Aretha Franklin 1942-2018

mdash; As they unsuccessfully fought to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest, the music mogul’s lawyers highlighted a litany of horrors at the Brooklyn federal lockup where he was headed: horrific conditions, rampant violence and multiple deaths. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Combs, 54, was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday — a place that’s been described as “hell on earth” and an “ongoing tragedy” — after pleading not guilty in a case that accuses him of physically and sexually abusing women for more than a decade. The facility, the only federal jail in New York City, has been plagued by problems since it opened in the 1990s.

Eva Mendes might have to wait a little bit longer until her kids think she's cool. The Place Beyond The Pines actress—who shares Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, 8 with partner Ryan Gosling—recently

In the wake of the massive popularity of Dahmer, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan are back with a new season of their Monster anthology series that explores the lives and crimes of the infamous Menendez brothers. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, streaming Sept. 19 on Netflix, stars Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch as Lyle and Erik, the real-life brothers who were convicted in 1996 of the brutal 1989 murders of their parents, entertainment executive Jose Menendez (played by Javier Bardem) and his wife, Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez (Chloë Sevigny).

A few years ago, someone posted a photo of a man walking through Brooklyn with a copy of Conversations With Friends tucked in the back of his trousers, the name Sally Rooney peeking out above his waistband. It was an accessory that telegraphed as much about his personal style as his choice in attire did.

Lady Gaga was, in fact, born this way. The 38-year-old, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, recently opened up about a rumor that plagued the start of her music career. “I’ve been used to lies

If you want to understand how prestige TV (an imperfect term, but bear with me) has changed over the last 25 years, it makes sense to start with the series that invented the category as we know it: The Sopranos. An HBO gangster drama whose antihero, Tony Soprano, is a brutal but troubled mid-level Mafioso with limitless ambition and debilitating maternal issues, it delivered all of the violent thrills typical of its genre.