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DALLAS — It all started with a Plano mom, Sheryl Leach, who drew inspiration from her dinosaur-loving son to bring a stuffed toy to life. Today, 35 years after Barney’s debut, the friendly dinosaur is the subject of a docuseries on how people turned against it, seemingly rejecting its values of inclusion and respect. The two-part docuseries, titled "I Love You, You Hate Me," premieres Oct. 12 on Peacock, the NBCUniversal streaming service. Peacock dropped the trailer this week. In it, multiple personalities from NBC’s Al Roker to Bill Nye share accounts of how quickly the world turned against Leach’s creation. In the 80-second trailer, Bob West, a Barney performer who put on the 70-pound puffy purple costume, said death threats were made against his family. “They were violent and explicit, death and dismemberment of my family,” West said in the trailer. “They were gonna come and find me, and they were going to kill me.” Another man who wore the suit also said the … [Read more...] about Barney docuseries traces the unexpected hatred for TV’s best-known dinosaur

David Kenner still remembers the lyrics prosecutors shared for the Los Angeles courtroom during the 1996 murder trial of his client Calvin Broadus, better known as the rapper Snoop Dogg. "'Cause it's 1-8-7 on an undercover cop" - a reference to California's penal code for murder - from Snoop Dogg's hit single "Deep Cover" performed with Dr. Dre. It was the prosecution's way of inferring that Snoop Dogg's creative output indicated criminality - and guilt - Kenner said. In reality, the song was recorded for the soundtrack of the 1992 crime thriller of the same name in which Laurence Fishburne stars as a police officer working undercover to bust a West Coast drug cartel. "It was baloney," Kenner told The Washington Post. "[Killing a cop] was the theme of the movie - that's what they asked him to do in the recording." Snoop Dogg was acquitted, but researchers estimate more than 500 cases over the past 30 years have shown prosecutors using rap lyrics against defendants at trial. … [Read more...] about California makes it harder to use lyrics as evidence against rappers

Listen to this article Prototype An off for Ben Keating in the #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports coincided with stops for the Prototypes, so Sebastien Bourdais was able to hand off the leading #01 Cadillac DPi-V.R to Scott Dixon, and Meyer Shank Racing was able to service Helio Castroneves’ Acura ARX-05 before the pits closed. It meant Dixon led the field to the green with seven hours to go, chased by Richard Westbrook of JDC Miller MotorSports, Helio Castroneves in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura, Alex Lynn in the #02 Ganassi Cadillac, Brendon Hartley in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura and Olivier Pla in the Action Express Racing Cadillac. Jimmie Johnson was a lap down after being penalized for spinning his wheels while the car was up on its jacks. A dozen minutes after that restart, Dixon was just about holding off his old Ford GT teammate Westbrook, and the pair were 6.5sec up on Castroneves who was working hard to hold off Lynn. This pair had edged clear of Hartley’s WTR Acura … [Read more...] about IMSA Petit Le Mans: WTR Acura leads at halfway point

Click here to read the full article. From 1967 to 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation methodically collected information about Aretha Franklin using false phone calls, surveillance, infiltration, and highly-placed sources, according to the documents obtained earlier this month by Rolling Stone . Franklin’s FBI file — first requested in via the Freedom of Information Act on Aug. 17, 2018 —  is 270 pages long, peppered with phrases like “Black extremists,” “pro-communist,” “hate America,” “radical,” “racial violence,” and “militant Black power” and overflowing with suspicion about the singer, her work, and the other activists and entertainers with whom she she spent time. Some documents are heavily redacted and others indicate that there may be additional materials in the FBI’s possession. Rolling Stone has requested the FBI make available any and all additional records. More from Rolling Stone The FBI's Greatest Hits: Why These Pop Stars Were Tracked … [Read more...] about Aretha Franklin Was Tracked By the FBI for 40 Years. Here’s What’s In Her File

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 "Saturday Night Live" is back to making fun of its audience. The cold-open sketch in the show's 48th season premiere played to "SNL's" strengths - political humor, making fun of the Manning brothers and commenting on its own demise. Fans began to fear the fate of the Emmy-winning series after an exodus of eight cast members at the end of Season 47. Missing from this season's opening credits (noted: updated show font and design) are Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, Kyle Mooney, Melissa Villaseñor, Alex Moffat and Aristotle Athari - with the loss of McKinnon being particularly lamented. "The way the series has survived is by that level of renewal. The price of success is that people go off and do other things," "SNL" creator/producer Lorne Michaels told the New York Times last month. Instead of ignoring those concerns, "SNL" got weird with it. Peyton Manning … [Read more...] about ‘SNL’ opens 48th season with a meta comment about its current condition

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 26 FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — With the death toll from Hurricane Ian rising and hundreds of thousands of people without power in Florida and the Carolinas, U.S. officials vowed Sunday to unleash an unprecedented amount of federal disaster aid as crews scrambled to rescue people still trapped by floodwaters. Days after Ian tore through central Florida, carving a deadly path of destruction into the Carolinas, water levels continued to rise in some flooded areas, inundating homes and streets that were passable just a day or two earlier. With branches strewn across the grounds of St. Hillary’s Episcopal Church in Ft. Myers, the Rev. Charles Cannon recognized the immense loss during his Sunday sermon but also gave thanks for what remained. That included the … [Read more...] about Feds vow major aid for Hurricane Ian victims amid rescues

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sylvia Wu, whose famed Southern California restaurant drew Hollywood's biggest stars for four decades, has died at age 106, according to a news report. Madame Wu’s Garden on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica became a dining destination shortly after it opened in 1959, popular for its cuisine and pagoda-style decor featuring jade statues, a stone waterfall and a koi-filled fountain. Madame Wu herself was known for wearing a floor-length silk gown while alternately greeting Tinseltown's elite and picking up the phone to take to-go orders. She died Sept. 19, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. Madame Wu said she was inspired to open the restaurant after arriving from China and finding only heavy faux-Cantonese dishes. “Chop suey everywhere,” she complained to USA Today. “All you see are chop suey houses.” At Madame Wu's Garden, Mae West favored the cold melon soup, Gregory Peck and Paul Newman enjoyed the shrimp toast and crab puffs, while Princess … [Read more...] about Madame Wu, restaurateur to Hollywood’s elite, dies at 106

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 14 HOUSTON (AP) — Austin Ekeler was off to a slow start following a 20-touchdown season, and the Chargers believed he was due for a breakout game. He had it Sunday, scoring his first three touchdowns of the year to lead Los Angeles to a 34-24 win over the Houston Texans. “To get him going today was big,” Los Angeles coach Brandon Staley said. “He played like a captain today beyond his performance on the field. He really led our football team on offense and just played with the energy that he’s known for and just a complete performance by him.” Justin Herbert threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns as the Chargers built a big early lead and held on. Houston scored 17 straight points to get within three with about 8 1/2 minutes left. The Chargers (2-2) then put together a 12-play, 84-yard drive, capped by Ekeler's … [Read more...] about Ekeler scores 3 touchdowns, Chargers hold off Texans 34-24

Listen to this article Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start a race from pole position for the ninth time this season after topping the qualifying session on Saturday. Red Bull driver Sergio Perez will join Leclerc on the front row of the grid, while his teammate Max Verstappen will line up eighth after he was forced to abort his final qualifying lap due to a lack of fuel. Lewis Hamilton underlined the pace of the improving Mercedes by qualifying third, just 0.054s off Leclerc's best lap, although George Russell could only manage the 11th-quickest time in the other W13. When is the F1 Singapore Grand Prix? The 2022 F1 Singapore Grand Prix will begin at 9:05pm local time (+8 GMT) at the Marina Bay Street Circuit following a long delay caused by rain. Date : Sunday, October 2, 2022 Updated Start time : 13:05 GMT / 14:05 BST / 15:05 CEST / 15:05 SAST / 16:05 EAT / 09:05 ET / 06:05 PT / 23:05 AEST / 22:05 JST / 18:35 IST How can I watch the Singapore Grand Prix? … [Read more...] about 2022 F1 Singapore Grand Prix – How to watch, start time & more