Beth Garrabrant If artists mentioned on Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department can experience big streaming boosts, who’s to say it can’t do the same for authors like Dylan Thomas? After Taylor mentioned the song “Downtown Lights” by the Scottish band The Blue Nile in her TTPD song “Guilty as Sin,” streams of the 1989 song experienced a …

An age progression photo from the FBI of what Stephen Gale may look like at age 71. Via Middlesex District Attorney’s Office (NEW YORK) —  Massachusetts authorities are searching for a newly identified suspect in two rapes from 1989 — a crime the Framingham police chief said “haunted the Framingham …

© Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved A new trailer for the movie version of Wicked has arrived. The new look at the Jon M. Chu-directed film, starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, was released Wednesday.  “Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” …

Disney/Eric McCandless May 19 isn’t just the American Idol finale — it’s also judge Katy Perry‘s final episode. She announced earlier this year that she’s stepping away from the show, and Idol host Ryan Seacrest says she’ll be going out with a bang. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Seacrest said of …

Sophie Turner and Taylor Swift in November 2023; Gotham/GC Images After Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner split up last year, Sophie was seen hanging out in New York City with Taylor Swift, who had briefly dated Joe back in the day. In a new interview with Vogue UK, Sophie explains …

Geo Piatt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s celebrated ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, ending racial segregation in America’s public schools, turns 70 this week, and the anniversary is being marked as a major advance for civil rights. But less well-known is that the landmark case …

Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images  We hope Selena Gomez‘s boyfriend, Benny Blanco, has informed her that he wants to be a dad. Appearing on The Howard Stern Show, the songwriter, producer and cookbook author said, “That’s, like, my next goal … I got a lotta godkids, I got a ton of nephews, I …

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images TLC has been forced to postpone four Canadian shows after T-Boz and some other tour members came down with the flu. “Unfortunately, a few members of our tour, including T-Boz, have fallen ill with the flu,” read a statement from the group. “As a result, she has …

Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departs from his home to attend his second day of testimony at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 14, 2024 in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — In emotional testimony on Tuesday, Michael Cohen spoke about how his loyalty to former …

Facebook /Marion County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A school principal has been arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment of a child under 13 years of age after allegedly physically attacking and detaining a student against their will for over an hour, police said. The incident …