Celebrity Death

Gayle King has drawn the ire of  Kobe Bryant’s mourning fans. In an interview on “CBS This Morning” King asked former L.A. Sparks star and Bryant friend Lisa Leslie did she think supporting him was ‘complicated.” A poised Leslie said that in her twenty-year friendship with Kobe she’d never seen him being aggressive with women. […]

In the media-led chaos that ensued after Kobe Bryant’s death was reported, the police officers chastised TMZ, the outlet who broke the story, for publishing the report before the had a chance to notify the people most deeply affected by the tragedy. It caused people to question, for perhaps the millionth time, TMZ ’s ethics […]

Vanessa Bryant spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant, one of their daughters and seven others, taking to Instagram to thank people for the global outpouring of support since the tragedy. She also announced the formation of a fund to help support the other families […]

“I don’t wish it on anyone,” he said.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Washington Post reporter who had been placed on administrative leave after she tweeted a link to a story about a 2003 rape allegation against Kobe Bryant has been cleared to return to work, the paper said Tuesday. In a statement, the Post said that an internal review had determined that […]

Shaquille O’Neal tearfully said Tuesday he never could have imagined anything like Kobe Bryant’s death, remembering his former teammate as a great player whose kids called him “Uncle Shaq.” “The fact that we lost probably the world’s greatest Laker, the world’s greatest basketball player is just — listen, people are going to say take your […]

Prince will get his just due from the Grammys. Although the late multi-platinum artist only won seven statues in his three-decade plus career, he will be honored with a star-studded Grammy special “Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute To Prince” to air on CBS later this year. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  On the performance […]

Don Imus, the controversial radio personality whose insult humor helped propel a nearly five-decade career and national infamy died on Friday. He was 79. Imus was admitted to Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station on Christmas Eve. His cause of death has not been determined. After building a career being loved or […]

As the city of Los Angeles prepares to go all out for late rapper Nipsey Hussle‘s birthday on August 15, his love, Lauren London, expressed her love for his sister on her birthday. August 1 is Samantha Smith’s birthday, and Lauren took a break from dedicating her Instagram posts to Nipsey to celebrate the bond she has […]

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Aretha Franklin’s sons disagree about who should manage what could be a multimillion-dollar estate. Attorneys for Theodore White II last week told a Michigan judge in a court filing that White should be named co-executor, or personal representative, along with Franklin’s niece, Sabrina Owens. Owens has had that role since the […]

The custody battle for Nipsey Hussle’s 10-year-old daughter Emani Asghedom seems to be far from over. While Hussle’s family hasn’t publicly spoken against Emani’s mother, Tanisha Foster, it’s pretty clear that they don’t deem her fit to raise Emani. While Foster has filed a petition for guardianship, Hussle’s sister and other members of the family […]

DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice mounted outsider campaigns for president, has died. He was 89. The cause of death was leukemia, a family spokesman said Tuesday. Perot, whose 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings […]