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Happy move for Cristiano Ronaldo as Georgina Rodríguez announces their engagement
Soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo and his long-term partner Georgina Rodriguez are engaged. The 31-year-old Rodríguez announced the happy news on Instagram on Monday with a photograph showing a huge ring on her finger. “Yes, I do,” read the caption in Spanish. “In this and in all my lives.” Rodríguez and...
Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband and former manager, dies at 48
Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband and talent manager, has died of cancer, his family said Thursday. He was 48. “Brandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years,” a representative for the Blackstock family shared in a statement to The Associated Press. “He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by...
Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner, dies at 88
Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s daughter Gabriela told The New York Times that her father died earlier that day at his home in New...
Emmylou Harris and Brad Paisley are headed for Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Country superstar Brad Paisley and Americana powerhouse Emmylou Harris will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday. The new class also includes Steve Bogard and Tony Martin in the contemporary songwriter category, Jim Lauderdale in the contemporary songwriter/artist category and Don Cook in the...
Howard Stern’s SiriusXM contract in jeopardy
SiriusXM host Howard Stern’s future at the subscription satellite radio company seems to in jeopardy, according to multiple reports. The U.S. Sun cited unnamed sources in a Tuesday report that indicated Stern’s show is set to be canceled. The Daily Mail also used unnamed sources in a report that said...
Ozzy Osbourne died of a heart attack, report says, citing death certificateVideo
LONDON — Ozzy Osbourne died of a heart attack and had coronary artery disease in addition to suffering from Parkinson’s disease for years, his death certificate said. The singer had suffered from coronary artery disease as well as Parkinson’s, according to the certificate filed at a register office in London...
Judge says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs must stay in jail until he is sentenced
NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs can’t go home from jail to await sentencing on his prostitution-related conviction, a judge said Monday, denying the rap and style mogul’s latest bid for bail. Combs has been behind bars since his September arrest. He faced federal charges of coercing girlfriends into having...
Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ has died
LOS ANGELES — Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a prolonged illness, said her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan. “We are heartbroken...
Former WWE boss Vince McMahon is cited for reckless driving in Connecticut crash
WESTPORT, Conn. — Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon is accused of causing a crash on a Connecticut highway that wrecked his Bentley and damaged two other cars, a few hours before Hulk Hogan’s death hit the news and he was quoted praising the wrestling icon. McMahon was cited for reckless...
Company involved in Coldplay KissCam drama hires Gwyneth Paltrow as spokesperson
BOSTON — Astronomer — the company whose CEO resigned after being caught on a KissCam at a Coldplay rock concert embracing a woman who was not his wife — is trying to move on from the drama with someone who knows the band pretty well. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who was...
Rapper GloRilla is arrested on drug charges following investigation of a burglary at her home
Rapper GloRilla was arrested this week on felony drug charges after “a significant amount of marijuana” was found by police while they investigated a burglary at her home in Atlanta. GloRilla, whose real name is Gloria Woods, voluntarily turned herself in Tuesday and was released on $22,260 bond the same...
Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71Video
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing icon in the world of professional wrestling, has died at the age of 71, Florida police and WWE said Thursday. In Clearwater, Florida, authorities responded to a call Thursday morning about a cardiac arrest. Hogan was pronounced dead at a hospital, police...
Doctor pleads guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine in the weeks before the actor’s death
LOS ANGELES — A doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star’s overdose death. Dr. Salvador Plasencia became the fourth of the five people charged in connection with Perry’s death to plead guilty. He stood next to his lawyer and...
Hunter Biden lashes out at George Clooney, other Democrats, over Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign
WASHINGTON — Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, seen by some as the problem child of the Democratic Party for legal and drug-related woes that brought negative attention to his father, is lashing out against Democratic “elites” and others over the way he says his father was treated during last...
Venice Film Festival lineup features Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone and Dwayne Johnson
Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba are just some of the celebrities headlining films at this year’s Venice International Film Festival. Organizers on Tuesday unveiled the starry lineup for its 82nd edition, which kicks off a busy fall film festival season in August....
Billy Joel shares encouraging update after brain disorder diagnosis
Billy Joel reassured fans about his health on Monday. The 76-year-old musician had previously canceled all of his scheduled concerts after announcing in May that he was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). NPH occurs when excess cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the brain’s ventricles, with patients experiencing cognitive decline, difficulty...
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ actor, dies at 54 in Costa Rica drowning
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who as teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” was central to a cultural phenomenon that helped define the 1980s, died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said Monday. Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said Warner...
Charli XCX and The 1975 drummer George Daniel are married
LONDON — Charli XCX and The 1975 drummer George Daniel have tied the knot. A representative for Daniel confirmed to The Associated Press that the pair married over the weekend. The couple were seen posing in front of London’s Hackney Town Hall on Saturday. Daniel wore a suit, and Charli...
Country music star, ex-Steelers QB address ‘wild rumors’ about marriage
Lainey Wilson and Devlin “Duck” Hodges made headlines back in February when they got engaged. There was a whole buildup to Duck popping the question on February 12 on George Jones’ estate, and the entire country music world seemed invested in it. And seems like folks are still pretty interested...
Emma Watson loses driver’s license for 6 months over a series of speeding tickets
Call her Emma Walks-on. Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in all eight “Harry Potter” films, lost her driving privileges for six months Wednesday in Britain after racking up more than a dozen points on her driving record in the space of two years. She was also ordered to pay...
Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt are expecting their first child
Pete Davidson is going to be a dad. His girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, announced their baby news Wednesday on Instagram with an ultrasound preview. The model and actor posted photos of herself and the “Saturday Night Live” alum with the caption: “welp now everyone knows we had sex.” She included a...
‘American Idol’ music supervisor and husband both found dead at L.A. home
LOS ANGELES — An “American Idol” music supervisor and her husband were both found dead in their Los Angeles home Monday afternoon. Officers were conducting a welfare check at a home in the Encino neighborhood when they found the bodies of a man and woman with gunshot wounds. An “American...
’16 & Pregnant’ alum Whitney Purvis arrested on involuntary manslaughter charges
“16 and Pregnant” star Whitney Purvis has been arrested and is being held in police custody for felony involuntary manslaughter involving the fatal overdose of chef John Mark Harris. According to records, sheriff’s deputies nabbed the former reality star in Floyd County, Ga., on Monday. She was charged for intentionally...
Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron says he’s leaving the band after nearly 30 years
Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron said Monday he’s leaving the band after nearly 30 years. The 62-year-old Cameron announced his departure in a social media post. “After 27 fantastic years, I have taken my final steps down the drum riser for the mighty Pearl Jam,” Cameron said. “Much love and...
‘Star Wars’ actor Kenneth Colley dies at 87
Kenneth Colley, a British actor known for playing Admiral Piett in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, has died at 87. Colley died at his home in England on Monday, according to a statement shared by his agent, Julian Owens. Colley had been admitted to a hospital for an arm injury...
