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Wu-Tang Clan member RZA poses for a portrait during the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The ice cream truck song has a racist past. So Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA wrote a new one

August 17, 2020 at 7:02 a.m.

Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA is putting the "good" in Good Humor, partnering with the sweets vendor to create a new ice cream truck jingle as a free alternative to the...

NEW JERSEY: FRANK SINATRA | Nicknamed "Ol' Blue Eyes" because of his striking eye color, Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. Sinatra's striking voice made him a massive star and pop culture icon, and he enjoyed decades of success, recording timeless tracks like "Fly Me to the Moon," acting in numerous films and participating in radio programming.

A collector says he discovered two never-before-heard Sinatra recordings. But is it really Frank?

August 16, 2020 at 6:51 a.m.

A few years after Jim Mahoney purchased one of the world's most complete collections of Frank Sinatra music and memorabilia at auction, he finally got around to the boxes containing...

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in a scene from "Wonder Woman 1984." Warner Bros. delayed the summer release of the film to Aug. 14 instead of June 5 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Clay Enos/Warner Bros Pictures via AP)

Top 5 panels to check out during DC FanDome

August 14, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

The DC FanDome programming schedule has been released. The scheduling site for DC's free, virtual fan event launched Friday, revealing over 100 hours of various presentations, discussions, screenings and musical...

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 15, 2018: Painter Luchita Hurtado, 97, is photographed next to her artwork, an untitled oil on canvas from 1971, on display as part of the "Made in LA 2018" biennial exhibit at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on June 15, 2018. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Painter Luchita Hurtado, who became an art star in her late 90s, has died at 99

August 14, 2020 at 2:26 p.m.

Shortly after the Hammer Museum opened the doors on its "Made in L.A." biennial in 2018, a visitor reached out to the museum to alert it to a mistake in...

Ellen DeGeneres and Katy Perry attend the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.

Katy Perry isn’t sorry she defended Ellen DeGeneres: ‘Not everyone is going to agree’

August 14, 2020 at 12:17 p.m.

Pop star Katy Perry is doubling down on a controversial tweet defending comedian Ellen DeGeneres, who recently came under fire after employees of her daytime talk show reported a toxic...

The vampires of FX's "What We Do in the Shadows" show up for their neighbors' Super Bowl bash. From left, Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) and energy vampire Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch).

The secret to ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ success? Toothpicks and blue jeans

August 14, 2020 at 9:31 a.m.

Some might be confounded by FX's hit mockuseries "What We Do in the Shadows," a surprise Emmy nominee for comedy series. But its brain trust insists there's nothing to be...

Musicians sue ‘The Voice’ producer, claiming it did not fully pay wages

August 14, 2020 at 6:43 a.m.

The American Federation of Musicians has sued the maker of NBC's "The Voice," alleging that the Beverly Hills-based producer of the reality singing competition shortchanged its members. The New York...

UNSPECIFIED - MAY 09: In this screengrab, Katy Perry performs during SHEIN Together Virtual Festival to benefit the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO powered by the United Nations Foundation on May 09, 2020. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for SHEIN)

Depression, heartbreak and then a reckoning: The rebirth of Katy Perry

August 13, 2020 at 10:53 a.m.

Before the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2000, Katheryn Hudson and her family gathered in their home, readying for the apocalypse. Her parents, both Pentecostal ministers, had already stocked...

Cardi B performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 6, 2019 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas.

Cardi B made an OnlyFans account to promote ‘WAP’ video — because of course she did

August 13, 2020 at 10:40 a.m.

Rapper Cardi B will soon be talking "WAP," "WAP," "WAP" on OnlyFans. The "I Like It" hitmaker has created an account on the content subscription service to offer fans a...

For summer stone fruit, have your cake and eat it too

August 13, 2020 at 9:33 a.m.

While summer in the "before times" may have meant swimsuits and beach days to most people, to me it only ever meant it was time to eat all the stone...

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