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The Academy Awards has announced its line-up of presenters and performers for this year’s Oscars, as it battles an ongoing row about diversity. Among those taking part in the ceremony are Benicio del Toro, Whoopi Goldberg and Kevin Hart. “Each of these artists brings a wonderfully distinctive element to the Oscars stage,” said the producers. The Oscars has been overshadowed ...

Tyga is finally weighing in on Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna’s relationship, and the 26-year-old rapper is surprisingly supportive. “Everybody deserves to be happy,” Tyga said when asked how he felt about Blac Chyna, his ex-fiancee and mother of his 3-year-old son, King Cairo, dating Rob, Kylie Jenner’s brother. The strange and complex web of drama that is Rob and ...

Wendy Williams has never been afraid to speak her mind, even if means meriting a few stares, glares and enemies in the entertainment business. So when it came time for the radio disc jokey turned beloved daytime talk show host to give her two cents on the Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa Amber Rose debacle that exploded on Twitter, Ms. Williams ...

Last night, seemingly on a whim, Kanye West tweeted that he’s changing the name of his upcoming album from Swish to Waves. And while most people received the news with a shrug, Wiz Khalifa was pretty ticked off. He felt like the name disrespected Harlem rapper Max B, who describes his brand of hip-hop as wavy. Wiz tweeted: “Max B ...

Rocky star Sylvester Stallone has added to his awards season success by being honoured at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The Montecito Award is given for an actor’s “great contribution to film”. The festival’s executive director Roger Durling praised Oscar-nominated Stallone for his comeback performance, in Creed, calling him a “true legend”. Previous recipients of the award include Daniel ...

A bottled water company owned in part by Sean “Diddy” Combs and Mark Wahlberg is pledging to donate 1 million bottles of water to the residents of Flint, Michigan. Ahydrate says it’s sending 5,000 cases of water to Flint and will continue to provide bottles to residents until the city’s water problems are solved. The company says the water is ...

LONDON — A British army officer, who was a friend of Prince Harry and William, has collapsed and died from organ failure after walking 913 miles across Antarctica, unaided, to raise money for one of William’s charities. In an emotional statement, William and Harry said they had “lost a friend” who would remain “a source of inspiration” to them. Former ...

The Revenant has stormed to the top of the US box office in a weekend affected by the East Coast snow storm. The Oscar nominated film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is about a frontiersman fighting for survival after being attacked by a bear. It took $16m (£11.2m) with Star Wars: The Force Awakens in second place with $14.3m (£10m). Storm Jonas ...

A RUSSIAN man with a striking resemblance to Hollywood hunk Leonardo DiCaprio has sent the internet into meltdown. Twitter user @EnglishRussia1 shared a snap of a Russian officer on their newsfeed over the weekend – and it almost broke the social media site. The man in the photo, who remains unnamed, shares a striking resemblance to lovely Leo, with near identical ...

Coleen Rooney has given birth to her third child. Wayne Rooney’s wife revealed on Twitter that she had welcomed a baby boy, Kit Joseph Rooney, on Sunday. Taking to Twitter to announce her new arrival, Coleen revealed her and Wayne’s baby boy arrived on Sunday, weighing in at 8Ib 1oz. She wrote: “Our gorgeous little Boy arrived today!! Kit Joseph Rooney …. ...