Jen Chung
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The Hollywood Walk of Fame star that Donald Trump received in 2006 has been severely damaged. "The attack by a man dressed as a city construction worker on the sidewalk embedded five-pointed terrazzo and brass star came at around 5:45 AM on Hollywood Boulevard," according to Deadline.
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Brad Pitt at the Le Mans 24 hour race in June (Getty Images) The saga of Brangelina's divorce is now past the rumors of infidelity phase: Now TMZ reports, "Brad Pitt is under investigation by the LAPD and L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services for allegedly getting verbally abusive and physical with his children, and that's what triggered the divorce." Update: see below. On Tuesday, it was revealed that Angelina Jolie filed...
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in 2015 (Getty Images) After untold volumes of speculation, it looks like Brangelina is over. TMZ is reporting that Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt—she "filed legal docs Monday citing irreconcilable differences. She's asking for physical custody of the couple's 6 children. She is asking the judge to give Pitt visitation. It's significant... she does not want Brad to have joint physical custody... only joint legal custody......
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Sunday night the Emmy Awards were back, and Game of Thrones, Veep and The People Vs. O.J. Simpson were the big winners. You can see the full list here, and below some of the more notable moments: THE GREAT KATE MCKINNON WINS For the first time ever, a regular performer for Saturday Night Live won an acting Emmy, and it was the extremely deserving Kate McKinnon. In a show often criticized for no longer being...
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Jeah?!?! Ryan Lochte continued his journey from Olympic gold medalist to victim to fake victim/huge idiot to reality dance competition contestant by doing the foxtrot last night on Dancing with the Stars. However, two men decided to interrupt the judging by running towards the stage in an apparent attempt to confront the disgraced swimmer. According to US Weekly, which "obtained unaired, unseen footage," the "protesters approach[ed] the judge's table" while Lochte and dancing partner...
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Sean Penn on 60 Minutes Oscar-winning journalist Sean Penn is talking about his exclusive, controversial and possibly life-threatening interview with Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known to the world as "El Chapo." And he wants his critics (basically everyone who has read the piece) to shut up already, telling 60 Minutes' Charlie Rose, "I have a regret that the entire discussion about this article ignores its purpose, which was to try to...
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Sean Penn and Joaquín Guzmán Loera (Sean Penn for Rolling Stone) In yet another twist in the saga of "El Chapo," it turns out that two-time Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn had met with Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera in October, a few months after his elaborate escape from prison. And Penn interviewed him for Rolling Stone, relying on private charter planes, burner phones, "mirroring through Blackphones, anonymous e-mail addresses, unsent messages accessed in...
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After many rumors, including ones from "idiots," Guns N' Roses and LCD Soundsystem are both reuniting for Coachella as headliners. Taylor Swift's boyfriend is the third headliner, but more exciting is Ice Cube on Day 2. , Other notable performers are Sia, Ellie Goulding, Run the Jewels, Underworld, Sufjan Stevens, CHVRCHES, A$AP Rocky, Disclosure, Rae Sremmurd, Joey Bada$$ and Jack Ü (Diplo's and Skrillex's side group). Axl Rose, Slash and other members of GNR will...
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Natalie Cole performing in May 2015 (Getty Images) Natalie Cole, the Grammy-winning singer, died yesterday at age 65. TMZ reports that she died at a Los Angeles hospital, and that the cause was "congestive heart failure, although we're told the underlying medical issues were complications from a kidney transplant and Hepatitis C." Cole won a number of Grammys and hits, but her most memorable song was "Unforgettable," a duet with her father, the late...
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