Category: Entertainment News

BET Awards show honors Busta Rhymes, hip-hop’s 50 years and pays tribute to Takeoff and Tina Turner

The 2023 BET Awards celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with tributes to the genre’s earliest voices, late legends, and new talent during a show packed with spectacular performances that consistently felt like a party. Sunday’s biggest surprise came when Quavo and Offset, the surviving members of Migos, performed “Bad and Read More

His LGBTQ teen book is one of the most banned in the U.S. Here’s why he keeps writing

(NEXSTAR) — Writer and illustrator Mike Curato didn’t set out to write one of the most-banned books in school libraries (or the most banned, depending which list you’re reading). Instead, he says he was just being honest about what it’s like being a young LGBTQ person. The Massachusetts-based artist has Read More

His LGBTQ teen book is one of the most banned in the U.S. Here’s why he keeps writing

(NEXSTAR) — Writer and illustrator Mike Curato didn’t set out to write one of the most-banned books in school libraries (or the most banned, depending which list you’re reading). Instead, he says he was just being honest about what it’s like being a young LGBTQ person. The Massachusetts-based artist has Read More

Jack Hanna no longer remembers most family members as Alzheimer’s progresses, report says

Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2019, no longer remembers most of his own family, according to a report from the Columbus Dispatch. Hanna was the former director of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, but he was well known for his appearances on David Letterman and Read More

Nicki Minaj’s Hidden Hills neighbors want her out, cite husband’s criminal history

Nicki Minaj’s neighbors want to boot her out of Hidden Hills over concerns about her husband’s criminal history. Resident Beverly Barden issued a petition called Say No to Sex Offenders in Hidden Hills and is calling for the eviction of Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty from the posh neighborhood. Read More

‘Rust’ weapons supervisor charged with dumping drugs on day of Alec Baldwin shooting

The weapons supervisor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” was charged Thursday with evidence tampering for allegedly passing drugs to someone else on the day of the shooting. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed “did transfer narcotics to Read More

Director James Cameron ‘struck’ by similarities between Titan implosion, Titanic sinking

(The Hill) — James Cameron, the director of the 1997 film “Titanic,” said on Thursday that he was “struck” by the similarities between the sinking of the actual ship in 1912 and the recent “catastrophic implosion” of the Titan submersible during a dive to see the wreck. “I’m struck by the similarity Read More