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HBO’s new series The Gilded Age may have ended its tumultuous first season on Monday night (with a second season already on deck), but there’s still plenty of history to delve into in the period piece, including the real-life inspirations behind its cast of characters. Alongside the real-life Astors and …

Screenshot: Studio 110 Photography/Studio 110 Photography Sierra Jenkins, a 25-year-old reporter who wrote for the Virginian-Pilot newspaper and had previously worked for CNN, was one of two people killed in a mass shooting outside a restaurant over the weekend in Norfolk, Va. Jenkins was among five people in total who …

At the height of her powers, Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the fraudulent blood-testing start-up Theranos, basked in the kind of adulation typically reserved for cult leaders. In one upcoming episode from Hulu’s The Dropout, which dramatizes her saga, Elizabeth (played by Amanda Seyfried) perches on yet another stage, at …

Kanye West’s menacing behavior has seemingly been a long-running issue with other celebs. With Pete Davidson, D.L. Hughley, and Trevor Noah currently caught in Ye’s crosshairs, other celebrities, including supermodel Tyson Beckford, were also burnt by Ye’s fury in the past. VLAD TV reposted an interview with Beckford where he …

Photo: David Dee Delgado (Getty Images) The Trump family pushed back on New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil subpoenas by filing an appeal Monday to protect them from testifying, reported Business Insider. The appeal also argues James has shown “political bias” against Donald Trump and claims she has “entangled” …

The fire that started on Tubbs Lane in Calistoga, California, on the night of October 8, 2017, was like nothing the region had ever seen. It crackled and fumed its way swiftly through forests of oak, fir, bay laurel, and buckeye, over the hills in the night. It raced downhill, …

An estimated 2.9 billion people around the world have a Facebook count. People from all corners of the globe use the popular social media platform for various reasons, whether it’s to keep up with family or friends or to interact with like-minded people in popular Facebook groups. Companies and brands …

Christina Lyn Garner and Jeremy Wayne Jones were arraigned Friday on murder charges in the killing of Black Navy veteran Justin Peoples, reported CBS San Francisco. Peoples was stabbed and shot at a gas station last week and his murder was investigated as a hate crime, per the San Joaquin …

Regina King is among the list of A-listers set to serve as hosts for the 2022 Met Gala. On Thursday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City announced the celebrity co-chairs for fashion’s biggest night and King was among the big names to make the list, ET reports. …

Michael B. Jordan, left; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.Photo: Michael Loccisano/Matt Winkelmeyer for InStyle (Getty Images) On Monday, it was announced that two of the finest men on planet Earth actors in Hollywood, a.k.a. Michael B. Jordan and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, would be teaming up for a new thriller for Amazon. Per …