Angélique Kidjo first black African to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Musical icon Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to be selected for a star on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame.Kidjo, who…
Miley Cyrus, Timothée Chalamet to get Hollywood Walk of Fame stars
They can buy themselves ... stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?Miley Cyrus, Timothée Chalamet and Demi Moore were among the 35 honorees announced Wednesday…
D. Wayne Lukas, Hall of Fame trainer who shaped horse racing, dies
Darrell Wayne Lukas, known to the general public as D. Wayne and to friends simply as Wayne or as “The Coach” if you were in…
Dave Parker, slugging outfielder nicknamed ‘The Cobra,’ dies at 74
PITTSBURGH — Dave Parker, a hard-hitting outfielder who was set to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, has died, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced…
Walter Scott of R&B group the Whispers dies at 81
Walter Scott, who with his twin brother Wallace founded the Los Angeles-based R&B group the Whispers — a hit-making force in the 1970s and ‘80s…
Kane Rodriguez talks TikTok fame, his rise in música Mexicana
Música Mexicana rising star Kane Rodriguez spoke with The Times about finding his way in the music scene and his success on TikTok. Born and…
Tom Daley on the downsides of achieving Olympic fame at 14
Tom Daley has opened up about the inner turmoil he experienced after earning Olympic success at the age of 14. On 1 June, the champion…
Inside Billie Piper’s life – from early popstar fame, wild age gap marriage and huge net worth
Doctor Who star Billie Piper has had an eventful and dramatic life off screen - including teen pop success followed by death threats and two…
Ricky Gervais can offend you to death. He knows you’ll still laugh
Ricky Gervais is living his best life right now. Even when he’s busy talking about death. On Saturday his new tour, Mortality, arrives at the…
Emmys: 7 drama contenders on fame, online controversy and more
Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton, who plays chain-smoking crisis manager Tommy Norris in Taylor Sheridan’s latest hit “Landman,” seems like a guy who can’t…
Letters: Put away morality card when it comes to Pete Rose
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> Rather than stew over whether Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson should be admitted, the Baseball Hall of Fame should open a special…
Pete Rose is a sure thing for the Baseball Hall of Fame now, right? Right?
When Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that a dead man can no longer be banned from baseball, my first thought was this: If Pete Rose is…
Pete Rose reinstated by MLB, Hall of Fame election is possible
Pete Rose was posthumously removed from Major League Baseball’s permanently ineligible list Tuesday, making the all-time hits leader eligible for induction into the National Baseball…
Ye claims streamers banned his new single ‘Heil Hitler’
Kanye West’s new single “Heil Hitler” is not getting the warm reception on streaming services that he’d imagined.West, now know as Ye, has teased the…
Chargers to kick off NFL preseason in Hall of Fame Game
Already planned for an early kickoff to Week 1 in Brazil, the Chargers will get an early start to their preseason as they will face…
Angellica Bell’s rise to fame from kids’ TV to sudden Martin Lewis axing agony
Celebrity Big Brother star Angellica had worked in television for decades when two years ago, she was abruptly replaced on a popular ITV show she…
Stevie Nicks is ‘not pulling any punches’ on her new album
Stevie Nicks is at work on a new album filled with “memories of mine of fantastic men.”“I have seven songs, and they are autobiographical real…
The Zimbabwean singer who found fame in China – and obscurity at home | Arts and Culture
Harare, Zimbabwe – It was 2017 and Jo Stak – wearing a red tuxedo jacket, a bow tie and a homburg hat – was belting…
What feud? Shaq agrees to walk Dwight Howard out at Hall of Fame
The Shaquille O’Neal-Dwight Howard beef appears to be over. That’s a sentence that seemed destined to never be written as recently as January, when the…
Dwight Howard’s summer: L.A. Riot and a Hall of Fame induction
Dwight Howard is the splash signing of the Los Angeles Riot, Ice Cube’s BIG3 three-on-three basketball league announced Wednesday. Howard, 39, promises to have a…