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Authors slam Reese Witherspoon for telling followers to learn AI

LOS ANGELES — Reese Witherspoon is hyping AI again, and American authors have a few thoughts. The Oscar-winning actor and producer, known for spotlighting women's voices through her famed book club, television and screen projects, may have been barking up the wrong tree when she told her social media followers that it was time to learn AI on Wednesday. "Well…I've decided it's TIME," she wrote ...
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Kanye West sued for battery, emotional distress over ‘cowardly’ altercation at Chateau Marmont

LOS ANGELES — Ye, the controversial rapper formerly known as Kanye West, faces more legal backlash amid his latest efforts to mount a comeback. The Grammy-winning "Bully" and "All of the Lights" musician, 48, has been accused of battery and intentional inflection of distress in a lawsuit submitted Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. An alleged altercation in April 2024 involving Ye ...
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Bill Cosby wants new trial after he’s ordered to pay $60 million in sex assault case

NEW YORK — Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby reportedly wants a civil case in which he was ordered to pay nearly $60 million in damages to a woman who accused him of sexual assault to be reconsidered. The 88-year-old sexual predator, who’s been accused of abusing dozens of women, was found responsible last month for drugging and raping Donna Motsinger in 1972. Cosby’s attorneys are challenging the ...
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Billy Joel’s daughter gives health update after brain diagnosis

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 ...
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Bruce Johnston leaves the Beach Boys after 60 years

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 ...
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Christina Applegate gets brutally honest about trauma, abuse and struggles with MS

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."