Celebrity

WEST HOLLYWOOD—Rapper Travis Scott is under scrutiny for drawing large crowds at a pop-up event in West Hollywood where attendants failed to adhere to social distancing guidelines as first reported on Tuesday, February 23. The pop-up event was to promote his first feature on i-D Magazine called the “Utopia issue,” where Travis announced on his social media that he was...

PACIFIC PALISADES—Golf legend Tiger Woods was involved in a serious single-car rollover accident at approximately 7:12 a.m. on Tuesday, February 23. Woods was extracted from his vehicle which landed on its side in an embankment. Officials from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Officers assisted in the rescue of the golfer. Woods' Genenis Navigator veered off the road landing in the...

SAN FRANCISCO — Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and publisher, passed away at age 101 on Monday, February 22 at his San Francisco home from interstitial lung disease, his daughter Julie Sasser told The New York Times. City Lights Booksellers and Publishers, which Ferlinghetti co-founded in the 1950s, released a statement on its website regarding his death, calling Ferlinghetti "instrumental in democratizing...

CALIFORNIA — On Friday, February 19, TMZ reported that "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star Kim Kardashian filed for divorce in Los Angeles from rapper and husband, Kanye West, after nearly seven years of marriage. A source told CNN that West, 43, and Kardashian, 40, "have been living separately for the last few months." This will be West's first divorce and...

BEVERLY HILLS—On Wednesday, February 10, Louisiana native, Tessica Brown was flown to Beverly Hills to see plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Obeng to undergo surgery to remove Gorilla Glue from her hair free of charge.  On February 4, Brown's video went viral on TikTok. She requested help on how to eliminate the adhesive spray from her hair. In the video, she...

UNITED STATES—Larry Flynt, founder and publisher of Hustler magazine, passed away at the age of 78 on Wednesday, February 10 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The magazine's Instagram page posted on February 11 that "Flynt was not just a man who built a publishing empire, and he was not just a boss or a colleague; he was a...

HOLLYWOOD—Stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and director, Dustin Neil Diamond, 44, known to the world as Samuel 'Screech' Powers from the TV series "Saved by the Bell" died on Monday, February 1 from stage 4 lung cancer. According to the actor’s representative Roger Paul, Dustin was diagnosed with lung cancer just 3 weeks before his death. “Dustin did not suffer. He...

ADU DHABI—On Saturday, January 23, the UFC 257 main card event between Dustin ‘The Diamond’ Poirier vs. Connor McGregor, ended with Poirier victorious in a technical knock-out at the 2:32 mark of round 2. The fight took place on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. McGregor started the first round strong focusing on landing strikes with his left...

HOLLYWOOD—Veteran talk show host Larry King passed away on Saturday, January 23 at the age of 87. He died at Cedars-Sinai Medical center in Los Angeles and the cause of death remains unknown. A statement was released on his Facebook page reading: “We are heartbroken over our father's death, and together with our extended family mourn his passing. The world knew...

BEVERLY HILLS—On Saturday, December 19, Kylie Jenner, 23, was confronted by animal rights activists while shopping on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. The "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star and make-up mogul, was wearing a face mask, grey puffer jacket and jeans while leaving a luxurious retailer from the back door as she got inside a white Rolls Royce. Before Jenner’s...