NEW YORK — The tides are turning in pop music: Taylor Swift is out and Cardi B is in. The relative newcomer, who released her debut album “Invasion of Privacy” in April, led the MTV Video Music Award nominations with 10 nods. Meanwhile, VMAs stalwart Taylor Swift was shut out …
Read More »List of celebrities upset over U.S. policy of separating families at border grows
NEW YORK — Country music icon Willie Nelson has extended an offer to meet President Donald Trump at one of the detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border to better understand what’s happening — the latest attempt by a celebrity hoping to end the administration’s policy of separating families at border …
Read More »For the British cast of “Hamilton,” there’s nothing ironic about its London success
Of all the musicals that have crossed the Atlantic, “Hamilton” may have arrived with the most baggage. It is, after all, about the American Revolutionary War, which the British famously lost. So how would British audiences take to a show about the winners? Easy, it turns out. That was then, this …
Read More »Meek Mill interview: Rapper says he “would be in prison” without high
Rapper Meek Mill is pushing for criminal justice reform after his own controversial legal troubles. In his first live TV interview since being released from prison, Mill told “CBS This Morning” he “doesn’t care about being a face” of the movement for reform. “This happens to minorities on a daily basis …
Read More »Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks after heart surgery: “I’m back!”
LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger made his first public comments since undergoing heart surgery to replace a valve last week. “It’s true: I’m back!” the 70-year-old former governor tweeted on Monday. “I went to sleep expecting to wake up with a small incision and woke up with a big one …
Read More »Prince Harry, Meghan Markle invite nearly 3,000 people to help celebrate wedding
LONDON — Thousands will get to celebrate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials up close in May. The couple will open up the grounds of Windsor Castle for their wedding to 2,640 people from all walks of life to help them fete their big day, Kensington Palace said Friday. The …
Read More »Scott Baio adamantly denies claim he abused underage “Charles in Charge” co
NEW YORK — Scott Baio adamantly denies a claim that he sexually abused an underage “Charles in Charge” co-star and says she seduced him when she was 18 and legally an adult. Baio said Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that “false allegations” against him have “got to stop” for …
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