Dickey Betts, the guitarist and co-founder of Southern rockers the Allman Brothers Band, died Thursday of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 80.

In statement posted to Betts' website, the musician's family said he died at home in Osprey, Florida. They said Betts was a "legendary performer, songwriter, bandleader, and ...Read more

With parts of Taylor Swift’s new album “The Tortured Poets Department” reportedly leaked online, her fans rallied Thursday to stop their spread.

Some people apparently couldn’t wait until midnight for Swift’s much-anticipated 11th album, as unconfirmed snippets of songs circulated on social media beginning Wednesday.

It remained ...Read more

That’s not a bingo.

Quentin Tarantino is scrapping plans to make “The Movie Critic” his next film and will start all over on his 10th and final project.

The legendary director previously said “Critic” would be his last movie, and it was expected to start filming this year.

Reports that Tarantino is dumping the project come after he ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Netflix has renewed its fantasy series "The Witcher" for a fifth and final season.

The series just began production on Season 4, the streamer announced Thursday. The upcoming two seasons will be the first to feature Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia, the lead character that Henry Cavill played for the first three seasons.

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It's true! Ashanti is expecting her first child with longtime love Nelly.

The "Baby" singer and the "Hot in Herre" rapper confirmed months of pregnancy rumors Wednesday after much speculation about their growing family. They also confirmed that they're engaged.

"This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation,"...Read more

NEW YORK — Mariska Hargitay did Olivia Benson proud this week when the actress helped a young girl find her mother after the child mistook her for a real cop.

In the midst of filming “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” in New York City last week, the star was approached by a girl who’d lost her mom at Fort Tryon Park.

Hargitay at the ...Read more

Taylor Swift’s Coachella weekend with Travis Kelce took the couple’s level of exposure to new heights as they partied among fellow music fans.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, admitted on Wednesday’s episode of his “New Heights” podcast that he and the Grammy winner “probably could have finessed it” to party in private but he...Read more

CHICAGO — The Democratic National Convention will have a new political commentator: Stephen Colbert is bringing his “Late Show” to Chicago and will broadcast from the Auditorium Theatre in the Loop from Monday, Aug. 19, to Thursday, Aug. 22, during the same days of the convention across town at the United Center.

Colbert announced his ...Read more

A film about the life of legendary comedian Chris Farley is reportedly in the works, with Paul Walter Hauser signed on to star in the main role and Josh Gad set to make his directorial debut.

The story is being adapted from the New York Times bestseller “The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts,” reports Deadline.

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Conan O'Brien has hobnobbed with his fair share of celebrities. But he's always been at his best when he's mixing it up with regular folks, behaving like a court jester who will face the guillotine if he doesn't produce laughs. His desperation to crack up store clerks, waiters and students made him a legend.

"Conan O'Brien Must Go," his first ...Read more

Jesse Eisenberg stars in "Sasquatch Sunset," though you'd never know it by watching the movie. He plays one of four sasquatches in the frustratingly abstract drama, a dialogue-free experiment about a year in the life of a group of Bigfoots.

We track the hairy creatures — they're played by Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek and co...Read more

When it premiered on HBO a decade ago, the true crime docuseries “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” stood out mainly because of Durst’s willingness to appear on camera. The wealthy New York real estate heir was suspected of killing three people: His first wife Kathleen McCormack in 1982; his close friend Susan Berman in 2000; ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It's the dawn of a new era — a new Taylor Swift Era, that is.

This week, the 14-time Grammy Award-winning artist will release her 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," which she first announced at the Grammys in February.

While accepting the pop vocal album award for "Midnights" — her first of two wins that ...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: I just read that “The Talk” will end in December. Why? What happened?

A: According to Deadline, the CBS chat show is the network’s least-watched daytime series and has seen ratings decline. In addition, CBS has other plans for daytime. Not long after the network announced that “The Talk” ...Read more

CeCe Winans has sold millions of albums, won scads of Grammys and other major awards, performed around the world and positioned herself as one of the most successful gospel singers of all time.

She’s also written a half-dozen books — included her most recent bestseller, “Believe for It: Passing on Faith to the Next Generation” — and ...Read more

SEATTLE — In some ways, it’s hard to believe it’s been six years since Pearl Jam last played Seattle, when their ballyhooed Home Shows drummed up more than $11 million for local homelessness organizations. Between a barrage of side projects and lead singer Eddie Vedder’s and guitarist Mike McCready’s penchants for onstage pop-ins when ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Angela White is radiant.

When shes walks up to our table at a cafe in Calabasas, there are no cameras and no filters. She is petite with a big personality and laugh. Her face is flawless and exudes warmth when she smiles. She is happy. Really, truly happy with the Angela she is now.

She is honest that media interviews are not ...Read more

"Crazy Rich Asians" will soon come to Broadway, years after author Kevin Kwan's bestseller jumped from page to screen in a watershed moment for Asian representation in Hollywood.

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures revealed on Wednesday that director Jon M. Chu will helm a stage musical based on Kwan's "Crazy Rich Asians" trilogy. The musical also ...Read more

Rumors of the Sundance Film Festival's possible exit from its longtime home in Park City, Utah, rolled throughout the event earlier this year.

Now the nonprofit Sundance Institute, which puts on the event, has announced it is starting the process of exploring a potential new destination for as early as the 2027 festival.

The organization said ...Read more

For comedian Heidi Gardner, a recent "SNL" sketch that focused on two "Beavis and Butt-Head" look-alikes was "really special" — cracks and all.

The "Saturday Night Live" star said in an interview published earlier this week that losing her composure at the sight of host Ryan Gosling and her co-star Mikey Day as the animated MTV duo is ...Read more