The mastermind behind the iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, who co-founded the company in 1976 in his parents’ garage alongside childhood friend Steve Wozniak, Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004. He received a liver transplant in 2009. A statement on the Apple company website read: “Apple has lost a visionary and [...]
Andy Whitfield has died at the age of 39. The Welsh-Australian actor, who played the title role in the first season of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, passed away on Sunday in Sydney after suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Whitfield’s wife Vashti called her husband a “beautiful young warrior” who died on a “sunny Sydney morning” in the “arms [...]
Actor Michael Showers, 45, who had a small role on the HBO drama Treme, was found dead in the Mississippi River Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Port of New Orleans confirms to EW. His body was first spotted floating in the river near New Orleans’ French Quarter by a steamboat captain. Showers appeared to have been dead [...]
Celebrities including Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Clarkson have offered their condolences to victims of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse. At least five people were killed and over 40 were injured when strong winds tore down a structure at the Indianapolis event, minutes before country music duo Sugarland were set to perform. The band told the BBC afterwards that they were “stunned [...]
The artist most well-known for his One Tree Hill theme song has been hospitalized. E! News confirms that Gavin DeGraw was taken to Bellevue Hospital after being brutally assaulted in New York City late Sunday night. A spokesperson for the NYPD says the incident included a group of males and took place at 4:30 a.m. He also informed us [...]
Annette Charles, best known for her saucy role as Cha Cha DiGregorio in Grease, died last night in los Angeles due to complictions from cancer, her rep comfirms to E! News. Charles, who will always be remembered for outdancing all of Rydell High with John Travolta, was 63-years-old. See Cha Cha’s famous dance scene here… We’ll always [...]
Bubba Smith, the former NFL star who made a successful jump to acting with a series of memorable Miller Lite ads and a key role in the hilarious Police Academy movies, has died. He was 66. Authorities believe Smith succumbed to natural causes Wednesday at his Los Angeles-area home. Ed Winter, assistant chief investigator for the L.A. [...]
Already facing a barrage of lawsuits for financial mishandling and plagiarism, rapper Lil’ Wayne is now being dragged into court to face a $15-million legal claim he stole parts of the hit song Bedrock. The bosses at Done Deal Enterprises claim Wayne and his label, Young Money Records stole parts of the song, which also featured Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lloyd and [...]
Some people just can’t let it go. Reality star-turned-celebrity fashion commentator Kelly Osbourne did not have nice things to say about pop star Christina Aguilera’s weight gain on a recent “E! Fashion Police” segment. Apparently, Osbourne thought Aguilera filled out a certain black dress just a little too much. “Maybe she is just becoming the [...]
Two actors who began their careers playing mostly androgynous characters in low-budget art films but who went on to star in huge blockbusters are now the highest-earning actors in Hollywood, according to Forbes magazine. Leonardo DiCaprio tops the list with an estimated $77 million earned between May 2010 and May 2011, while Johnny Depp, who topped the list [...]