Year: 2021
Page: 14
(Billboard) – Nicki Minaj‘s father, Robert Maraj, has died after being involved in a hit-and-run accident in New York. He was 64. A representative for Minaj and a spokesperson from the Nassau County Police Department have both confirmed her father’s death to Billboard. On Friday evening (Feb. 12), Maraj was struck by a vehicle while walking […]
Sia‘s new movie “Music” has outraged the autism community, for both the casting of a neurotypical actress in the role of an autistic character as well as for showing scenes where the character is being restrained. And the criticisms don’t end there. In the film (now streaming), Music (played by Maddie Ziegler) is a young autistic woman […]
(THR) – The actress says director Robert Rodriguez and star Antonio Banderas were wonderful and total gentlemen, but nonetheless, she cried the entire time. Salma Hayek on Monday went into detail about her experience shooting the love scene in her breakout film, Desperado, making it clear her trauma had nothing to do with the director or […]
Johnny Pacheco, the Dominican-born bandleader who co-founded the record label that turned salsa music into a worldwide sensation, died on Monday in Teaneck, N.J. He was 85. His wife, Maria Elena Pacheco, who is known as Cuqui, confirmed the death, at Holy Name Medical Center. Mr. Pacheco lived in Fort Lee, N.J. Fania Records, which […]
Following a few months of development, The CW has given a pilot order to the Naomi series from Ava DuVernay. First news of a possible Naomi series was announced in Dec. of last year. At the time, the series was described to take the character to “the heights of the multiverse.” After her small Northwestern town is shaken by […]
(Page Six) – Kim Kardashian is going head to head with Instagram critics claiming her daughter, North West, did not actually create the artwork Kardashian showed off on Tuesday. “DON’T PLAY WITH ME WHEN IT COMES TO MY CHILDREN!!!” the Skims founder said in her Instagram story. “My daughter and her best friend have been taking a […]
(CNN) – Mary Wilson, a founding member of “The Supremes” has died at the age of 76, her publicist told CNN. Wilson “passed away suddenly this evening,” according to a statement from her longtime friend and publicist, Jay Schwartz. The Supremes (left to right, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross) pose with their cameras […]
(Rap-Up) – Nick Cannon has reconciled with ViacomCBS. The media conglomerate has reestablished its relationship with Cannon after he was fired for making anti-Semitic statements last summer. According to Variety, the move comes after Cannon made amends by apologizing for his comments and partnering with Jewish leaders. “Nick has not only apologized and taken responsibility for his comments, […]
(BBC) – Saved by the Bell actor Dustin Diamond has died from cancer, his representative has said. The 44-year-old was best known for playing Samuel “Screech” Powers in the popular 1990s US sitcom about a group of high school friends and their headmaster. He had recently completed a first round of chemotherapy after being diagnosed […]
(Page Six) – The Weeknd is staying in style in Tampa this week as he prepares for Sunday’s Super Bowl 2021 halftime show. We hear the “Blinding Lights” crooner plunked down $100,000 to stay in a swank $9.1 million six-bedroom manse on nearby Davis Island. The 6,000-square-foot spread features a pool, bay views and a […]
