Celebrity News category, Page 67
Police: No footage yet of alleged attack on ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett
CHICAGO (AP) — Detectives have reviewed surveillance footage of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett walking to a downtown Chicago apartment after an early-morning visit to a Subway restaurant, but none of it showed the alleged attack on the actor, a police official said Wednesday. Investigators “for the most part” can confirm...
Milo Ventimiglia named Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Milo Ventimiglia, who stars in NBC’s award-winning hit TV drama “This is Us,” has been named 2019 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The oldest theatrical organization in the United States announced Wednesday that Ventimiglia was selected because he has made “significant impressions...
Stan Lee to get superhero send-off at Hollywood memorial
LOS ANGELES— Among comics lovers, Stan Lee was as much a superhero as the characters he helped create. Those fans, along with Lee’s friends and colleagues, will get to pay their final respects at a Los Angeles memorial Wednesday night for the Marvel Comics mastermind who helped bring the world...
‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett victim in possible hate attack
“Empire” star Jussie Smollett was hospitalized Tuesday in Chicago after he was targeted by two attackers who hurled racial and homophobic slurs at him and tied a rope around his neck. The incident is being investigated by the Chicago Police Department as a possible hate crime, chief spokesman Anthony Guglielmi...
Postal Service honors entertainer Gregory Hines with stamp
NEW YORK — The U.S. Postal Service is honoring entertainer Gregory Hines with a Black Heritage Series stamp. Acting chief postal inspector Gary Barksdale will host the first day of issue ceremony Monday at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York. Hines, who was known for his unique style...
Rapper Nelly seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging sex assault
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The rapper Nelly is asking a federal court in St. Louis to dismiss a British woman’s lawsuit that alleges he sexually assaulted her after a concert in England. The lawsuit was filed in November in the rapper’s hometown. The woman accuses Nelly, whose real name is...
Mac Miller featured in Los Angeles mural
Although he’s from Pittsburgh, rapper Mac Miller now has a place on a Los Angeles store front. Venice, Calif.-based artist Gustavo Zermeno Jr. painted a mural of the singer, finishing it just in time for Miller’s Jan. 19 birthday. He would have been 27. “I really am a huge fan,”...
Alec Baldwin pleads guilty to harassing motorist
NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin has pleaded guilty to harassing a man during a dispute over a parking spot last fall. The 60-year-old actor appeared in a New York City courtroom Wednesday. He agreed to complete a one-day anger management class to resolve the criminal case. The charge is a...
Chris Brown detained in Paris after rape complaint
PARIS — U.S. singer Chris Brown and two other people were ordered to remain in custody in Paris on Tuesday after a woman filed a rape complaint, French officials said. The Grammy-winning singer was detained Monday on potential charges of aggravated rape and drug infractions, a judicial official said. According...
Fox News host Bret Baier, family survive motor vehicle crash
Fox News host Bret Baier and his family have survived a motor vehicle crash in Montana. In a statement released Tuesday, the anchor and executive editor of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” says that after a weekend of skiing he was driving to the airport on icy roads with his...
Bon Jovi’s restaurant gives free meal to furloughed workers
RED BANK, N.J. — A restaurant owned by musician and New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi is providing free meals to local government workers and their families during the federal government shutdown. JBJ Soul Kitchen in Red Bank announced on Facebook it will provide the free meals to furloughed workers...
Fans buy Melissa Gilbert’s ‘Little House on the Prairie’ memorabilia
GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — More than 200 items belonging to “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert and her husband, Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield, have been purchased in an estate sale in Michigan. Items sold in the American Eagle Auction & Appraisal Co. online auction this month included a...
Building inspectors find code violations at R. Kelly studio, including evidence of use as residence
CHICAGO — Building inspectors on Wednesday identified a number of code violations at R. Kelly’s Chicago recording studio, finding evidence that the industrial space was used as a residence even though it was not zoned for that purpose, the city Buildings Department announced. A team of inspectors spent about an...
TV journalist Chris Hansen accused of bouncing checks
STAMFORD, Conn. — A TV journalist known for confronting would-be child predators has been snared himself in a police investigation alleging he wrote bad checks for $13,000 worth of marketing materials. Former “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen was arrested Monday in his hometown of Stamford, Ct. He was...
Kim Kardashian confirms she and Kanye expecting 4th child
NEW YORK — Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting their fourth child. Kardashian confirmed the surrogate pregnancy during an appearance Monday on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.” The 38-year-old reality star says the boy will arrive “sometime soon.” Kardashian says she got drunk on Christmas Eve...
Actress Rose McGowan pleads no contest to misdemeanor drug charge
LEESBURG, Va. — Actress Rose McGowan has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drug charge in Virginia after cocaine was found in a wallet she left behind at Dulles International Airport two years ago. Loudoun County court records show she received a $2,500 fine and a suspended jail sentence Monday....
4 weddings and a robbery? Hugh Grant seeks script return
LONDON — British actor Hugh Grant has a plea for the thief who broke into his car: Please return the script that was inside. Grant, who shot to fame in “Four Weddings and a Funeral” in 1994, tweeted about the robbery late Sunday night. He said that in “the unlikely...
‘So happy.’ Chris Pratt engaged to Katherine Schwarzenegger
LOS ANGELES — A whirlwind romance is leading to an engagement for actor Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger. Pratt posted a photo of his 29-year-old partner sporting an engagement ring on Instagram Monday. He wrote, “Sweet Katherine, so happy you said yes!” There’s no word on when and where the...
Verna Bloom, dean’s wife in ‘Animal House,’ dead at 80
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Verna Bloom, the actress who portrayed the wife of the dean in the movie “Animal House,” has died. She was 80. Family spokesman Mike Kaplan tells The Hollywood Reporter that Bloom died Wednesday in Bar Harbor, Maine, of complications from dementia. In the 1978 John Landis...
Lawyer: Georgia prosecutor seeking info about R. KellyVideo
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — A lawyer representing a couple who appeared in a recent documentary detailing abuse allegations against R. Kelly said prosecutors in Georgia have reached out to him. Atlanta-based lawyer Gerald Griggs represents Timothy and Jonjelyn Savage, who have said repeatedly that Kelly has kept their daughter from...
Blizzard adds tribute to Stan Lee in World of Warcraft
Stan Lee is getting a tribute in Stormwind. As reported by the fan site “WoWHead,” games company Blizzard is adding a tribute to the late comics legend in its massively multiplayer online role-playing game, “World of Warcraft.” Lee died in November. He was 95. According to WoWHead, Bas Schouten found...
Elvis Presley’s jewelry, clothing sold at Graceland auction
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jewelry, clothing and other Elvis Presley-related memorabilia have been sold at auction in Tennessee. Elvis Presley Enterprises says the auction at The Guest House Graceland netted more than $600,000 Tuesday on what would have been his 84th birthday. The Guest House is a hotel located steps from...
Rose McGowan to plead no contest to reduced drug charge
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A lawyer for Rose McGowan says the actress and activist will plead no contest to a reduced drug charge in Virginia and avoid jail time. Attorney Jim Hundley tells WTOP-FM that the commonwealth agreed to reduce the felony cocaine possession charge to misdemeanor possession of a...
Kevin Hart sorry for homophobic tweets: ‘We thought it was OK to talk like that’
The long-running Oscars controversy continued Monday when Kevin Hart apologized to the LGBTQ community for his homophobic tweets. The funnyman dropped out as Oscars host after past tweets were revisited on social media less than a month ago. Hart has since made public statements about his remarks, but Monday’s comments...
Kevin Spacey ordered to stay away from accuser
NANTUCKET, Mass. — Kevin Spacey must stay away from the young man who accused him of groping him at a Massachusetts bar in 2016, a judge ordered Monday. The disgraced actor was arraigned on a charge of felony indecent assault and battery during a hearing at Nantucket District Court. He...
