Author: Darius Hargrove
The Governor General’s office has terminated singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Order of Canada. The move was announced in the Canada Gazette, the federal government’s official newspaper in which it publishes the text of new laws, regulations and other notices and decisions.The move comes after a CBC report in 2023 questioned Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous heritage, saying it found a birth certificate that indicated she was born in 1941 in Massachusetts and listed that both her and her parents as white. 4:45 Unraveling the Buffy Sainte-Marie controversy with journalist Tanya Talaga Previous Video Next Video Story continues below advertisement “Notice is hereby given that…
The It Ends With Us legal battle continues — but this time it’s between star Blake Lively and a Texas crisis communications specialist and his company, Street Relations. Jed Wallace and Street Relations are suing the actor for defamation after Lively allegedly pulled them into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni over the film.Wallace filed a $7-million lawsuit in federal court in Texas on Tuesday, stating that he had nothing to do with any campaign to harm Lively’s reputation as she alleged in a court filing from December 2024. He is also seeking a court order stating that…
A woman from New Zealand has filed three civil lawsuits accusing best-selling British author Neil Gaiman of repeatedly sexually assaulting her while she was working as his family’s babysitter and nanny. Scarlett Pavlovich filed the lawsuits — one against Gaiman and his wife, Amanda Palmer, and two more against Palmer — in federal court in Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New York on Monday.The Associated Press doesn’t identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they publicly identify themselves. Pavlovich identified herself in an interview with New York Magazine, which published an article in January detailing allegations of assault, abuse and coercion…
NOTE: The following article contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued by another John Doe who claims that the incarcerated hip-hop mogul drugged and assaulted him.The new lawsuit was filed in New York County Supreme Court on Feb. 3 by Texas-based lawyer Tony Buzbee, who has been behind a number of suits brought against Diddy over the past year.The new suit concerns an as-yet-unnamed aspiring male singer, who claims he was drugged and sexually assaulted by Diddy in 2015. The man, who is suing Diddy for sexual battery, is seeking a series of…
NOTE: The following article contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Prosecutors have added new details to their indictment against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Thursday, accusing him of sex trafficking at least three women and dangling someone off a hotel balcony during a two-decade racketeering conspiracy.The refreshed indictment was filed in Manhattan federal court ahead of Diddy’s trial, scheduled for May 5.Diddy, 55, has pleaded not guilty to the sex trafficking charges lodged against him after his September 2024 arrest. He remains incarcerated without bail.Prosecutors added four years to the length of Diddy’s alleged racketeering conspiracy in the revised…
Because God quickly realized that humans were a thieving bunch, He made rules against stealing one of the first things downloaded to Moses’ tablet 1,500 years ago: “Thou shalt not steal.” It’s ranked at number four on the list of things we’re not supposed to do, so it’s pretty clear that this was important to The Almighty: Don’t take stuff that’s not yours. Lionel Mapleson didn’t think he was stealing. When he did what he did, it wasn’t stealing. Only later did history brand Mapleson as the father of all music piracy.Mapleson came from a long line of music librarians…
The 2025 Grammy Awards recognized some of the most talented performers and biggest hits in music, while showcasing all the glitz and glam. Beyoncé, who has become the most nominated artist in the award show’s history with a total of 99 nominations, took home Album of the Year for her country album, Cowboy Carter. This is the first time she has won the award and she became the first Black woman to do so in the 21st century. Lauryn Hill last won in 1999 for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, joining Natalie Cole and Whitney Houston.Not only was the Texas Hold…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s time, music and fashion lovers: The 2025 Grammy Awards are here. The biggest and most beloved stars in popular music have descended on Los Angeles to walk the red carpet and, if the stars align, take home a trophy on music’s biggest night.Comedian Trevor Noah is hosting Sunday night’s festivities for the fifth year in a row, and viewers will be treated to performances from Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Bruno Mars, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder and more.Beyoncé leads this year’s Grammy nominations with 11, followed by Billie Eilish, Kendrick…
Justin Baldoni has shared more text messages he says are from his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. The text messages were released on a website, titled The Lawsuit Info, created to help defend himself against Lively’s sexual harassment allegations.On the new website, published on Sunday, Baldoni, 41, also shared an amended complaint in his case against Lively, Reynolds, Lively’s PR firm and the New York Times, as well as a 168-page document entitled “Timeline of relevant events” related to the case and the production of the film.Baldoni sued his co-star Lively, 37, and her…
Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once embodied, has died. She was 78. Faithfull passed away Thursday in London, her music promotion company Republic Media said.“It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. “Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. She will be dearly missed.”The blonde, voluptuous…
