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Former American Idol contestant Ryan Cassata, who identifies as a transgender man, is accusing the show of attempting to exploit transgender people for ratings in the wake of Bruce Jenner’s gender transition.

Amid questions about Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s authenticity and electability, some major Hollywood donors are ready to put their money and support behind Vice President Joe Biden, and have scheduled a fundraiser for the 72-year-old Wednesday in West Hollywood.

Rocker Lenny Kravitz accidently introduced fans to a new member of his band at a show in Sweden Monday.

On Tuesday’s episode of The View, which was dedicated solely to the show’s “Hot Topics” segment, Project Runway junior judge and former Fashion Police co-host Kelly Osbourne went after the billionaire frontrunner, and asked a question that is drawing the ire of social media.

Bruce Jenner introduced Boy George before a set in Los Angeles Friday night to a standing ovation from fans.

Electronic musician Moby, a staunch vegan, joined members of the group Mercy for Animals in front of a major supermarket in Los Angeles, CA, to protest Foster Farms’ treatment of chickens.

While Facebook allows users to edit updates they have already published, Twitter offers no such option. This might now change, thanks to reality TV star Kim Kardashian.

If you’re still standing up to pee in the shower, you’re doing it wrong; you’ve got to squat for that. Also, avoid doing so in front of your partner, because you still need to be a viable option for sex at some point.

Two free concerts planned on L.A.’s Sunset Strip by rapper Future were cancelled Thursday, after massive crowds of fans caused two separate road closures and shot off fire extinguishers.

Thomas James Gabel, the transgender front man for the punk rock band Against Me!, who now goes by Laura Jane Grace, recently met up with members of the LGBT-inspired Scottish punk group Spook School for a discussion filmed by Rolling Stone.

A Thailand-based modeling agency is opening an office in Los Angeles, which will cater exclusively to transgender clients.

Attorney Loredana Nesci, a former Los Angeles police officer and the star of SundanceTV’s Loredana, Esq. was shot to death Wednesday morning inside her Southern California home.

Illegal immigrant and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas’ documentary White People debuted on MTV Wednesday night, and Vargas believes in the film’s message: white Americans must embrace and be included in conversations about race, because it’s their destiny.

Comedian Bill Cosby has filed for court sanctions against a woman who accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 2005.

Following the release of documents from a decade-old deposition, wherein comedian Bill Cosby admitted he previously obtained powerful drugs to give to prospective sexual partners, several of his A-list friends are turning their backs on him.

Hours before they were scheduled to be put down, two dogs at an animal shelter in Georgia were spared after an image of them hugging made its rounds online.

A docu-series following Bruce Jenner’s new life as a woman has reached out to a group of transgender and mental health experts as consultants.

Jill Soloway, the creator of Amazon’s transgender-themed original drama Transparent, wants to change the way stories are told in TV and film by ridding the industry of its so-called “male privilege.”

Monday night on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, actress Charlize Theron revealed she once invited President Obama to a rather seedy place.

Despite more overall awareness of Hollywood’s gender inequality issues, women have made no progress in recent years, and have actually lost ground, according to Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson.

Mexican-American comedian George Lopez, the star of two cancelled sitcoms and host of the ill-fated talk show Lopez Tonight, went after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over the weekend at a show in Phoenix, AZ.

Actress Demi Moore is asking for privacy after a 21-year-old man was found dead in the bottom of her Beverly Hills swimming pool over the weekend.

In June, a small group of nuns embroiled in a real estate dispute with the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles vowed to fight the sale of their Los Feliz former convent to pop star Katy Parry. Friday, the ladies took the case to the courts.

Alternative rock band 3 Doors Down was playing a packed show in Broomfield, CO, this week, when frontman Brad Arnold abruptly stopped the show after he witnessed a man allegedly hit a woman.

Men’s underwear, alcohol, Mexican wrestling and hip-hop don’t mix. Just ask Marc Sprung, the owner of the New York City gym Church Street Boxing.

After his critically acclaimed drama Empire was snubbed by the Emmys, producer/director Lee Daniels went off on the Television Academy Thursday.

In May, actor Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard were threatened for breaking Australia’s strict animal quarantine laws by illegally transporting their dogs into the country. Now, Heard is scheduled to go before a judge over the matter.

For the second year in a row, a member of the LGBT community has taken home ESPN’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award, simply for being gay or transgender. If you take issue with that, you’re a trans-phobic and vile hatemonger, according to numerous media outlets.

Thanks to investments in original programming, with popular shows such as Orange is the New Black and House of Cards, Netflix added 2.5 million new subscribers in the second quarter of 2015.

President Barack Obama said Wednesday he cannot revoke comedian Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom, but did imply accusations lodged against him, paired with an admission he used drugs for sex, make a strong case he may be guilty of rape.

The surgeon who presided over an operation that ultimately left comedian Joan Rivers dead took photos of her as she lay unconscious in the operating table, according to court documents from her daughter’s wrongful death lawsuit.

While on tour to promote his 1985 album Southern Accents, Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers at times performed alongside a Confederate flag; a decision he now says was “downright stupid.”

She’s not a big rock singer, but reality TV star Kim Kardashian can see her “smilin’ face” on the cover of this month’s Rolling Stone, and Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor isn’t happy about it.

Detroit members of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network now plan to pressure General Motors to cut ties with musician Kid Rock over his use of the Confederate flag at concerts, and the company is hearing them out.

Oscar-nominated Mexican actor Demián Bichir, who played an illegal immigrant in 2011’s A Better Life, says Donald Trump is but a small enemy of illegal immigration, and is unelectable.

Award-winning documentarian Laura Poitras, whose Edward Snowden feature Citizenfour took home an Oscar in February, is suing the United States government for information concerning what she calls dozens of harassing detainments by security officials at airports both in the U.S. and abroad.