As Mikaela Shiffrin Considers How to Top Herself, She Studies Taylor Swift Shiffrin, the champion American ski racer, is an unabashed Swiftie, and has long seen the pop culture force as a textbook guide for navigating fame, adversity and unprecedented success.
Paula Abdul Accuses Nigel Lythgoe of Sexual Assault During ‘American Idol’ Ms. Abdul filed a lawsuit against Mr. Lythgoe, a producer of the reality show, that accuses him of assaulting her in an elevator.
Jermaine Jackson Is Accused of Sexual Assault in Lawsuit In a complaint filed Wednesday in Los Angeles, Rita Barrett says the musician raped her at her home in 1988. Mr. Jackson has not yet responded.
Jim Ladd, Free-Form Radio Trailblazer, Is Dead at 75 An institution of the airwaves in Los Angeles and beyond, he capitalized on the freedom the FM band offered in the 1970s to blaze his own path.
Tom Smothers and the John Lennon Connection He was close with John Lennon, and had a sophisticated understanding of wine, politics and literature. He only played the bumpkin onstage.