NBC Universal Spin-offs aren’t always a good idea. For every “Frasier” or “Young Sheldon,” which originated from “Cheers” and “The Big Bang Theory” respectively, there’s a “Joey,” the follow-up to “Friends” that spectacularly crashed and burned. “The Office” didn’t get a spin-off immediately after it ended in…

Sir Keir Starmer has tonight compared Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky to Winston Churchill and defended him from US president Donald Trump’s claims that he is ‘a dictator without elections.’ Trump’s extraordinary outburst came after Zelensky accused the US President of falling for Russian fake news, with Trump suggesting yesterday that Ukraine was to blame for Moscow’s illegal invasion…

Rodell Rahmaan has seen enough man-on-the-street interviews on social media to know he wants to do one. He’d love for a stranger with a camera to ask him the most famous person on his phone. “I can’t wait,” Rahmaan said, “to tell them it’s Eddie George.” The 1995 Heisman Trophy winner is in Rahmaan’s contacts…

CBS Family patriarch George Cooper Sr. (Lance Barber) was doomed to die from the inception of the series “Young Sheldon,” something that “The Big Bang Theory” creator Chuck Lorre eventually came to regret. On “The Big Bang Theory,” adult Sheldon (Jim Parsons) frequently disparages his dead dad, talking about him as a womanizer…

By CALUM MUIRHEAD and BILL BOWKETT Published: 16:35 EST, 18 February 2025 | Updated: 16:38 EST, 18 February 2025 Households face a further squeeze on their finances – with energy bills set to go up again and Britain’s biggest water firms looking to hike prices for millions. Despite Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s pre-election pledge to…

There are a lot of things to admire about Rose Zhang. Before turning pro two years ago, she was arguably the winningest amateur in the history of women’s golf. Now she’s competing on the LPGA and already has a pair of professional wins at age 21. Zhang is as poised as they get and her…

Universal Pictures One of the numerous joys included within “Jurassic Park” is waiting for the arrogant, greedy, obnoxious computer programmer Dennis Nedry to get his just desserts. Although Steven Spielberg’s film version of Michael Crichton’s source novel is far kinder to its human characters than the book…

By FARID FARID FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 17:27 EST, 17 February 2025 | Updated: 17:37 EST, 17 February 2025 Sticks, stones and now racist words can land offenders behind bars for up to two years under new laws to curb anti-Semitism and other racist crimes. People making racist remarks publicly could spend up to…

There are some athletes who at a young age simply seem destined to achieve greatness, and Victor Wembanyama is one of them. I haven’t seen the basketball card hobby this exited about a player’s rookie cards since LeBron James’ NBA debut in 2003. Collectors are buying up cards of the San Antonio Spurs’ center with…

20th Television In the “The Simpsons” episode “The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson” (September 21, 1997), Homer (Dan Castellaneta) is drinking at his local dive bar with his buddies. Everyone is having a good time except for Barney (also Castellaneta), an alcoholic who has, for…