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Lawyer: Attack on Smollett was real, brothers sought payoff

Jussie Smollett's lawyer is suggesting an aspiring actor and his brother committed an anti-gay, racist attack against the former “Empire” actor because they didn’t like him, then tried to get Smollett to pay them each $1 million not to testify against him

1:20PM ( 20 minutes ago )

By The Associated Press

UK court backs Meghan in dispute over privacy with publisher

The Duchess of Sussex has won the latest stage in her long-running privacy lawsuit against a British newspaper publisher over its publication of parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father

12:58PM ( 41 minutes ago )

By The Associated Press

Smollett lawyer suggests star witness sought money, fame

Jussie Smollett’s legal team is suggesting a star state witness who testified about how the former “Empire” actor recruited him and his brother to stage a fake attack was trying to further his career and make money off the actor

12:15PM ( 1 hour ago )

By The Associated Press

Smollett defense questions credibility of star state witness

Jussie Smollett’s legal team is working to dent the credibility of a star state witness who testified about how the former “Empire” actor recruited him and his brother to stage a racist, homophobic attack

11:07AM ( 2 hours ago )

By The Associated Press

Sister of man imprisoned in Saudi Arabia writes to Hamilton

The sister of a man who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia is asking seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton to help save her brother’s life

10:58AM ( 2 hours ago )

By The Associated Press

Smollett defense set to cross-examine star state witness

Jussie Smollett’s legal team will seek to dent the credibility of a star state witness who testified about how he said the former “Empire” actor recruited him and his brother to stage a racist, homophobic attack on Smollett

10:35AM ( 3 hours ago )

By The Associated Press

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Alicia Keys teases new songs at small show ahead of art fair

Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys has teased some of her new material at an intimate performance in Miami where she also guided a few hundred people through a 10-minute meditation

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NBA All-Star Kevin Love honored for mental health advocacy

Five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love is being honored by a Boston foundation for his work on and off the court to take the stigma out of mental health struggles

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Carlos Santana has heart procedure, cancels December shows

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Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz running for Senate in Pennsylvania

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV’s “Dr. Oz Show,” says he is running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican

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Sources: Dr. Oz plans to run for Senate seat in Pennsylvania

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1:52PM ( 1 day ago )

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Lawyer backs up Baldwin’s assertion he didn’t pull trigger

The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer, backs up the actor’s assertion that he did not pull the trigger

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Investigators track ammunition in fatal film set shooting

Authorities are pursuing new leads on possible sources of live ammunition involved in actor Alec Baldwin’s fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of a western movie

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Gucci heirs says ‘House of Gucci’ narrative is inaccurate

The Gucci family is not pleased with the depiction of their relatives in the new film “House of Gucci,” starring Adam Driver and Lady Gaga

12:00AM ( 1 day ago )

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Jacqueline Avant, wife of music legend, killed in shooting

A Los Angeles philanthropist and the wife of music legend Clarence Avant has been fatally shot at home in Beverly Hills, California

6:42PM ( 18 hours ago )

Jacqueline Avant, wife of music legend, killed in shooting

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6:10PM ( 19 hours ago )

Home of Marilyn Manson searched in sex assault investigation

Authorities have searched the home of rocker Marilyn Manson after allegations of physical and sexual abuse by several women

2:44PM ( 1 day ago )

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Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer at 41

Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died of cancer

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NBA All-Star Kevin Love honored for mental health advocacy

Five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love is being honored by a Boston foundation for his work on and off the court to take the stigma out of mental health struggles

By The Associated Press

9:51AM ( 3 hours ago )