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Take that, Donald Trump.  The View host Whoopi Goldberg revealed Thursday she has “no plans” to return to the Kennedy Center until it returns to “what it was supposed to be” in the time before the president took over.

SANTA FE, N.M. — Authorities are set to reveal more information about an investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa, whose partially mummified bodies were discovered last month at their home in New Mexico.

Police officials in Texas say they have arrested one of the suspected killers of a popular Fort Worth, Texas, rapper known as G$ Lil Ronnie (Ronnie Sibley) and his five-year-old daughter. The arrest occurred at a Chevron station in Livingston on U.S. Highway 59 and Highway 190.

NEW YORK (AP) — Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” that has been sampled by such R&B and rap heavyweights as Mary J. Blige, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Mos Def and Ice Cube, has died. He was 84.

Asian actor Stephen Park guest-starred on Friends nearly thirty years ago and says it was a racist environment.

ESPN talker Stephen A. Smith continues to be the most vocal person supposedly not running for the Democrat 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. He told late-night host Jimmy Fallon that the Democrats lack a “national voice,” which has triggered his rise among Democrat candidates.

Author and creator of the “Harry Potter” franchise J.K. Rowling railed against the transgender mob’s “unadulterated bulls**t” in response to a critic who tried to lecture her about “gender.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Steve Carell is sending Southern California high school students affected by the devasting wildfires in Los Angeles to the prom for free.

The popular musical “Hamilton” will be canceling its show at the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center following the Trump administration’s shakeup of the current staff.

The Sesame Workshop will “downsize significantly” due to ongoing layoffs, said President and CEO Sherrie Rollins Westin on Wednesday.

Kimberly Burch — the fiancée of Taime Downe, the frontman of the 80’s rock band Faster Pussycat — plunged from a cruise ship following a “heated argument” with the rocker, sending crew members on a frantic search which has since been suspended.

Actor David Schwimmer, star of TV’s ‘Friends,’ is calling on Jewish celebrities to end their silence and stand up against antisemitism.

More layoffs have hit the Disney Grooming Syndicate, a wipe out of about 200 jobs, which represents six percent of the staff in two major divisions.

Tuesday, shortly before President Donald Trump delivered his address to a joint session of Congress, musician and entertainer Kid Rock offered Democrats some advice.

Actor Mark Wahlberg told “Fox & Friends” during an interview on Ash Wednesday, that the start of the Lenten Season means “It’s a reminder that I need to do more, and I need to be better.”

On a night of political theater perhaps not seen in U.S. history, with Democrats protesting President Donald Trump’s primetime address to Congress, several members walking out, shouting at the president, and Texas Democrat Al Green being removed from the chamber, actress Roseanne Barr said the spectacle marks an end for the Democrats.  

The family of late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins have blasted “shameless” Alec Baldwin’s new reality TV show The Baldwins, filing a notice of deposition Monday demanding the actor “face the real-life consequences that he caused” and “face reality under oath.”

First Lady Melania Trump attended her husband’s State of the Union (SOTU) address on Tuesday evening, opting for a low-key skirt suit from Dior. 

Actress Mia Farrow just dropped a new theory about the survivability of Democracy in America. This time saying she’ll be surprised if we make it to Labor Day. 

“Mike Johnson did what Republicans have needed to do since Lincoln. Start throwing the bums into the gutter and the criminals into prison. Bravo,” veteran actor James Woods said in response to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson ordering the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove Rep. Al Green (D-TX), after her refused to take his seat and cease shouting at President Donald Trump during his Congressional address Tuesday night.

Season three of HBO’s “White Lotus” features a scene in the third episode depicting a closet-conservative speaking with her long-distance liberal friends, who are too narrow-minded to accept the fact that she enjoys living in Texas with conservatives and then accuse her of voting for President Donald Trump.

Bravo host Andy Cohen attacked Meghan McCain for supporting a teen who has advocated against men participating in women’s sports after suffering a traumatic brain injury resulting from a transgender opponent spiking a ball at her head during a volleyball game. McCain quickly hit back, slamming Cohen for ignoring “violence against women.”

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that President Donald Trump’s actions against the White House press pool since taking office are like an authoritarian regime’s state TV.

Drag queen shows are no longer allowed on Texas A&M University campuses, leadership has decided.

First Lady Melania Trump visited Capitol Hill on Monday, advocating passage of the Take It Down Act to protect Americans from deepfake revenge porn, in yet another suit. 

Disney sparked backlash online after news broke it would be pulling the plug on a ‘Tiana’ princess series for its streaming platform, Disney+. 

Folk rock legend Neil Young and his band Chrome Hearts will open an upcoming European tour with a free concert in Ukraine, according to a post on his website.

Meghan McCain took to her social media on Monday to blast ABC’s “The View” “Republican” co-host Alyssa Farah and said that Farah does not represent any center-right women anywhere in America.

Meghan Markle’s With Love, Meghan show debuted on Netflix Tuesday and immediately received mass mockery from viewers.

Sunday night’s Oscar telecast was another Hollywood humiliation — the third-worst rating in Academy history.

Nurse anesthetist Annemarie Wiley — who is married to sportscaster and former NFL player, Marcellus Wiley — says she was fired by Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” due to her conservative views.

The streaming platform Hulu, a subsidiary of Disney, has apologized for tech glitches and outages during its livestream of the Oscars telecast on Sunday.

Country music legend Dolly Parton announced that her husband of almost 60 years, Carl Dean died. He was 82-years-old.

Last night’s Academy Awards had a handful of surprises though none were as shocking as those seen on the red carpet. 

California Democrat State Assemblyman Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Hollywood) is rushing to amend a proposed bill that would have made it unlawful for a homeowner to exercise self-defense against a burglar in many circumstances.

Whoopi Goldberg told her co-hosts Monday on ABC’s “The View” that the Oval Office meeting last week between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was “one of the most embarrassing things” she had ever seen.