Exclusive: Spike Lee reveals he was rejected from USC, AFI

Spike Lee shared his personal story of resilience on Good Day LA, revealing he was rejected by USC and AFI years ago. In a full-circle moment, Lee is now a tenured Professor of Film and Artistic Director at NYU.

Spike Lee reveals he was rejected from AFI, USC
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Accredited writer and filmmaker Spike Lee revealed on Good Day LA that before his career took off, he was rejected from AFI and USC. He now teaches at NYU.

R. Kelly sentenced in Chicago child pornography case

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a call from prosecutors to keep R. Kelly behind bars until he is 100, instead telling the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer he would serve all but one of his 20 years on child sex convictions simultaneously with a previous sentence.

Former MoviePass exec charged with money laundering

Khalid Itum, a former MoviePass executive, is charged with allegedly embezzling $260,000 from MoviePass' parent company to pay back money he borrowed to produce an event at Coachella.

Ben Stiller says he never apologized for 'Tropic Thunder': I'm 'proud of it'

Ben Stiller said he's not sorry for the controversial 2008 film "Tropic Thunder" in response to a tweet alleging he apologized to the "woke" cancel culture mob.

Nipsey Hussle's killer sentenced to 60 years in prison

Eric Holder Jr., 33, was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the murder of Grammy-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019.

Nipsey Hussle's convicted killer to be sentenced today
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Sentencing is set Wednesday for the man convicted of murdering rapper Nipsey Hussle outside the musician's South Los Angeles clothing store.

Ed Sheeran plays for sick patients at children's hospital in Australia

British pop star Ed Sheeran treated young patients to a concert when he visited a children's hospital in Brisbane, Australia while he was on tour. .

Da Brat reveals pregnancy at 48

The Grammy-nominated rapper is five months pregnant and is expecting her first child.