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Fran Walker.Photo: Facebook A Chicago woman accused of killing and dismembering her landlord after being served an eviction notice has been charged with her murder. Sandra Kolalou, 36, is being held without bond at the Cook County Jail. According to police, Walker rented out several rooms in her Chicago home. On Monday, after reportedly hearing screams in the middle of the night and unsuccessful attempts to get a hold of their landlord, a few of Walker’s concerned tenants called 911 to report her missing, police said....

Grant Wahl.Photo: Brendan Moran/FIFA/Getty This week’s episode ofTed Lassoincluded a touching tribute to Grant Wahl, the soccer journalist who died in December while covering the World Cup in Qatar. A dedication to Wahl was shown during the closing credits of the April 5 episode, which also included a scene showing Brendan Hunt’s Coach Beardholding a copy of Wahl’s book,The Beckham Experiment. Wahl’s widow, Cèline Gounder, wrote about the tribute onTwitter....

Charlie Herbster (left), Julie Slama.Photo: Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty; Nati Harnik/AP/Shutterstock Amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted groping against Nebraska Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster, one state senator says she, too, was a victim. Julie Slama was among eight women to tellThe Nebraska Examinerin a story published last week that Herbster, a leading contender in the GOP primary race, touched them inappropriately. Herbster’s campaign has disputed these accounts and the politician himself has suggested on social media that the claims are the result of the “the establishment machine within my own party....

Photo: Janet Fries/Getty Images Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the famed poet who was placed on trial in the 1950s for publishing Allen Ginsberg’sHowl, died Monday evening at age 101. City Lights Booksellers, the bookstore Ferlinghetti founded in 1953, announced his death in a post on social media on Tuesday. In it, the store called Ferlinghetti their “poet and hero,” and included a black and white picture of the bookseller smiling from a window of the building....

Rudy Giuliani (center) and other Trump campaign lawyers at a November press conference.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty About 1,500 lawyers and counting have signed a letter condemning PresidentDonald Trump’s campaign legal team, including former New York MayorRudy Giuliani, for spreading falsehoods and “a pattern of frivolous court claims” as well as working to undermine the 2020 election. Theletterfrom the group Lawyers Defending American Democracy, initially posted Thursday, calls on “bar disciplinary authorities” to investigate the lawyers' recent behavior....

Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty Lizzo’sSpring Awakeningdreams may come true after all! Back in April, the Grammy winner, 34,posted on TikTokthat she would have given just about anything to be at the original Broadway cast’s one-night-only reunion concert. And at Sunday’s75th annual Tony Awards, starsLea Michele,Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher Jr. andSkylar Astinsay the door is always open for Lizzo to join them. “Anytime Lizzo wants to doSpring Awakening, we will have her,” Groff tells PEOPLE....

The game between Los Angeles teams Lakers and Clippers scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28, will not take place following the death of the city’s icon,Kobe Bryant. The NBA released a statement on Monday, confirming that the game had been postponed. “The game will be rescheduled at a later date,” the statement added. The Lakers organization also released a statement about the postponed game. “The Los Angeles Lakers would like to thank all of you for the tremendous outpouring of support and condolences....

The 2020 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team roster is beginning to take shape. On Monday, USA Basketball released a star-studded list of the team’s 44 finalists, which includesLeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers,Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets and Russell Westbrook of the Houston Rockets. But the team is far from finished — players who made the list are under no obligation to compete in the2020 Olympics in Tokyo....

Photo: Leni Klum/Instagram HeidiandLeni Klumgot all glam in matching Dolce & Gabbana dresses before the 17-year-old model hit the catwalk at the Italian label’s star-studded fashion show. “matching w mommy,” Lenicaptioned two photosposing with her mom on a staircase outside in Venice. Stylist Rob Zangardi shared some videos of the duo in action — as well as a photo of Heidi and husband Tom Kaulitz in equally glittery shoes....

Leona Lewisis a bride-to-be!The singer, 33, recently accepted a proposal from her longtime boyfriend Dennis Jauch after eight years of dating, PEOPLE confirms exclusively.On Monday, theX Factoralum subtly showed off her massive diamond engagement ring in several photos and videos posted on her Instagram Story. Reps for Lewis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The happy couple have been spending time together in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where Lewis just finished shooting for the second season of Sony Crackle’s dramaThe Oath....

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Leonardo DiCapriomay have attended many Academy Awards ceremonies in his career, but that doesn’t mean he’ll ever get used to it. “It never feels the same,” DiCaprio said on the red carpet ahead of Sunday’s ceremony, where he’s nominated for his leading role in Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time… In Hollywood. “It is that old cliché that its an honor to be nominated, but it really is,” the 45-year-old actor told Tamron Hall on ABC....

Letitia Wright; Michael K. Williams.Photo:Jeff Spicer/Getty, Rodrigo Varela/Getty Jeff Spicer/Getty, Rodrigo Varela/Getty Working alongsideMichael K. WilliamsonSurrounded, his final film before his death, was nothing short of an honor forLetitia Wright. She and the lateWilliams, who died in September 2021at age 54, share a particularly tense scene in the movie. As she tells PEOPLE, she was over the moon to work with such a prolific talent. Wright, 29, says she knew the “amazing artist” from numerous projects —The Wire, of course, but also HBO’sThe Night OfwithRiz Ahmed— and that Williams' name came up when the filmmakers were on a Zoom call together trying to figure out who would fit the mysterious character opposite the two leads, Wright andJamie Bell....