ENTERTAINMENT

California law enforcement officials told TMZ that rapper Heavy D weighed 344 pounds at the time of his unexpected passing. TMZ reported that an associated of Heavy D's said the rapper had pneumonia as well.

Slideshow of Latinos with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The younger sister of Britney has returned with some country.

The couple arrived in style at the Tokyo premiere, held on Wednesday.

Film director Brett Ratner is out of a high-profile job as Oscar producer, submitting his resignation to Academy Award organizers on Tuesday in the face of an industry firestorm over his use of a gay slur.

The Country Music Association Awards are Nov. 9, and country music fans are abuzz with speculation about who will win the coveted CMA trophies, especially in the category of Entertainer of the Year. See our picks for who will win at the 2011 CMAs, as well as those who should take home the awards. Will Taylor Swift win big? Will power couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert sweep the show? Read on!

Hundreds of thousands of mourners, including Bollywood stars and politicians, gathered on Wednesday for the cremation of one of India's most famous folk singers, Bhupen Hazarika, who helped popularize the culture of the country's remote northeast.

Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber will be performing live at New York City's Times Square for Dick Clark?s New Year's Rockin? Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012, The Times Square Alliance has confirmed.

Mickey Rourke, known for years as a Hollywood bad boy, was perhaps the perfect choice to portray a bad boy of Greek mythology, brutal King Hyperion, in the 3D action movie Immortals opening in theaters on Friday.

Actress Ruby Dee's death was being reported all over social media, and especially Twitter, Tuesday and Wednesday, but it turns out the actress was fine all along.

Nancy Grace gets booted off of Dancing With the Stars.

She was among the most photographed celebrities of her day, and he is among the top pop stars of his. But whose pictures are worth more -- Marilyn Monroe or Justin Bieber?

Teen sensation Justin Bieber is allegedly the father of 3-months old love child and the baby's mother, 20-year old Mariah Yeater claims her son was the result of a brief sexual encounter she had with Bieber at a Los Angeles performance last year. However, the singer has denied this allegation saying he has never met Yeater and has also agreed to take a DNA test to prove it.

The legendary rapper and Jamaican-born American actor, Heavy D, died aged 44 after he collapsed outside his Beverly Hills home due to breathing troubles Tuesday.

19 kids and counting will soon be updated and named 20 kids and counting, as the Duggars are expecting their next child! Their 20th baby is due in April. Yes, Michelle is pregnant again. The 45-year-old mother of 19 had almost accepted the fact that may be her baby days are over, when she discovered of her latest pregnancy. The Duggars have always left their family planning to God, and have never followed or attempted on any birth control techniques.

Actress Jennifer Lopez was honored with “Women of the Year” award, while former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush and Comedienne Chelsea Handler were awarded for their contribution in politics and entertainment.

Sometimes it's hard not to think that David Lynch's fixation on transcendental meditation isn't a joke the filmmaker is playing on us. Is there any major artist whose entire body of work has seemed more ominous, more filled with sinister intonations, less meditative? Mantras don't come much scarier than fire walk with me.

K5 International has nabbed international rights to Benaroya Pictures' Elvis & Nixon, the companies said Tuesday.

Hip hop artist Heavy D‘s unexpected and tragic death at the age of 44 on Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles has shocked his family, friends and fans, and his last words on Twitter have taken on an eerie feel.

The beloved rapper died afternoon in Los Angeles, one of his associates says, according to a report by TMZ that said sources in the hospital where he passed away said he died of a heart attack, but that an associate also told the Web site that Heavy had pneumonia.

Former Houston Rockets player Yao Ming, 31, who retired from basketball in July, is now a freshman at a management school at an elite university in Shanghai.

Mariah Carey showed off her dramatic weight loss on Rosie O'Donnell's show, shedding off over 70 pounds from her post-baby body.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan will appear nude on pornographic magazine Playboy, Lohan's spokesman confirmed on Monday, after the star served several hours in prison on weekends for violating probation on drunken driving and theft charges .

An over-the-top wedding followed by a whipsaw divorce is leading to what can only be called Kardashian backlash.

Sunday was a good night for bad behavior in the cable-ratings race.

Find Cops to be a little too high-brow? TLC has the show for you.

J. Edgar Hoover, America's revered and feared controversial top cop for five decades, was one of the most secretive men in government, keeping covert files on powerful figures including President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

Nominations for the annual People's Choice Awards were announced on Tuesday, with popular films like the final Harry Potter and the latest Pirates of the Caribbean and their actors among nominees.

The booze-fueled misadventures of Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone could be getting the big-screen treatment.