Nuggets Celebrate Last Season’s NBA Championship—Beat Lakers

DENVER—The bling and the banner were nice. What the Denver Nuggets really relished, though, was opening defense of the franchise’s first NBA title with a 119–107 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, Oct. 24. “We can’t think about last year too much,” Jamal Murray said after the Nuggets followed the raising of …

Celebrity Designer Sentenced to Prison for Smuggling Handbags Into US Made From Protected Reptiles

Colombian handbag designer Nancy Teresa Gonzalez de Barberi, whose celebrity clientele reportedly included Britney Spears and Victoria Beckham, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on April 22 for her role in smuggling handbags made from protected reptile skins into the United States. Ms. Gonzalez, founder of the luxury handbag company Gzuniga Ltd., was arrested …

Former Gov. Schwarzenegger Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Inauguration

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met Nov. 17 with the Sacramento Press Club to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his inauguration in 2003, and he called for finding common ground amid political divisiveness. The former bodybuilder, with multiple Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia titles—the pinnacle of the sport—transitioned his career to acting and became a …

Photos: The Celebrities Who Died in 2023

The entertainment industry lost Ryan O’Neal and Matthew Perry in 2023. The world also said goodbye to big names like Norman Lear, Suzanne Somers, Michael Gambon, and more. Here is an incomplete list of the celebrities who died in 2023. Ryan O’Neal (April 20, 1941–Dec. 8, 2023) Ryan O’Neal, the heartthrob actor who went from …

Buyer Beware in the Celebrity Age

The ancient warning that the buyer should beware (caveat emptor) has been almost eliminated from modern life. It’s the seller who must take most, if not all, of the risk. This has an infantilizing effect on much of the population. Of course, a buyer of chocolate, say, should be confident that there’s no arsenic in …