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Coolio, a Grammy-winning rapper, died after he was found unresponsive at a friend’s Los Angeles home, according to the New York Times. He was 59. Artis Leon Ivey Jr., better known as Coolio, was an American rapper and musician best known for his 1995 single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which was taken from an album with the same name. It was reported by Reuters that the song, which was a massive hit featured in the film Dangerous Minds, won the Grammy Award for best rap solo performance the following year. Jarez Posey, the rapper’s manager, told the New York Times that the…

During a recent visit to Stavanger, the northernmost member of the EU, Hollywood star Brad Pitt exhibited his sculptures for the first time for the public. Pitt’s works are on display at the Sara Hilden Art Museum in Tampere. This is part of an exhibition by visual artist Thomas Houseago, alongside ceramic figures by Australian musician Nick Cave. It is Pitt’s and Cave’s first time displaying their artwork, the museum said, even though both are well-known in the film and music industries. DPA reports that the pieces were created over the course of an ongoing dialogue with Houseago. Thomas Houseago…

It is reported that Lewis Hamilton declined a role in Tom Cruise’s top-grossing film Top Gun: Maverick due to his Formula One commitments. Seven-time world champion told Vanity Fair that he had been desperate for a part in the movie. “Basically I’m a friend of Tom Cruise,” the 37-year-old Mercedes driver said. “He invited me to his set years ago when he was doing ‘Edge of Tomorrow’, and then we just built a friendship over time.” The original 1986 Top Gun movie was one of Hamilton’s favorite movies. “When I heard the second one was coming out, I was like,…

The actor Mickey Rourke, known for playing Ivan Vanko (Whiplash) in Iron Man 2, described Amber Heard as a gold digger in a new interview. In discussing her and Johnny Depp’s trial, he said he faced false allegations himself in the past and that he has known Johnny for a long time. The defamation case against Amber was won by Johnny Depp on June 1 following a six-week trial. Mickey told Piers Morgan Uncensored, when asked about Johnny Heard and Amber Heard’s trial, “I’ve known Johnny for many years, but not intimately.” The only thing I could say was that…

The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles has received a donation from Johnny Depp over a month after he won a defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. In the past, Amber had failed to donate her divorce payout to the same charity as she had promised. Johnny Depp is winning hearts with his recent donation to charity organizations. Actor Johnny Deep recently sold off his NFTs from his art community, Never Fear Truth, and donated the proceeds to charities. The donation also was made to the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, associated with the actor’s ex-wife Amber Heard. A total of…

Top Gun: Maverick, starring Tom Cruise, has become the highest grossing film of 2022 so far after surpassing one billion dollars at the global box office. Tom Cruise’s latest action film is also the most successful in terms of box office revenue of his entire career. Maverick has already made $1.006 billion (£813 million) since its release a month ago, according to Variety. Previously, the biggest film of the year was the Marvel sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which raked in $947m (£772m). Cruise’s biggest hit to date was Mission: Impossible – Fallout in 2018, which made…

The Internet is buzzing with rumors that Walt Disney has apologized to Johnny Depp and offered him $300 million to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow. Johnny Depp has been trying to get his career back on track since he won the defamation case against Amber Heard. It seems that he doesn’t care about the money; he wants to get back to what he was before the case. However, he will receive $10.35 million in damages. In the recent past, Disney fans have repeatedly demanded that the Pirates of the Caribbean star receive an apology. Now, the company has…

Amber Heard was found guilty by a seven-member jury of libelous defamation for her remarks regarding domestic violence in a Washington Post op-ed in 2018, and she was sentenced to pay $15 million dollars in damages. In the jury’s verdict, each of the three statements in Heard’s op-ed defamed Johnny Depp. The Fairfax County Courthouse clerk announced the jury’s verdict. Additionally, the jury concluded Heard had acted with actual malice, meaning she knew her statements were false at the time she made them. As the jury deliberated in Fairfax County, the attorneys gathered at the courthouse. Depp was not present…

Ray Liotta, who starred as mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s 1980 gangster film Goodfellas, as well as appearing in Field of Dreams, died while in the Dominican Republic. Jennifer Allen, the star’s publicist, says that he was on location filming Dangerous Waters. The actor, whose other films include Something Wild, Marriage Story, and Hannibal, died in his sleep while shooting his latest project in the Dominican Republic. Liotta’s big break came when he starred as ex-convict Ray Sinclair in the black comedy Something Wild in 1986. The role earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Later, he starred in Dominick…

William Hurt, who rose to fame in the 1980s with a number of hits such as Kiss of the Spider Woman and The Big Chill and Body Heat, died Sunday from natural causes at his home in Portland Oregon. The news of 71-year-old Hurt’s death was confirmed to the media by his son. His son Will said in a statement, “It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday. He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes.” With…