SEATTLE — The end of the year, we are conditioned to believe, is a time of reflection. We take stock of milestones and accomplishments made in the same duration as the Earth completes its full orbit around the sun.

Of greater magnitude and wonder than the natural powers holding our solar system together is a uniquely human compulsion ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When Matthew and Gunnar Nelson released their debut album “After the Rain” in 1990, it was a massive hit.

The record sold more than 2 million copies and launched a 300-show tour. The first single, “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection,” hit No.1 on the charts; the title track was released next, climbing to ...Read more

Chrissie Hynde was more "embarrassed" by Pistol than anything she's ever done.

The Pretenders frontwoman has a prominent role in Danny Boyle's controversial mini-series about the Sex Pistols and she admitted she was left "mortified" by her depiction because she didn't have anywhere near as much involvement in the group as it seems.

She told ...Read more

Ricky Gervais will skip the Golden Globes next month despite being nominated for an award because it's "too far to go".

The 64-year-old comedian lives in London with his partner Jane Fallon and he's decided not to travel to Los Angeles for the ceremony on January 11 - where's he nominated in the best stand-up category - because it's a long way ...Read more

Justin Bieber wants the music industry to be made "safer" and "more honest".

The 31-year-old singer was catapulted to fame as a child star and spent his formative years in the spotlight but he suffered numerous troubles including an arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence that led to him being convicted of a reckless driving charge ...Read more

Most things in this world have their good points and their not-so-good points, and this is certainly true of "The Copenhagen Test," a science-fiction spy story about a man whose brain has been hacked. Without his knowing it, everything he sees and hears is uploaded to an unknown party, in an unknown place, as if he were a living pair of smart ...Read more

Sadie Sink had to "pretend [she] knew" what she was doing on the set of her first movie.

The Stranger Things star worked extensively in theatre when she was a child but when she landed her film debut in 2016 at the age of 14 in sports drama Chuck with Naomi Watts, the actress felt completely clueless.

She told Australia's ELLE magazine: "The ...Read more

Timothee Chalamet wore real prescription glasses while he was filming Marty Supreme.

The 30-year-old actor plays a bespectacled ping pong star in the new sports drama and it's now been revealed was forced to wear contact lenses to obscure his vision so he had to rely on a real pair of glasses on set because director Josh Safdie wanted his star ...Read more

Mariah Carey has been awarded over $92,000 after a lawsuit over All I Want For Christmas Is You was dismissed.

The Hero hitmaker was sued by country artist Andy Stone, who performs under the name Vince Vance, back in November 2023 after he alleged her festive classic was ripped off from his own 1988 Christmas song of the same name but his ...Read more

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee believes the rockers are "closer now than we've ever been" after 45 years together.

The band - which formed in 1981 - is still going strong after more than four decades and Tommy has compared their lengthy relationship to a marriage because they've had their highs and lows and come out stronger than ever,

In an ...Read more

Kim Kardashian has been criticised by PETA for buying her children a puppy each for Christmas.

The Kardashians star bought four Pomeranians over the holidays so she could give one to each of her four children North, 12, Saint, 10, Chicago, seven, and Psalm, six, who she shares with ex-husband Kanye West, while her sister Khloe Kardashian also ...Read more

John Lydon expected "some kind of connection" with his former Sex Pistols bandmates after the death of his wife Nora.

The veteran rocker - who turns 70 next month - has not spoken to guitarist Steve Jones, bassist Glen Matlock or drummer Paul Cook in many years and his relationship with the rest of the group became even more frosty when they ...Read more

Brigitte Bardot has been remembered as "a legend of the century".

The And God Created Woman actress passed away on Sunday (28.12.25) at the age of 91, and tributes have been flooding in for the iconic star, who quit acting at the age of 39 to focus on animal rights campaigning and political activism.

French president Emmanuel Macron said: "Her...Read more

Miley Cyrus pitches her songwriting skills to legendary filmmakers and Hollywood stars at events to get involved in movies.

The 33-year-old singer-songwriter scored the responsibility of making the credit song - Dream As One - for Avatar: Fire and Ash after she told the film's director, James Cameron, 71, that she was up for doing it at Disney'...Read more

Olivia Culpo is saving all her clothes for her daughter.

The 33-year-old model has kept the likes of her sizzling pink and red beauty pageant looks - including the velvet outfit she donned when crowned Miss Universe in 2012 - as well as her Dolce+Gabbana wedding dress "intact" in storage, so that she can gift it to Colette, five months, when ...Read more

Toni Collette has praised Kate Winslet for bringing an "incredible sense of trust and freedom" to the set of Goodbye June.

Kate, 50, made her directorial debut with the Netflix Christmas family drama film - which sees Bernie (Timothy Spall) and his four children, Connor (Johnny Flynn), Julia (Kate), Molly (Andrea Riseborough), and Helen (Toni) ...Read more

Erin Doherty used to order coffees in Anne, Princess Royal's regal voice to see how people reacted.

The 33-year-old actress - who played a teenage version of the 75-year-old royal in seasons three and four of Netflix's The Crown - relishes finding out how her different alter egos fit into different social situations.

Erin told The Observer ...Read more

Nicola Roberts is thrilled to be "a part of the pregnant lady/mommy to be community".

The Girls Aloud member is grateful for all of the supportive messages that she and her fiance, accountant-and-semi-professional footballer Mitch Hahn, have received since they announced on Christmas Day (25.12.25) that they are expecting their first child ...Read more

Michael J. Fox thanked Crispin Glover for being a "brilliant actor" to work with on Back to the Future 40 years after the film's release.

The 64-year-old actor recently wrote a letter to Crispin, 61, commending his "phenomenal role" of George McFly - the dad of Michael's alter ego Marty McFly - because he did not have time to say it when they ...Read more

Brigitte Bardot has died.

The former actress has passed away at the age of 91, her charitable foundation have announced, though they didn't share when, where or how she died.

The organisation said in a statement: "The Brigitte Bardot foundation announces with immense sadness the death of its founder and president, Madame Brigitte Bardot, a ...Read more