‘Empire’ Star Jussie Smollett Beaten by MAGA Backers, Cast Gets Armed Guards  —  12:43 PM PT — Sources connected to production tell us Jussie and the rest of the main “Empire” cast members will have armed security going forward while they continue shooting in Chicago.

Police Respond to Fight During Blac Chyna's Hawaiian Vacation After She Left Daughter Dream Behind  —  It's trouble in paradise for Blac Chyna.  —  PEOPLE confirms that officers and paramedics responded to the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Monday morning after police …

Halsey Is Just ‘Not Having It’  —  The ‘Without Me’ singer has gone from Internet emo kid to stadium pop star, but her rise didn't come without challenges.  She talks about the constant media scrutiny, that scary meltdown, and how she's ‘just not fucking having it’ when it comes to double standards for women in music.

Oscar Isaac in Talks to Join Timothee Chalamet in ‘Dune’ Reboot  —  Oscar Isaac is the latest star in negotiations to join Legendary's “Dune” reboot, sources tell Variety.  He will join a cast that includes Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgard, and Charlotte Rampling.

R&B Legend James Ingram Dead at 66 from Brain Cancer  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Grammy winning R&B singer and songwriter James Ingram has died from a battle with a form of brain cancer ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources close to the singer tell us James had been fighting the cancer for an extended period.

Padma Lakshmi Pens an Emotional Tribute to Her ‘Angel’ Fatima Ali  —  The Top Chef judge remembers Ali following her death from a rare form of bone cancer. … There are people who come across your path who change you forever.  —  I met Fatima on the first day of filming Top Chef in Colorado.

Lindsay Lohan Returns in Her First Film in Six Years: Watch Among the Shadows Trailer  —  Lindsay Lohan is back in her first film in six years.  —  The 32-year-old actress stars as Patricia Sherman, the wife of a European president, in Among the Shadows, which follows private investigator Kristy Wolfe …

SECOND WIND BENEATH MY WINGS Celine Dion on the younger man in her life and why she feels sexier than ever at 50  —  The My Heart Will Go On singer still continues to grieve for her late husband Rene Angelil but celebrates turning 50 with a bold new look  —  While she continues to grieve …

Bill Cosby Targeted in Prison by a Drone Camera, Leads to Lockdown  —  There's an eye in the sky over Bill Cosby, and Pennsylvania Prison officials are pissed about it ... TMZ has learned.  —  Cosby got an uninvited visitor last week when a drone was flown over his home away from home — State Correctional Institute Phoenix.