Rudy Boesch, early fan favorite on ‘Survivor,’ dies at 91
Rudy Boesch, a retired tough-as-nails Navy SEAL and fan favorite on the inaugural season of “Survivor,” has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91. He died…
When A Celebrity Tabloid Fixture Joins Instagram
Oct. 15, 2019, will go down in the history books as the day elusive megastar Jennifer Aniston joined Instagram. Within mere moments of posting a photo with her “Friends” co-stars,…
Man loudly cheering on-screen murders in ‘Joker’ NY screening sends many to exit
Extra layers of security, intense on-screen action and a frightening incident inside a New York theater combined to create an unsettling experience for some moviegoers who went to see “Joker”…
Placido Domingo exits LA Opera amid sexual harassment investigation
Opera star Placido Domingo resigned as general director of LA Opera in California shortly after stepping away from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. “Plácido Domingo’s contributions to the cultural…
Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead’s poetic lyricist, dead at 78
Robert Hunter, the man behind the poetic and mystical words for many of the Grateful Dead’s finest songs, has died at age 78. Hunter died Monday at his Northern California…
Families of Aurora shooting victims demand studio support gun control over ‘Joker’ release
Families of the victims of the 2012 Aurora mass shooting have called on Warner Bros. to enact gun reform policies just ahead of the film company’s release of “Joker.” Interested…
Eddie Money, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ singer, dies at 70
Less than a month after he revealed that he’d been diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer, Eddie Money has died. He was 70. The rocker, best known for his hits…
Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart headline veterans’ fundraiser
Two New Jersey icons — Bruce Springsteen and Jon Stewart — will once again headline this year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser, which benefits injured veterans and their families. The…
Injuries reported in stampede at Lil Wayne’s music festival
A crowd stampede injured several people attending a New Orleans festival organized by rapper Lil Wayne. Large portions of an audience estimated to include 15,000 people ran at least twice…
Singer says opera’s Domingo harassed her, grabbed her breast
The glittering production was a high point of the Washington Opera’s 1999-2000 season: Jules Massenet’s “Le Cid,” about a legendary Spanish conqueror, starring a tenor legendary in his own right…