Arrest In Hit-and-run Death Of Actress Lisa Banes On Upper West Side NYC
The NYPD has announced an arrest in the hit-and-run death of actress Lisa Banes. 26-year-old Brian Boyd of Manhattan is charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident Resulting in Death. Banes, 65, was fatally struck by a motorized scooter on June 4 as she crossed West 64th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. Surveillance video indicated […]
Chinese-Canadian Pop Star Kris Wu Detained On Suspicion Of Rape
Police in Beijing have detained Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu on suspicion of rape. Wu’s detention on Saturday came after a 19-year-old student accused the singer of date-raping her when she was 17. The claim prompted widespread condemnation of Wu on Chinese social media and resulted in several luxury brands dropping deals with him. The […]
Funeral Services For Rapper Biz Markie To Be Held In Patchogue
Funeral services for rapper Biz Markie take place today in Patchogue, where he grew up. The Reverend Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy. Markie, whose birth name was Marcel Theo Hall, died two weeks ago at the age of 57, of complications from diabetes. Biz Markie became known within the rap genre realm as the […]
How Veteran Actress Rachel Oniga Died – Actors Guild
The Public Relations Officer of the Actors’ Guild, Lagos State chapter, Olamilekan Ojora, has debunked reports that actress, Rachel Oniga, died from Covid-19 complications. “She (Rachel Oniga) passed away on Friday night around 10 p.m. She had malaria and typhoid,” Mr Ojora, told Premium Times on Saturday morning. Mr Ojora also told this newspaper that […]
Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release
Black Widow has a new enemy: the Walt Disney Co. Scarlett Johansson, star of the latest Marvel movie “Black Widow,” filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Disney, alleging her contract was breached when the media giant released the film on its Disney+ streaming service at the same time as its theatrical […]
Pioneering TV Pitchman Ron Popeil, Know For ‘set it and forget it,’ Dies At Age 86
Infomercial king Ron Popeil died “suddenly and peacefully” Wednesday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a statement provided to CNN by Popeil representative Eric Ortner. He was 86. Popeil started his sales career in Chicago-area flea markets at the age of 16, according to his official biography. In 1959 he appeared […]
Prosecutors Air More Claims In R. Kelly Sex Trafficking Case
Federal prosecutors in R. Kelly’s sex trafficking case say he had sexual contact with an underage boy in addition to girls, and the government wants jurors in his upcoming sex trafficking trial to hear those claims. Prosecutors aired a wide-ranging raft of additional allegations — but not new charges — against the R&B star in […]
Jackie Mason, Comedian Who Rose From Catskills To TV And Broadway Fame, Dies At 93
Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93. Mason died Saturday at 6 p.m. ET at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raoul Felder told The Associated […]
Beloved Airport Piano Player Earns $60,000 In Tips After Stranger Posts Video To Instagram
When Tonee “Valentine” Carter sits in front of a piano, his fingers take on a life of their own, dancing across the keys as he smiles, closes his eyes, and sinks into a melody. Carter, 66, isn’t famous, but he does perform for an international audience nearly every day at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Travelers […]
Dr. Dre Ordered To Pay Nicole Young $300K A Month In Spousal Support
Dr. Dre has been ordered to temporarily pay his ex-wife, Nicole Young, nearly $300,000 a month in spousal support starting in August, court documents show. That amounts to more than $3.5 million a year. The court order, which The Blast was first to report, states that Dre will have to pay “until the party receiving […]
