Celebrity

Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85

Philip Roth, prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, religion and mortality, has died at age 85, his literary agent…

Celebrity engagement has Dolores connection

Johnson to marry singer from Destiny’s Child

Clint Walker, star of TV’s ‘Cheyenne,’ dies at age 91

Walker’s daughter Valerie Walker tells The Associated Press that her father died Monday of congestive heart failure at a hospital…

Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, pioneer of celebrity Q&A, goes bankrupt and shuts down

Interview magazine announced it is shutting down.Courtesy So when he founded inter/VIEW in 1969 – as it was called then…

Royal wedding: Where to watch online and on TV

Frank Augstein/Associated Press<br><br>A royal fan puts on masks in Windsor on Friday. Preparations are being made in the town ahead…

Eric Idle looks at the bright side of (his own) life

“We used to be babe magnets. Now we’re fridge magnets,” Idle said in a statement Wednesday. “I thought it was…

Verne Troyer, Mini-Me from ‘Austin Powers’ films, has died

Actor Verne Troyer poses on the press line at the premiere of the feature film “The Love Guru” in 2008…

Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director, dies at 86

Director Milos Forman, whose American movies “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus” won a deluge of Academy Awards,…

Mariah Carey battles bipolar disorder, no longer in denial

In a People magazine article due on newsstands Friday, the singer says she didn’t believe it when she was first…

Durango’s Toh-Atin Gallery welcomes Charlie Daniels

Family: Tom Petty died of accidental drug overdose

His wife and daughter released the results of Petty’s autopsy via a statement on his Facebook page Friday night. Dana…

Michael Douglas accused of sexual harassment by former employee

Actor Michael Douglas has been publicly accused of sexual harassment by a former employee.Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP file “He thought he was…

Willie Nelson cancels shows after leaving a concert early

A publicist for Nelson says shows scheduled this week in Rohnert Park, California; Las Vegas; and Laughlin, Nevada, have been…

Jerry Van Dyke, ‘Coach’ star and brother of Dick, dies at 86

Jerry Van Dyke, left, and his brother, Dick, laugh during a party in Los Angeles. Jerry Van Dyke has died…

‘Jeopardy’ host Trebek has surgery for blood clots on brain

Trebek appeared in a video on the “Jeopardy” Facebook page Thursday to announce that he’d had the surgery during the…

Sue Grafton, writer of popular ‘alphabet’ mysteries, dies

Mystery writer Sue Grafton has died in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the age of 77. Her daughter, Jamie Clark, says…

Actress Rose Marie of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ fame dies at 94

Marie had been resting in bed at her Los Angeles-area home when a caretaker found she had stopped breathing, said…

Second actress steps forward to accuse Dustin Hoffman

Kathryn Rossetter, who co-starred with Hoffman in “Death of a Salesman” on Broadway in 1984, said the Oscar-winner would grope…

Here’s why the Garrison Keillor allegations stand out

Jeffrey Thompson/Minnesota Public Radio via AP<br><br>Garrison Keillor’s response to allegations of improper conduct stands out as unusual. In the 24…

‘Embarrassed’ Geraldo Rivera apologizes for ‘tawdry’ memoir

In a tweet on Friday, Rivera, now a Fox News Channel reporter, cites his “tawdry” book and what he calls…

Jim Nabors, TV’s homespun Gomer Pyle and singer, dies at 87

Nabors, who underwent a liver transplant in 1994 after contracting hepatitis B, died peacefully at his home in Hawaii after…

‘Partridge Family’ star David Cassidy hospitalized

His representative tells The Associated Press on Saturday that Cassidy is “now conscious” and “surrounded by family.” The rep adds…

AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64

AC/DC announced the death Saturday on their official Facebook page and website Saturday. A representative for the band confirmed that…

Record crowd attends star ceremony for Latin icon Selena

Known simply as Selena, the singer-songwriter broke barriers for women in Latin music. She opened the floodgates for a new…