Belorussian Group That Sounds Like Joy Division Scores Streaming Hit on Anniversary of Ian Curtis’ Death

You won’t find 75 Dollar Bill anywhere on the Billboard charts, but the New York act’s latest studio album nabbed the No. 1 spot on experimental bible Wire magazine’s best albums of 2019 list.

Bruce Jay Friedman, novelist and screenwriter who earned an Oscar nomination for the screenplay of the Tom Hanks film “Splash,” died Wednesday at the age of 90, his son told The New York Times. The cause of death is not yet known.

By Dave McNary

NEW YORK -- Bruce Jay Friedman, an Oscar-nominated screenplay writer and popular playwright and author known for the wry comedy and subtle pathos of such novels as “Stern” and “About Harry Towns” and for his scripts for “Splash” and “Stir Crazy," has died at age 90.

In dedication to George Floyd, Jay-Z bought newspaper ads in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Philadelphia Inquirer. The full-page ads, which first ran on Tuesday, June 2, will be followed by pages in dozens of more newspapers across the United States on Wednesday, June 3.

Jay-Z has taken out a full page ad dedicated to memory that—per —will be featured in newspapers across the country including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Philadelphia Enquirer.

The literary estates of 12 late authors have been acquired by the newly formed London- and New York-based company International Literary Properties, with the hope that the properties can be adapted for film and TV. The eight-figure deal was made with one of the longest-established literary and talent agencies in the U.K.

By Nellie Andreeva

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas celebrated the second anniversary of their first date on Monday by sharing a throwback of the selfie they took the following day.

By Jordan Moreau

He was challenged on a number of racial issues

After the great falling away of the many democratic candidate hopefuls, the nation is left with one man standing–Joe Biden. Joe has been speaking on various issues, but many celebrities have been calling him out in regards to his plans for the black community.

is back — and much sooner than expected. Ryan Murphy’s satirical original series about an ambitious young politician Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) determined to work his way up to President of the United States returns with season two in June. 

By Todd Spangler

Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, a large media and entertainment law firm, appears to have been the victim of a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of an enormous batch of private information on dozens of celebrities, according to a data security researcher.

After reportedly backing out of a scheduled interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace, the woman accusing Joe Biden of sexual assault is speaking out in a new interview with former NBC host Megyn Kelly.