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The late Aretha Franklin is missing some valuable property, and since there’s no way the Queen of Soul took her stuff with her into the great beyond, the estate believes a crime may have been committed. According to documents obtained by The Blast, the estate of Aretha Franklin revealed there is an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Bloomfield Township Police Department in Michigan, where Franklin lived. Read More: https://theblast.com/aretha-franklin-... Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Cardi B was served with a lawsuit over an alleged fan beatdown as she walked into film her new Netflix series. It all went down on Wednesday night in New York City, where Cardi was in town to shoot for her upcoming hip-hop competition show, “Rhythm + Flow.” Read More: https://theblast.com/cardi-b-served-l... Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Meghan Markle is about ready to pop! The pregnant Duchess of Sussex was seen Thursday visiting Swart Works, a charity for unemployed women, and was sporting a popped out belly button … indicating her due date maybe closer than we think! Read More: https://theblast.com/meghan-markle-du... Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Lady Gaga has finally reacted to the Lifetime docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly” and says she’s removing her song that featured R. Kelly from all streaming services. The “Joanne” singer took to social media late Wednesday evening to address the reasons behind their 2013 collaboration, “Do What You Want (With My Body). Many fans have given her heat over the years for doing the song because of the endless sexual assault allegations against the R&B artist and her history as a strong advocate for survivors. Read More: https://theblast.com/lady-gaga-r-kell... Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

“Southern Charm” star Thomas Ravenel accused his baby mama Kathryn Dennis of a hit and run and now there is video to back up his allegation. As The Blast first reported, Ravenel made the claim as part of a nasty court filing in the couple’s custody battle. Rather matter-of-factly, he said in the document, “Father is informed and believes that on or about October 29, 2018, Mother committed a hit and run.” Read More: https://theblast.com/southern-charm-kathryn-dennis-alleged-hit-and-run-video/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Cardi B has devoted fans all over the world, and one special member from the Austrian chapter of the BardiGang proved her love for the rapper is everlasting. The Blast spoke with Cardi super fan Haida, who currently lives in Upper Austria and considers herself a devotee of the hip-hop star. Read More: https://theblast.com/cardi-b-tattoo-fan-austria/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Dorit Kemsley‘s husband might not be seeing his future Bravo paychecks after a man he owes $1.2 million to made a move to seize his income and assets. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, a man named Nicos Kirzis sued Paul “PK” Kemsley in New York court back in 2016. Kirzis explained he loaned Kemsley a total of $1.2 million back in 2011. At the time, he claimed Kemsley had not repaid a dime from the loans, despite having agreed to a 2013 deadline. Read More: https://theblast.com/rhobh-dorit-kemsley-pk-assets-seized-unpaid-loan/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

R. Kelly‘s manager has been accused of harassing the parents of alleged victim Joycelyn Savage over their participation in Lifetime’s “Surviving R. Kelly,” and now police are involved. According to the report, obtained by The Blast, Timothy Savage called authorities to his Georgia residence on January 3 just before 6 AM and claimed he was texted by a man named Don Russell, who is the manager for R. Kelly. Read More: https://bit.ly/2RffiEr Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Cardi B‘s ex-manager believes the rapper’s father may have key information in their $15 million legal battle and has fired off a subpoena demanding he sit and be grilled in the case. On January 2, court documents were filed in the dueling lawsuits between Cardi B and her former manager, Klenord “Shaft” Raphael. They both are suing the other for millions in damages. Read More: https://theblast.com/cardi-b-father-manager-lawsuit/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Tame Impala is seeing the fast rewards from being a Coachella headliner after their music streams increased over 50% since the lineup announcement. We spoke with a rep from Spotify, who says the double digit climb is consistently up since Wednesday’s big reveal and is only expected to continue. Read More: https://theblast.com/tame-impala-spotify-streams-coachella/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka are enjoying a vacation in the Caribbean with the rest of the celebrities, and took a glass bottom kayak out for a spin. The “Glitter” star was seen wearing a full body wetsuit, with ample cleavage, while splashing around in the 85 degree water with Tanaka and her two children, Monroe and Moroccan. Read More: https://theblast.com/mariah-carey-st-barts-wetsuit-kayak/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

John Legend is brushing off praise as the most outspoken voice participating in Lifetime’s, “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary chronicling the alleged abuse accusations against the singer. Part 1 of a 6-part documentary aired Thursday night, and included interviews with former friends and family members who speak candidly about R. Kelly abusing not only women, but young girls. Read More: https://bit.ly/2TquefF Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Blac Chyna has agreed to pay for some of the things of Rob Kardashian‘s she allegedly destroyed but says he is asking way more than what the stuff is worth. As The Blast first reported, Rob sued his baby mama over an alleged incident that went down on December 14, 2016. He claims she “consumed a significant amount of drugs and alcohol” and proceeded to damage a television, break down a door, damage the walls, destroy his cell phone and smash a gingerbread house that was made for the holidays. Read More: https://theblast.com/blac-chyna-rob-kardashian-new-tv-gingerbread-house/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Hailey Bieber is catching up on some reading during the New Year, and working on her duties as a new wife in the process. The model was spotted out in Los Angeles on Wednesday with a book focused on the power of prayer, “The Power of a Praying Wife.” Read More: https://theblast.com/hailey-bieber-power-praying-wife-spiritual-book/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Halsey may have finally put G-Eazy in her rearview mirror after being spotted with British rock star YUNGBLUD and it turns out the two have an interesting magical connection. YUNGBLD, aka Dominic Harrison, is a 20-year-old alternative rock musician who grew up in South Yorkshire. A few years before he was hardcore, he appeared on the U.K. Disney Channel series, “The Lodge.” Read More: https://theblast.com/halsey-new-boyfriend-yungbld-dominic-harrison-disney-channel/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Lindsay Lohan is putting that MTV money to good use. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Lohan recently paid off a $100,710.55 tax lien filed against her by the Internal Revenue Service. Lilo owed $5,710.09 for the year 2010, $11,028.08 for 2014 and $83.972.38 for 2015. Read More: https://theblast.com/lindsay-lohan-pays-off-tax-lien/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant already have a lot to celebrate this new year! The couple announced they are expecting a little girl via Instagram on Monday. This marks not only their 4th child, but another daughter! Read More: https://theblast.com/kobe-bryan-vanessa-baby-announcement-girl/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Ariel Winter is clapping back at IG trolls who claim she’s lost weight by using illegal substances. The “Modern Family” star just hit back on social media, saying her psychiatrist switched up her anti-depressants, which caused her to drop noticeable weight. Read More: https://theblast.com/ariel-winter-weight-loss-anti-depressants/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

After another series of Kanye West tweets directed his way over following Kim Kardashian on Instagram, Drake has apparently acquiesced and unfollowed her. A quick search of her follower list and his following list shows that Drake is not among her 123 million devoted Instagram fans. Read More: https://theblast.com/drake-unfollows-kim-kardashian-instagram/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

“Mean” Gene Okerlund, one of the most recocnizable faces in WWE history, is dead at the age of 76. It’s unclear when Okerlund died, but WWE just made the announcement that he passed away. They did not provide any details of a time, place or manner. Read More: https://theblast.com/wwe-legend-mean-gene-okerlund-dead-at-76/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Legendary Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen may be gearing up for a nasty divorce with his estranged wife, Larsa Pippen, because they don’t even see eye to eye on when they broke up. According to Scottie’s response to Larsa’s filing, he refutes her date of separation as October 29, 2018, as she stated when initially filing for divorce. Read More: https://theblast.com/scottie-pippen-disputes-date-divorce-response-larsa/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Penny Marshall died of heart failure resulting from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to her death certificate. The document, obtained by The Blast, also reveals the legendary director and actress was cremated after her death and her remains were given to her sister, Ronny. Read More: https://theblast.com/penny-marshall-cause-of-death/

No one had more fun than on Saturday night than Céline Dion. The legendary songstress hit up Lady Gaga‘s new Engima residency at Park Theater in Las Vegas where she could simply not control herself throughout the performance. Read More: https://theblast.com/celine-dion-lady... Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth may have been surprised the world with their wedding, but the two stars already had the plan in place to get hitched after taking a trip to the local courthouse. According to court officials in Williamson County, TN, the two stars showed up in person on December 18 and obtained a marriage license. Both Cyrus and Hemsworth presented their driver licenses and passports, and signed on the dotted line. Read More: https://theblast.com/miley-curus-liam-hemsworth-marriage-license-nashville/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews

Billie Lourd has found a way to remember her mother, Carrie Fisher, and she’s sharing it with the world. To mark the second anniversary of her death, Lourd sat behind the piano and sang the Jackson Browne song, “These Days.” Read More: https://theblast.com/billie-lourd-carrie-fisher-death-anniversary/ Check out https://theblast.com/ Like Us On Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/theblastnews/ Follow Us On Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/blast/ Follow Us On Twitter! https://twitter.com/theblastnews