
Billionaire belly laughs: SNL’s space skit pokes fun at Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk
Jeff Bezos (left) gets the “Saturday Night Live” treatment from Owen Wilson. (Blue Origin / NBC Photos) You know that the billionaire space race has entered the…

Hanks, but no Hanks: Actor turned down Jeff Bezos’ offer to ride Blue Origin rocket because of price tag
Tom Hanks has already been to space, sort of, as the star of 1995’s “Apollo 13.” He wasn’t going to pay millions for the chance to do…

Amazon adds ex-NFL star to ‘Thursday Night Football’ broadcast team, announces first matchup
Tony Gonzalez in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2012. (BigStock Photo) Former Kansas City Chiefs star and NFL Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez is joining the broadcast team…

Segment on union busting from John Oliver rips Amazon and tactics other companies use
Amazon is within the crosshairs once more throughout a brand new section on union busting from “Final Week Tonight with John Oliver.” The HBO present took on…

‘Last Exit: Space’ highlights the questions and the quirkiness behind billionaire visions of leaving Earth
An artist’s conception shows a starship on a 5,000-year trip. (Jörgen Engdahl / Courtesy of Discovery+) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wants to have millions of people living…

Amazon reveals title and trailer for new ‘Lord of the Rings’ series coming to Prime Video
Are you prepared to head again to Center Earth? Amazon Studios revealed the title and trailer Wednesday for its extremely anticipated prequel to the “Lord of the…

Univ. of Washington student tests trivia smarts in ‘Jeopardy! National College Championship’
University of Washington student Kaden Lee, right, and “Jeopardy! National College Championship” host Mayim Bialik. (Jeopardy! Photo) Kaden Lee already has their hands full as a junior…

Chad in Space? ‘SNL’ comic Pete Davidson is reportedly up for a ride on Blue Origin spaceship
Pete Davidson portrays a slacker astronaut in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch. (NBC / SNL via YouTube) Comedian Pete Davidson co-starred with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk last…

New reality show ‘Domino Masters’ features Seattle startup co-founder looking to be top toppler
Claudius Mbemba, left, and teammates Evan Voeltner and Stevens Cadet on “Domino Masters.” (Fox Photo) Fox is hoping viewers fall for a new reality competition series called…

Things fall into place on ‘Domino Masters,’ as these Seattle geeks test engineering skills on reality TV
Seattle’s “Domino Masters” competitors, from left: Claudius Mbemba, Luke Greenway and Tanek Ballachanda at a watch party for the TV show on Capitol Hill Wednesday night. (GeekWire…