NEWS AND GAMES

Olivia Rodrigo is not too cool for school ... because she was apparently in class today at USC. Ya gotta see this photo making the rounds online, showing the "good 4 u" singer seated in class at USC's Thornton School of Music. Olivia's peers seem… source https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/31/olivia-rodrigo-attends-usc-music-school-class/

Serena Williams got a special gift from her Nike family as she plays what possibly could be her last tennis tournament -- a pair of custom Virgil Abloh kicks in honor of her late friend. The tennis legend posted a video unveiling several boxes of… source https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/31/serena-williams-nike-virgil-abloh-inspired-sneakers-us-open-tennis/

NYPD is getting dragged on social media due to a viral video of a cop slugging a woman square in the face, leaving her down for the count. The brutal incident reportedly went down Aug. 12 in Harlem, but the video's just now circulating online --… source https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/31/nyc-police-cop-punches-woman-face-hits-ground-video/

Country music singer Luke Bell battled severe bipolar disorder for years before recently going missing and being found dead ... and his manager says he'd disappeared a few times before. Luke's business manager, Brian Buchanan, tells TMZ ... the… source https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/31/country-luke-bell-dies-found-dead-suffered-severe-bipolar-disorder-missing/

Diddy’s “R&B is Dead” campaign has led the Bad Boy Records founder back into the studio ... with the legendary Dr. Dre marking their first-ever musical meetup! Sources familiar with the session tell TMZ Hip Hop Dre was actually coaching… source https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/31/diddy-dre-studio-photos-love-album-snoop-dogg-rb-dead/

The relationship between Kanye West and GAP has clearly hit some rough waters ... with Ye taking shots at the retail giant for allegedly leaving him out of meetings and copying his designs. Ye's now gone off on the company for two days in a row,… source https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/31/kanye-west-gap-yeezy-balenciaga/

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union who was largely responsible for ending the Cold War, has died. Gorbachev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 - 1991. His title changed to President in… source https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/30/mikhail-gorbachev-dead-dies-soviet-union/