When Robert Battle goes to visit Dessie Williams, the cousin who raised him, she loves to brag that she always knew he was special. “You didn’t have to encourage him to do anything; he did them. He was self-motivated,” she said. Still, he had a lot to overcome: “He had …

American rapper A$AP Rocky entered a not guilty plea to an assault charge as his trial got underway Tuesday in Sweden. Two other members of his entourage were also facing charges in the high-profile legal case that has caught the attention of President Donald Trump and celebrities. The trial of …

HBO’s “Game of Thrones” has slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations Tuesday for its eighth and final season. The bloodthirsty saga’s total eclipsed the all-time series record of 27 nods earned by “NYPD Blue” in 1994. The showing by “Game of Thrones” led HBO back to dominance …

Jay-Z’s business entities sued Iconix Brand Group, accusing the licensing firm of lying about its finances when it made deals with the rapper’s Roc Nation apparel company. Roc Nation alleged the Iconix’s scheme cost it millions when the licensing company’s stock price fell from a peak of more than $400 per …

New York — Two siblings from the famed Flying Wallendas safely crossed Times Square on a high wire strung between two skyscrapers 25 stories above the pavement. Nik Wallenda is a seventh-generation acrobat, but this time, he said he was nervous. His sister, Lijana Wallenda, joined him Sunday night for …

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have deported 38-year-old John Ford back to his native Canada after arresting him earlier this year. To many, John Ford’s name might not ring a bell — but the name is eerily familiar to supermodel Kendall Jenner. Ford was Jenner’s alleged stalker. He had been …

Elizabeth Gilbert’s 2006 memoir “Eat, Pray, Love” sold millions of copies worldwide and was adapted into a movie of the same name starring Julia Roberts.  Gilbert’s newest novel, “City of Girls,” explores the life of a young woman coming of age in New York City’s glamorous, and sometimes scandalous, theater …

The first trailer for “Terminator: Dark Fate” dropped Thursday in the latest installment of James Cameron’s blockbuster film franchise. It features a callback to 1991’s film “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” with Linda Hamilton reprising her role as Sarah Connor and Arnold Schwarzenegger making a cameo as the original Terminator. The …

When you tell RuPaul Charles that he’s made drag queens acceptable with his hugely popular, award-winning reality competition show, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” he quickly lets you know that’s not what he’s out to do. “By who? Who’s accepting them? Drag is naughty. Drag is not politically correct,” he told “CBS …

Sony is now officially the first at the starting gate for the next generation of video game hardware. The company unveiled the first details for its next-generation console in a Wired interview with PlayStation 4 lead system architect Mark Cerny. While Cerny was cautious not to name the new console, …