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Three-time Grammy winner Darius Rucker, best known as the lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish, was arrested Thursday in Tennessee on misdemeanor drug charges.

The 57-year-old “is fully cooperating with authorities,” according to his lawyer.

Rucker has branched out from the band, becoming a country music star and hosting the CMAs. He’s also done some acting guest spots.

Hootie & The Blowfish’s hits include Hold My Hand, Only Wanna Be with You, and Let Her Cry.

Rucker was booked in his native Williamson County in connection with three misdemeanor charges, two of them drug-related, reports indicate.

The counts include simple possession/casual exchange of a controlled substance, and a vehicle registration violation.

Rucker bonded out and was released around 11 a.m. today. Rucker’s bond was set at $10,500.

Rucker was involved in another drug-related controversy more than two years ago. His ex-girlfriend, Kate Quigley, had been hospitalized in critical...

For the first time since the tragic death of “The Wire” star Michael K. Williams in September, his nephew, Dominic Dupont, talks about the devastating moment when he found his uncle’s body on this week’s “Red Table Talk.”

In a clip shared ahead of Wednesday’s episode, which you can watch below, Dupont tells hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Jada’s mother Adrienne Banfield Norris how he decided to check on his uncle after growing concerned because he hadn’t heard from him.

“I went upstairs and opened up his door it was quiet. Michael always played music. That wasn’t the case. I stuck my head in and said, ‘Uncle Mike, are you in here?’ And I observed him… deceased. I immediately called 911 and they said, ‘Do you want to start compressions?’ And I said, ‘I am telling you… he’s deceased. He’s gone.

Upon release from the hospital on Saturday, comedian Kate Quigley released a statement on Twitter to address fans following a tragic incident that killed three of her friends from fentanyl overdoses. Hi guys. Upon being released from the hospital, I've finally had the time & clarity to put my feelings on paper. Mean this from the […]

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Fuquan Johnson, a writer for the TV series Comedy Parlour Live, has died along with two other unidentified victims after apparently overdosing on fentanyl-laced cocaine at a Venice, Calif. party on Friday.

TMZ reported that two other victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Kate Quigley, a comedian and the ex-girlfriend of Darius Rucker, was in a Los Angeles hospital. At least three others were hospitalized in serious condition.

The other victims were not identified pending a medical examiner’s report.

The synthetic painkiller Fentanyl has been showing up on the party circuit of both coasts in the US. The powerful drug has been implicated in the deaths of Prince, Mac Miller and Tom Petty, among others.

Johnson was 42 and a frequent performer on the Los Angeles comedy circuit. Quigley has appeared in The Office, the fan film project Star Trek: Hidden Frontier, and the TV mini-series Guber.

Police have...

Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean last week with ferocious Category 5 winds that decimated much of the area’s tropical islands and killed at least 38 people.

Residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands—along with those from Puerto Rico, Cuba, St. Martin and the British Virgin Islands—are now in the process of rebuilding in the aftermath of the historic storm, which has left much of the Caribbean uninhabitable. Many are still without electricity, gas, or water, and will need continuous aid for the foreseeable future—and some residents say they feel forgotten by the U.S. mainland after the storm turned its crosshairs toward Florida.

[[tmz:video id="0_7hl9kqac"]] Shooter McGavin took a page out of Happy Gilmore's playbook by giving a hot bikini clad comic swinging lessons ... on the green. Christopher McDonald, who played the sleazy golf pro in the Adam Sandler flick, showed up at a $10 million hole in one tournament in Las Vegas. He didn't win the tournament, but it's hard to say he lost -- based on his interaction with Kate Quigley. Still, nice to see Shooter finding his happy place ... just like Happy.

Chris Paul and Blake Griffin would be nobodies today, if it weren't for V. Stiviano -- that is just One of the beyond-absurd hallucinations she's spewing. Donald Sterling's former alleged mistress said, "No one even knew the Clippers existed until I came into the franchise" ... while appearing on the #DateFails podcast hosted by Kate Quigley and Stephen Kramer Glickman. Her comments are just ridiculous enough to be entertaining. Take a listen ... nothing like a little...