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Kodak Black sued by NYC luxury transport service over $600,000 in unpaid bills

NEW YORK — He goes by Kodak Black, but a Queens concierge company says he’s in the red.

I&D Concierge has sued rapper Kodak Black, claiming he refused to pay them more than $600,000 for numerous services.

The transportation company filed the civil suit Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court, seeking the $618,070.11 it claims to be owed.

The ...Read more

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Miami 'freak-offs' and underage sex -- lawsuits paint picture of Diddy's world

MIAMI — The parties often took place in some of Miami’s most luxurious hotels: the Mandarin Oriental, with sweeping views of Biscayne Bay; the 1 Hotel, on the white sands of South Beach; and the fabled Fontainebleau, the iconic landmark hotel that symbolizes the timeless elegance of Old Miami.

But what is alleged to have happened in these ...Read more

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Amid 'Quiet on Set' fallout, Kenan Thompson says sets for kids shows should 'be a safe place'

In the '90s, before his "Saturday Night Live" days, Kenan Thompson delivered laughs on beloved Nickelodeon shows "All That" and "Kenan & Kel." That's why he said he finds the bombshell "Quiet on Set" documentary and its fallout "definitely tough to watch."

"I have fond memories of that place and I have fond memories of my co-stars," he said ...Read more

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Bruce Springsteen surprises Zach Bryan fans at Barclays Center

NEW YORK — A healthy Bruce Springsteen ran up lots of frequent flier miles to make a surprise Wednesday night performance with country star Zach Bryan at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

Bryan wore a sleeveless Springsteen T-shirt during Wednesday’s show and came onstage to Springsteen’s 1982 song “Johnny 99” playing, according to ...Read more

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Review: 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' is a worthy 'When Hairy Met Scaly II'

Guy behind the concession counter the other night asks me which movie I’m seeing. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” I tell him. He puts down the popcorn and heaves a nearly convulsive sigh of relief. Gratitude? Hope? All of it. A mashup of emotions, to go with the movie’s mashup of species.

“Oh, man,” the concession worker says. �...Read more

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Halle Berry's perimenopause was misdiagnosed as 'worst case of herpes' her doc ever saw

LOS ANGELES — Halle Berry said a herpes misdiagnosis about three years ago prompted her to use her platform to help other women transitioning through menopause.

The Oscar-winning star, 57, divulged the graphic experience that led to her misdiagnosis after having "great sex" with her boyfriend, Grammy winning musician Van Hunt. The "Monster's ...Read more

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Inside the raids at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' estates: Emptied safes, dismantled electronics, gun-toting feds

LOS ANGELES — It was a major show of force: Dozens of agents, some heavily armed, descending on Sean "Diddy" Combs' estates in Los Angeles and Miami.

Television news helicopters captured the action as Department of Homeland Security agents served a search warrant in what officials described as an investigation into alleged sex trafficking —...Read more

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Review: In Hulu's 'We Were the Lucky Ones,' an engrossing family drama with the Holocaust as backdrop

My Ukrainian Jewish parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were comfortably ensconced in the Midwest when Hitler began persecuting the Jews; I have no familial connection to the Holocaust. Still, the sight of a swastika gives me shivers, and all the more so given that, in this age of denial and renascent fascism, the symbol has outlived ...Read more

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Television Q&A: Has new season of 'Snowpiercer' been permanently derailed?

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: Will the fourth season of “Snowpiercer” ever air since it was already filmed? I know TNT decided not to air it.

A: TNT carried three seasons of the post-apocalyptic drama based on the movie of the same name and ordered a fourth. The network then decided not to air the fourth season, reportedly as...Read more

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Kenan Thompson to Nickelodeon: 'investigate more' amid 'Quiet on Set' allegations

NEW YORK — Nickelodeon alum Kenan Thompson has addressed the “tough” allegations about the kids network’s troubled past at the center of Investigation Discovery’s new docuseries, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.”

The longest-running “Saturday Night Live” cast member broke out on Nick’s “All That,” a juvenile ...Read more

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Movie review: 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' an earnest, wacky, hectic ride

Before the titan-sized title of “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” even flashes across the screen, director Adam Wingard has already delivered two impressively goopy moments courtesy of our lead characters: Kong rips a hyena-thing in half, green entrails spilling everywhere, while Godzilla squishes a bug in Rome, releasing great vats of ...Read more

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Jeremy Allen White might play Bruce Springsteen in an upcoming biopic

Say yes to the chef because Jeremy Allen White, the star of the Emmy-winning drama-comedy "The Bear," is the top contender to play Bruce Springsteen in an upcoming biopic, according to Deadline.

Though still in early stages, studio A24 is in early talks to make the film, which will be an adaptation of Warren Zanes' recent book "Deliver Me From ...Read more

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'Steve! (Martin)' review: A documentary that is more than celebrity image management

The barrage of celebrity documentaries that have arrived in the wake of (and seemingly inspired by the success of) 2020’s “The Last Dance” tend to be exercises in image management. Unlike the dishier genre of celebrity memoir, these are scrapbooks for the screen. “Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces” on Apple TV+ avoids some of ...Read more

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With 'Palm Royale,' Bruce and Laura Dern are (finally) father and daughter on screen

LOS ANGELES — Laura Dern and her father, veteran actor Bruce Dern, are in a room together and, within minutes, the stories begin.

There was talk about the advice he received from the giants that orbited his life — like Elia Kazan, whom Bruce studied under at the Actor's Studio in New York. Bruce — whose family included prominent ...Read more

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'Shirley' review: Now on Netflix, the story of the first Black congresswoman on the '72 campaign trail

Two hours: Is it enough for even a part of any person’s real life, dramatized?

The biopic form practically demands failure, or at least a series of narrative compromises made under pressure from so many factions: the real-life subject, or keepers of the now-deceased subject’s estate, nervous about an unsympathetic truth or two; the streamer...Read more

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The Baseball Project mixes the national pastime with great guitar work

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Any baseball fan knows that music and the great American pastime overlap a bit. There are walk-up songs, after all, ballpark DJs and an organist playing pump-up tunes. And then there’s The Baseball Project, a guitar-centric quintet whose all-star musicians include half of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame act R.E.M. — five die-...Read more

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs sells stake in Revolt TV

ATLANTA — In the midst of a reported sex trafficking investigation, Sean “Diddy” Combs has sold his majority stake in Revolt TV, according to TMZ.

The buyer is currently anonymous but will make an announcement in coming weeks, TMZ said, noting that Revolt will remain Black-owned.

A spokeswoman for Revolt did not respond to a request for ...Read more

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Twitch star Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins reveals skin cancer diagnosis: 'In a bit of shock'

Popular Twitch streamer and gamer Ninja says he has been diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer.

The 32-year-old internet star — whose birth name is Tyler Blevins — offered his millions of X (formerly Twitter) followers a glimpse of his health, detailing a recent checkup for a mole on his foot. "Alright I'm still in a bit of shock ...Read more

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Paul Simon: Short-lived marriage to Carrie Fisher was 'exhausting'

NEW YORK — Paul Simon and Carrie Fisher's short-lived 1980s marriage was, in the words of the folk icon, "mistakes on top of mistakes on top of mistakes," as noted in footage shown in the new docuseries about the Simon & Garfunkel co-founder.

Paul Simon fans are getting a peek behind the curtain of his “exhausting” marriage to the late ...Read more

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Singer Duffy breaks silence 4 years after revealing alleged rape, kidnapping

Singer Duffy has returned to social media with an inspirational message, more than four years after she attributed her long-held hiatus to a traumatic kidnapping and sexual assault.

On Tuesday, the 39-year-old “Mercy” singer, born Aimée Anne Duffy, shared a video discussing happiness, which she said was meant to serve as “a little ...Read more