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HOLLYWOOD—Singer Shakira, 38, and her boyfriend, soccer player Gerard Piqué, 28, have welcomed their second child together in Barcelona. Shakira announced the news via Twitter on January 30. The star’s official website page added, “We are happy to announce the birth of Sasha Piqué Mebarak, son of Shakira Mebarak and Gerard Piqué, born January 29 at 9:54pm, in Barcelona. The name...

LOS FELIZ—Backstreet Boys star Alexander James "A.J." McLean has just sold his home located in the exclusive Oaks neighborhood of Los Feliz, for $1.653 million. The three-story Mediterranean-style mansion, located at 2227 Fern Dell Place, was built in 1958. It has three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms with 3,244 square feet of living space. According to public records, McLean paid...

LOS ANGELES—I will admit I channel surfed while watching the 2021 Billboard Music Awards that were handed out on Sunday, May 23. Yes, it’s a piece of normalcy, but I’m over award shows giving high praise to celebrities, especially after the chaos we endured as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are just so many other things of...

SANTA MONICA—The nominees for the 2015 Billboard Music Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 7 and leading this year’s pack of contenders is guess who: Taylor Swift. Swift leads all nominees with 14 nominations including Top Artist.  Followed close behind is British sensation Sam Smith with 13 nominations and Iggy Azalea with 12 nominations. The ceremony will be hosted on...

PASADENA—Summer means hot dogs, sweltering  heat, pools and Rockin' music festivals across the USA. The new fest on the block is the Arroyo Seco Festival, in its sophomore year, the Brookside golf club, mere steps from the iconic Rose Bowl. On the weekend of June 23 and June 24, the lush and spacious greens welcomed luminaries Jack White, The...

SAN FRANCISCO—The free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival put on in the city of San Francisco by the Hellman Foundation since 2001 was canceled for this year. The event had been hosted at Golden Gate State Park, but organizers have made it virtual for October 2-4. The festival will stream a selection of "newly recorded performances, archival footage from fans...

SHERMAN OAKS—Pop star Justin Bieber is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department for an attempted robbery. The LAPD Robbery Homicide Division, Robbery Special Section is conducting an investigation involving the singer that took place at a family entertainment center on Monday, May 12. The incident in question took place at around 10:30 p.m. between an individual and...

NASHVILLE—Justine Townes Earle, the 38-year-old singer-songwriter, died on Sunday, August 23, and police told Rolling Stone that it was probably from a drug overdose.  A spokesperson with the Metro Nashville Police Department told Rolling Stone that after one of Earle's friends notified them that they had not heard from him since Thursday, the Nashville Fire Department checked his residence and...

HOLLYWOOD—It’s the one award show where something epic is bound to happen every year. The MTV Video Music Awards have always been known to have performances or moments that leave everyone talking. Of course we all remember the 2009 awards show when Kanye West stormed the stage and interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video. Jitters were already...

HOLLYWOOD—Famed American jazz and pop singer, Natalie Cole died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Cedar-Sinai Hospital, due to "complications from ongoing health issues," noted a NBC News report. According to Cole's biography, the passing away of her late father, Nat King Cole, greatly affected her, leading to depression and heavy drug use throughout her career. In a song, "Angel on My...