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NEW YORK — A Supreme Court ruling that struck down states’ anti-sodomy laws will not spare disgraced R&B star R. Kelly from charges that he knowingly infected a 19-year-old fan with herpes, a Brooklyn Federal Court judge ruled Friday. Judge Ann Donnelly rejected the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer’s...

BOSTON — Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case and serve two months in prison, according to court papers filed Thursday. The couple agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail...

LOS ANGELES — Fred Willard, the comedic actor whose improv style kept him relevant for more than 50 years in films such as “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Best In Show” and “Anchorman,” has died. He was 86. Willard’s daughter, Hope Mulbarger, said in a statement Saturday her father died peacefully...

CHICAGO — A federal judge in New York has once again rejected R. Kelly’s request for release pending trial, stating that his diagnosis of prediabetes is not enough to put him at high risk of contracting COVID-19 behind bars. The embattled singer has been seeing medical professionals in the downtown...

Melissa Etheridge’s son Beckett Cypher died from opioid addiction Wednesday at 21. The singer confirmed the cause of death in a tweet Wednesday night. pic.twitter.com/LZJI8M6m4s— Melissa Etheridge (@metheridge) May 14, 2020 Etheridge, 58, and former partner Julie Cypher welcomed Beckett in 1998, with help from a sperm donation by David...

Two former romantic partners of actor Johnny Depp came to his defense Wednesday in his libel suit against British newspaper The Sun, dismissing claims that he was violent or abusive. Actresses Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder offered supportive statements for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star, who is suing the...

MARIPOSA, Calif. — Paul L. Vasquez, the burly mountain man whose awestruck reaction upon seeing a double rainbow propelled him to internet stardom and turned him into a folk hero, has died in Central California. He was 57. Vasquez, who called himself Yosemitebear on social media, died early Saturday at...

Comedy veteran Jerry Stiller, who launched his career opposite wife Anne Meara in the 1950s and reemerged four decades later as the hysterically high-strung Frank Costanza on the smash television show “Seinfeld,” died at 92, his son Ben Stiller announced Monday. He died of natural causes, his son — a...

While the Penn State Class of 2020 was not able to hold their graduation on campus, they did get some virtual love from celebrities and high profile alumni. According to the university, a livestream of the ceremony Saturday had 92,000 views from 121 countries. The school awarded more than 15,000...

NASHVILLE — Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87. Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard’s, told The Associated Press that...

NEW YORK — Pioneering radio host Barry Farber, who hosted a conservative talk show for decades in New York City and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1977, has died. Farber died of natural causes Wednesday at home in New York, a day after his 90th birthday, his daughter, Celia Farber,...

Remember Kevin Spacey? The disgraced actor is in the spotlight again, this time for remarks he made comparing the uncertainties people are experiencing because of the coronavirus crisis to his downfall after being accused of sexual assault. He made those comments on a podcast episode posted in early April. “I...

Elon Musk and Grimes are now proud parents. The Tesla CEO and electronic artist welcomed a baby boy into the world Monday. If being the son of those two wasn’t enough to set you apart, his name alone is one that’s hard to forget. Musk, in responding to someone on...

Pittsburgh Steelers fans have seen quarterback Mason Rudolph make passes on the field. Now, it looks like he’s made one off the field. Various celebrity news outlets — TMZ and Cosmopolitan, for example — are suggesting that Ben Roethlisberger’s backup is a romantic item with “Bachelor” star Hannah Ann Sluss....

A year after her parents were at the center of the nationwide college admissions scandal, Sophia Macy announced her new college plans will bring her to Pittsburgh. Macy, the daughter of actors Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, was accepted into Carnegie Mellon University, People reported late Monday. Her updated...

CHICAGO — Reality TV star Kristin Cavallari and former Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler are getting divorced. Cavallari announced Sunday in an Instagram post that the couple are breaking up after after seven years of marriage and a decade together. “We have nothing but love and respect for one another...

A man was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting at the Louisiana estate of “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson. Daniel King Jr. was booked into a correctional center after two homes in West Monroe were struck by gunfire on Friday afternoon, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a...

A preliminary hearing in the Duchess of Sussex’s legal case against a British newspaper is set to take place in Britain’s High Court on Friday as Meghan challenges the publication of a letter she wrote to her father. Meghan is suing the Mail on Sunday and its parent company, Associated...

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed actor Jussie Smollett’s malicious prosecution lawsuit against the city of Chicago and several police officers. The former “Empire” actor told police that he was beaten by two men who looped a noose around his neck and threw vile comments at him in an attack...