and engineers, hope to...
The Big Apple has already lost multiple film festivals this year due to the pandemic. The New York Film Festival is optimistic it won’t suffer the same fate, however, and is still very much planning to go ahead in September. Organizers told us today, “The festival will be going ahead and everyone can expect some...
A pregnant Irish mom woke up from a coronavirus-induced coma to find that she was expecting not just one baby — but twins, according to a new report. Danielle Martin, 32, of Belfast, was nine weeks pregnant when she was rushed to the hospital on March 30, feeling like she “could barely breathe,” Metro UK...
A British rapper turned notorious suspected ISIS fighter, who was once pictured proudly holding up a severed head, has been arrested in Spain, according to authorities. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary — whose terrorist dad is serving 25 years for bombing US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania — was arrested Monday along with two more suspects in...
The coronavirus pandemic is dominating and impacting daily life around the world, prompting Dictionary.com to update its glossary and add new terms that are more relevant than ever amid the outbreak. New additions to the digital English language dictionary include names for the viral disease, to help increase understanding of the novel coronavirus and the...
Two weeks after airing its first-ever totally remote telecast, “Saturday Night Live” is returning to Studio 8H (figuratively speaking) this weekend with its second “At Home” edition. The inaugural “SNL at Home” averaged 6.7 million total viewers and a 1.46 rating, placing second for the season behind Eddie Murphy’s Dec. 21 hosting turn (which drew...
The second wave of coronavirus stimulus payments will start hitting bank accounts in the next week, but retirees, veterans and pensioners expecting paper checks may have to wait up to 20 weeks for the cash. More than 80 million people have already received direct deposits worth up to $1,200 as part of the government’s $2.2...