Garry Marshall, the American director, producer, actor, and writer behind seminal rom-coms and comedy-dramas like Pretty Woman and Beaches, has passed away at the age of 81.

After spending what we hope was a happy life in a frequently shit-filled coop in upstate New York, Kim Kardashian, a chicken, is now dead. The small-brained, flightless creature once provided eggs to legendary actress and singer Bette Midler, but People is reporting that she has since gone to the Other Side.

After a Thursday night performance of the Broadway musical The Color Purple, actual goddess Jennifer Hudson decided to pay tribute to rock icon Prince, who passed away earlier today, with a cover of one of the musician’s most indelible hits. Also, yes, I’m crying right now, it’s very ugly and shiny and red on my face.

Recent reports that Prince was treated for a drug overdose six days before his passing on the morning of April 21 have possibly shed light on the singer’s cause of death.

Only hours after the news of rock icon Prince’s death became public, gossip site TMZ obtained and released information which they purport indicates the “Purple Rain” singer’s cause of death was from something stronger than initially believed.

According to close family and friends, incoming reports of Mob Wives star Angela Raiola’s death from lung and brain cancer are allegedly false.

A lot of important people died in 2004: Ray Charles, Jerry Orbach, ODB, Avril Lavigne.