Tyler Perry attends the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
Tyler Perry will be recognized at the 2026 Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards. He will receive the Innovator Award, given “to an individual who has transformed a specific genre of the entertainment industry” and demonstrated “longevity and consistency in their field,” according to a press release.
Tyler is set to accept the honor at the ceremony on June 5 in Los Angeles. 2023 Icon Award recipient Babyface will return as musical director, while Tiffany Haddish will host for her fifth year despite previously stating that 2025 would be her last time leading the show.
The event will also feature special performances, an intimate dinner and an after-party. Proceeds will benefit the Hollywood Cares Foundation, which supports underserved youth in Black and Brown communities through leadership, civic engagement and personal development programs.
People dressed as Santa Claus take part in the annual SantaCon celebration in New York City, December 13, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors arrested the organizer of New York City’s controversial SantaCon bar crawl Wednesday after they say he allegedly kept a lot of the holiday joy for himself.
Stefan Pildes, 50, is facing federal wire fraud charges that accuse him of siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars in charitable funds for his own use, including for concert tickets and vacations.
SantaCon is an event held annually in December in which thousands of attendees dress as Santa Claus and other holiday characters and travel to bars and restaurants throughout the day.
The event is billed as “a charitable, non-political, nonsensical Santa Claus convention that happens once a year to spread absurdist joy” that charges attendees tickets that cost between $10 and $20, the indictment said.
“When one Attendee, for example, asked what she would receive for purchasing a ticket, the SantaCon Email responded, in part, ‘your donation goes to charity and it is only a few bucks and that good feeling will warm your heart faster than whiskey and gingerbread,'” the indictment said.
But of nearly $3 million Pildes raised since 2019, he allegedly diverted more than half to an entity he used as a slush fund, according to an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.
Prosecutors allege Pildes used the money for personal expenses, including $365,000 to renovate a lakefront property in New Jersey, $124,000 toward the lease of a “luxury Manhattan apartment,” a “$100,000 investment in a boutique resort in Costa Rica founded by a personal friend,” and a nearly $3,000 birthday dinner, the indictment said.
Pildes was expected to appear in court later Wednesday, and it was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer.
He is charged with one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
The bar crawl has become a controversial event in Manhattan with complaints from local leaders and residents accusing some intoxicated Santa-dressed revelers of causing disturbances during the day
The NYPD has issued several summonses and made some arrests at past SantaCons.
-ABC News’ Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.
Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless at 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
The Pretty Reckless frontwoman Taylor Momsen was admitted to the hospital due to the spider bite she suffered while in Mexico City opening for AC/DC.
“Hospital today, show tomorrow, poisonous spiders are NO BUENO,” Momsen writes in an Instagram post published Tuesday alongside a photo of a rash covering her leg. “But the show must go on, see you tomorrow Mexico City!”
In an follow-up post Wednesday, Momsen writes, “Or I just spend the night in the hospital.”
“Thank you to the amazing doctors who, well, they know,” she says.
As previously reported, Momsen shared she was bitten by the spider on April 8, a day after opening for AC/DC in Mexico City. Oddly, it marked the second time Momsen was bitten by an animal while on tour with AC/DC after previously being bitten by a bat during a show in Spain.
The Pretty Reckless are set to play their third and final Mexico City show opening for AC/DC on Wednesday. They’re set to reunite with the “Back in Black” legends for a U.S. stadium tour launching in July.
In other Pretty Reckless news, the band is releasing a new song called “Love Me” on Friday. It will appear on their upcoming album, Dear God, due out June 26.
Dear God marks the follow-up to 2021’s Death By Rock and Roll. It includes the singles “For I Am Death” and “When I Wake Up.”
The Pretty Reckless will launch their own U.S. headlining tour in between the AC/DC dates in July.
Taylor Swift and Dakota Johnson are see outside ‘Lovers Of Today’ on Oct. 2, 2016 in New York City. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
Taylor Swift knows what it’s like to be one of the TIME100 most influential people in the world, having been named to the list in 2019. So it probably should not come as a surprise that she was tapped to write an essay celebrating one of the famous folks named to the list this year.
Dakota Johnson is included on the “artist” section of the list, along with actors like Claire Danes, Benico Del Toro, Jonathan Groff, Noah Wyle and Keke Palmer, and singers like Luke Combs and Noah Kahan. “Nearly 20 years into her fascinatingly varied and eclectic career, everyone is still getting to know Dakota. And it seems the more they learn, the more there is to fall in love with,” Taylor writes of her friend.
After wondering if, because of her “refreshing honesty,” Dakota simply “can’t lie,” Taylor goes on to write, “As her friend, I can vouch for her realness. … And maybe it’s true that she can’t lie. But I’ll tell you a few more things she can’t do.”
“She can’t stop asking people questions about their lives, endlessly curious about everyone else’s human experience. She can’t stop challenging herself, taking newer and bolder risks,” Taylor notes, adding that Dakota’s “unfailing truthfulness helps to shape her ever evolving storytelling into art that feels as real and timeless as she is.”
Musician Bob Dylan performs onstage during the AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas at Sony Pictures Studios on June 11, 2009 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI)
Bob Dylan has added some more dates to his 2026 North American tour.
The 84-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has added seven new shows to his schedule, beginning July 10 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The additions include stops in Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Boston; Gilford, New Hampshire; and Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Jimmie Vaughan and Brittney Spencer will join Dylan as special guests on select dates.
Tickets for all new shows go on sale Friday
Dylan launched his latest North American tour on March 21 in Omaha, Nebraska, with dates confirmed through July 25 in Vienna, Virginia. His next show is Thursday in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
A complete list of dates can be found at BobDylan.com.
The seal of the Department of Homeland Security (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
(ATLANTA) — A Department of Homeland Security employee was “brutally shot and stabbed to death,” Monday, according to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, in a shooting spree across the Atlanta area, in which one other person was killed and a third is in critical condition.
Lauren Bullis was walking her dog on Monday, when she was randomly attacked, allegedly stabbed and shot by Olaolukitan Adon Abel, a 26-year-old born in the United Kingdom who was naturalized in 2022, Mullin said.
“He possesses a prior criminal record that includes convictions for sexual battery, battery against a police officer, obstruction, and assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and now stands accused of murdering @DHSgov employee Lauren Bullis by shooting and stabbing her while she walked her dog,” Mullin wrote on X.
Mullin said Abel was arrested for reportedly shooting a woman to death outside a restaurant before “randomly shooting a homeless man multiple times” outside a supermarket. ABC affiliate WSB reported that man is in critical condition.
Police said Abel, 26, shot and stabbed Burris about four hours later, according to WSB.
Police raided a home that the suspect rented near where Burris was attacked and arrested Abel, WSB reported, who faces at least six charges, including murder, aggravated assault and possession of a gun as a convicted felon.
A behind-the-scenes photo as production starts on ‘The White Lotus’ season 4. (Fabio Lovino/HBO)
Cameras have started rolling on season 4 of The White Lotus.
The Emmy-winning HBO series has started production on the French Riviera. This fourth season is set to film in Cannes, St. Tropez and Monaco. Additionally, some filming will also take place in Paris, although the main story remains along the Côte d’Azur.
HBO has also confirmed that this new season’s plot will take place during the Cannes Film Festival, where it will follow a new group of White Lotus hotel guests and its employees over the course of a week.
The star-studded season 4 cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Vincent Cassel, Steve Coogan, Caleb Jonte Edwards, Dylan Ennis, Corentin Fila, Ari Graynor, Marissa Long, Alexander Ludwig, Chris Messina, AJ Michalka, Kumail Nanjiani and Nadia Tereszkiewicz. Additional cast includes Chloe Bennet, Sandra Bernhard, Heather Graham, Max Greenfield, Frida Gustavsson, Charlie Hall, Jarrad Paul, Rosie Perez, Ben Schnetzer and Laura Smet.
The hotels that will be featured in this season of the show are the Airelles Château de la Messardière, which will be the White Lotus du Cap, and the Hôtel Martinez, which will be the White Lotus Cannes.
The White Lotus is created, written and directed by Mike White. White also executive produces alongside David Bernad and Mark Kamine.
Officials say an ice block crashed through the roof of a home in Whittier, California, on April 10, 2026. (Los Angeles County Supervisor)
(LOS ANGELES) — Federal authorities are investigating after a California resident reported that a large chunk of ice fell from the sky and crashed through the roof of a house and landed on a couch.
The incident occurred around 11:15 a.m. on Friday at a home in Whittier in Los Angeles County, according to local officials.
The resident reported hearing “what sounded like an explosion” and found a large block of dirty-looking ice on the living room couch, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office said in a press release on Tuesday.
The ice had crashed through the roof and ceiling, according to Hahn’s office, which released photos of the damage to the home.
No one was injured in the incident, Hahn’s office said.
Local law enforcement and fire personnel responded and classified the situation as a “suspicious circumstance,” and the resident submitted a report to the Federal Aviation Administration, according to Hahn.
The home is under the Los Angeles International Airport landing approach. Data from Flightradar24 shows there were planes flying over the house around the time of the incident, and there is a plane over the house approximately every 3 minutes.
Hahn has called for a “thorough and timely” investigation into the incident in a letter to the FAA. The letter, dated Tuesday, noted that a “large mass of ice penetrated the roof of a residential home, causing significant structural damage and posing substantial risk of injury or loss of life.”
“While such incidents are rare, the potential consequences are extremely serious,” Hahn wrote. “Whether the material originated from aircraft systems, waste leakage, or another source, this event raises important concerns about aviation safety over densely populated communities in Los Angeles County.”
The FAA said it is investigating, and that the agency investigates every report it receives alleging ice fell from an airplane and damaged property.
The homeowner, Thania Magana, had reached out to Hahn on Saturday, “requesting assistance ensuring this incident is properly investigated,” Hahn’s office said.
“We definitely want to know what it consists of and if it’s going to affect our health,” she told the station.
If the ice was due to a plane, Magana told KABC that she wants to “understand why it happens, because even right now as we’re speaking, there’s a plane flying over us and it’s scary.”
Construction on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — Prosecutors from the U.S. attorneys office in Washington were turned away Tuesday after they made an unannounced visit to the Federal Reserve, where they allegedly requested a tour of renovations that have attracted scrutiny from the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.
The unusual visit prompted immediate backlash from an attorney for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who wrote a letter to D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office, citing the recent ruling from a federal judge that blocked subpoenas to the bank after determining DOJ’s criminal probe was driven by President Donald Trump’s political animus towards Powell.
Robert Hur, who formerly served as special counsel who investigated former President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents and now represents Powell, warned DOJ in the letter reviewed by ABC News that future efforts to initiate contact with Fed representatives should be negotiated through legal counsel.
“As you know, Chief Judge [James] Boasberg has concluded that your interest in the Federal Reserve’s renovation project was pretextual. Should you wish to challenge that finding, the courts provide an avenue for you; it is not appropriate for you to try to circumvent it,” Hur said. “I ask that you commit not to seek to communicate with my client outside the presence of counsel.”
According to Hur’s letter, attorneys from Pirro’s office, Carlton Davis and Steven Vandervelden, and a case agent showed up at the Fed’s headquarters, stating they wished to “check on progress” and that they asked for a “tour.”
A source said they were then told they could not access the site without preauthorized clearance from Fed management and were given the contact information for the Fed’s legal counsel, after which the three left the area.
“Any construction project that has cost overruns of almost 80% over the original construction budget deserves some serious review,” Pirro said in a statement on X after the prosecutors were turned away. “And these people are in charge of monetary policy in the United States?”
Pirro publicly vented her frustrations about Boasberg’s ruling that effectively blocked her office from investigating Powell, which she has vowed to continue appealing despite threats from Republican Sen. Thom Tillis to block any confirmation of Powell’s replacement until the criminal probe is resolved.
The probe centered on Powell’s testimony to Congress last year about cost overruns in a multibillion-dollar office renovation project.
Trump on Wednesday again threatened to fire Powell if he does not step down when his term as chair ends May 15.
“I’ll have to fire him, OK, if he’s not leaving on time — I’ve held back firing him. I’ve wanted to fire him, but I hate to be controversial, you know, I want to be uncontroversial,” Trump said in an interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo.
Legal experts have questioned if Trump has the authority to fire Powell. His attempt to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook last year is currently awaiting a decision at the Supreme Court.
The confrontational visit also comes as Pirro’s name has repeatedly been floated as a potential permanent replacement for Pam Bondi as the next attorney general.
Powell rebuked the investigation in a video message in January as a politically motivated effort to influence the Fed’s interest rate policy.
Pirro, at a press conference in March, denied that politics played any role in her probe of Powell and the focus was whether public money has been wasted as a result of the Fed’s renovations, and potential false statements to Congress by Powell about the operations.
Ville Valo performs at Logomo on April 24, 2024 in Turku, Finland. (Venla Shalin/Redferns)
HIM frontman Ville Valo is open to getting the “Wings of a Butterfly” outfit back together.
The Finnish rockers broke up after a final show on New Year’s Eve 2017 in their home country, but Valo tells Metal Hammer he “would love to play with the lads again someday.”
“I miss those fellows. They are my brothers,” Valo says. “But there’s also beauty in the fact we didn’t strangle each other at the end, or start travelling in separate limos. So there is that to be said. I felt it was the right way to bury the corpse. HIM was and is my life. It was very hard to let go of that.”
Valo says he hasn’t “really been in touch with [his former bandmates] much,” but noted that they were “still good friends” when HIM ended.
“We’d just grown apart,” Valo says.
Valo has since launched a solo project called VV. The debut VV album, Neon Noir, was released in 2023.
