Jim Bessman, Music Journalist for Billboard and Other Trades, Dies at 68

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Christina Haack and new boyfriend Joshua Hall appear to be getting along together just fine, thank you very much. Photographers in Tulum, Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula, recently spotted the couple sharing some time together – including in the water.

the Daily Beast reported on Friday his departure followed a clash with the media company’s top leadership.Rich did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TheWrap.Rich, who oversaw the company’s portfolio of digital outlets like Deadspin, Jezebel and Gizmodo, told The Daily Beast that his departure was not related to recent blowback from a Deadspin story he co-authored last year about ESPN host Rachel Nichols.The former editor at HuffPost and New York Daily News editor-in-chief

Journalist and radio personality Bibi Baskin has revealed that she has made the decision to retire, stepping away from her career as she comes up to her 70th birthday.

had declined to vote on tenure for Hannah-Jones and later offered her a five-year fixed term contract.

(Update 6/30/21) Allison Mack was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday June 30 for her involvement in the NXIVM cult. The sentencing comes over two years after the actress pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy and one count of racketeering (including forced labor and extortion) in April 2019. She was also fined $20,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the East District of New York announced on June 30.

In a Brooklyn sentencing hearing that went a lot faster than expected today, Allison Mack has been given three years behind bars for her extreme participation in the NXIVM cult.

Allison Mack, 38, is going to prison for her role in the NXIVM sex cult. The Smallville actress was sentenced to three years behind bars on Wednesday (June 30) after she plead guilty in April 2019 to one count of racketeering conspiracy and one count of racketeering (including extortion and forced labor) for her alleged time running a master-slave ring in the cult. Allison will also have to pay a $20,000 fine, the Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York announced.

Victoria Beckham has had a staggering 15 dazzling jewels while being with David Beckham – and ring specialists Steven Stone have revealed that one of them has a poignant, heartfelt meaning.MORE: 10 ways Victoria and David Beckham’s regal wedding broke the mouldIn 2015, Victoria was photographed in New York with a new moonstone ring set in a diamond-encrusted platinum band. While moonstones may be a very rare choice for engagement stones, this precious jewel holds an important message.

NEW YORK -- TV actor Allison Mack, who played a key role in a scandal-ridden, cult-like upstate New York group, is facing sentencing Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for the group’s spiritual leader.Mack — best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on the series “Smallville” — is set to appear Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court.

DMX‘s private funeral service was reportedly paid for by his record label Def Jam.The New York rapper, whose real name was Earl Simmons, passed away in April at the age of 50 after suffering a heart attack.TMZ have reported this week that Def Jam, who recently released the posthumous DMX album ‘Exodus’, spent over $35,000 (£25,000) to cover the bill from Brooks Memorial Home Inc.

Allison Mack turned over a "substantial" amount of information to the government about the inner workings of the NXIVM organization of which she was involved as a master to recruit women as "slaves," new court documents explain. In a sentencing memo filed Monday ahead of Mack's June 30 sentencing hearing, the government asked the Eastern District of New York to "impose a sentence below the otherwise applicable advisory Guidelines range" due to Mack's "assistance" in the case.

Rachel Lindsay, 36, is fearlessly speaking out about her disappointments with The Bachelor franchise in a new tell-all op-ed for New York Magazine, and one of them includes their bachelor pick in the 24th season of the show. The former contestant revealed that she was “livid” when she found out Peter Weber was chosen as the leading man on the reality series instead of Mike Johnson. Both men appeared on the 15th season of The Bachelorette but Rachel clearly had her favorite.

Ann Willis Ratray, who appeared on Broadway and TV before becoming a drama coach for young people including her son, Home Alone‘s Devin Ratray, died June 9 at her home in New York following a lengthy illness. She was 81.

It looks like Millie Bobby Brown, 17, and Jake Bongiovi, 19, could be the cutest new young couple in Hollywood! The actress and the son of rocker Jon Bon Jovi, 59, were photographed keeping each other close by holding hands during a New York stroll on June 17 and it was sweet to see.

NEW YORK -- Janet Malcolm, the inquisitive and boldly subjective author and reporter known for her challenging critiques of everything from murder cases and art to journalism itself, has died. She was 86.Malcolm's death was confirmed Thursday by a spokesperson for The New Yorker, where Malcolm was a longtime staff writer.