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Jeffrey Tambor, who played trans woman Maura Pfefferman on Amazon’s celebrated Jill Soloway show Transparent, announced Sunday that he would not be returning for the next season. Tambor has been accused of sexual harassment by his former assistant Van Barnes and actress and series regular Trace Lysette; both are transgender women. The actor has denied the […]

Warner Bros. and DC’s “Justice League” opened this past weekend with a $96 million opening in the U.S., coming in well under expectations.  The big budget superhero flick had been pegged for a $110 million launch in North American theaters. If studio estimates hold, it will also have the unfortunate distinction of being the lowest-opening film […]

Police in Okinawa are investigating a fatal traffic accident, involving an elderly man and a U.S. Marine. Reports say a 61-year-old man died when his vehicle and the serviceman’s truck collided. Okinawa police confirmed that the Marine’s breath test had an alcohol level three times the legal limit. The Marines have expressed their “sincere condolences” […]

Several people were injured when scaffolding collapsed on a busy New York City sidewalk Sunday, officials said. The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of Broadway and Prince Streets in the trendy SoHo neighborhood in lower Manhattan. The New York City Police Department’s 5th Precinct said on Twitter there were 5 injuries reported. […]

Rock star Gene Simmons caused a stir Wednesday at Fox News, harassing staffers after taping interviews that resulted in him being banned from the network and its New York headquarters.  A rep for the network said the KISS frontman was given the boot after speaking crudely to female staffers and hitting two of them on the head […]

Music lovers worldwide are mourning the loss of rock legend Malcolm Young. The guitarist and co-founder of AC/DC died Saturday. He was 64. Rolling Stone magazine reported that Young had been suffering from dementia. Shortly after the announcement, many rock musicians, including Ozzy Osbourne and Eddie Van Halen, took to social media to pay tribute to […]

Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush have made it officially official — they are getting the band back together. The pair took to the Sugarland official Facebook page to share a brief Facebook Live video yesterday morning (11/17) with fans to reveal that they have been writing and recording together, and that new music will […]

Mel Tillis, famed for his recording career and songwriting as he was for his lifelong stutter, died early Sunday morning in Ocala, Florida, following a lengthy illness. A representative confirmed the singer’s death, citing respiratory failure as the suspected cause. He was 85. As a songwriter, he was known for hits that included the Bobby […]

The corruption trial of New Jersey’s Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez ended in a mistrial on Thursday, after the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked on bribery, fraud and other charges. Menendez, 63, was accused of accepting private flights, campaign contributions and other bribes from a wealthy patron, Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, in exchange for […]

Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) are expected to announce their unlikely partnership on gun legislation Thursday, signaling a bipartisan attempt to bridge party differences in the wake of tragic mass shootings across the country in recent weeks. The Cornyn-Murphy bill aims to encourage states and federal agencies to report infractions that would […]