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When Jelani Cobb was named dean of the Columbia Journalism School, he became the 14th person and the first African American to lead the institution, which was founded by Joseph Pulitzer in 1912. He also became the third consecutive New Yorker staff writer to assume the prestigious title, following Steve Coll and Nicholas Lemann. The

View gallery Image Credit: TLC Kody Brown and Christine Brown met face-to-face for the first time since she moved away on the season 18 premiere of Sister Wives, and their conversation continued on the Aug. 27 episode. Kody admittedly “didn’t want to be” at the lunch with Christine, and flat-out told her he still had “anger issues”

Controlling the distribution of music — and thus making sure composers get paid for their labour and talent — has been a problem that dates back to the invention of the printing press. In 1498, less than 50 years after Johannes Gutenberg revealed the printing press, a savvy entrepreneur named Ottaviano Petrucci received a patent

At Price Is Right, Barker would win 16 Daytime Emmys, earning prizes for producing and hosting, as well as a lifetime-achievement Emmy awarded in 1999. The year before, after he’d taped 5,000 episodes at Studio 33 at the CBS Television City studio in Hollywood, the network renamed the stage the Bob Barker Studio. In 2003,

View gallery Image Credit: Brandon Nagy/Shutterstock Iggy Azalea wants your attention! And she’s likely got it, thanks to a clothing-free, diamond heavy outfit in her new music video for “Money Come.” In the video, the blonde bombshell steps out of an elevator and into an office building rocking a fierce pinstriped skirt suit and toting

A 43-year-old man was arrested Thursday and charged with stalking after police said they were notified he was going door to door looking for Drew Barrymore’s house. The incident comes just three days after Barrymore was escorted off stage during an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, when an audience member

The movie exodus from 2023 has claimed another victim. The Dune: Part Two release date has been changed from Nov. 3rd and will now move to March 25, 2024, Warner Bros. confirmed.  The second half of filmmaker Denis Villeneuve‘s sci-fi saga fell victim to the ongoing Hollywood writer and actor strikes, which have been expected

View gallery Image Credit: Briquet Nicolas/ABACA/Shutterstock Jamie Foxx, 55, is seemingly in great spirits! The Oscar winner stepped out on the town for a romantic date night with a mystery blonde on Aug. 23 (SEE PHOTOS HERE). Jamie and his date hit up Nobu, a celebrity hot spot in Malibu, CA, just four months after

Hollywood studios and streaming services on Tuesday released the terms of a revised proposal to striking writers, but the union urged members to continue picketing as the new offer failed to address all their concerns. The Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) had walked off the job on May 2 after negotiations reached an impasse, and were

Over on X (a.k.a Twitter), Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump, who are streaming their prerecorded interview as debate counterprogramming, spent some time bashing Fox News. “Fox is way down, as you know,” Trump told Carlson. “They just don’t have a lot of credibility, Tucker––you know that perhaps better than anybody.” He then described the April

View gallery Image Credit: Broadimage/Shutterstock Mason Disick, 13, made a rare appearance on social media when he hung out with some of his family members, including his cousin North West, 10. Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick‘s oldest child popped up in North’s TikTok from August 12 where the pair hung out on tennis courts with North’s mom Kim

If FEMA tents and cold cheese sandwiches are your idea of fun, Fyre Festival II might be right up your alley. Billy McFarland, the fraudster creator of the infamous failed Fyre Festival, has announced he is already selling tickets to the event’s second try. Despite there being no official date, musical line-up or even a

Taplin, the educator, writer (Move Fast and Break Things), and film producer (Mean Streets, The Last Waltz), is director emeritus of USC’s Annenberg Innovation Lab. His peripatetic career includes stints as tour manager for Bob Dylan and the Band, VP of media M&A at Merrill Lynch, professor at USC, and founder of the pioneering video-on-demand

View gallery Bachelor In Paradise is returning for a ninth season on September 28. Jesse Palmer will be back as host of the show for the 2nd year in a row. The Bachelorette’s Brayden Bowers is one of the confirmed cast members. We’re in the thick of summer, which means fans are already beginning to

Hip-hop has a long, tragic history of murder and mayhem. Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., Big L., Fat Pat, Mac Dre, Big Hawk, Magnolia Shorty, XXXTentacion, Nipsey Hustle, Pop Smoke and dozens of others have been shot since the late ’80s. In terms of infamy, the unsolved murders of Shakur and Biggie have attracted the most

View gallery Image Credit: Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock The This Is Us family is mourning the loss of Ron Cephas Jones. The actor, who played William Hill in the hit series, has died at the age of 66, his representative confirmed to HollywoodLife on August 19. Ron’s representative revealed that the actor died “due to a long-standing

A social media account representing Lizzo‘s current dance troupe has voiced support for the singer after several of her former backup dancers filed a lawsuit this month alleging workplace misconduct. In an Instagram post, Lizzo’s backup dancers, called the “Big Grrrls,” said they were “so honored to share the stage with such amazing talent” during

Christa Miller is well known for her roles on television from The Drew Carey Show to Cougar Town and, most recently, Apple’s hit series Shrinking. But she’s landed her first Emmy nomination for her work behind the camera, as the music supervisor on Ted Lasso. Miller doesn’t play a role on Ted Lasso, but she’s

View gallery Image Credit: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock / David Fisher/Shutterstock Wizards of Waverly Place alum Selena Gomez, 31, and Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, 30, have both announced their dropping singles on Aug. 25th! And rather than competing, they’ve both decided to show each other love ahead of the big day. In a hilarious throwback video

Sam Asghari, the husband of pop star Britney Spears, has filed for divorce after 14 months of marriage, according to numerous reports. Rumours of the couple’s allegedly tumultuous relationship have circulated online since they wed in June 2022. The Associated Press reported Asghari, 29, filed for divorce on Wednesday. In his filing, Asghari cited “irreconcilable

Image Credit: Matt Baron/Shutterstock Britney Spears did not address her relationship drama in her first Instagram post following husband Sam Asghari’s divorce filing on Aug. 16. Instead, Britney was up to her usual social media behavior, sharing an apparent throwback photo of herself wearing a bikini and short shorts while riding a horse on the beach. In

Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy have spoken out against claims that they tricked former NFL tackle Michael Oher into a conservatorship instead of adopting him, and made millions off his name while he received nothing. Oher accused the Tuohy family of this, and more, in a suit filed Monday seeking to terminate the conservatorship. In

View gallery Image Credit: David Fisher/Shutterstock Tracy Morgan, 54, showed off his weight loss and talked about how he shed the pounds, in a new interview on TODAY this week. The comedian rocked a light blue and white button-down long-sleeved top and ripped jeans on his lighter frame, during the show, and added baby blue

Michael Oher, the former NFL tackle known for the movie The Blind Side, filed a petition Monday in a Tennessee probate court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents nearly two decades ago. In the petition filed Monday

View gallery Image Credit: Amy Harris/Invision/AP/Shutterstock 2nd embed: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Travis Scott, 32, looked like he was having the time of his life with friends this week. The rapper hung out on a yacht and went jet skiing in Ibiza, in new photos released by TMZ. He was joined by Instagram model Tianna Lynnm and

Every generation or so, a major artist enters what’s called their imperial phase, a period of their career where they can’t seem to do anything wrong. Everything aligns perfectly and it seems that the universe now revolves around that act. Right now that artist is Taylor Swift. This kind of mania is not entirely new.

View gallery Image Credit: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Katharine McPhee, 39, was spotted for the first time since seemingly announcing the death of her two-year-old son Rennie‘s nanny. The singer was photographed arriving at LAX after reportedly being forced to drop out of the final two Jakarta shows of her Asian tour due to the passing.

Taylor Swift is continuing to fulfil her fans’ Wildest Dreams — this time with an announcement that a re-release of her album 1989 is on the way. On Wednesday, during her final performance at California’s SoFi Stadium as part of her Eras Tour, Swift announced she would be releasing the highly anticipated 1989 (Taylor’s Version).

View gallery Image Credit: Prime Video Red, White & Royal Blue was released early on August 10. Author Casey McQuiston published a new chapter in 2022. A sequel has not been greenlit by Prime Video. Red, White & Royal Blue has made the leap from book to screen. The highly-anticipated film adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s