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The Queen of Soul Aretha FranklindiedThursday morning of advanced pancreatic cancer. She was 76 years old. After years of speculation about her health, her representatives confirmed her cancer battle. Fans had been wondering about Franklin’s health since sheunderwent a mystery surgery on Dec. 2, 2010.She didn’t reveal what the procedure was for, saying only that it was “highly successful.” But later that week, a relative told Fox 2 in her hometown of Detroit that she had cancer, and theNational Enquirerreported that it was pancreatic....

Some three months afterher death from pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine typeat age 76,Aretha Franklin‘s last property in her hometown of Detroit was recently sold for $300,000, multiple outlets have reported. Fred A. Sabine/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty The outlet reported the buyer had no connection to Franklin and that there “are no other Detroit properties” that the Queen of Soul owned when she died that are left to be put on the market....

01of 104KISS KISSTodd Williamson/January Images/REX/ShutterstockAward winnersAriana Grandeand Janelle Monáe pose together at Billboard’s 13th Annual Women in Music Awards in N.Y.C. on Thursday. 01of 104 KISS KISS Todd Williamson/January Images/REX/Shutterstock Award winnersAriana Grandeand Janelle Monáe pose together at Billboard’s 13th Annual Women in Music Awards in N.Y.C. on Thursday. 02of 104HOLLYWOOD HEARTTHROBVirisa Yong/BFA/REX/ShutterstockNoah Centineo melts hearts with his smile at theGQMen of the Year party in Los Angeles on Thursday....

Photo: Ariana Grande/Instagram. Inset: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic It was a night to remember forAriana Grandeand her grandmother! Grande, 25, shared the sweet moment to her Instagram Stories where she first captured Nonna, 93, getting a tattoo of “Ciccio” inked on her left ring finger. Though Nonna’s sentimental ink, which was in honor of her late husband Frank Grande, was only her first tattoo, the Grande matriarch took the pain like a champ....

Ariana GrandeandPete Davidsonaren’t hiding their budding relationship. The flirty interaction comes one day after the “No Tears Left to Cry” singer, 24,defended herself against accusationsthat she isresponsible for ex-boyfriend Mac Miller’s recent DUIarrest. Pete Davidson/Instagram Ariana Grande/Instagram GC Images Last week, the 26-year-old rapper (real name: Malcolm McCormick) was arrested andcharged with DUI and hit and runin the San Fernando Valley after he hit a utility pole with his Mercedes-Benz and fled the scene; the arrest came barely a week after news broke that Miller and Grandehad split....

Ariana Grandetook the passenger seat onThe Late Late Show‘s recurring Carpool Karaoke segmentWednesday — and used her time in-between tunes to clear up a few rumors. The 25-year-old singer joined hostJames Corden, 39, for his latest musical ride, a day after the twoblew through a jukebox musical version of James Cameron’sTitanicin just one take. While Grande’s appearance on Carpool Karaoke was mostly about the music — with the powerhouse vocalist singing through her catalog of hits like “Dangerous Woman,” “Side to Side,” “No Tears Left to Cry” and new single “God Is a Woman” — Corden did get a chance to ask Grande about the strangest rumor she’s ever heard about herself....

Arnold Schwarzenegger.Photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty Arnold Schwarzeneggeris officially heading to the small screen with a new spy adventure series. The actor, 73, will star opposite Monica Barbaro, who previously starred onUnREALand will next appear inTom Cruise’sTop Gun: Maverick. According to a description from Netflix, the series follows a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter (Barbaro) who discover that they’ve both been secretly working as CIA Operatives. “They realize their entire relationship has been a lie and they truly don’t know one another at all....

From left: Luke Hemsworth, Joseph Baena, Morgan Freeman.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; Kevin Winter/Getty Joseph Baenais jumping into action! The son ofArnold Schwarzeneggeris following in his dad’s footsteps as he is set to appear in the upcoming action flickGunner,Deadlinereports. The actorconfirmed his casting on InstagramThursday, sharing a photo of himself in costume and writing, “Deputy Wally reporting for duty.” Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories....

Photo: HENNING BAGGER/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via GettyWhen the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art of Denmark gave artist Jens Haaning $84,000 for two paintings to feature in their upcoming exhibition, the last thing they expected was to get two blank canvases in return.According toCNN, the museum asked Haaning to recreate two of his previous works that used framed cash to represent the average salaries of Austrians and Danes in their respective currencies. The artworks were to be featured in an exhibition about the future of labor....

Photo: Facebook A former Mississippi cop faces up to 20 years in prison for leaving her 3-year-old daughter to die inside a hot car while she had sex at her supervisor’s house, multiple outlets report. On Monday, Cassie Barker, 29,pleaded guilty to culpable negligence manslaughterin the death of her daughter, Cheyenne Hyer, inside her patrol car in 2016, CBS News reports. The former Long Beach officeraccepted the plea agreement to a lesser chargeafter initially being indicted for second-degree murder, theBiloxi Sun Heraldreports....

Dan Gelber (left), Ron DeSantis.Photo: Wilfredo Lee/AP/Shutterstock; Joe Raedle/Getty As Florida becomes a hotspot for cases of the highly contagious Delta variant, Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber says the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, is making it “as difficult as possible to make people safe.” “We’re not allowed to have mask mandates right now,” Gelber, 60, told CNN’s Ryan Nobles in an interview over the weekend. “We were one of the first cities to require it and we charged a fine just to get people to do it and the governor stopped allowing us to do it and then immediately we saw a surge across our county and state when he did that....

Ashley Grahamis a mom! The supermodel, 32, and her husbandJustin Ervinwelcomed their first child together, a son, on Saturday, Jan. 18, they shared on their Instagram Stories Monday. “Thank you all for your love and support during this incredible time,” she addressed her followers in addition. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

Photo: Ashley Graham/instagram Ashley Grahamis celebrating her pregnancy body. She and husbandJustin Ervinannounced in July that they’reexpecting— later learning that they will be havingtwin boys— a year and a half after theywelcomed their first child, sonIsaac Menelik Giovanni, 21 months. “The past year has been full of tiny surprises, big griefs, familiar beginnings and new stories,” Graham wrote in the initial announcement. “I’m just beginning to process and celebrate what this next chapter means for us....