Month: September 2020

Ronald “Khalis” Bell, the singer, songwriter and saxophonist whose group Kool & the Gang became one of the most celebrated and musically eclectic funk bands in the 1970s and beyond, died Wednesday at his U.S. Virgin Islands home at the age of 68, a rep confirmed to Rolling Stone. The cause of death was unknown. Over the course of 23 albums, starting with 1969’s Kool and the Gang through the 2013 Christmas album Kool for the Holidays, the band morphed from upstart jazz unit to leading funk-soul ensemble to smooth pop-soul group with the addition of vocalist James “J.T.” Taylor in 1979. Bell, who adapted the name Khalis Bayyaan later in life, co-wrote many of the group’s perpetual life-event earworms — including “Ladies Night,” “Jungle Boogie” and “Celebration” — that have become embe...

Exclusive The City of Chicago wants a judge to force the FBI to hand over records of the Bureau's probe into the Jussie Smollett case -- especially his claim he was the target of a racist and homophobic threat before the infamous alleged attack. According to new docs, obtained by TMZ, the City wants to know what the FBI dug up related to a letter that was sent to Fox Studios in Chicago on January 22, 2019 -- a week before Jussie claims he was attacked. The letter contained an "unknown substance" and contained "racist and homophobic imagery and slurs" ... according to Jussie. The City also wants the FBI records about the "attack" itself ... according to the docs. Ba...

David Harbour and Lily Allen are hitched. The couple confirmed they got married in Las Vegas in a low-key ceremony officiated by an Elvis Presley impersonator. The reception was equally chill as Harbour and Allen ate In-N-Out burgers with her two kids. The "Stranger Things" actor, 45, wrote on Wednesday on social media: "In a wedding officiated by the king himself, the people’s princess wed her devoted, low born, but kind credit card holder in a beautiful ceremony lit by the ashen skies courtesy of a burning state miles away in the midst of a global pandemic." DAVID HARBOUR SHARES FIRST INSTAGRAM PICTURE WITH LILY ALLEN: ‘THE PRINCE, PRINCESS AND THE PARKING LOT’ Meanwhile, the British singer, 35, posted a series of wedding pics with a simple red heart emoji caption. Allen donned ...

Farm life may not be the best life for Victoria Fuller. Close to five months after sparking romance rumors with Chris Soules, the Bachelor Nation member is setting the record straight on where things stand.  In a new interview on The Viall Files podcast, Victoria revealed that the pair split and went "a separate direction."  "I am just living my best life," she explained to Nick Viall. "We went a separate direction, but I, like, respect him so much and I think he's an amazing man. I just think that right now, I'm in such a different place than he is." Victoria continued, "I'm not moving to Iowa anytime soon so I just want to focus on me. It's been so much about other people this year that I just really want to hone in on what I want to accomplish and what I want to get out of this...

Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria Baldwin have welcomed their fifth child together. The “Mom Brain” podcast host and fitness maven, 36, announced on Wednesday that she and Alec Baldwin have finally reached the pregnancy promised land and “couldn’t be happier.” “We had a baby last night,” Hilaria Baldwin captioned an Instagram photo from the hospital, which showed her holding the couple's bundle of joy as Alec Baldwin looked over. “He is perfect and we couldn’t be happier," she added. HILARIA BALDWIN RESPONDS TO ‘NEGATIVE COMMENTS’ ABOUT HER MISCARRIAGE: ‘IT MAKES THE TROLLS SEEM SMALLER’ Hilaria Baldwin told her followers to “stay tuned for a name.” Alec Baldwin, 62, also shared the exciting news to his Instagram and although it was the same photo, the funnyman issued a different capti...