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Elton John Tests Positive for COVID-19, Postpones Texas Concerts

Elton John has postponed this week’s scheduled Texas concerts after contracting COVID-19. The award-winning British singer and pianist said in a statement on Instagram that he’s disappointed to be rescheduling his two farewell concert dates in Dallas after testing positive. John, 74, kicked off his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour on Jan. 19. “It’s always…


Alec Baldwin Seeks Dismissal of Civil Suit Over Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting

LOS ANGELES—Attorneys for Alec Baldwin and other producers of the movie “Rust” are asking a court to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by a script supervisor who was on the set when the actor fatally shot a cinematographer. In a filing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, the attorneys said the claim by Mamie…


Louie Anderson, Emmy-Winning Comedian, Dies at 68

LOS ANGELES—Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died Friday. He was 68. Anderson died at a hospital in Las Vegas of complications from cancer, said Glenn Schwartz, his longtime publicist. Anderson had a a type…


Director of ‘Unsilenced’ Reveals What Propelled His Movie

This movie tells of the experience of a Tsinghua University student who spent 8 years of his youth behind bars and the story of an American journalist, sick of the Chinese Communist Party’s lies, who penetrated the regime’s scrupulous surveillance system and brought the truth back to America. The winding story that tugs at the…


Adele Forced to Postpone Las Vegas Caesars Palace Residency Due to ‘Delivery Delays and COVID-19’

Adele has apologized to fans in an emotional video after being forced to pull the plug on her entire 24-date Caesars Palace residency just one day before it was scheduled to begin. The singer, 33, said she was forced to postpone the residency, which was scheduled to begin Friday at the Colosseum of Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace Hotel, after “delivery…


Singer Fred Parris of the Five Satins Dead at Age 85

NEW YORK—Fred Parris, the lead singer of the 1950s doo-wop group the Five Satins and composer of the ballad “In the Still of the Night,” has died at age 85. Parris died Jan. 13 after a brief illness, according to his music manager, Pat Marafiote. Parris and his wife Emma lived in Hamden, Connecticut, not…


Yvette Mimieux, 1960s Starlet of ‘Time Machine,’ Dies at 80

NEW YORK—Yvette Mimieux, the blond and blue-eyed 1960s film star of “Where the Boys Are,” “The Time Machine,” and “Light in the Piazza,” has died. She was 80. Michelle Bega, a family spokeswoman, said Mimieux died in her sleep of natural causes overnight Monday evening at her home in Los Angeles. In 1960’s “The Time…


Did Dwayne Johnson Buy a T-Rex Fossil for $31 Million? Here’s Why the Rock’s Manningcast Appearance Leaves Some Wondering

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson upped the interior design bar when a Tyrannosaurus Rex skull appeared in the background during an interview on the “The ManningCast” show on Monday night. What to Know Johnson, at home, joined show hosts Peyton and Eli Manning remotely on Walt Disney Co.-owned ESPN2 during the second quarter of the NFC wild-card playoff featuring Los…


Jon Stewart to Receive Mark Twain Lifetime Award for Comedy

WASHINGTON—Comedian, talk show host, and political influencer Jon Stewart has been named the 23rd recipient of the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Award for lifetime achievement in comedy. The 59-year-old Stewart—born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz—rose to prominence as a standup comic and host of multiple failed talk shows before taking over Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” in…


French Actor Gaspard Ulliel Dies at 37 After Ski Accident

French actor Gaspard Ulliel, known for appearing in Chanel perfume ads and portraying fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in a 2014 biopic, has died at 37 following a ski accident in the Alps, French media reported on Wednesday. Ulliel, who won a French Cesar award for best actor for his role in “It’s Only the…