Tag: success

Macklemore's "Free Palestine" message at an Ed Sheeran concert has sparked a push to have him removed from the rest of the tour. While opening for Sheeran at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on Friday, the Grammy winner performed his protest track "Hind's Hall" and then addressed the crowd directly.

Diddy scored a major win in his defamation case against lawyer Ariel Mitchell and her client Courtney Burgess, who claims he has video of Diddy sexually assaulting minors and celebrities. Mitchell tried to get Diddy's lawsuit tossed out, but the judge ruled her arguments weren't convincing enough to stop the case from moving forward. The judge found that Mitchell's statements have precise meanings that are readily understood.

In 2013, Monique Rodriguez was eight months pregnant when she knew something was wrong. The labor and delivery nurse understood the warning signs well. When she suffered a uterine rupture, she repeatedly tried to tell the doctors caring for her that something did not feel right. Still, Rodriguez says, she wasn't heard in time. Her son, Milan, died. More than a decade later, Rodriguez, who went on to found the successful hair care company Mielle Organics, is turning one of the most painful experiences of her life into a $2 million commitment to BirthFUND, the maternal-health organization founded by journalist and author Elaine Welteroth that supports midwifery.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez's parents are asking prosecutors to pursue the harshest possible punishment against D4vd if he is convicted in their daughter's killing. The singer, whose legal name is David Burke, has been charged in connection with Celeste's death after her remains were discovered inside a Tesla registered to him at a Hollywood tow yard in September 2025.

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are apologizing for their $100 million big-budget musical being shelved. The untitled musical comedy film, known internally at Paramount as Whitney Springs, has been placed on the back burner. South Park writer Vernon Chatman penned the script for the movie, a musical comedy about slavery reparations. Kendrick Lamar helped produce and recorded original music for the film.