Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Kanye West, the who had a troubling, now-deleted flurry of activity Monday night on Twitter, thanked comic Dave Chappelle on Tuesday morning for “hopping on a jet to see me doing well.” The rapper of himself with Chappelle and others in Wyoming in which he challenged the comic to tell a joke, on the spot, to lift their spirits. “Uplifting joke?,” Chappelle said in the nearly two-minute clip. “You know I don’t write them.” (He never told a joke, by the way.)AdvertisementChappelle, who West tweeted was “a God send and a true friend,”...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Kanye West, the who had a troubling, now-deleted flurry of activity Monday night on Twitter, thanked comic Dave Chappelle on Tuesday morning for “hopping on a jet to see me doing well.” The rapper of himself with Chappelle and others in Wyoming in which he challenged the comic to tell a joke, on the spot, to lift their spirits. “Uplifting joke?,” Chappelle said in the nearly two-minute clip. “You know I don’t write them.” (He never told a joke, by the way.)AdvertisementChappelle, who West tweeted was “a God send and a true friend,”...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement So there you are in the grocery checkout line, kicking yourself for forgetting the reusable bags and wondering why you didn’t just go through the self-checkout. And there they are.The photos. The headlines.“Back Together at Last! Brad & Jen: We want a BABY! ‘This Is Our Second Chance.’ Their secret IVF journey. Why they’re in no rush to get married. Moving into their old home!”That is completely untrue, your rational mind says as you pick up the tabloid to kill the time. Brad and Jen were done years ago. As if they’d ever get...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement So there you are in the grocery checkout line, kicking yourself for forgetting the reusable bags and wondering why you didn’t just go through the self-checkout. And there they are.The photos. The headlines.“Back Together at Last! Brad & Jen: We want a BABY! ‘This Is Our Second Chance.’ Their secret IVF journey. Why they’re in no rush to get married. Moving into their old home!”That is completely untrue, your rational mind says as you pick up the tabloid to kill the time. Brad and Jen were done years ago. As if they’d ever get...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It’s suddenly feeling a bit like 2003 all over again. If Arnold Schwarzenegger could win a recall election to become governor of California then, could Caitlyn Jenner follow the same path nearly two decades later?The Olympic decathlete-turned-reality TV star who announced in 2015 that is considering a run, reported Tuesday. The outlet cited “three sources with direct knowledge” of the situation. With Gov. Gavin Newsom likely facing a recall election this fall, a pop culture figure seeking the state’s top job has echoes of what...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement It’s suddenly feeling a bit like 2003 all over again. If Arnold Schwarzenegger could win a recall election to become governor of California then, could Caitlyn Jenner follow the same path nearly two decades later?The Olympic decathlete-turned-reality TV star who announced in 2015 that is considering a run, reported Tuesday. The outlet cited “three sources with direct knowledge” of the situation. With Gov. Gavin Newsom likely facing a recall election this fall, a pop culture figure seeking the state’s top job has echoes of what...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Ariana Grande is the newest pop star to take a seat on NBC’s singing competition “The Voice.” “Surprise!,” wrote Tuesday on social media. “i am beyond thrilled, honored, excited to be joining @kellyclarkson @johnlegend @blakeshelton next season ~ season 21 of @nbcthevoice ! ... @nickjonas we will miss you.”The 27-year-old, who announced in December that she was , added in a statement via NBC that she has been “a huge fan of the show for such a long time.” Grande will replace Nick Jonas, who was part of “The Voice” team in Season 18...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Ariana Grande is the newest pop star to take a seat on NBC’s singing competition “The Voice.” “Surprise!,” wrote Tuesday on social media. “i am beyond thrilled, honored, excited to be joining @kellyclarkson @johnlegend @blakeshelton next season ~ season 21 of @nbcthevoice ! ... @nickjonas we will miss you.”The 27-year-old, who announced in December that she was , added in a statement via NBC that she has been “a huge fan of the show for such a long time.” Grande will replace Nick Jonas, who was part of “The Voice” team in Season 18...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Hooo, does Connie Chung have some stories to tell — and some big names attached to them. The former network news anchor, who last appeared on TV in 2006, confirmed Thursday on Los Angeles magazine’s that working with heavyweights like ABC News’ Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters was nothing like she imagined when she joined the network. “I thought, ah, this is gonna be great. It’ll be three women who get along. So naïve, it’s stupid,” Chung said. Working with Walters and Sawyer, she said, was like playing a game of whack-a-mole. Only...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Hooo, does Connie Chung have some stories to tell — and some big names attached to them. The former network news anchor, who last appeared on TV in 2006, confirmed Thursday on Los Angeles magazine’s that working with heavyweights like ABC News’ Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters was nothing like she imagined when she joined the network. “I thought, ah, this is gonna be great. It’ll be three women who get along. So naïve, it’s stupid,” Chung said. Working with Walters and Sawyer, she said, was like playing a game of whack-a-mole. Only...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Kim Kardashian West is flexing her criminal justice reform muscles for perhaps the last time before President Trump leaves office, asking that the sentence of federal death-row inmate Brandon Bernard be commuted to life in prison without parole before Bernard’s Dec. 10 execution date. Bernard was in 2000 for the murder of Stacie Bagley, who was killed with her husband after a carjacking and robbery in June 1999 left them locked in the trunk of their car, which was set on fire after both victims were shot.Todd Bagley died from the...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Kim Kardashian West is flexing her criminal justice reform muscles for perhaps the last time before President Trump leaves office, asking that the sentence of federal death-row inmate Brandon Bernard be commuted to life in prison without parole before Bernard’s Dec. 10 execution date. Bernard was in 2000 for the murder of Stacie Bagley, who was killed with her husband after a carjacking and robbery in June 1999 left them locked in the trunk of their car, which was set on fire after both victims were shot.Todd Bagley died from the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Last week, Rick Schroder helped post bail for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters in Kenosha, Wis., in August. Now the actor is explaining why. “This was Kyle’s life being destroyed,” Schroder told the Wednesday. “This is his freedom at risk. It infuriated me to see an innocent 17-year-old young man being tried and found guilty before trial.”The “Silver Spoons” and “NYPD Blue” star put up “hundreds of thousands” of dollars toward Rittenhouse’s $2-million bail and his defense because he was upset that...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Last week, Rick Schroder helped post bail for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters in Kenosha, Wis., in August. Now the actor is explaining why. “This was Kyle’s life being destroyed,” Schroder told the Wednesday. “This is his freedom at risk. It infuriated me to see an innocent 17-year-old young man being tried and found guilty before trial.”The “Silver Spoons” and “NYPD Blue” star put up “hundreds of thousands” of dollars toward Rittenhouse’s $2-million bail and his defense because he was upset that...WW…