Merriam-Webster defines a “body slam” as “a wrestling throw in which the opponent’s body is lifted and brought down hard to the mat.” According to the online dictionary, searches for the term surged exponentially on Wednesday night ― but not because our nation had tuned into a particularly thrilling night of WWE.

The Dallas Morning News has apologized for a critical typo it made 40 years ago, when “Star Wars” was first released in movie theaters: “Our review of the original Star Wars, which appeared in The Dallas Morning News on May 26, 1977, incorrectly referred to Chewbacca as a ‘Wookie.’ The correct spelling, of course, is ‘Wookiee.’ We regret the error and apologize to the seven-foot-tall hairy alien biped community.

Tom Hardy launched a fundraiser for the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing, and donors are offering the support they can. “What happened last night at the [Ariana Grande] concert in Manchester was a tragedy; families and children attacked and murdered; in a place where they should be safe and enjoying a concert,” the actor wrote on his Just Giving page. “It is an inconceivable atrocity.

Former CBS “Late Show” host David Letterman had some harsh words for President Donald Trump, telling GQ that he was sickened by the election of his onetime frequent guest. Letterman, who retired in 2015 after 33 years on late-night television, said he didn’t regret having Trump on his show so often. “No, no reason to regret it,” he said.“I’m disappointed that this man is representing me and my country. It makes me sick.

She labors in the lab for hours, hovering over her experiments like an anxious mother, but the results don’t come. Without results, she can’t complete her research; but she can’t force the results to come.

“I had my phone low and I wasn’t bothering anybody,” she said, telling the outlet she was messaging a friend having relationship trouble. “It wasn’t like constant texting.” In his claim, Vezmar states that “while damages sought are modest, the principle is important as defendant’s behavior is a threat to civilized society.

Almost immediately after Ivanka Trump released her new bookWomen Who Work: Revisiting the Rules For Success, the delightfully savage reviews arrived to greet it. The self-help tome has been described by critics as both “witless” and “insufferable,” “vapid and “very vapid,” “a strawberry milkshake of inspirational quotes” and “a grab-bag of generic work-life advice for upper-middle-class white women.

Keith Olbermann is keeping score ― and, by his count, President Donald Trump could theoretically be charged with 17 counts related to six alleged crimes he says were committed over a single week. In his latest “Resistance” webcast for GQ, the political commentator said Trump has benefited from the fact that the issues around suspected ties to Russia are “complicated” and “confusing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is speaking out about President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to fire FBI Director James Comeyon Tuesday. “We have nothing to do with that,” Putin said Wednesday. The Russian president was in hockey gear, getting ready to hit the ice for a game, when he was approached by Elizabeth Palmer of CBS News: Palmer asked what effect the move could have on U.S.

As the 2016-2017 season wraps up with a slew of highly anticipated season (and series) finales before summer TV doldrums hit, the major networks are determining which shows will make the cut and which shows will go the way of “Blood & Oil.” See, you already forgot that existed. Every year around May, TV essentially turns into the “Hunger Games” with ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW debuting their fall TV slates to advertisers at the upfronts.