LOS ANGELES — Back in 2024, Universal conjured a pink and green tornado that swept pop culture.

From themed drinks at Starbucks and dolls of Elphaba and Glinda, to joint appearances by stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande at the Olympics and throughout a heavily publicized press tour, "Wicked" was everywhere.

As the conclusion of the two-...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — After building its friendly and familial reputation on bluegrassy string bands in its first decade, Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s Blue Ox Music Festival will test its luck on a wider variety of sounds for its 12th incarnation.

The 2026 Blue Ox lineup announced Wednesday features Texas’ traditional country music revivalist Charley ...Read more

The final film of the late Glenda Jackson and, if he remains true to his word, of Michael Caine, "The Great Escaper" has made its way to America two years after its U.K. release. Premiering Sunday under the umbrella of the PBS series "Masterpiece Theatre," the film tells the true-life story of Bernie Jordan, who, at 89, set off unaccompanied ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The king of cheeses is ready for the spotlight.

The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, the governing body of the Italian cheese, has reportedly signed with United Talent Agency in order to pursue product placement opportunities in film and TV projects. According to a statement to the Hollywood Reporter, the organization is looking ...Read more

Genevieve Chenneour has been left "so shaken" after she was attacked in London for the second time this year.

The Bridgerton actress - who plays Clara Livingston in the Netflix series - broke down in tears and suffered panic attacks after claiming a man hit her in London's Oxford Circus on Thursday (11.20.25), just five minutes before she was ...Read more

Benedict Cumberbatch feared a crow might "peck his eye out" when one had to eat food off his chest in his new film.

The 49-year-old actor had a "nerve-wracking" time wondering what the feathered creature was going to do when he had to let one hop onto his body when shooting movie The Thing with Feathers, and he had to don a piece of plastic on ...Read more

Jennifer Lawrence has admitted the dog in Die My Love "annoyed the s***" out of her.

The 35-year-old beauty stars in the movie as an isolated woman struggling with postpartum depression and while she isn't a fan of pooches, her co-star Robert Pattinson felt their canine companion - who intentionally had to bark a lot to annoy Jennifer's ...Read more

Steven Knight has refused to "second guess what people want" while writing the new James Bond movie.

Amazon MGM Studios recently hired the Peaky Blinders creator to pen the script for the next instalment of the 007 film franchise, and while he "loves" the process, he isn't trying to work out what Bond aficionados might want to see in the follow...Read more

Rumer Willis is "definitely ready for a partner", but she would rather make pancakes than reunite with her ex-boyfriend.

The 37-year-old actress - who is the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore - confirmed last year she and Derek Richard Thomas, who she has two-year-old daughter Louetta with, had gone their separate ways.

But after a year-...Read more

Candace Cameron Bure "prays" for self control to prevent her hitting out at online trolls.

The Fuller House star has learned it isn't worth trying to "fight back" on the Internet so has taken a new approach to public feuds and instead lets "God fight [her] battles a lot online".

Speaking on the Stay True podcast, she said: "I usually don't ...Read more

Jay Leno is thankful his wife hasn't forgotten him.

The 75-year-old broadcaster was granted conservatorship over his spouse Mavis, 29, last year after she was diagnosed with advanced dementia - which causes a decline in thinking, memory, and reasoning skills - and while caring for her can be tough, he still enjoys their time together.

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Pras Michel has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

The Fugees rapper was convicted of 10 charges - including acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government - back in April 2023 in an international fraud case after he accepted $100 million from disgraced Malaysian financier Jho Low to influence the administrations of US Presidents ...Read more

Jimmy Kimmel has told President Donald Trump that "I'll go when you go".

The 58-year-old talk show host - whose programme was briefly pulled off air in September - opened his show on Thursday (20.11.25) with a special message for "the angry orange" after the US leader called for him to be fired shortly after Wednesday's (19.11.25) episode of ...Read more

Hulk Hogan's son has hinted he could follow in his father's footsteps by forging a WWE career.

Nick Hogan, 35, feels "so much closer" to his late dad, who passed away in July aged 71, when he is around the company, and the star admitted wrestling is "in the blood".

Asked if he would consider a wrestling career, he told TMZ: "You never know, ...Read more

Liam Payne's sister says missing her late brother is "now part of breathing".

Ruth Gibbins took to social media to pay tribute to the One Direction star on the anniversary of his funeral, after he tragically died in October 2024, aged 31, when he fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

She admitted time hasn't made it "easier" to...Read more

Aerosmith have returned with their first new music in over a decade, teaming up with Yungblud on the collaborative EP One More Time.

Released today (21.11.25), the five-track project unites two generations of rock through brand-new material and a reimagined classic.

The collection features four original songs co-written by Aerosmith and ...Read more

For a guy known for going to extremes, there are still some lines of decency John Waters is not willing to cross.

Waters, the transgressive filmmaker whose trash masterpieces (trash-terpieces?) "Pink Flamingos" and "Desperate Living" scandalized cinemas in the 1970s, has been gleefully pushing boundaries for more than 50 years.

And he's shown ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Taylor Sheridan’s “Landman” opens its first season with Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris strapped to a chair with a bag over his head.

Tommy had been sent out to negotiate an agreement with the cartel, which owned the land his company has the mineral rights to. A punch to the head later, some numbers are crunched ...Read more

NEW YORK — A good chunk of the audience at The Shed clearly didn’t recognize Tom Hanks when he first walked out on stage in “This World of Tomorrow,” even though Tom Hanks was who people had come to see. And hear. Hanks wrote this play himself, along with a collaborator, James Glossman; it’s an adaptation of several of Hanks’ short ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Southern California’s punk rock history is often focused on Orange County and Los Angeles, but 60 miles east of L.A,. the youth of the Inland Empire were creating their own scene amid the smog and heat.

The Riverside Art Museum in Riverside is hosting a new exhibit, titled “60 Miles East: Riverside’s Underground Punk ...Read more