Jay-Z has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs in the early 2000s. In an amended lawsuit filed Sunday, an Alabama woman — identified anonymously as Jane Doe — claims the billionaire music mogul, born Shawn Carter, and Combs drugged and raped her at an after-party following the MTV Video…
Gregg Deguire/Getty & Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock Discovering a celebrity is related to another famous figure is sometimes surprising, but imagine how strange it would be if the stars were unaware of it themselves! It happens more often than you might think — just ask comedy legend Carol…
Famous parents picked out some pretty unique names for their little ones this year and they are sure to make their children stand out in the crowd! Choosing a name for a baby is a very personal decision that can take a lot of time and consideration. While some people choose names that have been…
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…
CNN — The Biden White House is working increasingly closely with officials from the incoming administration as it races to try to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal to halt the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas before Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions. In…
It’s common for people on the street to mistake celebrities for someone else or accidentally mess up the names of their projects, and I imagine it’s always a bit frustrating when that happens. However, when it’s an A-list celebrity who flubs the title of a project, as Travis Kelce did with Billy Eichner, I totally…
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There’s been a spicy development in the world of media buyouts, with investor George Soros leading a consortium that has paid $82.5 million (approximately £65 million) for chicken-wing YouTube interview series Hot Ones. It’s a saucy twist in the extraordinary saga of an internet phenomenon that has grown from modest origins to become an essential…
WASHINGTON — Brutal tactics employed by Russia in its war on Ukraine have shocked much of the world but come as no surprise to older residents of Chechnya, who this week marked the 30th anniversary of an equally brutal war — one that many believe bore the seeds of the current conflict in Ukraine. It…
CNN — Two New York tragedies gripping America show how politics is failing to address some of the most fundamental economic and societal problems and reflect the nation’s mood ahead of Donald Trump’s second presidency. The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, captured on surveillance footage, became a shared moment of national horror. But it…