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Ken Simmons

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Ken Simmons is a veteran entertainment journalist based in New York City who has worked as writer and producer for ABC News, Good Morning America, MJI Broadcasting, Sony Warner Radio Networks and American Urban Radio Networks. He interviewed Beyoncé on her first day of press when she was 15 years old as a member of Destiny’s Child, and produced the exclusive nationally syndicated World Premiere radio special of her 2003 debut solo album, Dangerously in Love. Simmons has conducted hundreds of interviews with the top recording artists and actors, as well as pro athletes. He also served as the producer of three nationally syndicated radio shows hosted by Radio Hall of Fame member Wendy Williams. Simmons loves attending sporting events and concerts.

Squid Game The Challenge Players Were So Desperate for Chapstick They Used Lubricated Condoms

‘Squid Game: The Challenge' Players Used Lubricated Condoms as Chapstick

Courtesy of Netflix With a winner’s prize of over $4 million, Squid Game: The Challenge players may do almost anything — including using lubricated condoms to moisten their lips. “I’m going to confirm this: Yeah, that’s 100 percent real,” Trey Plutnicki, player 301, told Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Thursday, November 30. While some […]

Brian Austin Green Praises Shannen Doherty's Strength as She Fights Cancer

Brian Austin Green and Shannen Doherty starred in Beverly Hills, 90210 in the ’90s, and now, 30 years later, Green is praising his former colleague as she fights against cancer. “She’s strong, she’s honest, she just perseveres. She gets through whatever’s going on, and even if it’s hard, she will share that,” Green, 50, told […]

Paris Hilton ‘Was Crying’ When She Read Britney Spears' Praise in Memoir

Britney Spears’ memoir, The Woman in Me, wasn’t short on celebrity shout-outs, but Paris Hilton couldn’t be happier with what was written about her. During the Wednesday, November 29, episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, host Kelly Clarkson mentioned that Hilton, 42, had recently posted three throwback photos from 2006 of herself with Spears, 41, […]

Everything to Know About the 2024 Golden Globes

Following the awards show’s controversy over diversity, the 81st Golden Globes will kick off the 2024 awards season on CBS in January. NBC broadcast the 2023 Globes after the 2022 show was not televised. The ceremony was engulfed in turmoil after a 2021 Los Angeles Times report revealed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization […]

Why Jamie Lynn Spears Left 'I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here' Early

Jamie Lynn Spears lived up to the name of the U.K.’s I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here reality series by literally getting out following the Tuesday, November 28, episode. On Wednesday, November 19, the show confirmed her departure on the official X account (formerly known as Twitter). “Jamie Lynn Spears has left […]

Olympian Ryan Lochte Recalls How He Saved His Marriage to Kayla Reid

Ryan Lochte and Kayla Reid Lochte will celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary on January 9, however, the Olympic swimming champion revealed that their marriage nearly ended in divorce. Lochte, 39, has won 12 Olympic gold medals. When he did not qualify for the USA 2021 Summer Olympics swim team, he became so depressed that his […]

Mike 'The Situation’ Sorrentino Admits He Spent $500K on Drug Addiction

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino has opened up about his past cocaine and oxycodone addiction and admitted he spent $500K to satisfy his drug habit. “When you think of that number, when you hear that number, that’s a good college fund right there,” the Jersey Shore star, 41, told Entertainment Tonight in an interview published on […]

Holidays With Us

Nick Cannon Reveals Plans for Celebrating Christmas With His 11 Kids

Leon Bennett/Getty Images Nick Cannon is ready for his “favorite time of the year” and bringing joy to all of his 11 children. “Saint Nick will be in every chimney I could possibly be in,” The Masked Singer host, 43, told Entertainment Tonight on Saturday, November 25, while backstage at the Soul Train Music Awards […]

Jada Pinkett Smith Says She Is 'Staying Together Forever' With Will Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith said that she and Will Smith will always be a couple despite separating in 2016. Pinkett Smith, 52, appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show on Tuesday, November 28, to promote her memoir, Worthy, in which she wrote about her and Smith’s separation. “I feel like maybe your and his shadow separated in […]

Fantasia Initially Rejected Reprising Emotional 'The Color Purple' Role

Mike Marsland/WireImage Fantasia Barrino is featured in the new film version of The Color Purple, but after starring in the Broadway production, she initially rejected reprising her emotionally draining role as the physically and emotionally abused Celie Harris-Johnson. “What I felt and carried stepping into her shoes and playing her role, I wasn’t ready to […]

Tom Brady and Denzel Washington Reenact Iconic 'Remember the Titans' Scene

An NFL legend and an acting legend brought the worlds of sports and film together as Tom Brady and Denzel Washington paid tribute to Washington’s 2000 football movie, Remember the Titans. Washington, 68, was a guest on Brady’s “Let’s Go” podcast on Monday, November 20, and the two-time Oscar winner enjoyed giving an acting lesson […]

Jennifer Garner Thanks Mariah Carey for ‘Spreading the Christmas Cheer’

Jennifer Garner is in the holiday spirit thanks to Mariah Carey. The actress, 51, attended Carey’s Merry Christmas One and All! show over the weekend at the Hollywood Bowl and loved the concert. In an Instagram Story video posted on Tuesday, November 21, Garner sang along with Carey’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and waved […]

Lana Del Rey's Unique Home Has Become a Testing Ground for Her Boyfriends

Lana Del Rey says her unique home has been an obstacle in her relationships. The singer, 38, opened her Los Angeles home to Harper’s Bazaar for an interview published Tuesday, November 21. She explained that the simplicity of her house — described by the magazine’s writer as “exceedingly modest” — has posed problems in her […]

'Twilight' Director Says Studio Had Reservations About Robert Pattinson

The Twilight franchise starring Robert Pattinson has earned over $3 billion dollars, yet the film studio was reluctant to cast the British actor as vampire Edward Cullen because at the time they thought he was not sexy enough. Catherine Hardwicke directed the original film, which was released in 2008, and she recalled that Pattinson did […]

Gisele Bundchen Writes About 'Heartbreaks' 1 Year After Tom Brady Divorce

One year after divorcing NFL legend Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen posted a message about heartbreaks. “Everyone we meet has faced or is facing challenges in life that we know nothing about. We don’t see the silent struggles, the fear, the obstacles, the heartbreaks, or their daily ups and downs,” the Brazilian model, 43, wrote Saturday, […]

Kelsea Ballerini Flips the Bird With 2 Hands After Singing ‘Blindsided’

Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Kelsea Ballerini let a little “rage” in while performing her song “Blindsided.” Ballerini, 30, sang the ballad — which is seemingly about her divorce from ex-husband Morgan Evans — during a surprise appearance for a live taping of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in Nashville. The singer posted a video of the […]

Bradley Cooper Spent 6 Years Learning How to Conduct Music for ‘Maestro’

Bradley Cooper faced one of the greatest challenges of his career in directing, cowriting, coproducing and starring in the Leonard Bernstein biopic, Maestro. The Oscar nominee, 48, revealed that he spent several years learning how to conduct for one of the crucial scenes in the film. Cooper recreated Bernstein’s conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at […]

Tyler Perry Reveals Nickname for Harry and Meghan's 'Beautiful' Daughter

When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to step away from the royal family in 2020, Tyler Perry was quick to offer his home, even though he had never met the couple before. “I sent them a note … and just said, ‘If you ever need anything, I’m here,’ and she called months later and […]

Robert Pattinson Remembers Sleeping on an ‘Inflatable Boat’ for 6 Months

Robert Pattinson has enjoyed a very successful career as one of the stars of the Twilight franchise — but he remembers when times were so lean, he didn’t even have any furniture. “There was a time when the only piece of furniture I had for about six months was an inflatable boat that would double […]

Kenan Thompson Takes His 2 Daughters to the ‘Good Burger 2’ Premiere

Kenan Thompson had two very special dates for the Good Burger 2 premiere: his children. The Saturday Night Live star, 45, attended the Tuesday, November 14, screening with daughters Georgia, 9, and Gianna, 5, whom he shares with estranged wife Christina Evangeline. Thompson’s costar in the film, Kel Mitchell, also brought his family to the […]

Jason Mraz Describes Coming Out as Bisexual: 'You Carry a Lot of Shame

Five years after coming out as bisexual in 2018, Jason Mraz is reflecting on the mental anguish he suffered from publicly declaring his identity. In an interview with GLAAD published on Monday, November 13, the Dancing With the Stars participant said that he “had to play out a lot of other scenarios before I arrived” […]

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