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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.

Jason Kelce Apologizes For Claiming That Record Setting Secretariat Horse Was Given Steroids

Jason Kelce Apologizes for Claiming Secretariat Was Given Steroids

Jason Kelce has apologized for saying that the legendary Secretariat’s horse racing records were due to steroids. “I’m sorry everyone, wasn’t trying to get people riled up. I really thought it was just known that in the ‘70s steroid use was rampant,” Kelce, 36, wrote via X on Thursday, May 9. “I’m not trying to take […]

Zayn Malik Put ‘Period’ on Gigi Hadid Romance, Doesn’t Think He’s Been in Love

Zayn Malik 'Moved On' From Gigi Hadid, Doesn’t Think He’s Been in Love

Zayn Malik has “moved on” following his split from Gigi Hadid, and he questions if they were really in love. The former One Direction member, 31, began his on-again, off-again relationship with the model, 29, in 2015. They broke up in October 2021, one year after Hadid gave birth to their daughter, Khai, 3. Without […]

Keith Urban Says He Still Tries to Impress Wife Nicole Kidman When She Attends His Concerts 898

Keith Urban Still Tries to 'Impress' Wife Nicole Kidman When He Performs

After nearly 18 years of marriage, Keith Urban still strives for his wife Nicole Kidman’s approval when he performs. “It fires me up a bit more,” Urban, 56, told People about Kidman, 56, attending his shows, in an interview published Wednesday, May 8. “I try to impress her.” The couple attended the Met Gala together […]

Cara Delevingnes Message to Substance Abusers on Becoming Sober if I Can Do It Anyone Can

Cara Delevingne Opens Up About Her Sobriety: ‘If I Can Do It, Anyone Can’

Cara Delevingne is encouraging others to follow in her footsteps and become sober. The Only Murders in the Building alum, 31, began a 12-step rehab program in the summer of 2022. She hopes her recovery can inspire others to also turn their lives around. “You’re not alone,” she told Variety at the Met Gala in […]

Spider-Man Star Jacob Batalon Reflects on Losing More Than 100 Pounds: 'Health Is Wealth'

'Spider-Man' Star Jacob Batalon Reflects on Losing More Than 100 Lbs

Jacob Batalon is reflecting on how his 100-pound weight loss transformation changed his mental outlook on life. The Spider-Man star, 27, began his journey to better health in 2019 to overcome sluggishness and being sleepy while at work. He lost the weight over a two year span, and now three years later, he’s kept the […]

Reba McEntire Teases Her New Happy Place NBC Sitcom Will Feature Boyfriend Rex Linn 845

Reba McEntire Teases ‘Happy’s Place’ Sitcom Will Feature Boyfriend Rex Linn

Reba McEntire is working on a new sitcom — and she’s thrilled that it will feature her boyfriend. NBC announced on Tuesday, May 7, that The Voice judge, 69, will star in a new series titled Happy’s Place. McEntire previously starred in her self-titled Reba series from 2001 to 2007 on the WB and CW […]

David Beckham Says Director Was Angry About His Viral Be Honest Comment

David Beckham Says Director Was Angry About His Viral ‘Be Honest’ Comment

Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage David Beckham revealed that his viral comment to his wife, Victoria, to “be honest” in the Beckham documentary initially made the director angry because he was not supposed to be on the set at the time. “It was Victoria’s first day filming, and she sat there in the lounge, looking great. She […]

Suki Waterhouse Announces Tour Two Months After Welcoming Baby With Robert Pattinson 787

Suki Waterhouse Announces Tour After Welcoming Baby With Robert Pattinson

Two months after becoming a mother for the first time, Suki Waterhouse is going on tour. Daisy Jones & the Six star, 32, announced she will kick off her tour, The Sparklemuffin, in North America this fall. “Couldn’t be more excited to get back on the road & see your beautiful faces!!” Waterhouse commented via […]

Cardi B and Husband Offset Hold Hands at Star Studded Met Gala After Party Following Recent Split

Cardi B and Husband Offset Hold Hands at Star-Studded Met Gala Afterparty

Cardi B and her husband Offset held hands at a Met Gala afterparty Monday, May 7 in New York City. The on-again, off-again couple walked together as they attended Richie Akiva‘s 10th annual “The After” party at Casa Cipriani. Usher, Serena Williams, Doja Cat, Teyana Taylor, Odell Beckham Jr., Janelle Monae, Lil Nas X and […]

Tommy Dorfman Is Married Reveals She Secretly Eloped With Partner Elise

Tommy Dorfman Is Married, Reveals She Secretly Eloped WIth Partner Elise

Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Tommy Dorfman is married! The 13 Reasons Why alum, 31, revealed on Thursday, May 2, that she eloped with her partner, Elise, in the fall of 2023. “I married my best friend and didn’t tell anyone except @hunterabrams who came and photographed us towards the end of last year,” Dorfman wrote in […]

Victoria Beckham Celebrates Husband Davids 49th Birthday in Loving Tribute

Victoria Beckham Celebrates David’s 49th Birthday With Loving Tribute

Victoria Beckham was full of praise for her husband, David Beckham, as she celebrated his 49th birthday on Thursday, May 2. “Happy birthday David. I love us getting really old together!😂😂,” Victoria captioned two Instagram photos of her with the former soccer star. “You aren’t far behind me!!!! You are our everything!!!! The best daddy […]

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Celebrate 28th Anniversary- Grateful for All the Dreams Come True 500

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Celebrate Their Love on 28th Anniversary

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos proclaimed their eternal love for each other as they celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, May 1. The pair walked onto the set of Live with Kelly and Mark to their favorite song, Stevie Wonder’s 1976 classic, “As.” “It makes me so excited. Stevie Wonder. He is just the […]

Emily Blunt Praises Taylor Swift for Helping Her Kid The Best Thing Anyone Has Done for My Child 486

Emily Blunt Thanks Taylor Swift for Praising Her Self-Conscious Daughter

Emily Blunt is thanking Taylor Swift for a very special moment the singer shared with her oldest child. The Oppenheimer star, 41, is an acknowledged Swiftie, and her daughters, Hazel, 10, and Violet, 7, have met Swift, 34. During an appearance on the Monday, April 29, episode of SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show, Blunt recalled […]

Sofia Vergara on Dating: ‘Hard for a 50-Something-Year-Old Woman to Find Someone’

Sofia Vergara Says Dating Is 'Hard' Over Age 50: ‘I’m Not That Picky’

Nearly one year after separating from Joe Manganiello, Sofía Vergara is opening up about dating as a single woman. “It’s already hard for a 50-something-year-old woman to find someone,” Vergara, 51, told People in a cover story published on Wednesday, May 1, noting that she would consider dating an actor again. “I’m not going to […]

Paula Abdul Settles Sexual Assault Suit With American Idol Sets Trial With Nigel Lythgoe 448

Paula Abdul Settles ‘American Idol' Lawsuit, Sets Trial with Nigel Lythgoe

Paula Abdul has settled her sexual assault lawsuit against American Idol out of court, but her sexual assault and battery suit against producer Nigel Lythgoe will go to trial next year. In December 2023, Abdul, 61, filed a suit that accused Lythgoe, 74, and the show’s production companies of sexual assault/battery, sexual harassment, gender violence […]

Jim Parsons Teases Young Sheldon Finale Appearance in Sweet TikTok Video With Star Iain Armitage

Jim Parsons Teases ‘Young Sheldon’ Finale Appearance With Iian Armitage

Young Sheldon meets the original Sheldon Cooper! Iain Armitage has starred in the title role of Young Sheldon since the series debuted in 2017. The show is a prequel to The Big Bang Theory in which Jim Parsons starred as Sheldon Cooper in his adult years. Prior to the series finale, which will air on […]

Why Jerry Seinfeld Doesn t Believe He Could Make the Same Jokes on Seinfeld Today P C Crap

Jerry Seinfeld Says He Couldn’t Make the Same Jokes on 'Seinfeld' Today

Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Netflix Jerry Seinfeld believes the current political climate is preventing comedians from being funny on television. His self-titled NBC sitcom remains very popular now in reruns after airing from 1989 to 1998, but he doesn’t think some of the same jokes would fly today. According to Seinfeld, 70, fans go to […]

Sharon Stone Is Trying to Confront Her ‘Demons’ Due to Mental Health Struggles Following Her

Sharon Stone Is Trying to Confront ‘Demons’ From Mental Health Struggles

Sharon Stone is opening up about her mental health struggles. “We’re all trying to confront our demons,” the Casino star, 66, said on a recent episode of the “Turkish Tea Talk With Alex Salmond” podcast. “We’re all acting out — me, too, and trying to figure out how to keep getting back up, keep helping […]

Mariska Hargitay Calls Harvey Weinsteins Overturned Rape Conviction Infuriating and Incorrigible

Mariska Hargitay Condemns Harvey Weinstein’s Overturned Rape Conviction

Mariska Hargitay slammed Harvey Weinstein’s overturned 2020 conviction in New York State for rape. The Law & Order: SVU star, 60, investigates sex crimes in her TV series, and she recently revealed that she is also a rape victim. “The reversal of Harvey Weinstein’s conviction comes as a painful and infuriating affront to survivors and […]

Courteney Cox Wishes She Had Been a Firmer Parent With Her Daughter Coco

Courteney Cox Wishes She'd Been a ‘Firmer Parent’ With Daughter Cocoo

Courtney Cox is reflecting on mistakes she made in the past with her daughter, Coco Arquette, whom she shares with ex-husband David Arquette. During an appearance on the Wednesday, April 24, episode of Minnie Driver’s “Minnie Questions” podcast, Cox said she regretted giving Coco, now 19, too much freedom to make her own decisions. “I […]

Gwyneth Paltrow Says Becoming an Empty Nester Is Causing Nervous Breakdown

Gwyneth Paltrow Is Having a 'Breakdown' Over Her Kids Going to College

Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t looking forward to officially becoming an empty nester when both her kids head to college. “It’s kind of giving me a nervous breakdown,” Paltrow, 51, said at her recent In Goop Health Summit in Carlsbad, California. “If I’m honest, I started being like, ‘Oh, my God, and I need to quit my […]

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