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KISS frontman Gene Simmons wants to trademark hand symbol

Numerous historians long ago agreed that rock ‘n’ roll emerged from Ike Turner’s “Rocket 88,” but who invented the “rock on” hand gesture so associated with the genre?

 
Former pro wrestler Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka dies at 73

Former pro wrestler Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, who earlier this month was found not competent to stand trial in the 1983 death of his girlfriend, has died at his son-in-law’s home in Florida. He was 73.

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Johnny Depp credits Wes Craven for the start of his career

Johnny Depp took questions at a rare public Q&A on Monday night at a screening of his Warner Bros. film “Black Mass” at the Toronto International Film Festival. The actor, who plays Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in the movie, turned reflective for a moment when a fan asked him about the late director Wes Craven casting him in his breakthrough role in 1984’s “Nightmare on Elm Street.”

 
‘Hobbit’ actor arrested on assault charge

San Antonio police have arrested “Hobbit” and “Arrow” actor Manu Bennett on a misdemeanor assault charge while he attended the Alamo City Comic Con.

 
Cosby’s wife defends him amid sexual assault allegations

Bill Cosby’s wife rebutted sex assault allegations against her husband of a half-century on Monday, saying the man being accused by at least 15 women of drugging and having sex with them is “a man I do not know.”