NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to decades as a literary celebrity sharing her blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died. She was 81. WATCH: Nikki Giovanni reads…
Sweeping romance is a major feature in film—and sometimes that energy carries off-screen, too. So many celebrity couples past and present have fun, adorable, quirky, and random stories about meeting their significant others. Whether they were IRL enemies-to-lovers, childhood pen pals, or (in one case) the creator of a “Missed Connections” post on Craigslist, these…
The list of well-known individuals who are named in the sexual assault cases brought against Sean Diddy Combs. Diddy has been the target of numerous lawsuits alleging sexual abuse and a federal indictment in the last year. While not all of them are named as defendants, some lawsuits contain accusations against other well-known individuals, as…
Six celebrities risk baring it all in Fox’s TV special, The Real Full Monty, to help encourage prostate testing. The new special is inspired by the classic 1997 movie of the same name and the United Kingdom’s annual event. The star-studded lineup decides to strip naked for a cause in a two-hour event as a…
One of the biggest pitfalls of Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign was the over-reliance on celebrity endorsements. Now, this isn’t to say Harris lost the election solely because of those endorsements, considering the Vice President overwhelmingly lost to President-elect Donald Trump, but those massive endorsements clearly didn’t do her any favors with voters,…
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died. She was 81. Giovanni, subject of…
Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir After 13 essential cookbooks, Ina Garten finally penned her first memoir this year. Within Be Ready When the Luck Happens are details on a childhood she has called “difficult,” an account of how she left her job as a budget analyst for the White House to run…
“Violence begets violence,” says one star with a shrug, one DWTS pro jokes Mangione’s “finna be my partner season 34,” while country star, Orville Peck asks, “Does he need a cell mate?” Luigi Mangione has officially been charged with the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — as celebrities jump on the social media…
The Society of Authors (SoA) is calling on celebrities and the publishing industry to properly acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly those aimed at children. In a statement published on Monday, the SoA – the largest trade union of writers, illustrators and translators in the UK – said that many celebrity titles, especially those…
The wide-ranging case against Sean “Diddy” Combs ensnared another member of rap royalty Sunday. Jay-Z is accused in a freshly amended lawsuit of sexually assaulting a teenage girl alongside Combs at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards after-party. The suit, filed originally in October on behalf of an unnamed Alabama woman, alleges Diddy and the Roc Nation…