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- Teresa Watanabe - Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Actor Jonathan Majors, who has won acclaim for a string of Hollywood hits, was arrested Saturday on charges of assault, strangulation and harassment involving a woman in a New York apartment.
- Evan Rosen - New York Daily News (TNS)
NEW YORK — Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber announced Saturday that his son Nick lost his 18-month battle with gastric cancer.
- By The Associated Press
Nicholas Lloyd Webber, the Grammy-nominated composer, record producer and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, died Saturday in England. He was 43 and had battled gastric cancer and pneumonia. Famed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber had been offering updates on Nick's health on social media in recent days. Nicholas died at a hospital in the south-central English town of Basingstoke, his father said. The senior Webber missed the Broadway opening Thursday of his “Bad Cinderella” to be at his son’s side with other loved ones. Nicholas is best known for his work on the BBC One’s “Love, Lies and Records.” He also worked on his father’s 2021 “Cinderella,” earning a Grammy nod for best musical theater album.
- Jessica Schladebeck - New York Daily News (TNS)
Kanye West says he’s been cured of his antisemitism and it’s all thanks to Jonah Hill.
- AP
Xavier López, a Mexican children's comic better known by his stage name, “Chabelo,” has died at 88. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote in his Twitter account that his own eldest son “woke up early to see him (on television more than 40 years ago.” López, who was no relation to the president, usually performed dressed in kid's clothing well into his 70s. His best-known work, the Sunday variety show “En Familia con Chabelo”, ran an astonishing 48 years from 1967 to 2015. The comic’s family wrote on his fan page that López “died suddenly on abdominal complications.”
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- By KEN RITTER - Associated Press
A name paired with poker and Las Vegas lore now has a place on the neon-lit Strip. Caesars Entertainment on Friday marked the rebranding of its Bally's Las Vegas as the Horseshoe Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. The 2,800-room property once was the MGM Grand Hotel, where a historic fire in 1980 killed 87 people. Then it was Bally’s Las Vegas for 36 years. The name change comes ahead of the 54th World Series of Poker, which the property will again host beginning in late May. Last year, the tournament drew nearly 200,000 players and awarded almost $350 million in prizes.
- Karu F. Daniels - New York Daily News (TNS)
Sheryl Lee Ralph has revealed that a famous TV judge sexually assaulted her in the workplace, while network executives looked on and encouraged her to keep quiet.
- Jonah Valdez - Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand Friday in her civil trial over allegations that she negligently crashed into a retired optometrist in 2016, allegedly causing lasting damage.
- Emily St. Martin - Los Angeles Times (TNS)
LOS ANGELES — “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis’ request to have his custody battle with ex Olivia Wilde moved to New York was just rejected as Wilde argued that the ongoing litigation is draining her finances.
- Jonah Valdez - Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Actor Millie Bobby Brown is about to be a published author.
- Alexandra Del Rosario - Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth have called it quits after more than 11 years of marriage.
- Alexandra Del Rosario - Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Beyoncé and Balmain have teamed up for a new clothing line that's giving big "Renaissance" energy.
- Neal Justin - Star Tribune (TNS)
Al Franken's week behind the "Daily Show" desk won't inspire a campaign to make him the long-running program's permanent host. But it was a firm reminder that the former Minnesota senator's top priority these days is comedy.
- Nardine Saad - Los Angeles Times (TNS)
"Beso" and tell: Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro are engaged.
- AP
Reese Witherspoon and her husband say they are divorcing after nearly 12 years of marriage. Witherspoon and her husband, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, announced their breakup Friday in a joint statement on Instagram. Their wedding anniversary is Sunday. Witherspoon and Toth have one son together and they said he remains their biggest priority, asking for privacy. Messages to representatives for Witherspoon and Toth were not immediately returned. No records of a divorce filing could be found in Los Angeles Superior Court. Witherspoon was previously married to Ryan Phillippe and the actors have two children together.
- AP
Gwyneth Paltrow is testifying in Utah trial over 2016 ski collision where a man accuses her of leaving him brain damaged.
- AP
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- By NARDOS HAILE - Associated Press
Lana Del Rey is a complicated, enigmatic pop star — since the height of her breakout album, “Born to Die,” the singer has been labeled one of the best songwriters of her generation. Her songs tell stories of dark, wistful American glamour, yearning for a dangerous time in our history with glimmers of red-hot, toxic infidelity-riddled romances and an audaciously psychedelic allure. In a music review of her album, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd," The Associated Press' Nardos Haile says Del Rey cuts deep into her fears, future and family instead of longing for things that aren’t hers to dream about.
- AP
Walter C. Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen who performed for decades as Darcelle XV, has died of natural causes in Portland, Oregon. Cole was 92. Darcelle was crowned the world’s oldest working drag performer in 2016 by the Guinness Book of World Records. As a performer, Darcelle was known for hosting the longest-running drag show on the U.S. West Coast. Off-stage, Cole championed LGBTQ+ rights and charitable work in the Portland community. The nightclub Darcelle founded more than 50 years ago said on Facebook that its shows will go on as scheduled.
- Mary Carole McCauley - Baltimore Sun (TNS)
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore-born actor Lance Reddick could converse knowledgeably about the difference between hiring a doula and a midwife for help during childbirth. In high school, he dropped out of football — a sport at which he excelled — because it might interfere with his dream of playi…