Josh Dudick

Brad Pitt was not in Venice for George Clooney's lifetime achievement honor, but he still found a way to get a joke into the ceremony.

Sam Smith spent years discovering Tom Petty's music after a songwriting-credit dispute that once left them furious. The part they cannot revisit is the handwritten letter Petty sent them on the eve of the 2015 Grammy Awards.

A former Southern Illinois University Edwardsville lecturer is facing federal fraud charges after prosecutors say he put more than $100,000 in personal expenses on a university-issued credit card, including rent, marijuana, athletic fees and high-end kitchen knives.

Katy Perry spent one of the most difficult stretches of her last world tour crying thousands of miles from home as her relationship with Orlando Bloom came to an end. A little more than a year later, she is describing Justin Trudeau as “the love of my life.”

Isla Fisher liked somebody. Then his dog ran away, he went after it, and the way he chased the animal apparently ended the attraction before the dog was even back.

Rick Springfield says one memory followed him home from Vietnam and never found an easy place to go, being told that one of the mortar rounds he fired during an attack had struck a Viet Cong fighter.

Alanis Morissette did not begin with a single bank statement proving that millions of dollars were missing. She began with the feeling that something was wrong with her finances.

Amanda Kloots and Justin Gimelstob have ended their relationship after more than a year of dating, but Kloots says they remain close.

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick celebrated 38 years of marriage without a red carpet or crowded party. Their anniversary weekend involved a canoe, a quiet lake and a pun Sedgwick was probably never going to let pass.

Optimus Prime has spent four decades representing courage, compassion and protection. The Department of Homeland Security's decision to use his likeness in immigration enforcement posts has now prompted Hasbro to make clear that it never approved the idea.