Entertainment

/

ArcaMax

Bang Showbiz / Singer Benson Boone

Benson Boone recalls fan walking in on him in toilet with pants 'fully at my ankles'

Benson Boone was left "horrified" after a fan unexpectedly walked in on him using a toilet with his pants "fully at [his] ankles" at his own concert.

The Beautiful Things hitmaker and two of his pals thought it would be funny to revive their unusual childhood habit of completely removing their pants while using a urinal at the gig's venue - ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Gypsy-Rose Blanchard.

Gypsy-Rose believes Ken Urker died after 'overdose'

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard believes her partner Ken Urker died after an apparent overdose.

Urker was "found dead upon arrival" on Thursday (01.10.26) - his 34th birthday - and a cause of death is yet to be determined, but Gypsy-Rose has opened up on what she thinks happened.

Speaking to PEOPLE magazine, Gypsy-Rose has suggested her former fiancé ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Media personality Khloe Kardashian

Khloe Kardashian's daughter convincing her to have a third child

Khloe Kardashian's daughter is begging her to have a third child.

The 42-year-old media personality has True, eight, and son Tatum, four, with her 35-year-old ex-partner, basketball player Tristan Thompson, and their eldest is hoping she can give her a sister using a frozen embryo.

On the latest episode of the Khloe in Wonder Land podcast, she...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Pedro Pascal will bring the sound of the cello to closing night at the Newport Beach Film Festival, with his new music drama Behemoth! chosen to bring down the curtain on the event's 27th edition

Pedro Pascal swaps monsters for music in new cello movie

Pedro Pascal will bring the sound of the cello to closing night at the Newport Beach Film Festival, with his new music drama Behemoth! chosen to bring down the curtain on the event's 27th edition.

The 51-year-old The Last of Us and The Mandalorian star plays gifted cellist Alex Serian in the film, written and directed by Tony Gilroy.

Behemoth!...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Bradley Cooper is swapping Oscar dramas and the casinos of Ocean's for the battlefield after signing up to play Duke in Paramount's new G.I. Joe movie

Bradley Cooper goes to war as G.I. Joe's new Duke

Bradley Cooper is swapping Oscar dramas and the casinos of Ocean's for the battlefield after signing up to play Duke in Paramount's new G.I. Joe movie.

The 51-year-old A Star Is Born actor will take on the role of the elite military team's field commander in the latest big-screen version of Hasbro's action franchise, with The Righteous ...Read more

Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/TNS

Commentary: Can Letterboxd stay Letterboxd under studio ownership?

Letterboxd, once a niche social network for cinephiles to review, recommend and discover films, is now the subject of a potential nine-figure acquisition. As reported by the New York Times last week, the Canadian technology company Tiny is exploring selling its controlling stake in Letterboxd, with Sony Pictures, A24, and the Times itself ...Read more

Bennett Raglin/Getty Images North America/TNS

Commentary: What is the future of not-for-profit American theater?

Recently, Oskar Eustis, the artistic director of New York’s legendary Public Theater for the past 21 years, announced his plan to step down in 2028. Eustis has had a long career in American theater, and his opinions are well respected. That’s why his statement that “the not-for-profit theater movement is over” has generated a lot of ...Read more

Netflix/TNS

Column: Netflix's 'A Different World' is a great remake of the classic comedy with a ton of Philly connections

PHILADELPHIA — Netflix’s "A Different World," a reboot of the 1987 NBC original, is what I thought "Bel-Air" would be. It remains true to the original show’s characters: Whitley (Jasmine Guy) is still an entitled snob, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) remains as thoughtful as he is brilliant.

And Dwayne and Whitley’s daughter, Deborah (Maleah ...Read more

Jerod Harris/Getty Images North America/TNS

LA-raised comic Jack Assadourian Jr. turns his Mexican Armenian roots into fearless new comedy special

LOS ANGELES — Comedian Jack Assadourian Jr. didn’t know what to expect when he booked shows in Armenia. People in his life told him the culture was very old-fashioned compared to the material in his act. They also told him they wouldn’t accept him because he wasn’t fully Armenian and didn’t speak the language.

“They’re not gonna ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Chase Infiniti is heading deeper into horror after landing the lead role in Portrait of God- a new Lionsgate film bringing together genre heavyweights Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele for their first collaboration as producers.

Chase Infiniti enters horror with new role

Chase Infiniti is heading deeper into horror after landing the lead role in Portrait of God - a new Lionsgate film bringing together genre heavyweights Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele for their first collaboration as producers.

The 26-year-old Golden Globe and Emmy nominee will star in the feature from 25-year-old filmmaker Dylan Clark, whose ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Ben Affleck has ruled out swapping Hollywood for the campaign trail after his Animals co-stars urged him to run for political office - saying he would rather make movies about politics than become part of what he described as the 'circus' himself

Ben Affleck reveals why he won't join America's political 'circus'

Ben Affleck has ruled out swapping Hollywood for the campaign trail after his Animals co-stars urged him to run for political office - saying he would rather make movies about politics than become part of what he described as the "circus" himself.

The 54-year-old Oscar winner plays Los Angeles mayoral candidate Mark Kimball in the new Netflix ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Noah Kahan has released Draw You Out

Noah Kahan says he took writing his Hunger Games song 'very seriously'

Noah Kahan took writing a song for the new Hunger Games movie "very seriously".

The Stick Season hitmaker wanted to do justice to young Haymitch Abernathy and his District 12 girlfriend Lenore Dove when penning Draw You Out for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

Noah, who was already a fan of the franchise, told Billboard magazine: "...Read more

Ronnie Wood says Rolling Stones tour plans are stalled as Keith Richards isn't keen

Ronnie Wood has said The Rolling Stones' future live activity is currently stalled because Keith Richards isn't ready to commit.

Speaking in a new interview, bassist and guitarist Wood explained that he and frontman Sir Mick Jagger are eager to get back on stage, but lead guitarist Richards is not pushing for the band's return.

He told NME: "I...Read more

Kim Hyatt/Minnesota Star Tribune/TNS

This bluegrass festival circuit creates community through music

WINONA, Minn. — Boats and Bluegrass Festival is a beloved tradition for 3,000 fans of music and recreation on the Mississippi River, but Rebecca Sammis said the annual gathering goes much deeper.

“There’s a whole community, a whole culture. It’s a whole feeling,” said Sammis, co-director of the festival that started 22 years ago to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / The View's Joy Behar

Joy Behar forced to miss The View after suffering nasty on-set injury

Joy Behar was forced to pull out of The View on Thursday (01.10.26) after suffering a painful on-set injury.

The 83-year-old host dislocated her shoulder after she "caught a heel backstage" the day before on the ABC daytime talk show.

Her representative told the New York Post's Page Six: "Joy caught a heel backstage but is on the mend and ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Couple Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis

Emma Heming Willis 'will not let' Bruce Willis' frontotemporal dementia 'diagnosis be in vain'

Emma Heming Willis "will not let" her husband Bruce Willis' frontotemporal dementia (FTD) "diagnosis be in vain".

The Die Hard star was diagnosed with aphasia, a language disorder that affects a person's ability to speak, understand, read, or write, in 2022, before it progressed to FTD, a group of brain disorders affecting personality, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Eddie Murphy is attached to his first ever live action TV series

Eddie Murphy set for first ever scripted TV series in The Chairman

Eddie Murphy is set to make his live action scripted TV debut in new series The Chairman.

The 65-year-old actor, who got his start on Saturday Night Live! before launching a big screen career with around 40 credits to his name, has never starred in his own live action television series.

According to the likes of Variety and Deadline, Murphy ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Rainn Wilson has reflected on his movie flops

The Office star Rainn Wilson admits movie flops 'stunt for a long time'

Rainn Wilson has admitted not becoming a movie star after The Office hurt his "ego".

The 60-year-old actor, who Dwight Schrute on the beloved comedy, has reflected on his career after the show, which included roles in the likes of The Rocker, The Meg and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

He told The Small Bow podcast: "I've been able to play a lot...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Halle Berry has been accused of physical and verbal abuse

Halle Berry lands restraining order after ex claims she abused their 12 year old son

Halle Berry's ex Olivier Martinez has accused her of physically abusing their 12-year-old son.

The 60-year-old Hollywood star's attorney has described the lawsuit as "entirely meritless and deliberately misleading", while a Los Angeles County judge has granted a temporary restraining order against the actress.

As reported by PEOPLE magazine, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is grieving the death of Ken Urker.

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's 'soulmate' Ken Urker dies aged 34

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's former fiancé Ken Urker has died aged 34.

Urker, who is the father of Blanchard's 22-month-old daughter Aurora, was "found dead upon arrival" on his birthday on Thursday (01.10.26) at a home in Louisiana, while his cause of death has not been revealed.

The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office told The Hollywood Reporter: "...Read more