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Bang Showbiz / Common and Jennifer Hudson are very happy together

Jennifer Hudson says relationship with Common is 'divine' - but she's in no rush to marry

Jennifer Hudson's relationship with Common is "divine", but she's in no rush to get married.

The 45-year-old star has been dating the Glory hitmaker since 2022 and she loves having someone in her life that she can depend on, both personally and professionally.

Speaking on Today with Jenna and Sheinelle, she gushed: "It's been divine, every bit...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Michael Douglas called his exes for permission to write about them

Michael Douglas asked Kathleen Turner and Jeanne Tripplehorn to approve memoir revelations

Michael Douglas called Kathleen Turner and Jeanne Tripplehorn to get permission to talk about their relationships in his new memoir.

The 82-year-old actor has spoken publicly about his romance with his Romancing the Stone co-star Kathleen in his new memoir, One Helluva Ride, and he also revealed in the tome he had an affair with Basic Instinct ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko had daughter Kaya together.

Hayden Panettiere's ex claims star's jewellery has already been sold since her tragic death

Hayden Panettiere's jewellery has already been sold off, according to her former fiancé Wladimir Klitschko.

The former Heroes and Nashville actress tragically died on August 16 from an accidental overdose aged just 36, and now her ex - with whom she has 11-year-old daughter Kaya - has expressed concerns about the way her belongings have been ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Will Smith's life story is getting another TV adaptation

'Untold origin story' of Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff's rise to be told in new drama

Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff's early life story is being told in a new drama.

The Hollywood star and his musical collaborator both featured in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - a fictionalised version of Will's life - in the 1990s, and now their origin story is coming to the small screen from the actor's own Westbrook Studios.

As reported by ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Michael B Jordan in Sinners

Skydance boss David Ellison promises company will still take 'original' risks like Sinners

David Ellison has promised Skydance will still take risks on original projects like Sinners.

The media mogul's Skydance company has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, bringing the likes of HBO and DC under his banner alongside Paramount Pictures and more.

Speaking to media in a Q+A this week, Ellison was asked about Skydance's...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Margot Robbie in Barbie

Barbie 2 update: Skydance co-CEO says it's 'too early' to discuss sequel

Skydance's new co-CEO has insisted it is "too early" to talk about Barbie 2.

The first live-action movie - which starred Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and was directed by Greta Gerwig - was a huge box office success in 2023, but plans for a sequel have stalled and now that the Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery merger has gone ahead, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / WWE star Joe Hendry wants to go on tour

WWE star Joe Hendry wants to take new album on the road with live tour

WWE superstar Joe Hendry wants to go on tour after releasing his new album.

The 38-year-old star, who has become known for bridging a gap between music and wrestling with his tongue in cheek persona, dropped new album Beyond Belief on Monday (05.10.26) and the LP has already soared up the iTunes charts.

Asked if he wants to hit the road for ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Saved by the Bell's Dennis Haskins.

Saved by the Bell star Dennis Haskins' cause of death revealed

Saved by the Bell star Dennis Haskins died from Parkinson's disease.

The actor, who played Principal Belding in all four seasons of the NBC teen sitcom, passed away on September 27 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, at the age of 75.

While Dennis' death certificate, obtained by TMZ, identifies Parkinson's disease...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Hollywood legend Eva Marie Saint

North by Northwest's Eva Marie Saint dead at 102

North by Northwest star Eva Marie Saint has died at the age of 102.

The Oscar-winner's representative, Jeff Sanderson, told Rolling Stone that she "died of natural causes surrounded by family and loved ones" at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday (06.10.26).

Tributes have poured in for Eva Marie, who is survived by her son, Darrell and daughter...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Actor Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck reveals how parents' deaths two months apart changed his outlook on life

Ben Affleck is more determined to make the most of life after his and his brother Casey Affleck's parents died within two months of each other.

The actors lost Chris on June 2 at the age of 83, and Casey, 51, later revealed at the Venice International Film Festival in September that Timothy had passed away in April at the age of 76, while ...Read more

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Freddie Jackson, fixture of '80s R&B, dead at 69

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Jackson, the bestselling singer and fixture of '80s R&B, has died. He was 69.

A statement from Jackson's official social media accounts said on Tuesday that the singer died Oct. 5. While it did not list a cause of death, Jackson had suffered kidney disease in recent years.

"It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts ...Read more

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Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-winning star of 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest,' dies at 102

LOS ANGELES — Eva Marie Saint, a graceful actor best known for her Oscar-winning film debut in “On the Waterfront” and for her turn as a sultry spy in another 1950s film classic “North by Northwest,” died Tuesday. She was 102.

Saint died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles.

Plucked from the Broadway stage by director Elia ...Read more

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What to stream: The best movies of 'Fjord' stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve

Oscar nominated actors Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve co-star in the new film from Romanian auteur Christian Mungiu, “Fjord,” which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May, and opens in theaters this week. It’s not Mungiu’s first Palme — his devastating abortion drama “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” won the prize ...Read more

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ABC says it's second-guessing news coverage decisions due to FCC's TV license review

Editorial decisions at ABC News are being influenced by the Federal Communications Commission's early license review of its TV stations, the network's legal team told a U.S. District Court judge Tuesday.

The Disney-owned network is seeking a restraining order to stop the FCC's action, which its attorneys said was unprecedented and an attempt by...Read more

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A new series based on DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's early life in West Philadelphia is in the works

PHILADELPHIA — “In West Philadelphia born and raised ...” is on its way to becoming more than opening bars of the classic NBC comedy "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."

It’s going to be the backdrop of Will Smith’s latest project, a drama based on the early years of Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff, whose real name is Jeffrey Townes. The show will ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg.

Steven Spielberg 'returning' to Transformers

Steven Spielberg is reportedly returning to Transformers.

Paramount has enlisted the 79-year-old legendary filmmaker, who has served as an executive producer on all the live-action films in the franchise, to oversee "all creative aspects" of the upcoming untitled instalment, sources told Deadline.

The outlet also reports that Spielberg will ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / The Social Reckoning's Jeremy Allen White

Jeremy Allen White woke up 'many nights in cold sweats' playing Bruce Springsteen

Jeremy Allen White woke up "many nights in cold sweats" amid the pressure of playing Bruce Springsteen in the music legend's biopic.

The 35-year-old actor relished playing the Dancing in the Dark hitmaker, 77, in 2025's Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, but the experience also prepared him to play former Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff ...Read more

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'Dirty Dancing' musical is coming to Broadway next year

NEW YORK — A stage version of the 1987 movie “Dirty Dancing” is coming to Broadway for the first time.

“Dirty Dancing: The Musical” waltzes into the Lena Horne Theatre on Feb. 12 for a limited run slated to end on Sept. 5.

“Your reservation at Kellerman’s awaits!” reads an advertisement to the show referencing the fictional ...Read more

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Niamh O'Brien dead: 'Lord of the Dance' star Michael Flatley loses a partner in dance and life

LOS ANGELES — The "Riverdance" community is mourning the loss of one of its own. Performer Niamh O'Brien, who is also the wife of "Lord of the Dance" star Michael Flatley, has died. She was 52.

Flatley, 68, announced his wife's death Tuesday morning on Instagram, writing he is heartbroken and has "lost my beautiful wife, Niamh, and my best ...Read more

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Alex Gibney spent 4 years getting inside Elon Musk's head. Now he wants Musk out of his

LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk has called director Alex Gibney a "bitter old man," a "horrible human" and less deserving of respect than dog excrement. He has accused the Oscar-winning filmmaker, whose documentaries have tackled Scientology, Enron, Lance Armstrong and Elizabeth Holmes, of having "zero integrity" and dismissed his movies as "boring af...Read more