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Caroll Spinney, the iconic “Sesame Street” puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch during his nearly five decades on the children’s show, died today at 85. According to the NY Daily News, his death was announced by the Sesame Workshop, which said Spinney had been living with Dystonia …

Rapper Juice Wrld was on an early Sunday flight from California to Chicago when he suffered a seizure after deplaning. According to TMZ, Juice was walking through the airport when he began having a seizure. Law enforcement says that he was bleeding from the mouth when paramedics got on scene. …

Despite Michelle Williams being an integral member of Destiny’s Child and playing a large part in the group’s later success, the singer has still struggled with harsh comparisons to her two former groupmates, Beyonce and Kelly Rowland, and criticisms about her singing voice. Michelle was recently revealed to be the …

A young graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy is being hailed a hero after he reportedly relayed crucial information about the identity of the gunmen in the Pensacola Naval Air Station shooting to first responders, despite having been shot several times, a family member revealed. According to Fox News, Joshua …

When megaproducers Pharrell and Rick Rubin sat down together to discuss their music-making process, who would’ve known select comments made by Pharrell during their conversation last month would land him in legal trouble once again. In 2018, a jury awarded Marvin Gaye’s estate $5 million after ruling that Pharrell and Robin Thicke …

After a climate change protest that took place last month between Havard and Yale Universities during the Ivy League school football games, students have been sentenced to community service. The act took place midfield of the Yale Bowl during the halftime show. Participants that consisted of students as well as …

Solange Knowles is set to receive the first-ever Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact. The honor is named after the singer, and “Cabin in the Sky” actress Lena Horne, who was also a civil rights activist. She passed away in 2010 at age 92. The 33-year-old singer and …

There is nothing wrong with a friendly fashion battle among the celebs. Many celebs have been seen out and about in some of the same haute pieces. The pieces are possibly the hottest and trendiest items in Hollywood. In today’s showcase of Baller Alert’s Who Wore It Better, we have #CardiB, …

A woman who was a passenger on a United Airlines flight en route to Atlanta says she was stung by a scorpion on the plane from San Francisco on Thursday morning. According to TMZ, the woman says she felt a stinging sensation on her leg. When it continued, she went …

The wildly popular cult hit Comedy Central series Reno 911 that aired from 2003 to 2009 is being revived by Quibi, an upcoming American mobile video platform headquartered in Los Angeles. The streaming service has picked up the show’s seventh season, with co-creators Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Thomas …

Three men have been identified in the murder of Joshua Brown and are facing capital murder charges. Joshua Brown was shot multiple times at a Dallas apartment complex on Oct.4. Just a few days prior, Brown testified on the stand against former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger. When Brown was …

Is singer-rapper Lizzo this generation’s #Madonna? Her stylist #MarkoMonroe seems to think so. While her music is stellar, it’s more so Lizzo’s iconic fashions that make her as popular as Madonna.  “She’s made a splash,” he said. “I keep thinking, ‘Okay, people are watching [her outfits] now.'”  Monroe and Arkansas …

In a bold move by the Cleveland Browns, the NFL team has now cut defensive end, Chris Smith, just weeks after he became a single father in the wake of the untimely passing of his girlfriend in an accident. Head coach Freddie Kitchens spoke to reporters on Wednesday, stating, “It …

The Virginia Department of Corrections has submitted a public apology for subjecting an eight-year-old girl to a strip search during a trip to visit her father in state prison. On Nov. 24, Diamond Peerman drove her boyfriend’s daughter to visit him at the Buckingham Correctional Center in Dillwyn, Va. When …

Kansas City’s Chiefs running back LeSean McCoy has reached a private settlement with his ex-girlfriend Delicia Cordon over 2018 home invasion, according to court records filed Thursday. The civil suit stems from a July 10, 2018 home invasion at McCoy’s Milton home, in which Cordon was injured, AJC reports. In …