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“I want my money! This is not fair!” Wendy Williams takes to Instagram to decry control over her finances

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Wendy Williams has posted an Instagram video in which she blasts the people she claims have frozen her access to her own money.

As previously reported, in court documents, Wells Fargo requested a conservatorship for the talk show host because it believes “she is the victim of undue influence and financial exploitation” — an allegation Wendy has denied.

“My thing is that I’ve been asking questions about my money and when I begin asking questions about my money, suddenly Lori Schiller has got no response regarding my money. I want my money. This is not fair,” Williams says in her post. Schiller, a financial advisor at Wells Fargo, reportedly led the bank to freeze Wendy’s funds.

“Wells Fargo has no questions and answers regarding my money. This is not fair,” Wendy goes on. “And Lori Schiller and Wells Fargo has this guardianship petition about keeping me away from my money.”

The former talk show host previously told Good Morning America that the situation has prevented her from fulfilling her financial obligations, including mortgage payments and employee payroll.

In her video, Williams also puts her former manager, Bernie Young, on blast, claiming, “I know for a fact that Bernie Young used my American Express card to hire an attorney to file a petition against me. That was done with my American Express card.”

“You’re no good…,” she says of Young, who according to a recent report in The Sun claimed Williams’ affairs need to be overseen because “she suffers serious health problems.”

Wendy continues, “A former doctor… had medical information about me that I never even got! It was sent over to Lori Schiller. So I haven’t gotten this stuff. I fired this doctor and, again, all I want to know is where is my money? This is not right! And certainly, this is not fair.”

“The New York court system, without evidence is being weird to me,” Wendy laments.

In February, Wells Fargo denied any “improper actions” to People, claiming, “The financial well-being of our clients is at the heart of everything we do.”

Supreme Court endorses pastor’s laying on of hands at moment of inmate’s execution

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, in an 8-1 decision, has endorsed a pastor’s audible prayer and laying of hands on an inmate at the moment of his execution, siding with a Texas death-row prisoner who challenged the state’s ban on the practice during lethal injection.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. Justice Clarence Thomas was the sole dissenter.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

New Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Not the One” dropping Friday

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Red Hot Chili Peppers will be dropping a new song called “Not the One” this Friday, March 25.

Bassist Flea revealed the news on his Twitter alongside a 30-second preview of the upcoming track.

“‘Not the One’ is coming on Friday!!!” Flea wrote alongside the clip. “Yeeeeeeeeh mutha.”

“Not the One” will appear on RHCP’s forthcoming album Unlimited Love, due out April 1. It’ll be the third track to be released from the record, following lead single “Black Summer” and the funky “Poster Child.”

The Peppers will launch a worldwide tour in support of Unlimited Love this summer. The U.S. leg kicks off in July.

Luke Combs pulled from CMT Awards performance due to a positive COVID-19 test

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Luke Combs was scheduled this week to record a performance to air during next month’s CMT Music Awards, but those plans have been scrapped due to a positive COVID-19 test.

The Tennessean reports the news, explaining that Luke originally planned to record a performance for the show with Kane Brown at an undisclosed location on Thursday. Old Dominion has stepped up to fill Luke’s performance slot.

“Unfortunately, Luke Combs won’t be with us tomorrow,” a spokesperson for CMT said on Wednesday. “He is quarantined with COVID. He’s bummed to miss seeing everyone!”

As of Thursday morning, Luke himself hasn’t issued a statement about his absence from the show or updated fans on how he’s feeling. It’s also unclear whether or not his wife, Nicole, is quarantining with him. She had COVID-19 back in December 2020, and on her Instagram stories, described her recovery process as “brutal,” saying, “I’ve had all the symptoms, except for a fever. It beat me up.”

Nicole is currently pregnant with the couple’s first child, a boy. She’s due this spring.

The 2022 CMT Music Awards will air on CBS on April 11. Luke is nominated in the categories of Male Video of the Year and Video of the Year, both for his music video for “Forever After All.”

Oscars 2022: Here’s who and what could make history

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The 94th Academy Awards are upon us! Let’s take a look at what could make history at this year’s Oscars ceremony.

Troy Kotsur is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the heartwarming drama CODA. He’s already picked up crucial wins at the Gotham and SAG Awards. If he wins the Oscar, he will become the first deaf man and the second deaf actor to ever be awarded by the Academy.

Two real-life couples were honored with nominations that spanned all four acting categories this year. Oscar winners Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem were nominated for their work in Parallel Mothers and Being the Ricardos, respectively, while first-time nominees Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons were nominated for their work in The Power of the Dog.

The Power of the Dog earned 12 nominations in all, including Jane Campion for Best Director. She’s the only woman to have ever been nominated in this category twice — the first time was in 1994, for The Piano. If Campion comes out on top, she will become only the third woman to ever win the award, after Kathryn Bigelow and Chloé Zhao.

It’s easier to list the awards Lin-Manuel Miranda hasn’t won at this point — the man has two Emmys, three Tonys and three Grammys, but still no Oscar statue. If he wins Best Original Song for “Dos Oruguitas,” from Encanto, he will finally achieve the coveted EGOT status, a feat only 16 others have accomplished.

Find out what history will be made during the live Academy Awards ceremony Sunday, March 27 at 8pm, only on ABC.

Robert Duvall sounds off on the making of ‘The Godfather’ 50 years later

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The long road to bring The Godfather to life is the stuff of Hollywood Legend: The adaptation of Mario Puzo‘s bestselling novel was fraught with protests against the film, budget woes, and casting clashes between the studio and a director who was getting a no-confidence vote by Paramount execs. Yes, Francis Ford Coppola was skating on very thin ice during the production.

“There was a director in the wings, who was gonna take over in case Coppola didn’t work out,” says Robert Duvall, who played Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen in the film, which marks its 50th anniversary today.

Duvall tells ABC Audio that the then-32-year-old filmmaker had to endure “great pressure” to bring his vision to life, “and because of that I gained a tremendous amount of respect for Francis Coppola for working under those conditions.”

He adds, “He stuck to his guns and made the film he wanted to make, and as an actor I was certainly alongside of him.”

In the end, Coppola and his cast turned in a film that would become one of the most revered, beloved and quoted pieces of modern cinema, and made stars out of actors like Al Pacino, James Caan, Talia Shire and John Cazale. It didn’t hurt Duvall’s career either, plus he got a chance to work with Marlon Brando, who starred in the now-legendary role of Don Vito Corleone.

“[It] wasn’t that intimidating, it was nice, because once you got in a scene with him, it became equal,” Duvall says of working with the iconic actor. “He was very giving. So it was a give-and-take process that worked out fine.”

The Godfather Trilogy, newly restored in 4K Ultra HD, is now available on Blu-Ray from Paramount Home Entertainment.

Leona Lewis is pregnant, expecting first baby with husband Dennis Jauch

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Leona Lewis is going to be a mom!

On Wednesday, the “Bleeding Love” singer announced that she’s expecting, sharing a stunning photo of herself in a form-fitting black dress that showed off her growing baby bump.

“Can’t wait to meet you in the Summer,” she captioned the Instagram post.

Lewis’ husband Dennis Jauch also announced the news, sharing the same photo and captioning it, “Biggest gift I could’ve asked for coming this Summer.”

“You’re one hot a** Mama,” he added,

This is the first child for Lewis, 36, and Jauch, 33. The couple wed in 2019.

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Outside witnesses on final day

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, has completed two full days of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee: 13 hours on Tuesday and 10.5 hours on Wednesday.

Thursday will mark the final day of the four-day confirmation hearing as the committee hears from outside legal experts, civil rights leaders and the American Bar Association.

Here is how the news is developing Thursday. Check back for updates:

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What to expect on the final day of hearings

Judge Jackson, the nation’s first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, has cleared 19 hours of grueling questioning at the Senate Judiciary Committee and appears headed toward confirmation as a justice with support from all Democrats and a small number of Republicans.

“In my capacity as a justice, I would do what I’ve done for the past decade,” Jackson told the committee on her third day of testimony, “which is to rule from a position of neutrality, to look carefully at the facts and … to render rulings that I believe and that I hope that people would have confidence in.”

The historic hearings resume at 9 a.m. and will wrap for the week after the committee hears from representatives from the American Bar Association — which has given its highest rating to Jackson — and outside witnesses called by Democrats and Republicans on the committee. Senators have five-minute rounds for questions Thursday.

Judiciary Committee Democrats have invited Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus; Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Jackson’s former classmate; Risa Goluboff, the first woman to serve as dean of University of Virginia Law School; Richard Rosenthal, an appellate attorney and longtime friend to Jackson; and Capt. Frederick Thomas, president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.

As several Republicans on the committee have painted Jackson as “soft on crime,” the GOP has called for their panel Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall; Jennifer Mascott, an assistant law professor at George Mason University; Eleanor McCullen, an anti-abortion rights activist; Keisha Russell of First Liberty; and Alessandro Serano, an activist against human trafficking.

In Brief: Gabrielle Union joins Octavia Spencer in ‘Truth Be Told’, and more

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Gabrielle Union has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s drama Truth Be Told as a new co-lead opposite Octavia Spencer for the show’s third season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The anthology series, based on Kathleen Barber‘s novel of the same name, follows Spencer’s journalist-turned-true crime podcaster Poppy Scoville as she risks everything — including her life — to pursue truth and justice. The Cheaper by the Dozen star will play Eva, an outspoken high school principal who becomes embroiled in a problematic incident. Union follows Aaron Paul, Lizzy Caplan and Kate Hudson, who shared top billing with Spencer in the show’s first and second seasons, respectively…

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden is in final talks to replace Geena Davis in CBS’ as yet untitled ‘Mother & Son Legal Drama Pilot,’ according to Deadline. She would star opposite Skyler Astin‘s “talented but directionless PI” and “black sheep of the family” who agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his recently divorced, overbearing mother, whom Harden would play…

NYPD Blue alum Jimmy Smits has been tapped to star as the male lead opposite The Leftovers‘ Amanda Warren in the CBS pilot East New York, according to Variety. The pilot follows Regina Haywood — played by Warren — the newly promoted deputy inspector in an impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood whose creative methods of serving and protecting don’t sit well with some of the diverse group of officers and detectives. Smits will star as 3-Star Chief John Suarez, whose “experience, commanding presence and strong moral center helps oversee the melding of communities and the precincts that serve them”…

King Richard‘s Tony Goldwyn is the latest actor to join the star-packed cast of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The star-studded roster already includes Jason Clarke, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh, and Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy, the latter of whom plays the title role as J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the creators of the atomic bomb. The project has been filming for several weeks in New Mexico…

Joe Jonas delivers a dramatic version of Smash Mouth’s “All Star” on The Tonight Show

March 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Joe Jonas was one of Jimmy Fallon‘s Tonight Show guests on Wednesday and discussed a number of things, including the Jonas Brother‘s ritual of warming up before a show with a theatrical version of “All Star” by Smash Mouth.

“I find it really warms my vocals up and gets me in the right mindset,” Jonas explained, after which Jimmy pulled out a microphone and coaxed Joe into giving the audience a demonstration..

Joe also talked about the Jonas Brothers’ Las Vegas five-night mini residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM on June 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11, his collaboration with Tanqueray, Bridgerton, and the Elvis impersonator who officiated his marriage to Sophie Turner — the latter of which turned out to be a big mistake.

“Everybody signed [non disclosure agreements] except Elvis,” he explained. “He didn’t do anything crazy, but we woke up and turned on the local news and there he is…doing interviews.”

“We also had Ring Pops as our wedding rings, and he was trying to sell the Ring Pop wrappers on eBay,” he added.

Earlier, Joe joined Jimmy in a game of TikTok Duets, where they took turns completing TikTok users’ songs with their own improvised lyrics.

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