Alicia Keys invited her VIPs to Hammerstein Ballroom for her Keep a Child Alive Black Ball and they more than paid their way, raising $4 million to help children and families dealing with AIDS in India and South Africa. It was there that Keys, who emceed the event and performed, told Confidenti@l her 3-year-old-son, Egypt, someday might be able to hold his own on… Continue
Let’s hope the suddenly silent rapper Jay Z hasn’t lost his sense of humor.
The 43-year-old hip-hop mogul got the full “Daily Show” treatment Wednesday as host Jon Stewart addressed racial profiling allegations at Barneys — and hit Jay Z hard for his continued relationship with the luxury department store.
According To Confidenti@l: Bruno Mars had better brush up on his Hebrew.
The Grammy winner has been hand-picked by New York City-based Russian oligarch Len Blavatnik to perform songs at his daughter’s bat mitzvah. She’s a huge fan of the singer, who had better come ready with a long set list, because he’s getting paid per song, Confidenti@l can exclusively… Continue
Justin Bieber swiped a bike and got busted, immediately.
In a surveillance video obtained by TMZ, the pop star can be seen stealing a two-wheeler while he was in Las Vegas for a Floyd Mayweather fight in mid-September.
While Bieber was allegedly going through an employee entrance at The Palms Casino Resort, he reportedly came across the… Continue
Eminem's Detroit childhood home was damaged in a fire on Thursday.
Firefighters responded to a conflagration in the two-story bungalow, located south of the city's notorious 8 mile road, at 6:20 pm on Thursday evening, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Responders have not determined a cause for the blaze, which badly damaged the upper floor of the abandoned… Continue
The latest installment of the blockbuster video game franchise, “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” surpassed $1 billion in sales in a single day, setting a new record, its publisher announced Wednesday.
“Call of Duty is by far the largest console franchise of this generation,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision…
Justin Bieber appears to have been caught on camera by a girl who secretly filmed the singer sleeping in a house he's rented during his stay in Brazil.
The video, posted online Wednesday, opens with a shot of some phones on the bed, before panning across to a sleeping young man resembling the “Right Here” singer, right down to the red hat.…
Jay Z may “Run This Town,” but a Manhattan record label wants to drag him into court.
TufAmerica Inc. socked the Brooklyn rapper and his record companies with a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday, claiming he illegally sampled a funky late 1960s jam without permission to jazz up the hit 2009 track “Run This Town.”
A Las Vegas man who makes money from medical trials is planning to sell one of his testicles for $35,000.
Mark Parisi revealed in a trailer for an upcoming episode of TLC's "Extreme Cheapskates" that he will make the switch with an artificial ball in exchange for the cash.
The penny pincher also confessed to undergoing medical experiments so he could get… Continue
The Barbadian singer has been revealed as the new spokesperson for MAC's global AIDS and HIV campaign.
"Welcome to #VIVAGLAM ... @Rihanna! Arriving January 2014" announced MAC via Twitter on Friday, confirming that 25-year-old R'n'B star Rihanna will be fronting next year's Viva Glam charity lipstick, taking over duties from Nicki Minaj.
Eels that help exfoliate your body by gently nibbling off the dead skin may sound like a happy convenience of nature.But what would you do if this so-called helpful eel detached itself from the main buffet and headed straight for your genitals?This is what happened to one man, who thought he would end up with softer skin, and instead ended up with the eel burrowing through…
Jay Z has only been a sports agent since June, but the hip-hop star may already be in hot water with the Major League Baseball Players Association.
Baseball’s union is investigating whether Jay Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, violated its rules by giving a watch worth nearly $34,000 to Yankee second baseman Robinson Cano.…
The Miami rapper will perform his song "Timber" with Ke$ha during the Nov. 24 awards show, to air live from Los Angeles on ABC, it was announced Tuesday.
The 32-year-old, whose real name is Armando Christian Perez, was chosen in part for his Latino heritage as the AMAs celebrate the 25th anniversary of Gloria… Continue
A 600-pound Florida man, arrested for scamming restaurants in 2007, was offered a plea deal when prosecutors discovered it was too expensive to incarcerate him, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
George Jolicoeur, 38, is infamous for ordering food and then complaining about the quality and refusing to pay after he eats it.
Embattled Toronto mayor Rob Ford has admitted he did indeed smoke crack cocaine, telling reporters Tuesday he smoked the substance "probably a year ago” during a “drunken stupor.”
"Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine,” Ford told reporters Tuesday outside his office in Toronto.
“There have been times when I’ve been in a drunken stupor.… Continue