Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with a lawsuit accusing him of raping and sex trafficking a young R&B performer for more than a decade. The bombshell filing, first reported by the New York Times, alleges that Combs controlled and abused singer Cassie for more than a decade, …
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Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer are the latest members of the Friends cast to share emotional tributes to their late co-star Matthew Perry. “Oh boy this one has cut deep… Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I’ve never experienced before,” Aniston …
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Jeremy Renner is sharing proof that hard work and patience really does pay off. On Tuesday, the 52-year-old Marvel star posted an update about his physical recovery 10 months after his near-fatal snowplow accident. Renner shared a video of himself skipping side-to-side down a long, elevated driveway. The movement appears …
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With a little help from comedian and late-night host John Oliver, the pūteketeke — a strange, puking bird — has soared to new heights and garnered international acclaim. On Wednesday, the pūteketeke, a threatened species of Australasian crested grebe, was crowned New Zealand‘s “Bird of the Century.” The pūteketeke came …
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Michael J. Fox is sharing a special memory of the unsung generosity of his fellow Canuck and hockey pal Matthew Perry. Fox, 62, sat down with Entertainment Tonight over the weekend to talk about his annual fundraising benefit for The Michael J. Fox Foundation and how Perry, the late Friends …
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Pink reads banned books, and she’s proud of it. On Monday, the 44-year-old pop singer revealed she would be giving away 2,000 copies of select book titles that are currently banned in several Florida schools. As part of her literary protest, Pink partnered with Pen America, a non-profit freedom of …
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More than two weeks after his death, the first of Matthew Perry‘s Friends co-stars have shared personal tributes to the late comedian. On Tuesday, both Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox shared memories to Instagram of their time working with Perry on the hit U.S. sitcom. LeBlanc, whose character Joey Tribbiani …
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A Grammy-nominated gospel singer shared a video of herself nearly getting kicked off of a Delta Airlines flight for arguing with a flight attendant before launching into a performance of her new single. The video had some online observers calling Bobbi Storm “egotistical” and suggesting she should be on a …
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For Barry Manilow, coming out publicly as gay was a “non-event.” During a guest appearance on HBO’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, the 80-year-old Copacabana singer said he didn’t think it was important to announce his sexuality during the earlier decades of his career. Manilow came out in 2017, almost …
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While I was doing some research on an Ongoing History of New Music program on the endless battle between tech and music, I rooted around in the backgrounds of some popular instruments like guitars, drums, and synthesizers. As often happens with the internet, I was dragged down a series of …
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The list of nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards just dropped, and to no one’s surprise, Taylor Swift is leading the pack. Even the Recording Academy seems to be swept up in the wave of all things Swift, doling out a total of six nominations to the pop superstar, including …
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Hours before the Hollywood actors’ strike officially ended, Beth Goodnight’s phone began ringing with opportunity. The head of a Hollywood construction company and prop shop that bears her name dispatched two project managers to begin bidding for work. By the end of the day Wednesday, they had crunched numbers on …
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