Jen Chung

Yesterday, the LA Times reported that television executive Jim Paratore passed away "after suffering a heart attack while cycling in France." However, the Times neglected to mention that Paratore helped found TMZ. Paratore spent most of his career at Warner Bros. Television and its TelePictures unit: According to the Hollywood Reporter, "Paratore was credited with building the nonscripted production division into one of the industry’s most prolific producers. Among the shows that came out...

Donna Summer, the silky-voiced singer whose songs "Last Dance," "Love To Love You Baby," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls," and "I Feel Love" were staples of the 1970s, died today. According to TMZ, the 63-year-old was in Florida, battling cancer.

Lactivists are loving Time magazine's cover, showing L.A. mommy blogger Jamie Lynne Grumet nursing her nearly-four-year-old son. And they have some interesting thoughts about everyone being comfortable with older children suckling from their moms.

The death of Beastie Boys founder Adam Yauch, who was also an independent film producer and an advocate for Tibetan freedom and less fortunate people, has upset legions of fans and their fellow musicians. Last night, during their concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Coldplay performed a cover of "Fight For Your Right (To Party)".

U.S. officials are upset that the LA Times published the photographs, possibly putting forces in harm's way, but Afghan President Karzai has a solution: Get out fast.

Sometimes people don't know who Dick Clark is—and that's actually understandable. But one person did Tweet, "If you don't know who dick Clark is #killyourself"

Eight years after photographs of U.S. soldiers torturing prisoners at Abu Gharib shocked the country and world, there's now a set of photographs showing U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan posing with body parts of bombers. The photo were given to the LA Times, which reports that the soliders were initially supposed to get iris scans and fingerprints to ID "the mangled remains of an insurgent suicide bomber."

Tupac's hologram Those rumors of Tupac Shakur playing Coachella were true: A hologram of the slain rapper turned up alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg to close out last night's performance... and it was moving—at least for Katy Perry, who Tweeted, "I think I might have cried when I saw Tupac. #coachella" Pop & Hiss recounted the evening, which also included 50 Cent and Eminem. Their criticisms are being echoed in a lot of...

During last night's Grammy Awards telecast, the music industry association acknowledged Whitney Houston's shocking death almost immediately. After the opening performance from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, host LL Cool J took to the stage and said, "There's no way around it. We've had a death in our family. For me, the only thing that feels right is to begin with a prayer for a woman who we love, for our fallen...

The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that cell phone use while driving should be banned while driving. The NY Times reports, "The recommended ban applies to hands-free devices, a recommendation that goes further than any state law to date."

Shed a tear: "In this case, while other people were still manipulating their own phones, this one employee singled me out to put my phone away."

Ashton Kutcher told his 8 million Twitter followers that Penn State's firing of Joe Paterno was an insult... but he didn't know why Paterno was fired.