LOS ANGELES — Chris Hardwick’s cable talk show is on hold and he has withdrawn as moderator of AMC and BBC America’s Comic-Con panels, AMC Networks said Saturday. The company said it had a positive working relationship with the host and producer but takes seriously what it calls “troubling” allegations …

NEW YORK — Spotify is backpedaling on its recently announced anti-hate policy after some music industry players criticized it. The company said in blog post that when it announced the policy on May 10 it “created confusion and concern” and that Spotify “didn’t spend enough time getting input from our own …

Danica Patrick has been living in the fast lane since she was a little girl, making a name for herself racing against the top men in professional motor sports. Her final race will be Sunday at the Indianapolis 500 — the annual event that launched her groundbreaking career. “The greatest …

It appeared rapper Cardi B deleted her Instagram Saturday after responding to criticism from rapper and singer Azealia Banks. On Friday, during an interview with Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, Banks spoke about the state of female rap, bringing up Cardi B in the process and calling her “illiterate, untalented …

NEW YORK — Singer-songwriter Roberta Flack was under observation at a Manhattan hospital Saturday after suddenly feeling ill before her appearance at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. The 81-year-old Grammy award-winner was taken to Harlem Hospital in an ambulance Friday evening, TMZ reported.  Flack apparently became very dizzy as she was about to …

R. Lee Ermey, a former drill instructor who became a Marine Corps icon for his portrayal of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, aka “The Gunny,” in the 1987 film “Full Metal Jacket,” is dead, his manager said. He was 74. “It is with deep sadness that I regret to inform you all …

New York City’s storied Chelsea Hotel isn’t famous for its rooms, but for the people who slept inside them. The gritty, sometimes sketchy, establishment housed everyone from writer Mark Twain to painter Jackson Pollock and musician Jimi Hendrix.  Next week, some remarkable artifacts from the Chelsea’s heyday are going up …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Tennessee rapper has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge filed after he was arrested with a gun following a shooting at a Little Rock nightclub that left 25 injured last summer.  Ricky Hampton entered a plea Monday in Little Rock federal court. Under terms of …

Country music superstar Reba McEntire will be returning as host of the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. McEntire, who has hosted the awards show 14 times since the late 1980s, joined “CBS This Morning” to reveal the news and announce the nominees of some of the show’s top categories.  …

JOHANNESBURG — Legendary South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela has died at the age of 78 after a decade-long fight with cancer, according to a statement from his family on Tuesday. Often called the “Father of South African jazz,” Masekela died in Johannesburg after what his family said was a …