Bob Einstein, an offbeat comedian and writer whose career stretched from “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” to “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has died. He was 76. Einstein died Wednesday in Indian Wells, Calif.

Comedian sells out solo show "Running on Empty" Lewis Black made a boffo Broadway bow in Week 20 (Oct. 8-14), grossing $742,860 for the first six perfs of his two-week Rialto stop of solo gig “Running on Empty.

Post University athletics is mourning the loss of one of their basketball players. Phil Urban, a freshman on the Eagles basketball team, was fatally shot over the weekend in New Jersey. He was 20 years old. According to the Mercer County Prosecutor's office, Hopewell Police responded to the Hopewell Valley Nature Preserve on Dec. 17 at approximately 7 p.m. Upon arrival, officers located a white Mercedes C300 on a trail with a male slumped over in the driver's seat.

Matt Hardy 2021: Net Worth, Salary and EndorsementsMatt Hardy is one of the few wrestlers to have wrestled for WWE, TNA, ROH and AEW. His career began in the WWF in 1999, along with his brother Jeff Hardy. In fact, he and Jeff were pioneers of the very first ladder match in WWE. Matt and Jeff started their own promotion that excelled in backyard wrestling shows but were soon signed to the WWE.

Dubai-based CEO Sam Barnett leads the Middle East’s largest broadcaster MBC as it turbocharges its Shahid streaming service through a scripted content drive, and gives Netflix a run for its money. Shortly before the holy month of Ramadan, which is marathon TV time in the Arab world, Barnett spoke to Variety about the still crucial relevance of Ramadan season in luring eyeballs, MBC’s need to offer “interesting new types of content” outside of the holy period, and why the company remains resolutely pan-Arab while riding the wave of Saudi’s production boom.