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(CNN) – “The Voice” has crowned a new champion. After a fiercely competitive — but socially distant — season, Team Gwen pulled off its first win with performer Carter Rubin taking the title on Tuesday’s season finale. At 15, Rubin is among the youngest singers to ever win and the show’s youngest male winner ever. […]
(Vanity Fair) – When is a commercial not just a commercial? Fast food brand KFC and Lifetime answered that question on Monday with news of a project called A Recipe for Seduction, a parody short film done in the spirit of the network’s soapy thrillers—with Mario Lopez as Colonel Harland Sanders. A trailer for the “film,” which debuts […]
(BBC News) – US singer Jeremih has said he will be “forever grateful” to doctors for saving his life after he became seriously ill with Covid-19. The R&B star, 33, is now recovering at home following several weeks spent in a Chicago hospital with the virus. He was reportedly in intensive care on a ventilator, […]
(CNN) – Dionne Warwick had some fun on Twitter this past weekend. The singer had some questions about the names of Chance the Rapper and singer The Weeknd and posed them on Twitter — much to their delight. She began with Chance the Rapper. “Hi, @chancetherapper. If you are very obviously a rapper why did […]
(Billboard) – Teyana Taylor is doubling down on her recent comments about retiring from music. On Friday (Dec. 4), the nearly 30-year-old R&B singer-songwriter wrote on Instagram that she feels “super under appreciated” as an artist after receiving “little to no real push from the ‘machine,’” and announced that she’s “retiring this chapter of my story.” Her comments left many […]
(Page Six) – Letitia Wright has gone dark on social media after facing backlash for sharing a video that expressed skepticism about a coronavirus vaccine. The “Black Panther” star, 27, appears to have deleted her Instagram and Twitter accounts following the controversy, which saw internet trolls asking Marvel to fire her for being a “stupid bitch.” […]
(CNN) – Hollywood fantasy action movie “Monster Hunter” has been pulled from theaters in China days after its release, following uproar on social media about a pun in the script that some viewers said was racist. The film, written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and based on the popular video game series of […]
YouTuber Logan Paul has struck a deal to fight former boxing megastar Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a “special exhibition” match on February 20th. The bout will be streamed as a pay-per-view on Fanmio. Mayweather is an undefeated champion with a 50-0 record, multiple world titles in five weight classes, and an Olympic bronze medal. Paul is […]
(Fox News) – A member of Pretty Ricky, Spectacular Blue Smith, was arrested on Monday after allegedly assaulting an employee at Walt Disney World. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News, the performer and business mogul, 35, was at the park’s Animal Kingdom when he pretended to sneeze and said “coronavirus” as he walked past […]
(NBC News) – Elliot Page, who currently stars on Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” came out as transgender on Tuesday. “I feel overwhelming gratitude for the incredible people who have supported me along this journey,” Page, who was previously known as Ellen Page, wrote. “I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love […]
