Celebrity

SANTA MONICA—Former UFC Hall of Famer Chuck David Liddell, 51, known to the sports entertainment industry as Iceman, was arrested Monday, October 11 at approximately 1 a.m., on accusations of domestic assault at a home near Hidden Hills located in the 24000 block of Jim Bridger Road. In the arrest report, officers indicated that when deputies from the Los Angeles...

UNITED STATES—On Monday, September 27, singer Robert Sylvester Kelly, known as R. Kelly, 54, was convicted in federal court in New York by a jury of of one count of racketeering and nine different counts involving sex trafficking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWCmGGCEZ5A According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of New York’s press release, Kelly was already...

BENEDICT CANYON—On Friday, September 17, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office that real estate tycoon Robert Durst, 78, was found guilty for the 2000 murder of his friend, Susan Berman, 55, at her home. “The jury’s decision demonstrates how our legal system can work to hold accountable people regardless of their wealth and status in life,” said District Attorney...

HOLLYWOOD HILLS—TMZ was first to report that a man armed with a knife showed up at the Hollywood Hills home of singer Ariana Grande on Friday, September 10. Aaron Brown, 23, was arrested after showing up to Grande’s home around 2 .am. and is facing a felony. Brown demanded to see Grande, and flashed a knife at her security team...

NEW YORK—Actor and six Primetime Emmy-nominee, Michael Kenneth Williams, 54, known for his role as Omar on the HBO series "The Wire" died from an alleged overdose on Monday, September 6. According to the New York Police Department, officers arrived at Williams' apartment in Brooklyn at 2 p.m. after receiving a 911 call and found him unconscious, after further investigation,...

LAUREL CANYON—Actor Ed Asner, 91, known in the entertainment industry as Lou Grant from the CBS series "Mary Tyler Moore" and the spinoff "Lou Grant," passed away on Sunday, August 29 surrounded by family. Asner was born on November 15, 1929, in Kansas City, MO and began his acting career in theater. His first television debut was in the film...

BEVERLY HILLS—Film producer Harvey Weinstein pled not guilty to all 11 rape and sexual assault counts against him regarding five women who accused him of sexual assault in a California hotel. Weinstein entered the plea in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, July 21.  Sheriff deputies brought Weinstein into the courtroom in a wheelchair. His attorney Mark Werksman entered the...

BEVERLY HILLS—On Saturday, July 17, at approximately 2:30 a.m., a white BMW was traveling eastbound on Beverly Boulevard when it collided with a pedestrian that was walking southbound on Croft Avenue in an unmarked crosswalk. The impact caused the pedestrian to collide with the roadway and travel in an eastbound direction. The driver of the BMW failed to stop, render...

HOLLYWOOD—Hollywood director Richard Donner died at age 91 on Monday, July 5 in Los Angeles. Donner’s family and Warner Bros. announced details about the filmmaker's passing. The film studio, Warner Bros. is responsible for distributing a majority of his films. A cause of death has yet to be released to the public.  Donner is  known for his direction of  the...

HOLLYWOOD—This was an awards show that I religiously watched about 15 years ago. It was an awards show that celebrated Black excellence and was actually entertaining, full of surprises and delivered musical performances that people were talking about the next day during the water cooler conversation at work. Those days have long past for the BET Awards. The 2021...