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"Oh, I’ve been so down and under pressure," Lizzo sings in her award-winning hit song “About Damn Time,” and the Watch Out for the Big Grrrls host might be feeling the poignancy of those lyrics more than ever right now. A year after Lizzo won Record of the Year at the 65th annual Grammys for “About…

Federal authorities are in contact with women regarding recent sexual assault and sex trafficking allegations against Vince McMahon. This latest news, first reported by the WSJ today, comes after a shocking lawsuit by a former employee last week saw the longtime impresario resign as executive…

Three-time Grammy winner Darius Rucker, best known as the lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish, was arrested Thursday in Tennessee on misdemeanor drug charges. The 57-year-old “is fully cooperating with authorities,” according to his lawyer. Rucker has branched out from the band, becoming a…

The lines at Disney World may be long, but the Mouse House isn’t standing around to let Ron DeSantis savor his win yesterday in the company’s First Amendment lawsuit against the failed presidential candidate. Less than 24 hours after a federal judge agreed with the Florida Governor and deep-sixed…

Barring a last-minute deal, music from Taylor Swift and other Universal Music Group artists may disappear from TikTok. UMG said in an open letter that its negotiations for a renewed licensing agreement with the popular short video platform yielded no results and the license expires tonight.  UMG said…

Sentenced to 30 years to life for two rapes, Danny Masterson is now bunking down in Charles Manson's last home. Along with serial rapists, killers and the man who murdered Bill Cosby's son, the That 70s Show actor is now a resident of California's Corcoran State Prison. Transferred from DTLA to…

A day before Alec Baldwin was scheduled to be arraigned on new charges in the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the actor has entered a not guilty plea. Facing a prison sentence of 18 months to three years if found guilty, Baldwin was re-charged by a New Mexico grand jury…

(UPDATED with Showtime statement) Tammy Wynette had a huge hit in 1968 with “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” but today the family of the legendary country singer's fifth and final husband has taken Showtime to court to break up their relationship with George & Tammy. Citing an alleged violation of a five-year old…

Donald Trump can beat Ron DeSantis, but turns out the Walt Disney Company can't. A federal judge just dismissed the Bob Iger-run corporation's First Amendment lawsuit against the Florida governor and failed GOP presidential candidate. Related Stories …

A Delaware Chancery Court judge today has voided Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla pay package, siding with shareholders who sued the board over the compensation agreement, calling it “the largest in human history.” Chancellor Kathaleen Mccormick is same judge who shepherded months of contentious discovery in th…

UPDATE: E. Jean Carroll appeared on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show on Monday night, where she said that encountering former President Donald Trump in court was like being in the presence of “nothing.” “He is like a walrus snorting, and like a rhino flopping his hands. He is not there. That is what is…

EXCLUSIVE: UPDATE 9.30 am, 1/27 PT The producers of Daniel Espinosa's Italy-set immigration drama Madame Luna have expressed “dismay” at a lawsuit lodged against them by filmmaker Binyam Berhane, who says they misappropriated an original story and material created by him for the film. The lawsuit…