President Joe Biden announced Lady Gaga and producer Bruce Cohen as co-chairs of the newly revived President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH) on March 13. PCAH is a panel of artists, museum professionals, academics, and philanthropists that functions as the Executive Branch’s advisory board on cultural issues. According to the White House press…

LOS ANGELES—The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker while stealing her French bulldogs last year took a plea deal and was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday, officials said. The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was the value of the French bulldogs, a breed…

LOS ANGELES—A man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker during the theft of two of the singer’s French bulldogs pleaded no contest Dec. 5 to an attempted murder charge and was immediately sentenced to 21 years in prison. James Howard Jackson, 20, pleaded no contest to the single count of attempted murder with great bodily…

LOS ANGELES—A gunman accused of shooting and seriously wounding Lady Gaga’s dog walker and stealing her two French bulldogs was mistakenly released from jail and is being sought, authorities said Friday. James Howard Jackson, 19, was facing an attempted murder charge when he was released from Los Angeles County’s jail on Wednesday “due to a…

LOS ANGELES—The long-awaited “Friends” cast reunion will be broadcast on May 27 and will feature a slew of celebrity guests including Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and K-Pop band BTS, streaming service HBO Max said on Thursday. “Friends: The Reunion,” featuring all six of the original cast, was originally supposed to have been filmed more than…

HOLLYWOOD—A search was under way Feb. 25 for the assailants who shot a dog-walker in Hollywood and made off with two French bulldogs owned by pop star Lady Gaga, who is offering a reward for the return of the animals. The shooting occurred about 9:40 p.m. Feb. 24 in the 1500 block of North Sierra…