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Stephen Colbert tore into Republican lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, on Monday night for blocking any semblance of sensible gun control.  “Maybe it’s time for senseless gun legislation. Maybe turn in your assault weapon and in exchange, we give you a giant pork sausage,” the “Late Show” host said. “It’s even more phallic than […]

Image copyright Holly Whitaker Goldsmiths College in London has some pretty famous former music students. Mercury-winner James Blake went there, Blur were formed there (though they were called Seymour at the time) and other well-known graduates include the Velvet Underground’s John Cale and Placebo’s Brian Molko. It’s also the birthplace of the uniquely-named duo Jockstrap

In 2004, Kristen Stewart met Anton Yelchin on the set of Griffin Dunne’s “Fierce People.” She was 14; he was 15.  “He and I were really good friends for two years, and then he kind of, like, broke my heart,” the now 29-year-old actress says with a tear in her eye in the documentary “Love,

Camila Cabello wrote a heartfelt message to her fans on Instagram, pushing back on the idea that “airbrushed bodies and airbrushed skin” are standards that are normal for women to attain. “I’m writing this for girls like my little sister who are growing up on social media. They’re constantly seeing photoshopped, edited pictures and thinking

Image caption Dame Barbara Windsor has met Boris Johnson several times, including when he appeared on EastEnders in 2009 Dame Barbara Windsor has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “sort out” care for people who have dementia. The former EastEnders star, who has Alzheimer’s, launched an open letter with her husband Scott Mitchell to

Angelina Jolie is opening up about raising her daughters to “develop their minds” instead of focusing on their appearances in a moving essay about women unfairly maligned in history. The actress and philanthropist shared the advice she gives to her kids in the latest issue of Elle magazine, reminding them that it’s what’s on the

Image copyright Ed Miller Image caption Huq hosted Blue Peter from 1997 until 2008 When she was a presenter on Blue Peter, Konnie Huq noticed a recurring theme. “So many times I’d ask kids what they wanted to do, and they’d say ‘I want to be famous’, but they weren’t really sure what for,” she

A new live-action version of “The Little Mermaid” is about to be part of our world.  To mark the 30th anniversary of the classic Disney film, a live musical event starring “Moana” actress Auli’I Cravalho as Ariel is set at ABC, the network’s president Karey Burke announced Monday during the Television Critics Association’s summer press

A “white van man” is using his artistic talent to transform his dirty vehicle into a work of art. Rick Minns covers the side of his van in specially prepared mud and uses it as a giant canvas for his drawings. A delivery driver in Norfolk, he is known as Ruddy Muddy and has become

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota authorities charged singer R. Kelly on Monday with two counts of prostitution and solicitation involving a girl under 18 in 2001. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is accused of soliciting the girl after meeting her at a concert in Minneapolis. Kelly was