‘Scrubs’ actor and television star Sam Lloyd dies at 56

Actor Sam Lloyd who was best known for his role as the wacky lawyer Ted Buckland on “Scrubs,” has died. 

DJ Khaled talks about All In Challenge
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The award-winning music producer is offering a ride on jet skis and dinner with him at a restaurant in Miami as part of the celebrity-driven 'All In Challenge.'

This is his quest: An actor serenades NYC front-line workers

Theaters are shuttered, but somehow, Brian Stokes Mitchell has found a way to keep singing on Broadway. The veteran stage star with a velvety baritone opens his apartment window every night — fittingly on Broadway, a few miles up from the theater district — and sings his signature song, “The Impossible Dream,” to honor health-care and other front-line workers in New York.

FAA investigating incident at Hawthorne Airport involving actor Harrison Ford

Another piloting incident involving Harrison Ford is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, after the actor crossed an airplane on a runway despite the tower operator telling him to hold short due to traffic, officials said.

Oprah to headline Facebook, Instagram graduation event

Oprah Winfrey has bee slated to be the commencement speaker for the Class of 2020 in an online graduation live streamed from Facebook and Instagram.

Virus leaves New York City artists in a 'tailspin'

Across New York City, the coronavirus pandemic has upended almost everyone’s lives. But the arts community — the dancers, actors, visual artists and designers, who never made much income to start with — is especially suffering, imperiling New York City as a creative capital.

Gloomy summer looms as pandemic cancels US festivals, trips

Thelma Uranga is sprucing up her back deck in Chicago, hoping to host some small gatherings to take the place of the summer’s usual neighborhood festivals built on music, food and time with friends.

Irrfan Khan, of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' 'Life of Pi,' dead at 54

Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India's best-known exports to Hollywood, has died.

Grammy-nominated gospel singer Troy Sneed dies from COVID-19 complications

Troy Sneed, 52, arranged music on albums for the Georgia Mass Choir and appeared with the choir in 1996 film “The Preacher’s Wife,” starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington. 

Asian celebrities fight pandemic-fueled racist attacks

The FBI reports an uptick in hate crimes and harassment against Asian Americans since the outbreak of COVID-19, which first appeared in Wuhan, China, late last year.