In a strategic move to amplify her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift is embarking on a promotional journey through TikTok, potentially granting the social media powerhouse access to a vast array of global user accounts and their corresponding personal data. Following the release of her album at midnight Eastern time Friday, Ms. […]
Mandisa Lynn Hundley, a Grammy-winning singer who rose to fame as a finalist on the TV show “American Idol,” died on April 18. She was 47. “We can confirm that yesterday Mandisa was found in her home deceased,” a relative of the singer said in an April 19 statement on the singer’s verified Instagram account. […]
Reality television personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley are appealing various aspects of their convictions and sentences for federal charges related to bank fraud and tax evasion. Oral arguments are set to begin on Friday, April 19. Accompanied by their accountant, Peter Tarantino, who shares their fate behind bars, the trio seeks recourse, aiming to contest […]
Vamos! This week’s Right on LA! with Ruby Lovell features three-time Grammy Award nominee Latin sensation AleMor. Known for her silky smooth vocal abilities that include playing a trumpet with just her voice, she is making an indelible mark in the world of music with her extraordinary talent. The prestigious Grammy Awards that take place […]
LAS VEGAS—O.J. Simpson’s last robust discussion with his longtime lawyer was just before Easter, at the country club home Simpson leased southwest of the Las Vegas Strip. “He was awake, alert and chilling,” attorney Malcom LaVergne recalled Tuesday. “He’s on the couch … drinking a beer and watching TV. And so that was the last […]
On April 15, news broke on Instagram that TikTok personality Kyle Marisa Roth had died at age 36. Lindsay Roth, her sister, informed followers that the circumstances surrounding Ms. Kyle Roth’s death remained unknown, writing that “as a family, we are still processing and deciding how to properly celebrate and honor her life. we don’t […]
The honorary Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, presented at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual Governors Awards ceremony, has seemingly been altered to embrace equity standards. The lifetime achievement award—inspired by Danish-American actor and philanthropist Jean Hersholt, who died in 1956—has been awarded periodically since 1957. Historically, the academy has bestowed the award […]
Squatters have taken up residence in a London pub leased by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. Currently listed for sale at 13 million pounds ($16.2 million), the historic York & Albany hotel and gastropub has been occupied by a group of squatters, estimated to be at least six individuals, the Independent reported. Boarding up windows and […]
Hallmark star Andrew Walker opens up about his personal life and its impact on his long-standing career with the channel. Making his network debut in 2012, the Canadian actor and producer has become a household name in dozens of movies, especially around the holidays. While he resonates with millions of viewers on-screen, it is off-screen […]
SANTA FE, N.M.—A movie weapons supervisor was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” at a sentencing hearing Monday in a New Mexico state court. Movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March by a jury on a […]
LONDON—More than 250 survivors of the bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, are taking legal action against Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, lawyers said. Lawyers from three law firms said Sunday they have submitted a group claim on behalf of more than 250 clients to the U.K.’s investigatory […]
A judge in Texas is set to hear arguments Monday in rap star Travis Scott’s request to be dismissed from a lawsuit over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston. Mr. Scott headlined the concert during which 10 people were killed as authorities and festival organizers responded to a massive crowd surge and tried to […]
LAS VEGAS—The executor of O.J. Simpson’s estate says he will work to prevent a payout of a $33.5 million judgment awarded by a California civil jury nearly three decades ago in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Simpson’s will was filed Friday […]
This week’s Right on LA! show with Ruby Lovell features four-time Grammy Award winner Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, as well as legendary singer Patti Austin. The prestigious Grammy Awards recognize the best of musical talent and attracts viewers from around the world, providing the artists with international recognition and exposure. This episode focuses on […]
A Houston judge dismissed Drake from a lawsuit surrounding the death of concertgoers at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival. Drake, appearing as a special guest alongside headliner Travis Scott, took to the festival stage on Nov. 5, 2021. The crowd surged, leading to tight packing that left many unable to move or breathe freely. Authorities and […]
Isabella Strahan, the daughter of former NFL player and television personality Michael Strahan, has been very candid about her journey with medulloblastoma after being diagnosed with the rare form of brain cancer in October 2023. The 19-year-old has been chronicling her health battle online, recently sharing that she only has two more rounds of chemotherapy […]
O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star who was acquitted of murder in one of the highest-profile criminal cases in U.S. history, has died at age 76, his family said Thursday. The former Buffalo Bills running back died in Las Vegas on Wednesday, they said, adding that his cause of death was cancer. “On April 10th, […]
Jay Leno’s request for a conservatorship of his wife Mavis Leno’s estate was granted on Tuesday during a hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom. According to documents filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court after today’s hearing, the judge determined Jay Leno was “suitable and qualified” to be appointed the estate’s conservator. The judge also […]
A Disney attorney asked a federal judge in California on Tuesday to dismiss former “The Mandalorian” actress Gina Carano’s lawsuit arguing that her claims are barred by the First Amendment. As a company that creates “speech products,” Disney cannot be forced under state law to “speak through” actors whose “outside speech undermines the organization’s message,” […]
Special prosecutors in New Mexico claim in a new legal filing that actor Alec Baldwin’s behavior on the “Rust” movie set contributed to “safety compromises” that led to the fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Prosecutors sought to defend their case in a filing Friday after Baldwin’s team filed a motion […]
