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Welcome to the ballroom Tyra Banks! The former ‘AGT’ host has a new gig, taking over the ‘DWTS’ hosting position after Tom Bergeron was dropped from his duties. Tyra Banks just added another amazing hosting job to her long resume. The 46-year-old will be announced as the new Dancing with the Stars host, HollywoodLife.com has

An autopsy confirmed Tuesday that “Glee″ star Naya Rivera died from accidental drowning, officials said, while her family released a statement honoring her ”everlasting legacy and magnetic spirit.” The examination, performed the day after the 33-year-old’s body was found in a Southern California lake, showed no signs of traumatic injury or disease that might have

At U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, two sketch artists sat at the front of the jury assembly room to capture Ghislaine Maxwell as she was projected onto a screen. It was her much-awaited arraignment on charges of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of minors as well as perjury, but the coronavirus pandemic

Porsha Williams was willing to get arrest in the fight for justice in the case of Breonna Taylor. The ‘RHOA’ star was taken into custody outside of the Kentucky Attorney General’s home in Louisville. Porsha Williams  is taking a stand when it comes to Black Lives Matter and police brutality. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star

Oliver Stone, the American filmmaker, is lamenting the current state of the film industry and its handling of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While promoting his upcoming memoir, Chasing the Light, the Platoon (1986) director opened up about his thoughts on not only the decreased functionality and increased financial stress of making films in the midst of the

Weiss sells herself as a centrist, but by New York City standards at least, her commentary often appeals to conservatives. Her uncompromising support for Israel, for instance, is hardly in the Timesean mainstream. Her most famous columnist construction, the “intellectual dark web,” was promoted as a group of free thinkers—but the list had a definite

Naya Rivera’s cause of death has been released — six after she was reported missing following a boat ride with her son Josey, 4, at Lake Piru in CA on July 8. Naya Rivera died from drowning, the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s office has confirmed. The former Glee star’s body was found floating in Southern

Paris Jackson, the second child and only daughter of late American pop star Michael Jackson, has just released her first studio effort as a professional musician. It’s called The Soundflowers. The self-titled EP comes from Jackson, 22, and her longtime bandmate/partner, Gabriel Glenn and was released worldwide on June 24. It features six acoustic-driven folk songs

Sir Ian McKellen gave his best friend and fellow knight Sir Patrick Stewart a gift fit for a true thespian in honor of his 80th birthday on Monday. With the help of Stewart’s wife Sunny Ozell, McKellan recorded a video of himself reading “Sonnet 81” by Shakespeare as part of Stewart’s #ASonnetADay project. Stewart then

Viola Davis is breathtakingly beautiful on the cover of ‘Vanity Fair’s July/August issue — the magazine’s first cover ever taken by a Black photographer, Dario Calmese. Viola Davis covers the latest issue of Vanity Fair — which also made history as the magazine’s first ever cover shot by  a Black photographer, Dario Calmese. The July/August issue

Two men and two teens have been charged in the death of rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February, the district attorney’s office said Monday. Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement that Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers were charged with murder that occurred

Last month, Donald Trump promised to return to the campaign trail in a big way. Close to a million people had requested tickets for his comeback rally, he bragged, necessitating accommodations for an overflow crowd. In the end, only about 6,000 people turned out and the president aired his grievances before a sea of empty

Tamar Braxton didn’t shy away from questions about equal pay in the reality TV space on July 13. The singer joined the conversation on Twitter to compare the alleged pay discrepancies between ‘Braxton Family Values’ and ‘KUWTK.’ Tamar Braxton expressed her frustration about salary differences within reality television on Monday night. The Grammy nominee, 43, replied

Robert Irwin, the son of the late Steve Irwin, shared a video of a snake attacking him and biting him on the face, similar to his dad’s experience decades ago. The 16-year-old shared the video on Instagram on Saturday, which shows him rescuing a carpet python before it bites him on the face. The footage

Not speaking out is unthinkable for Davis; her voice is her identity, her emancipation. It’s still daunting, though. “Should I say it? Should I not? What’s a good hashtag? Is there going to be some kind of silent backlash, where I just stop getting phone calls? Stop getting jobs?” And, as if those questions aren’t

T.I. and Tiny have provided their millions of fans with a ton of adorable moments as a couple over the years, and we’re looking back at the best of the best in honor of Tiny’s birthday. Hip-hop royalty at its finest. T.I., 39, and wife Tiny Harris, are one of the music industry’s beloved twosomes.

Brooklyn Beckham is engaged to longtime girlfriend Nicola Peltz. The son of retired soccer superstar David Beckham and singer and fashion designer Victoria Beckham says he plans to marry actor Peltz, 25. Beckham, 21, announced his engagement on Instagram on Saturday. Read more: Victoria Beckham says she is ‘trying to be the best wife’ amid

The body of Naya Rivera, the actor and singer best known for her scene-stealing role on the Fox series Glee, was recovered from a California lake on Monday, days after she went missing and was presumed dead. She was 33. “Today, our search teams have recovered a body in the lake. Based on the location

Grant Imahara brought his love for engineering and robots to countless shows and films, from ‘Mythbusters’ to ‘Star Wars.’ Learn more about the engineering wonder of Hollywood, who is now resting in peace. Science enthusiasts, urban legend lovers and technology fans are mourning the sudden death of Grant Imahara. The beloved television personality was only

American rock band Great White has apologized for performing at an outdoor North Dakota concert where the crowd didn’t wear masks despite the ongoing threat of the novel coronavirus. The band drew criticism on social media after the performance Thursday night as part of the First on First: Dickinson Summer Nights concert series in Dickinson

When Naya Rivera first auditioned to play Santana Lopez on Glee, the character didn’t even have her own dialogue. “I had to read Mercedes’s lines,” Rivera said in a 2015 interview, referring to the character played by Amber Riley. But while Santana started as a background villain, she gradually became known for her biting one-liners

Kim Kardashian posing in her underwear is now a profitable business move for the SKIMS founder. She’s introducing a new line of tops and bottoms, while modeling a sexy tank from her brand. Kim Kardashian has always loved flaunting her amazing curves in photos showing tons of skin. But rather than tempt fans with sexy

Super Mario Bros., the classic 1985 Nintendo video game, has once again broken the world record for being the highest-selling video game ever after a copy was sold for US$114,000 at an auction in the U.S. last Friday, July 10. The sealed artifact was auctioned off as part of Heritage Auctions‘ online Comics & Comic

On July 6, a New York City Police Department officer said he was called to the scene of a stabbing: “We had a perp with a knife in a hotel room with three other people.” In the past, the officer might have broken down the door. But in this instance, the hotel room’s occupants told

Tom Bergeron has received unexpected news: ‘DWTS’ will be ‘continuing’ without its longtime host. Just an hour later, ABC announced that it has also let go of his co-host Erin Andrews. UPDATE (7/13/20, 8:41 p.m. ET): Within an hour of Tom Bergeron announcing his departure from Dancing with the Stars, ABC and BBC Studios revealed that

Glee star Naya Rivera‘s body was found by authorities on Monday morning, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in an afternoon press conference. Diving teams and law enforcement had been searching the waters of California’s Lake Piru, which is approximately 90 kilometres northwest of downtown Los Angeles, for five days. [embedded content] It appears Rivera

Although Andrew Cuomo ended his daily coronavirus briefings last month, he’s continued to find opportunities to play up the media character he developed during the peak of the New York crisis. A couple of weeks ago, he gave People an interview about his dating life and soon after held a briefing where he used a

Naya Rivera is being remembered by celebrities like Mandy Moore, Tamera Mowry, Wendy Williams and more after it was confirmed on July 13 that she had sadly died in a drowning accident. Hollywood is reeling after the death of 33-year-old Naya Rivera. The Glee actress’ body was found in Lake Pirumon July 13, five days after going

Critics say Disney World‘s Magic Kingdom, the so-called “most magical place on Earth,” is looking more like the scariest place after reopening amid a record-setting surge of COVID-19 cases in Florida. Disney’s Magic Kingdom reopened with social-distancing measures in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, the same day the state identified a record-setting 15,300 new cases of