It could be over for Sean “Diddy” Combs and his seemingly bulletproof, billion-dollar empire. “He has a very questionable past that he’s been able to control because of his power for a very long time,” Derrick Parker, who was a detective in the NYPD’s rap intelligence unit (aka “Hip Hop Cops”), told The Post. “But … Read more
Spinal Tap is ready for their encore. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Rob Reiner, who appeared in the 1984 cult rock mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” were spotted filming the movie’s long-awaited sequel last week in New Orleans. Pictures obtained by The Post show McKean, 76, who played band frontman David St. Hubbins in the … Read more
There’s a moment toward the end of “The Greatest Night in Pop” — the new Netflix documentary (premiering Monday) that goes inside the making of “We Are the World,” the historic 1985 charity single — where even Bob Dylan was intimidated by the star-studded session. Surrounded by everyone from Ray Charles, Diana Ross and Paul … Read more
Step aside, “Uptown Girl.” There’s a new Billy Joel pop song in town. For the first time in 30 years, the 74-year-old “Piano Man” singer will release a new pop song, titled “Turn the Lights Back On,” on Feb. 1. Joel teased the new tune at the Dec. 19 show of his 10-year Madison Square … Read more
Jermaine Jackson is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in or around the spring of 1988, according to a new lawsuit. Filed by Rita Butler Barrett on Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by The Post, the suit accuses the famed member of The Jackson 5 of sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual battery, … Read more
“Love Actually” was a box office sensation when it premiered in 2003, and the British rom-com has gone on to become a beloved Christmas classic in the two decades since. And while many members of the ensemble cast have gone on to have Hollywood careers. including Keira Knightley, some stars are rarely seen in public. … Read more
In the summer of 1991, Susannah Breslin, a 23-year-old college student, agreed to meet with Jack Block, a prominent psychologist who’d been spying on her for most of her life. From the time she was three, Breslin had been part of a groundbreaking program at the University of California, Berkeley, called the Block and Block … Read more
I recall that day as if I’d just seen a constellation, something from outer space, something I’d never forget as I’d never see it again. This was Monday, Oct. 18, 1971. I had to look up the date but the moment remains vivid. Steelers at Chiefs. It included a play I figured would be the … Read more
“I’ve been feeling the ’30s are being repeated all over again,” Evelyn Konrad told The Post in the wake of growing antisemitism in America and across the world. The 94-year-old New Yorker was a 9-year-old girl on Nov. 9-10, 1938 — when Nazis ravaged the Jewish community in her hometown of Vienna, Austria, in the notorious … Read more
She definitely has a ticket to anywhere now. Tracy Chapman made history Wednesday night when she won her song “Fast Car” won Song of the Year at the 57th Country Music Association Awards, 35 years after the song’s original release. Her win makes her the first Black songwriter, male or female, to win Song of … Read more
Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter claims the marriage between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will last “years rather than decades.” “I would measure the duration of the marriage in years rather than decades,” Carter, 74, told The Sunday Times in a new interview. “I think she has run rings around poor Harry and gotten … Read more
There was a brief moment during Hip Hop 50 Live — an epic celebration of the golden anniversary of hip-hop that stretched from Friday night into Saturday morning at New York’s Yankee Stadium— that provided a quick reality check. In between Kid Capri’s DJ set and a breakdancing segment featuring Rock Steady Crew legend Crazy … Read more
No, it doesn’t stand for junk mail. It’s not just ketchup preservation methods that are blowing people’s minds. Online epicures had their world turned upside down after learning what the acronym for the ubiquitous canned pork patty SPAM stands for. First released in 1937 by Minnesota-based food firm, Hormel Foods, the infamous meat rectangle has … Read more
It was a reunion fans were jonesing for. Harrison Ford, 80, and his “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” co-star Ke Huy Quan, 51, sent social media into a meltdown Sunday after they were pictured hugging at the 2023 Academy Awards. Quan — who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in … Read more
The future may not be as bright. IQ scores have decreased in the US for the first time in decades, new research from scientists at Northwestern University and the University of Oregon suggests. The study, which was published in the journal Intelligence this month, indicated that IQ levels had lowered, especially for those with less … Read more
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is being accused of sexual assault, sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress in a new lawsuit from a woman who claims to have had a relationship with him when she was a teenager. Julia Holcomb is alleging that Tyler convinced Holcomb’s mother to grant him guardianship over her when … Read more
Hold on to your hats! “Twister” is finally getting a sequel. A follow-up to the 1996 storm-chasing blockbuster, which will be titled “Twisters,” is in the works, according to Deadline. Steven Spielberg reportedly “flipped” for the script, written by “The Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith. The original film starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, who … Read more
In the mid-1960s, researchers at D.C.’s top pediatric hospital set out to vanquish a diabolical virus that filled wards with wheezing infants each winter. Their weapon: a vaccine designed to target respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV. The virus had been identified only a decade earlier but was already known to be one of the … Read more
A research assistant prepares a PCR reaction for polio at a lab at Queens College on August 25, 2022, in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images When a young adult in a New York City suburb visited an emergency department in June after experiencing weakness in their lower legs, the shocking … Read more
A specific type of poliovirus has been spreading in Rockland County, New York, as well as in neighboring areas, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to add the United States to a list of countries (opens in new tab) where similar polioviruses have been detected. The list includes about 30 countries in Europe, Asia and … Read more