CFP quarterfinals viewership up 14% from last year, including this season’s 3 most-watched games

CFP quarterfinals viewership up 14% from last year, including this season’s 3 most-watched games

The College Football Playoff has some viewer momentum going into this week’s semifinals. Last week’s quarterfinals had a 14% increase from last season. According to ESPN and Nielsen, the four matchups averaged 19.3 million viewers, including the three most-watched games of the season. The CFP is averaging 14.4 million through the quarterfinals, which is up…

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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine reports to NYC lockup where Nicholas Maduro and Luigi Mangione await trial

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine reports to NYC lockup where Nicholas Maduro and Luigi Mangione await trial

NEW YORK — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is joining Venezuela’s president and the man charged with gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO in a notorious federal lockup in New York City. The embattled 29-year-old artist, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, reported to the Metropolitan Detention Center in his native Brooklyn on Tuesday to serve out his…

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Lisette Oropesa shines and draws rave reactions in Met Opera’s ‘I Puritani’

Lisette Oropesa shines and draws rave reactions in Met Opera’s ‘I Puritani’

NEW YORK — Lisette Oropesa impresses Peter Gelb as more than a singer. “She reminds me a little bit of Beverly Sills,” the Metropolitan Opera general manager said. “She seems to have that kind of intellectual quickness. She’s extremely astute and she connects with people. Who knows? Maybe someday she’ll be running the Met?” Sills…

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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are officially divorced after 19 years of marriage

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are officially divorced after 19 years of marriage

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are divorced and legally single, ending the 19-year marriage of one of entertainment’s most prominent power couples A Nashville, Tennessee, judge issued an order at a hearing Tuesday dissolving the marriage of the Oscar-winning actor and the Grammy-winning country singer. Judge Stephanie J….

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