NEW YORK (AP) — Something unusual happened after Kim Kardashian West's terrifying encounter with armed robbers in Paris: She went social media silent.
At least for a time.
So did her sisters, her mom and other insiders who routinely share, share and share their lives away — about themselves and each other. It's one of their mightiest celebrity strengths, and they're richly rewarded with millions of followers and thousands of commenters.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West has canceled and rescheduled two tour dates after his wife Kim Kardashian West was robbed at gunpoint in Paris.
LiveNation, promoter of West's Saint Pablo Tour, announced Monday that a concert scheduled for Tuesday in Philadelphia and another scheduled for Thursday in the Detroit area have been bumped back to December.
PARIS (AP) — The ordeal of Kim Kardashian West — who was left tied up after a $10 million jewel heist in her private Paris residence — dominated talk among editors at Fashion Week. It cast a gray cloud over collections that otherwise were meant to exude joy and creativity.
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on robbery of Kim Kardashian West in Paris (all times local):
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Johanna Primevert, chief spokeswoman for the Paris police department, says that the attack on Kim Kardashian shouldn't put off anyone thinking of coming to Paris.
"This is the result of people who obviously posed as policemen and who assaulted Ms. Kardashian in a private hotel in her room by threat of a weapon," Primevert told the AP Tuesday.
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PARIS (AP) — Kim Kardashian West joined a line of victims of major jewel heists when armed robbers entered her Paris residence, chained her to bathroom furnishings and escaped with jewels worth an estimated $10 million. Other thieves have outwitted armed guards and alarm systems or cut through an airport fence or to seize their loot.
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PARIS (AP) — Kim Kardashian jostled for attention with the new fashion royalty, Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid, in Paris. Fashion Week parties got into their highest gear. And Valentino's designer made his debut solo show.
Here are the highlights of Sunday's spring-summer 2017 ready-to-wear collections:
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KIM KARDASHIAN HAS COMPETITION AT GIVENCHY
The new couple in town — Malik and Hadid — attended Givenchy's evening show to a storm of flashing lenses on Sunday.
PARIS (AP) — Among the forest decor at the star-studded Balmain collection, pop star and former French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy killed time chatting with French Vogue Editor Emmanuelle Alt.
Guests were all waiting on one person: Kim Kardashian, who arrived late to the usual whirl of paparazzi flashes in her first appearance since getting attacked by a serial celebrity accoster.
Here are the highlights of Thursday's spring-summer 2017 ready-to-wear shows in Paris:
PARIS (AP) — Serial celebrity accoster Vitalii Sediuk has struck again, this time at Paris Fashion Week, targeting Kim Kardashian's derriere as she was entering an exclusive restaurant.
Kardashian's makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic caught the Wednesday incident on video and posted it to his Instagram account.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Selena Gomez isn't keeping her Instagram account to herself. The pop star has become the most followed celebrity on the popular photo sharing site.
Gomez's Instagram account became the first to hit the 100-million follower mark this week.
The "Hands to Myself" and "Same Old Love" singer now tops such fellow celebrity Instagramers as Taylor Swift (91.4 million), Beyonce (85.3 million), Ariana Grande (85 million) and Kim Kardashian West (83.6 million).
MILAN (AP) — This was already Gigi Hadid's season.
She drew crowds outside the Max Mara shop on opening day of Milan Fashion Week, and indulged fans with selfies.
Then she opened and closed the Max Mara show on the second day of womenswear previews for next spring and summer on Thursday, and took top billing at Fendi.
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't worry, celeb watchers: With the unraveling of Brangelina, you've still got plenty of reigning couples to obsess over.
Some cases in point:
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THE WESTS
He, Kanye West, puts on fashion shows that try the patience of some critics, drops new Yeezy shoe designs that sell out in minutes and is currently performing high above devotees on a platform during his "Life of Pablo" tour.
NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West brought his "Saint Pablo Tour" to the small stage at a New York Fashion Week party, where he performed under smoky, dark lights and ended his set with some outspoken words, per usual.
West hit the stage Friday night at The Plaza Hotel, where the audience — a bit sweaty and cramped and made of up fashion and entertainment industry insiders — hung on to the rapper's every move as he performed new and old songs, even jumping into the audience to rap with the crowd.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fashion Week kicked off a day before its official start with Kanye West debuting his latest Yeezy collection far outside the Manhattan fashion fray and Kendall and Kylie Jenner talking about their own collection.
NEW YORK (AP) — In sweltering heat, set to a slow, morose soundtrack, Kanye West debuted the fourth season of his Yeezy collection for Adidas at a park memorializing Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous four freedoms: of speech and worship, from want and fear.
Helping to kick off New York Fashion Week, West lured the fashion crowd, along with wife Kim Kardashian and two of her famous sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, to Roosevelt Island just off Manhattan on Wednesday.
Kanye West compared himself to Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Howard Hughes, Harry Truman and Henry Ford before unveiling his new video at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
West described himself as a "thought leader" in a rambling speech that included a defense of his "Famous" video and shout-out to former flame Amber Rose.
NEW YORK (AP) — Recent Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps and the Final Five are heading to the MTV Video Music Awards.
MTV said Thursday that Phelps, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian will present awards at Sunday's show in New York City.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leslie Jones, the black "Saturday Night Live" and "Ghostbusters" actress-comedian, is again the target of racist and sexist online attacks.
NEW YORK (AP) — E! network is canceling "I Am Cait" after two seasons.
The reality series chronicled the life of Caitlyn Jenner, who had formerly been Bruce Jenner, the TV personality and Olympics athlete.
It debuted a year ago to huge fanfare (and 2.7 million viewers) as part of a publicity drive accompanying Jenner's transition from a man into a woman. Jenner's stepdaughter Kim Kardashian and husband Kanye West, as well as her ex-wife Kris Jenner made appearances.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian West is many things. It's just, feminist isn't one of them.
"I don't think that I am," she said Friday at the BlogHer conference of bloggers. "I don't like labels. I just think I do what makes me happy and I want women to be confident and I'm so supportive of women."
So, exactly, how would the reality star, queen of social media, Kanye West wife, and mom of two define feminism?
Kim Kardashian is getting emotional over the death of her BlackBerry.
The reality star posted on Twitter on Wednesday that her classic BlackBerry Bold finally died and she can't find a replacement on eBay. She says she "knew this day would come," but is "getting sad" as reality sets in. She says she's considering whether to get a different kind of BlackBerry or a different brand. She needs two phones on different services, she says, to ensure that one is always...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sheriff's officials say Kris Jenner has been involved in a traffic collision but did not require serious medical treatment at the scene.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Lt. Ed Winslow says preliminary information from the scene showed that Jenner's vehicle collided with a car that turned in front of hers while trying to get onto a freeway in Calabasas shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
Jenner is the ex-wife of Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Beyonce and Adele are the top nominees at the MTV Video Music Awards, where their music videos will compete against Kanye West's controversial "Famous" for video of the year.
"Famous," Beyonce's "Formation" and Adele's "Hello" will battle Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and Drake's "Hotline Bling" for the top prize when the VMAs air live Aug. 28 from New York's Madison Square Garden. The nominations were announced Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift probably wishes she could time travel back to "1989" after the month she's having.
On Sunday, her bitter feud with Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian, exploded after Kardashian released a series of Snapchats that seemed to suggest that Swift lied when she said she didn't know about, or approve, West's infamous "Famous" line where he raps that he and Swift might have sex because "I made that bitch famous." The drama came just days after...
NEW YORK (AP) — It's Taylor vs. Kanye, part 242, with a dash of Kim Kardashian.
West's famous wife stirred the pot of beef between Taylor Swift and Kanye West on Sunday, when on Snapchat, she posted video of a phone call between the rapper and pop superstar about his song "Famous," in which he rapped: "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex, Why? I made that bitch famous."
Upon its release in February, West was condemned by many for the line. He insisted...
NEW YORK (AP) — Imagine it's 2017 and Donald Trump is president. He's been informed by national security adviser Sean Hannity that Russia has launched a nuclear missile to Canada and war may be unavoidable.
Only a fellow celebrity can make it right — at least if you ask Richard Hine, author of the novella "Kim Kardashian Saves the World (After President Trump Nearly Ends It)."
"I've taken the idea of how ridiculous it would be to put a reality TV star in the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There's no "Blank Space" in Taylor Swift's bank account.
The singer-songwriter tops Forbes' annual list of the 100 highest-paid celebrities with $170 million.
Swift is ahead of fellow chart-topping pop stars Adele at No. 9 with $80.5 million, Madonna at No. 12 with $76.5 million, Rihanna at No. 13 with $75 million and Katy Perry at No. 63 with $41 million.
The "Shake It Off" crooner's star-studded "1989 World Tour" earned more than $200...