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The Razzies just gave Ice Cube the cold shoulder.

NEW YORK — Nearly one year after he was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition, Billy Joel is on the mend and hopes to make it back out on tour, his daughter Alexa Ray Joel revealed. “He’s doing physical therapy regularly and he’s doing great,” she told the Hollywood Reporter. “He’s lost weight as he’s on his diet. I’m so proud of him,” 40-year-old Alexa Ray continued. “He’s such a ...

Lady Gaga is gearing up to marry more than the night.

LOS ANGELES — Bruce Johnston, a six-decade member of the Beach Boys' live band, announced he will step away from the group. The 82-year-old Johnston told Rolling Stone that "It's time for part three of my lengthy musical career! I can write songs forever and wait until you hear what's coming! As my major talent beyond singing is songwriting, now is the time to get serious again." The Beach ...

Singer Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Ventura County, California, on suspicion ​of driving under the influence, the California Highway Patrol has confirmed to Reuters.

Christina Applegate is where she spent many listless, painful nights over the last year working on her memoir: in bed. She passes most of her days inside a bedroom of her Laurel Canyon home. And it's already not a great day when we connect over video conference in late February — no day is free from the exhaustion and symptoms of multiple sclerosis, the autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with in 2021. This particular afternoon, she says, is "crap on a cracker."

SAN FRANCISCO – About four years ago, Angeline Richard opened Apple Music, hoping to listen to the Weeknd’s cover of Drake’s “Trust Issues.”

“Hey kids, spelling is fun,” and in 2026, spelling just got a little more Swiftian.

In the summer of 1991, Nirvana filmed the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on a Culver City sound stage. Kurt Cobain strummed the grunge anthem's iconic four-chord opening riff on a 1969 Fender Mustang, Lake Placid Blue with a signature racing stripe.

“One Battle After Another” finally found a skirmish it couldn’t win.

NBC is reportedly taking a “hard look” at Pink to potentially take over Kelly Clarkson’s talk show slot, as the latter prepares to leave the network this fall. On Friday, a source told TMZ the “natural and friendly” singer “has what it takes” to lead an hour-long hour show in the key daytime slot. “This is a no a–hole zone, and Pink is super nice and easy to work with,” one insider said of the ...

SEATTLE — Fresh off performing at the Super Bowl and kick-starting her latest arena tour — including a stop in Minneapolis last week that raised $600,000 for families affected by ICE operations in Minnesota — the high-profile honors keep coming for Brandi Carlile.

Newly named Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro wants Disneyland visitors to fall in love with Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run after the installation of a Mandalorian and Grogu overlay that promises to give every rider the chance to participate in the story of the revamped flight simulator ride.

LOS ANGELES — Hours before filmmaking legend Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home, they attended a holiday party at Conan O'Brien's house. Now, two months after the tragedy, the comedian has broken his silence about the death of his good friends. "To have that experience of saying good night to somebody and having them leave and then find out the ...

Anderson Cooper is leaving CBS News’ “60 Minutes” program after nearly two decades, in the latest staffing shake-up to hit the storied news magazine and network.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Try to remember where you were the first time you experienced Rebecca Black’s song “Friday.” It shouldn’t take long. Released on Feb. 10, 2011, the music video picked up a few thousand views over the month that followed, enough to thrill the then-13-year-old Rebecca, but it wasn’t something likely to attract much attention beyond the middle-schooler’s friends and family in ...

Ryan Gosling is returning to “Saturday Night Live!”

Catherine O’Hara‘s cause of death — and a private battle with cancer — has come to light weeks after the “Schitt’s Creek” and “Home Alone” star died at 71. The beloved comedian died of a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs, according to her death certificate published Monday by TMZ. The document also revealed that O’Hara had rectal cancer, which was listed as an underlying condition. ...