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Joan Rivers’ daughter hires firm to investigate mother’s death

Melissa Rivers, the daughter of comedian Joan Rivers, has hired a New York law firm to investigate the circumstances behind her mother’s death from a complication during an outpatient throat procedure, the firm said on Tuesday.

 
Ex-actress Amanda Bynes arrested for DUI in LA

Former actress Amanda Bynes was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of driving while under the influence of a drug, authorities said Monday.

 
Miley Cyrus’ MTV awards date is a wanted man

The young homeless man who accompanied Miley Cyrus to the MTV Video Music Awards has a warrant out for his arrest on charges of criminal mischief, criminal trespass and burglary in 2010 in Oregon.

 
Rap mogul Suge Knight hurt in nightclub shooting

Death Row Records founder and rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was injured in an early morning shooting Sunday in a packed nightclub but was expected to survive, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant said.

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Hello, Vegas, meet Beatlemania

The lads from Liverpool arrived in Vegas in 1964 and performed for 17,000 screaming fans in the entertainment capital of the world. The buzz was unbelievable. Las Vegas had seen hot acts before, but this was Beatlemania.

 
Jackie Chan’s son caught in Beijing drug bust

The actor-son of Hong Kong action superstar Jackie Chan has been detained in Beijing on drug-related charges, the latest high-profile celebrity to be ensnared in one of China’s biggest anti-drug crackdowns in two decades.

 
Actress Lauren Bacall dead at 89

Film actress Lauren Bacall has died at the age of 89, the estate of the Bogart family said on Tuesday.

 
Robin Williams dead at 63

Robin Williams, the Academy Award winner and comic supernova whose explosions of pop culture riffs and impressions dazzled audiences for decades and made him a gleamy-eyed laureate for the Information Age, died Monday in an apparent suicide. He was 63.

 
‘The Interview’ moved back to Christmas Day

Sony Pictures Entertainment has moved James Franco and Seth Rogen’s new action-comedy “The Interview” to Christmas Day from its original Oct. 10 release date.

 
McEnroe’s son charged with drug possession

The son of tennis star and ESPN analyst John McEnroe and actress Tatum O’Neal has been charged with drug possession.

 
‘Drop Dead Fred’ star dies at 56

British comedian and actor Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into his comedic routines, died in his London home on Monday. He was 56.

 
Comedian Tracy Morgan critically injured in 6-car pileup

Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured in a fatal six-vehicle pileup on the New Jersey Turnpike on Saturday, hours after performing a standup routine at a show in Delaware, authorities said.

 
Newly released video shows Wayne Newton’s yacht sinking in Lake Mead

A National Park Service video, obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal through a Freedom of Information Act request, shows Wayne Newton’s 65-foot luxury houseboat quickly sinking to the bottom of Lake Mead last year after a salvage crew freed the damaged vessel from a covered slip at Temple Bar Marina in Arizona.