“What was weird is that they were posting about a movie [True Romance] that Travis and I basically bonded over. I called him Clarence in the movie. We named our daughter after the character Alabama in the movie,” Moakler told Us Weekly in May after Barker bonded over the movie with the Poosh founder
Suspect Arrested In ‘Godfather Of Black Music’ Clarence Avant’s Wife Jacqueline Avant’s Shocking Murder
The armed intruder smashed through a broken glass in the couple’s mansion, opened fire, striking Jacqueline. Clarence — known as the Godfather of Black Music — was home at the time and was not injured. A private security guard was also on duty at the Avant residence and was shot at, but was left uni
Little Mix Announces They Are ‘Taking A Break’ After 10 Years Together: ‘We Feel The Time Is Right’
“You’re always going to get compared; who they think looks better, who they think sings better. There’s always going to be one person people think is weaker,” she told the outlet. “It was never about my singing or dancing. It was about how I looked.”
Jeffrey Epstein Made 17 Visits To The White House While Bill Clinton Was In Office Visitors Logs Reveal: Report
“One time he got chatting with me and claimed he had been a Navy SEAL. I’d just read a book on the SEALs so I knew how to check if he was telling the truth and asked him: ‘What was your class number?,” the source said. “A real SEAL could answer that in a second but Epstein couldn’t. He looked at me
It Girl Vanessa Hudgens Is The Face Of Fabletics’ New Holiday Campaign Featuring The Best Velour Athleisure To Date — Shop Now
“The pieces are so fun – fun to touch, fun to wear and definitely fun to style. Each look is bold, colorful, exciting – and best of all, comfortable. I was beyond ecstatic when Fabletics approached me about being the face of this campaign, and even more excited when I saw the pieces in person,” Hudg
Airbnb Lists ‘Home Alone’ House With Booby Traps — Celebrate The Holiday With An Immersive Film Experience: Photos
“Though we’re older and wiser now (I’ve even got my own security firm), we’re never too old for holiday hijinks. So while we’re away on vacation (all of us, this time), I’m inviting one crew of mischief makers to let their inner eight-year-olds run free in my childhood home on Dec. 12,” Buzz said in
Jeffrey Epstein’s House Manager Testifies In Ongoing Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Trafficking Trial: ‘I Was Supposed To Be Blind, Deaf, To Say Nothing’
“From the day she came to the house, she right away took over and she mentioned to me she was going to be the lady of the house,” Alessi testified to the jury, noting that managing the house was a grueling job that took up to 14 hours per day. “It was very hectic. A lot of work. A lot of work. They
Kelly Clarkson Recalls Emotional Divorce From Brandon Blackstock During Christmas Special, Explains She ‘Cried Her Face Off’ Writing Song About Split
“But it was the first song that I wrote for this album and I wrote it because a lot of things were taken from us over the last couple of years — people, relationships, jobs, etc,” the-mother-of-two said. “There were so many things taken. But instead of looking at everything that’s gone wrong, we sho
Jussie Smollett’s Defense Attorney Requests Mistrial After Accusing Judge Of ‘Physically Lunging’ At Her
Brothers Ola and Abel Osundario claimed the entire incident was set up by the tv star, who supposedly paid them $3,500 to simulate a racist and homophobic attack on him in order to “raise his profile because he was unhappy with his role on Empire.”
Demi Lovato ‘No Longer’ Supports Their ‘California Sober’ Lifestyle: ‘Sober Sober Is The Only Way To Be’
“So to say that you’re like California Sober or this type of sober is extremely offensive,” the reality star, who welcomed her first child with ex-fiancé Randall Emmett in March added. “To me, I’ve been in rooms with men and women who have given up everything just to not pick up [substances]. So sob
Gifts That Strike a Chord: Four Music Insiders on the Best Gifts for Musicians
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Nonprofit RespectAbility Receives $1 Million Grant from Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
RespectAbility, a disability-focused nonprofit, announced a $1 million donation from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, which will be leveraged through an existing 1-1 matching campaign.
The donation will help RespectAbility pursue its multifaceted goal of removing physical, programmatic and attitude
Variety’s 2021 Hitmakers and Hitbreakers Revealed
What contrasts in mood the two most dominating songs of 2021 offered us: hovering and over him. With “Levitating,” Dua Lipa floated a record that really did feel lighter than air, while in “Drivers License,” Olivia Rodrigo was crying in a car, seeming anything but liberated by her new vehicular free
How ‘You’ Actor Shalita Grant Channeled Her Personal Hair Journey Into Sherry’s Character Arc
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the third season of “You,” currently streaming on Netflix.
When Shalita Grant woke up on Oct. 15, she immediately opened Twitter. The Tony-award nominee couldn’t wait to see what fans thought of her portrayal of Sherry Conrad — the influencer queen
‘Birdman’ Co-Writer Armando Bó Preps the Heroic Story of the Buenos Aires Herald under Argentina’s Dictatorship
Argentine Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Armanda Bó has set as his next feature a film on the heroic opposition of the Buenos Aires Herald and its editor Robert Cox to Argentina’s heinous 1976-83 military dictatorship.
To make the film, About Entertainment, Bó’s new Buenos Aires based produc
‘Life of Pi’ Review: A Fantastical Story Becomes a Fantastic West End Production
Bestseller though it is – 10 million copies and counting – it’s fair to say that “Life of Pi,” the extraordinary story of a shipwrecked 17-year-old who did (or maybe didn’t) spend 227 days at sea with no one for company but a Bengal tiger, doesn’t exactly cry out to be staged. Yet since Yann Martel’
‘Wolf’ Review: Clunky Identity-Crisis Drama Is Neither Fish nor Fowl
Species dysphoria. That’s what the professionals call the condition troubling Jakob (George MacKay) in “Wolf,” a shockingly dull look at a fascinating disorder affecting humans who believe they were born into the wrong species. Jakob is convinced he’s a wolf in human clothing, and except for the fir
Kal Rudman, Radio Veteran and Founder of FMQB Trade Magazine, Dies at 91
Kal Rudman, a legendary radio veteran and founder and publisher of the Friday Morning Quarterback (FMQB) radio-industry “tip sheet,” passed away on Wednesday, December 1 at the age of 91.
Just hours after his death, Lucille, his wife of 63 years, also passed away.
Upon Rudman’s death, music indust
Republic Records Co-President Wendy Goldstein Talks Ariana Grande, the Weeknd, and the Art of A&R
Wendy Goldstein, the newly minted co-president of Republic Records and A&R executive for the Weeknd, Ariana Grande, the Jonas Brothers and now John Legend, received some strong, backhanded inspiration when she was starting out as a 19-year-old assistant in Epic Records’ A&R department.
“I was const
Grammys Give Americana Artist Linda Chorney a Belated Nomination After Ballot Mystery Is Resolved
Singer-songwriter Linda Chorney has belatedly picked up a Grammy nod in the American roots song category, after Recording Academy president-CEO Harvey Mason Jr. personally looked into the mystery of why her name was absent from the official nominations, even though a few early news accounts had list
Suspect Arrested In The Fatal Shooting Of Clarence Avant’s Wife Jacqueline (Update)
According to TMZ, a suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of Clarence Avant’s wife, Jacqueline. The man in custody is 29-year-old Aariel Maynor.
Authorities state that surveillance footage captured the vehicle driven by Maynor “fleeing eastbound from Beverly Hills Wednesday morning after