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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. ...

Nearly 50 years ago, a prima donna pig made her first appearance on “The Muppet Show” and quickly became its breakout star. Within a few years, she was a sought-after Hollywood celebrity, a pinup model and the author of a bestselling book.

Timothée Chalamet might soon have an Academy Award and a wife, as a source says he and Kylie Jenner are considering marriage. While the reality star, 28, currently jokes that the Manhattan native is “already her husband,” she and 30-year-old Chalamet “have talked about getting engaged this year,” an insider close to the pair told Us Weekly. The four-time Oscar nominee and Jenner who have been ...

Nicki Minaj revealed that she received a so-called Trump “gold card” that offers applicants residency and a path to U.S. citizenship, following an appearance at an event touting President Donald Trump’s government-supported investment accounts for babies.

In a statement on Monday, Ye apologized for a history of “impulsive” behavior, including using antisemitic imagery and describing himself as a Nazi.

LOS ANGELES — Harry Styles has been a busy guy the last few years. Now there’s a new tour, album and single, “Aperture,” to show for it. Important to his process? Widening his friend circle and going out dancing. The writing process “came at a time when I was starting to, like, go out dancing a lot more,” Styles told BBC Radio 1 on Thursday. “Also, I was just hearing a lot of different types ...

Another pup is joining Lego's pet collection, and this one "has big Golden Retriever energy," the company said on Monday, Jan. 19, in an Instagram post.

Disneyland's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is turning back the clock. In a shift from its original ambitions, the land will no longer be primarily set in the time period of the recent "Star Wars" sequels. That means modern villain Kylo Ren will be out, at least as a walk-around character, while so-called "classic" characters such as Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa will make their way into the fictional galactic town of Black Spire Outpost.

 Scott Adams, whose comic strip “Dilbert” defined a certain kind of workplace culture for more than 30 years before its author was canceled over perceived racist remarks, has died after a battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 68.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In one of the bigger surprises of the night, Rhea Seehorn won the Golden Globe for best female actor in a television series – drama for “Pluribus.” “Vince Gilligan, I still can’t find you; are you in here?” Seehorn said from the stage, looking for the show’s creator who wrote the role of Carol in “Pluribus” specifically for Seehorn. “Thank you for writing me the role of a ...

Dolly Parton is gearing up for her milestone 80th birthday, but the country music legend won’t be at the Grand Ole Opry party to celebrate.

Fans of Mickey Rourke have come through on his behalf, donating almost $80,000 so far through an online fundraiser designed to keep the actor and boxer in his Beverly Grove-area rental home.

Billy Joel made a New Year’s surprise return to the stage for the first time since revealing he was diagnosed with the brain disorder known as normal pressure hydrocephalus.

The daughter of Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones was found dead at a ritzy San Francisco hotel in the early hours of New Year’s Day, according to reports. She was 34 years old.

Normally, altering a driveway configuration in the front yard of a home in a residential neighborhood on suburban Chicago's North Shore would draw scant attention and interest from the broader public.