Pop culture

Reality star Paris Hilton was back on Capitol Hill on Monday, meeting with representatives in hopes of passing a bill to reform residential treatment facilities for troubled teens. Hilton, 43, has been in Washington, D.C., numerous times over the past three years to advance the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, which passed the Senate unanimously last week. However, there is only one week ...

He kept an eye out for Selener — and now he has her for keeps. Actor and singer Selena Gomez announced her engagement to record producer and songwriter Benny Blanco on Instagram late Wednesday.

Timothée Chalamet offered to pay a $500 fine slapped on the organizer of his lookalike contest in New York City, according to the would-be recipient, who graciously declined.

Police in Minnesota may have a recording of O.J. Simpson confessing to the 1994 double murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, obtained as part of a search warrant in a separate investigation. The recording is said to be on a thumb drive that belonged to the accused killer‘s former bodyguard, according to the warrant obtained by TMZ. Police say Simpson may have also implicated a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A storied pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” stolen from a museum display in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, then reportedly buried in a clear container in a suburban Minneapolis backyard have a high bid of $1,150,000 through Tuesday morning on Heritage Auctions’ online auction. The initial bid, when the auction opened more than a month ago, was $500,000. ...

Beyoncé has officially been named the greatest pop star of the 21st century by Billboard. The music industry magazine made the announcement on Tuesday as part of its ongoing series highlighting the artists “who have most defined pop stardom for the last 25 years.” “The reasons why Beyoncé captured the top spot on our list were beyond numerous,” Billboard said, “ranging from her 25 years of ...

Sony debuted the PlayStation on Dec. 3, 1994 with the expressed intent of re-creating the extravagance of big-ticket entertainment in a living room. For gaming at the time, that meant arcade machines priced around a car’s down payment. But anyone who turned on their very first PlayStation game - in my case it was “Ridge Racer” - saw PlayStation vanish the arcade business into obsolescence.

In Japan, not even the magic powers of Harry Potter, or the House of Gryffindor, are enough to evade the country’s strict weapons laws.

Three years after revealing their dating relationship, the children of comedians Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy are engaged.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police officers responded to a spurious bomb threat at former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Brentwood mansion on Thanksgiving morning before giving the all clear. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department was not able to confirm that the department responded to Schwarzenegger's house but said there was a call regarding a suspicious package at around 10:30 ...

LOS ANGELES – Nothing lasts forever. "Vanderpump Rules," which periodically caught lightning in a bottle over 11 seasons of reality TV, is in for a remodel.

About a year and a half ago, Laura Henderson, a toy company executive and 38-year-old mother in Toronto, was at the tail end of maternity leave with her second child. She was bleary-eyed and overwhelmed, as mothers juggling an infant and toddler tend to be, when she started scrolling TikTok and stumbled upon the children’s personality known as Ms. Rachel.

LOS ANGELES — When Ariana Grande learned she was to play Glinda in the movie "Wicked," she made a vow. "I love her so much," she told director Jon M. Chu through tears on a video call in 2021. "I'm gonna take such good care of her." Grande made good on that promise. But where co-star Cynthia Erivo seems likely to attract awards buzz for the deeply emotional "Defying Gravity," Grande's chops, ...

All of Prince’s bespoke guitars were cool — weren’t they? — but they were not of equal value. At least to collectors.

In the Sotheby’s Auction House sale room - an intimate, carpeted seventh-floor auditorium on the Upper East Side - it’s not uncommon to see standing-room-only attendance. Or for the bidding crowd, many holding martinis or champagne glasses, to crane their necks around one another to get a glimpse of what’s spotlighted against the richly blue wall at the front.

NEW YORK – Sean Combs appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday as his lawyers objected to the prosecution’s use of handwritten notes found inside the music mogul’s jail cell, arguing that his rights had been violated when they were turned over to prosecutors.

Funeral arrangements have reportedly been set for Liam Payne, following the One Direction singer’s fatal fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last month. The memorial for the 31-year-old is scheduled to take place Wednesday in his native country of England, according to Reuters. Other British outlets reported that it will be a private ceremony in the Home Counties outside central London. ...

A little over a week after releasing his first album since 2011, singer Jamey Johnson was arrested Sunday just outside of Nashville. The country singer-songwriter, who has written with Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and George Strait, is facing a felony drug charge after he was pulled over by the Tennessee Highway Patrol for speeding, the Tennesseean reported. The "In Color" artist faces up to a ...