NEW YORK — The clarity and the command. The daring and the discipline. The thrill of her voice and the truth of her emotions.
Like the best actors and poets, nothing came between how Aretha Franklin felt and what she […]
NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” who sang with matchless style on such classics as “Think,” ″I Say a Little Prayer” and her signature song, “Respect,” and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, died Thursday at […]
NEW YORK — Fans and friends, including Mariah Carey and Missy Elliott, offered prayers and well wishes to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, who is seriously ill.
A person close to Franklin, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because […]
LOS ANGELES — Brad Pitt said in court documents Wednesday that he has given estranged wife Angelina Jolie Pitt more than $1 million and lent her another $8 million since their separation two years ago, countering her assertion from […]
NEW YORK — Demi Lovato has checked out of the hospital she was rushed to two weeks ago for a reported overdose.
A person close to Lovato said she was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles over the […]
NEW YORK — A representative for Demi Lovato says she is awake and recovering with her family after the pop singer was reportedly hospitalized Tuesday for an overdose.
“Demi is awake and with her family who want to express thanks […]
TORONTO — Robert De Niro is apologizing to Canadians for the “idiotic behavior of my president” a day after the actor launched an expletive at Donald Trump at the Tony awards.
De Niro said Monday Trump’s remarks about Canada are […]
Reaction to the death of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, whose body was discovered in France on Friday. He died of an apparent suicide.
“Anthony gave all of himself in everything that he did. His brilliant, fearless spirit touched and inspired so […]
PARIS — Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef and citizen of the world who inspired millions to share his delight in food and the bonds it created, was found dead in his hotel room Friday in France while working on […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump commuted the sentence Wednesday of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses whose cause was championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West in a recent visit to the White House.
“BEST NEWS […]
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was facing a new rape allegation on Friday as part of a lawsuit alleging that he had help covering up his misconduct with women.
The lawsuit was filed in New York by three women, including one […]
NEW YORK — The maker of Ambien said Wednesday that “racism is not a known side effect” after Roseanne Barr cited the insomnia drug in explaining the tweet that led ABC to cancel her show.
Hours after ABC pulled the […]
NEW YORK — The Latest on the cancellation of “Roseanne” (all times local):
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ABC has canceled its hit reboot of “Roseanne” following Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.
ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey says the comment […]
“I hope this gives hope to victims and survivors everywhere, that we are one step closer to justice. Because one win is a win for all of us.” — Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan, to The Associated Press. In a tweet: […]
NEW YORK — She was one of the earliest Harvey Weinstein accusers, and she thought the mogul might never face justice in a court of law.
Now, actress Rose McGowan, who has accused Weinstein of raping her 20 years ago, […]
NEW YORK — Flinching when he heard himself described as a man who used power to prey on women, Harvey Weinstein was charged Friday with rape and another sex felony in the first prosecution to result from the wave […]
NEW YORK — Law enforcement officials say Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities Friday morning to face criminal charges in a months-long investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted women.
The two officials said the criminal case involves […]
The CNN report includes the account of a production assistant on the 2017 heist film “Going In Style,” who detailed an incident in which the actor repeatedly tried to lift up her skirt, and asked if she was wearing underwear. […]
ATLANTA — The rapper T.I. was arrested early Wednesday as he tried to enter his gated community outside Atlanta and was charged with disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and simple assault — but the artist’s lawyer called it a wrongful […]
LOS ANGELES — The organization that bestows the Academy Awards announced Thursday that it has voted to expel two prominent members convicted of sexual offenses, Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski, from its membership.
It’s the first major decision since the Academy […]
Prosecutor says jurors provided Bill Cosby’s accuser Andrea Constand with “justice” after Cosby was convicted at his retrial. (April 26)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s team blasted his sexual-assault trial as a “public lynching” Friday and began looking ahead to […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case began deliberating Wednesday in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, weighing charges he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home 14 years ago.
The […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — It’s long been one of the most enduring mysteries of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case: What drug did he give his chief accuser on the night she says he molested her?
Cosby has insisted he handed 1 […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s chief accuser was headed back to the witness stand on Monday for a second day of testimony in the comedian’s sexual assault retrial after enduring cross-examination by his attorney last week.
Cosby lawyer Tom Mesereau […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Andrea Constand told a jury Friday that Bill Cosby, a man she viewed as a friend and mentor, tricked her into taking a powerful drug and then humiliated her for his own sexual gratification.
Confident and composed, Constand testified […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Model Janice Dickinson told a jury Thursday that Bill Cosby raped her in 1982 after giving her a pill he claimed would ease her menstrual cramps but instead left her immobilized and unable to stop an assault […]
NEW YORK — It appears Khloe Kardashian is finally a mother.
Several outlets have reported that the 33-year-old reality star has given birth to a baby girl, but her representatives have not commented. TMZ was first to report details of […]
Comedian Bill Cosby has arrived for the second day of his sexual assault retrial amid heightened security. (April 10)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Decades after they say Bill Cosby knocked them out with intoxicants and sexually assaulted them, three of his accusers […]
A topless woman protester with “Women’s Lives Matter” written on her body jumped in front of Bill Cosby on Monday as the comedian walked into a courthouse for the start of his sexual assault retrial. (April 9)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — […]
LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger is recovering in a Los Angeles hospital after undergoing heart surgery.
The 70-year-old former California governor had a scheduled procedure to replace a pulmonic valve on Thursday, according to Schwarzenegger’s spokesman, Daniel Ketchell. He was […]
LEESBURG, Va. — A judge on Monday refused to dismiss a drug-possession charge against actress Rose McGowan after prosecutors said they have additional evidence to bring forward.
McGowan’s lawyers have suggested the drugs may have been planted by agents hired […]
LOS ANGELES — Sandra Bullock, Dave Chappelle, Christopher Walken, Rita Moreno and Helen Mirren are among the latest slate of stars set to appear on the 90th Academy Awards.
Oscar telecast producers revealed another round of celebrity presenters on Tuesday, […]
NEW YORK — Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have named their baby girl is named Stormi.
Jenner posted the name on Instagram on Tuesday with a photo of the baby’s tiny hand grasping her pink-polished thumb. The post was viewed more […]
NEW YORK — Celebrities and activists have taken part in an evening of speeches and music in Manhattan billed as “The People’s State of the Union.”
Monday’s event was planned in response to President Donald Trump’s first State of the […]
NEW YORK — A once-aspiring actress has alleged Steven Seagal raped her at a wrap party for the film “On Deadly Ground,” claiming he undressed her and assaulted her on his bed while she focused on a photo of […]
CHESAPEAKE, W.Va. — A domestic battery charge against an actress on the former hit show “Glee” has been dismissed in West Virginia.
WCHS-TV reports that the case against 30-year-old Naya Rivera ended after her husband decided not to seek prosecution.
An order was […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Mila Kunis, who made her mark on two long-running television comedies and earned a Golden Globe nomination for her work on the big screen, was named Woman of the Year on Tuesday by Harvard University’s Hasty […]
NEW YORK — Holiday cards of the paper and stamp variety still get sent, so what does that look like celebrity to celebrity?
Hugh Jackman of “The Greatest Showman” wasn’t giving up any names, but he told The Associated Press […]
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