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Songwriter Nickolas Ashford, who penned such rhythm and blues hits as “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “I’m Every Woman” with his wife Valerie Simpson, died on Monday at age 70.
Ashford, who had been treated for cancer, died at a New York hospital with his family at his side, publicist Liz Rosenberg told Reuters.
A native […]

British Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet was among the guests who escaped unhurt from a fire which swept through Richard Branson’s Caribbean holiday retreat overnight, the billionaire said on Monday.
Branson said the blaze was caused by a lightning strike on The Great House on Necker Island, and that the building was completely destroyed.
Branson, his wife Joan […]

Chely Wright, the first mainstream country performer to come out as lesbian, married her partner, activist Lauren Blitzer, on Saturday in Connecticut, People magazine reported.
Wright, 40, met Blitzer, 30, soon after the singer’s 2010 announcement that she is a lesbian.
Named the top new female vocalist by the Academy of Country Music in 1995, Wright hid […]

Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly was cited with disorderly conduct after he was accused of refusing to get down from a food court table during a flash mob he organized at a suburban mall, police said on Sunday.
Police in Strongsville, Ohio, received a tip on Saturday of a possible flash mob planned for 5 p.m. […]

 
Veteran actor Burt Reynolds is facing foreclosure on his longtime southeast Florida home, according to a lawsuit filed by a mortgage firm.
The 75-year-old is known for starring roles including in films “Deliverance” and “Smokey and the Bandit” from the 1970s. He also won a Golden Globe for his role as a porn king in the […]

French actor Gerard Depardieu outraged fellow passengers by urinating in the aisle of an Air France flight as it prepared to take off on Tuesday, forcing the plane to turn back to its parking spot.
 
A passenger on the flight said Depardieu, 62, the star of movies such as “Jean de Florette” and “Green Card,” appeared […]

 
Was it lit or was it cold? The status of a cigar in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mouth at an Austrian airport could decide whether or not he faces legal action.
Smoking at airports is banned in Austria and an anti-smoking lobby said Tuesday it plans to launch a suit against the former California governor for puffing on a stogie after arriving […]

GLAAD is once again speaking out against Adam Carolla for his harmful remarks against the LGBT community.
In a recent podcast, Carolla went on a tirade about transgendered people, asking, “When did we start giving a sh– about these people?” He went on to say that the LGBT community should “shut up” about speaking out for equality […]

 
Perhaps Charlie Sheen should have thought twice about agreeing to go face-to-face with horror-rap duo Insane Clown Posse’s infamously rowdy fans — semi-affectionately known as Juggalos — this weekend.
Sheen didn’t exactly get showered with affection while hosting the annual Gathering of the Juggalos, which was held at Cave-In-Rock, Ill. from Thursday to Sunday — more […]