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“Pawn Stars” patriarch, Richard Benjamin Harrison, who was known as “The Old Man,” has died at age 77.

Actor Jamie Foxx hosted the BET Awards, telling “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler “We don’t need a president right now because we got our king.” Sunday’s political show saw leftist Shaun King and student gun control activists honored, and singer Anita Baker received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

“After years of smearing good people with false charges of bigotry, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has finally been held to account,” Marc Thiessen writes in his latest Washington Post column regarding the SPLC’s $3.375 million settlement and public apology to Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamic radical-turned-reformer who the SPLC included in its “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists.”

President Donald Trump will participate in a roundtable ahead of his rally Wednesday in Duluth, MN.

The MTV Movie & TV Awards gave “Black Panther” its first taste of awards glory, with Marvel’s blockbuster taking home four honors including two awards for its star, Chadwick Boseman.

A van ran into a small group of pop music fans at a festival in the Netherlands, killing one person and injuring three others before fleeing the scene. Dutch police detained a suspect hours later.

The combined powers of superheroes, the Pixar brand and a draught of family-friendly films helped “Incredibles 2” become the best animated opening of all time, the biggest PG-rated launch ever and the 8th highest film launch overall.

Donald Trump Jr. provoked the outrage of left-wing pundits, activists, journalists, and other Blue Check Marks by sharing a picture on Father’s Day of him playing with his children in a pool.

Apple says it has reached a multiyear deal with Oprah Winfrey to create original programs for its streaming service.

Los Angeles police are investigating reports of elder abuse against Stan Lee that come amid a struggle over the life and fortune of the 95-year-old Marvel Comics mogul, court documents showed Wednesday.

Guess Inc. announced Tuesday that its co-founder Paul Marciano is stepping down after the completion of a company-commissioned investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and assault.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 250 firefighters raced to the hills overlooking Los Angeles to battle a blaze that ignited Tuesday afternoon in thick brush surrounded by mansions.

A grand jury in Virginia has indicted actress and activist Rose McGowan on one felony count of cocaine possession.

President Donald Trump is holding a media availability after meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. The conference began at 4 p.m. in Singapore, the early hours of Tuesday morning in America.

The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg sets out to define the president’s foreign policy — or the Trump Doctrine — and writes that he believes one senior U.S. official summed it up to him in just three words.

Mindy Kaling took on President Donald Trump in her Sunday commencement address to Dartmouth College graduates, suggesting he may have “tweeted us into war” with Wakanda, the fictional country from “Black Panther.”

“Ocean’s 8,” the female-led overall of the starry “Ocean’s” franchise, opened with $41.5 million at the box office, taking the weekend’s top spot from the fast-falling “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”

Tune in to Breitbart News’s coverage of day three of the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 2018 “Road to Majority” conference in Washington, DC.

The son of actor Ryan O’Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett has been charged with attempted murder in an alleged crime spree last month that included randomly attacking five men and robbing a 7-Eleven convenience store.

Conservative leaders and lawmakers speak Friday at the 2018 Road to Majority conference held annually by the Faith and Freedom Coalition. Speakers on Friday’s agenda: Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA) Rep. Marsha Blackburn

Bernie Marcus writes that President Trump’s National Security Strategy tells us that we must “embrace energy dominance” by “unleashing our abundant energy resources,” including natural gas. If we follow that course, we could break free of the stranglehold of OPEC.

Lawmakers speak at a Capitol Hill Townhall event Thursday as part of the 2018 Road to Majority conference held annually by Faith and Freedom Coalition.

Naomi Jagoda writes for The Hill about a new poll that essentially contradicts many surveys finding that more people oppose the GOP tax law than support it.

The Nation has endorsed activist and former Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon, to be New York’s next governor. Citing her career as an “advocate” for “workers and citizens,” the liberal magazine described Nixon as “a proven fighter not just for education, but for marriage equality and women’s rights.”

“I’m putting TBS on notice,” Kathy Griffin said while urging her fans to support Samantha Bee’s remaining ‘Full Frontal’ advertisers and “really, really, shade” the two companies, State Farm and Autotrader, that suspended ads on the TBS show.

Kathy Griffin will be honored Tuesday by West Hollywood for raising more than $5 million for HIV/AIDS services and LGBTQ causes.

Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to rape and criminal sex act charges in New York City. Weinstein appeared before a judge in Manhattan Tuesday after a grand jury charged him last week with raping a woman in a hotel room and forcing another to perform oral sex in his office.

The Associated Press writes: “Trump retains his pardoning powers up until a possible impeachment. And considering that impeachment trials tend to be wildly partisan affairs, it is unlikely Trump would be ousted so long as the GOP still controls the House and Senate.”

After delaying its airing in the aftermath of February’s Florida high school shooting, Paramount Network is permanently scrapping “Heathers.”

The lawsuit was filed in New York by three women, including one who says Harvey Weinstein raped her at a Manhattan hotel in 2011. It comes a week after Weinstein was arrested on New York state rape and criminal sex act charges.

A new report quotes MSNBC staffers who are upset with the network’s casual dismissal of Joy Reid’s growing pile of controversial writings — that management won’t come clean about the “joke” claim that the blog was hacked, that more and more topics are becoming too awkward for Reid to discuss, and that the channel’s credibility is taking a big hit.

Roseanne Barr has returned to Twitter and told people not to feel sorry for her while also highlighting supporters’ tweets that attacked ABC and others.

In the largest disturbance yet in Disney’s otherwise lucrative reign over “Star Wars,” the Han Solo spinoff “Solo: A Star Wars Story” opened well below expectations with a franchise-low $83.3 million in ticket sales over the three-day weekend in North American theaters.

BOSTON (AP) — LeBron James scored 35 points with 15 rebounds and nine assists on Sunday night to earn an eighth straight trip to the NBA Finals, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to an 87-79 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Military historian and Breitbart News contributor Patrick K. O’Donnell is the author of the new book, The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home.

The makers of “Sesame Street” are suing the promoter of a new Melissa McCarthy movie, saying it’s abusing the famed puppets’ sterling reputation to advertise the R-rated film.