Three of Britain’s most influential cultural figures — Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, and Ellie Goulding — are set to be recognized in King Charles III’s 2026 New Year Honours List, marking a major moment for the U.K.’s arts and entertainment community. Actor and producer Idris Elba will receive a knighthood in recognition of his decades-long impact on film, television, music,…
Renowned gospel singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Richard Smallwood, a towering figure in contemporary gospel music, has died at the age of 77. His family confirmed his passing on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. Smallwood’s death was attributed to complications from kidney failure, according to his publicist. For more than five decades, Smallwood’s work helped define modern gospel. Known…
Authorities have officially ruled the deaths of a missing Mississippi woman and her 3-year-old daughter found in an Alabama river earlier this fall to be a murder-suicide, according to law enforcement officials. The bodies of 32-year-old Shardee McGill and her daughter, Janae McGill, were recovered from the Tombigbee River in Sumter County in late September…
Donovan Joshua Leigh Metayer, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has died by suicide, his family confirmed. He was 26. Metayer, who lived in Coral Springs, Florida, died on Dec. 15 following what his family described as a seven-year battle with schizophrenia. His sister, Nancy…
The tech and online community is reeling after news broke of the death of popular tech influencer LaMarr Wilson. He was 48. Wilson, known to millions of fans as the “Tech Lifestyle Entertainer,” died by suicide, with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruling the cause of death as asphyxiation. He died at a residence…
A 20-month-old girl visiting Florida with her family died early Saturday after being found unresponsive in a hot tub at a vacation rental, officials said, and her father has been arrested on serious charges in connection with her death. Osceola County deputies and Fire Rescue responded just after 3:30 a.m. On Saturday, the family from Washington,…
Sherrone Moore, the recently fired head football coach at the University of Michigan, remains in police custody following a dramatic series of events that unfolded on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Moore was terminated “with cause” by the university earlier that day after an internal investigation found, according to the school, credible evidence that he engaged…
A well-known Atlanta cosmetic dentistry specialist—long celebrated on social media as one of the city’s “go-to veneer gurus”—has been indicted on 113 criminal counts following a months-long investigation into alleged fraudulent practices, authorities announced Thursday. Accusations of Fraud, Theft, and Unlicensed Procedures According to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, the specialist—Brandon Dillard—faces a sweeping…
Grammy-nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes, celebrated worldwide for his powerful baritone voice and charismatic stage presence, was fatally stabbed at his Santa Monica home Monday night. He was 71. Son Arrested at the Scene According to the Santa Monica Police Department, officers responded around 9:20 p.m. to a home on the 1700 block of Delaware…
A dramatic four-alarm fire tore through a six-story residential building at 201 West 107th Street near Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan’s Upper West Side on Tuesday morning, sending residents into the cold and leaving dozens displaced. Fire officials with the FDNY said the blaze began around 8:20 a.m. on the top floor of the non-fireproof building,…
