Lupe Fiasco performs an opening set as part of Kanye West’s Glow in the Dark tour in Seattle in April 16, 2008. (Kevin P. Casey / For the Times) ...

Bill Cosby is alive and well. The comedian was just the latest celebrity to undergo the Google Age ritual of death hoaxes. The 2012 hoax was the fifth time it’s happened to him. Here are more debunked ...

The singer on the “Avatar” red -- oops, we mean blue -- carpet Wednesday night in Hollywood. You’ll find all things “Avatar” at the Hero Complex blog. Visit the Ministry of Gossip for coverage of the ...

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Jackson’s next solo album, 1983’s “Thriller,” broke industry sales records and erased the divide that separated black music from the American mainstream. Its success enabled him to broker what were ...

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When Tom Petty was rushed to a hospital one year ago in full cardiac arrest, two words immediately sprang to many minds: Not again. Weeks later, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s ...

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If you care even a little about the art and history of American motion pictures, about being able to see classic films now and forever, you owe a debt of gratitude to David W. Packard. Packard, the ...