The earthquake struck the east coast of Taiwan in Hualien County on Wednesday at around 7:58 a.m. local time, multiple news outlets reported. According to Taiwan’s National Fire Agency (NFA), perCNN, nine people have died and more than 900 have been injured. Rescue operations are now underway as 131 people are trapped following the quake, at least 50 of whom are employees of the Silks Place Taroko Hotel. The group had been traveling to the national park Taroko Gorge at the time of the quake, according toReuters....

Jeff German.Photo: K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles is being held on an open murder charge Thursday in connection to the stabbing death ofLas Vegas Review-JournalreporterJeff German. The shocking news of Telles' arrest came days after German, 69, was found stabbed to death outside his home in Las Vegas on the morning of Sept. 3. “This is a terrible and jarring homicide that has deeply impacted Las Vegas....

B.J. NovakleftUshergoing “OMG” after aPunk’dprank gone sour. “I’m meeting all these celebrities for the first time, right? It’s thrilling for me. I’m meetingMissy Elliott. I’m meeting Usher,” he recalled, adding that his best day was the stars' “worst day of their life.” On season 2 ofPunk’d, Novak met the R&B crooner while posing as a store owner on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. At the time, Usher’s little brother — who was secretly in on the joke — was being busted for shoplifting....

A goat in Karachi, Pakistan, named Simba, is now an internet sensation thanks to his unusually long ears. Simba’s two ears each measure 21 inches long and have made him quite a name in his hometown. The goat’s breeder, Mohammad Hasan Narejo, said he saw stardom from the start with Simba. “Within 10 to 12 days of his birth, he was already appearing in all the national and international media — and won a beauty contest,” Narejo toldthe AFP news agency....

Photo: Thomas Wells/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP On July 25, Fred Everitt of Belden, Mississippi, heard his 20-pound calico cat Bandit making “loud guttural meows in the kitchen” sometime between 2:30 and 3 a.m. before she jumped onto his bed and scratched at him, according to theNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal. Everitt, 68, told theDaily Journalthat he quickly grew alarmed because the cat “had never done that before.” “I went, ‘What in the world is wrong with you?...

Photo: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via GettyBarbara Edenhas wonderful memories of working withElvis Presley— and even recalls him telling her about meeting his eventual wife,Priscilla.During a special panel alongsideJackée HarryatChristmas Conin Pasadena, California, Saturday, theI Dream of Jeanniestar was thrilled when asked about her experience with the King of Rock and Roll on the 1960 movieFlaming Star.“Elvis was a delight,” began Eden, who will be 91 later this month. “He didn’t get the girl and he died — and he was fabulous!...

Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Beanie Feldsteinannounced Friday that she has tonsillitis. The Golden Globe nominee, 29, shared on Instagram that she will have to miss some performances of Broadway’sFunny Girlthis weekend, following the news ofher early departure from the show. “Hey everybody, I’m just checking in. What have I missed? What’s been going on?” Feldstein prefaced theclip, appearing to reference the chatter aroundher earlier-than-expected exitandLea Michele’scasting as Fanny Brice. “I’ll start....

Bella Hadid’s look during the Coperni fashion show at Paris Fashion Week 2022 wasn’t ready until mid-show — when audience members saw it made right before them. The model, 25, appeared on the runway as three men surrounded her and spray-painted her with white paint in real-time. As she stood still wearing a pair of underwear and heels, the men painted a white layer of latex over her body. In their efforts, they created a mid-length dress with off-the-shoulder sleeves, as she then left the runway....

Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller at the 27th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Nov. 27, 2017.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Ben StillerandAdam Sandlerhave a history of making fans laugh with their zany comedies — and sometimes those fans can’t even tell them apart. Stiller revealed onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonthat he’s often mistaken for Sandler, and that fans seem to have a particular attachment to the latter star’s 2006 filmClick....

Photo: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg/Getty Bill Gateswill no longer be on the list of the world’s wealthiest people. On Wednesday, the Microsoft co-founder, 66, announced onTwitterand in ablog postthat he plans to transfer $20 billion of his personal wealth into theBill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s endowment this month. “I will move down and eventually off of the list of the world’s richest people,” Gates shared in his blog post. “My giving this money is not a sacrifice at all....

Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Sofia Coppola at the 2003 premiere of ‘Lost in Translation’.Photo:Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Bill Murrayreflected on his early 2000s romantic comedy-dramaLost in TranslationonThe Drew Barrymore Showthis week — and left the host speechless.TheCaddyshackactor, 74, appeared onBarrymore’s talkshowon Wednesday, March 12, to talk about his movieRiff Raff,but that wasn’t before reminiscing on his 2003 film,Lost in Translation.“Well there was a girl, she was a teenager back then her name wasScarlett Johanssonback then,” the comedian told Barrymore, 50....

The chef and television host shared a carousel onInstagramwith photos of himself andPérezas she turned 43. “Happy birthday to the absolute loveliest and most genuine person in my life. Love you CP. @christinalperez,” Flay, 59, wrote in the caption accompanying the snapshots, which led off with a sunkissed selfie of the two. Flay’s daughter Sophie also commented with heart emojis. Pérez reposted his photos to her Instagram Story, and also showed off the bouquet of flowers her boyfriend got her earlier in the weekend....

Steven Bradley Collins, Wendy Pamela Bailey with Kahleb Collins (left); and Ryleigh Collins.Photo:Facebook; Riser Funeral Homes Facebook; Riser Funeral Homes Kahleb Collins, 1, was last seen in Winfield, Ala., on Sept. 4, theAlabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA)said on Dec. 17. His disappearance had not come to light until acar crash that killed his fatherand 2-year-old sibling earlier this month. He was not reported missing to authorities, who were alerted about his disappearance only following a Dec....