Celebrity News category, Page 25

NEW YORK — Fresh off her breakthrough role in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” Rachel Zegler will star in Lionsgate’s planned “Hunger Games” prequel. The studio announced Tuesday that Zegler will play Lucy Gray Baird in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” an extension of the “Hunger...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Johnny Depp’s lawyers asked a jury Friday “to give Mr. Depp his life back” by finding his ex-wife, Amber Heard, guilty of libel. Heard “ruined his life by falsely telling the world she was a survivor of domestic abuse at the hands of Mr. Depp,”...

Kurt Angle won an Olympic gold medal with a broking neck, so the double knee replacement this week should be a piece of cake. At least that is what fans probably wish for the WWE Hall of Famer, Mount Lebanon native and 1996 Olympic gold medalist are hoping. But Angle...

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — A man who as a child had a brief but key role in “Jaws” has been named police chief on the Massachusetts island on which the 1975 movie was partially filmed. Jonathan Searle was offered the job of police chief in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard...

NEW YORK — The Kravis wedding train has rolled into Italy. After a Las Vegas practice wedding (no marriage license) with an Elvis impersonator officiating, followed by a small ceremony (with license) in Santa Barbara, California, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker stepped out Friday in the jet set playground of...

LONDON — British singer-songerwriter Ed Sheeran has announced the birth of his second daughter, saying he and his wife, Cherry Seaborn were “over the moon” at the baby’s arrival. The Grammy award-winner posted a picture of baby socks on his Instagram site. “We are both so in love with her,”...

LOS ANGELES — A man who pleaded guilty to distributing narcotics that led to the death of rapper Mac Miller has been sentenced to 17½ years in prison. Stephen Andrew Walter, who is about 50, had agreed to a plea agreement last year to serve 17 years. But U.S. District...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Lee Lewis, the late country singer Keith Whitley and music executive Joe Galante will join the Country Music Hall of Fame. Lewis, 86, nicknamed “The Killer,” wore a red sequined jacket and white shoes at Tuesday’s announcement, where he was...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Lawyers for Johnny Depp on Tuesday questioned the truthfulness of Amber Heard’s accusation that Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle. Heard was cross-examined after her testimony in Depp’s libel suit against her. Depp is suing Heard in Virginia’s Fairfax County Circuit Court over a...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Johnny Depp was hallucinating and his sobriety had completely collapsed in the final months of his marriage, his ex-wife testified Monday in the civil lawsuit between the two. Heard was back on the stand as the trial resumed in a Virginia courtroom after a one-week hiatus....

ATLANTA — A federal trial for reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on charges including bank fraud and tax evasion is set to start Monday in Atlanta. The trial is getting underway just days after E! announced that it is moving forward with a new dating series, “Love Limo,”...

Andy Dick was arrested again Wednesday — and it was captured live on camera by a fellow RV enthusiast in California. The comedian, 56, was detained and charged with felony sexual battery for allegedly assaulting another man at the park, TMZ reported. The arrest was seen live on the YouTube...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave has confirmed the death of his son Jethro Lazenby at age 31. “With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away,” the frontman of rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds said in a statement Tuesday. “We would...

LOS ANGELES — Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night. Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance. NBC News reported that the Los Angeles Police...

Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Friday for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. The three-time Wimbledon champion was convicted earlier this month on four charges under the Insolvency Act and had faced a maximum...

NEW YORK — Mike Tyson took his skills out of the ring Wednesday night when he repeatedly punched a passenger on a plane that was set to take off from San Francisco to Florida. The retired heavyweight boxer was filmed leaning over the back of his seat and attacking the...

Rapper A$AP Rocky was taken into custody Wednesday morning at Los Angeles International Airport in connection with a shooting in Hollywood last year, authorities said. The performer, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was detained on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles Police Department said in...

An Arizona man involved in supplying counterfeit prescription pills that led to the 2018 overdose death of Pittsburgh-based rapper Mac Miller has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison, according to documents filed in federal court on Monday. Ryan Michael Reavis, 39, was sentenced to 10 years and 11...

NEW YORK — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcibly touching a woman at a New York nightclub in 2018. The guilty plea came nearly three years after the the Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star was arrested in the case that saw several delays as his lawyers sought to...

LOS ANGELES — Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67. Gottfried died from a rare genetic muscle disease that can trigger a dangerously abnormal heartbeat, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a...

Superstar singer Britney Spears announced a new pregnancy Monday on Instagram. “I lost so much weight to go on my Maui trip only to gain it back,” she wrote, along with the shoulder shrugging emoji. “I thought ‘Geez … what happened to my stomach ???’ My husband said ‘No you’re...

It’s official — Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are engaged — again. On Friday night, the “Let’s Get Loud” superstar shared the exciting news on her members-only fan newsletter, On the JLo. In the video message, Lopez is admiring her green engagement ring. She shared in a previous newsletter why...