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Taylor Swift battles fans conducting 'paternity test' on her songs

Taylor Swift says it gets “weird” for her when fans try to do a “sort of a paternity test” about her songs.

The Grammy-winning superstar, 36, shed light on that experience when sitting down with The New York Times Magazine as one of its 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters — as voted by six New York Times critics and 250 music ...Read more

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Nicole Kidman's daughter reportedly makes new move to rebuff dad Keith Urban

Nicole Kidman’s daughter Sunday Rose Kidman Urban appeared to make a pretty harsh statement recently about her relationship with her father Keith Urban, following his shocking split from her mother last year and more recent news that he now has a 26-year-old girlfriend.

Sunday, 17, recently unfollowed her country star father on Instagram, the...Read more

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'Jurassic Park' star Sam Neill cancer free after 5-year lymphoma fight

“Jurassic Park” star Sam Neill says he beat blood cancer after it seemed he “was on the way out.”

The 78-year-old actor told 7News Australia that he spent five years battling lymphoma, which included unpleasant but necessary chemotherapy treatments.

“Then the chemo stopped working,” he said. “I was at a loss and it looked like I ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Tom Hanks voices the part of Woody

Hollywood Tom Hanks experiences 'the same anxiety' with all Toy Story films

Tom Hanks has "experienced the same anxiety" on all five Toy Story movies.

The 69-year-old actor has voiced the part of Woody in all five Toy Story films, and Tom admits that it's been a similar experience every time, even though the first Toy Story movie premiered in 1995.

Tom - who has returned to the part of Woody for Toy Story 5 - told ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Millie Bobby Brown has reprised her role

Millie Bobby Brown reveals what she loves about Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes star Millie Bobby Brown is thrilled to see the evolution of her character in the new movie.

The 22-year-old actress has reprised the role of Enola Holmes, the sister of the Victorian-era detective Sherlock Holmes, for Enola Holmes 3, and Millie is pleased that her on-screen character has changed and grown over time.

Speaking to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Ariana Grande will release her new album in July.

Ariana Grande announces new album Petal, but when will it be released?

Ariana Grande is set to release her new album Petal on July 31.

The 32-year-old singer has announced plans to release Petal, her eagerly awaited eighth studio album, in July, and Ariana has also teased details of her new record.

Sharing an insight into Petal, Ariana said: "Something that is full of life and growing through the cracks of ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / George Clooney doesn't watch his own movies

Hollywood star George Clooney doesn't watch his own movies, but why?

George Clooney rarely watches his old films.

The 64-year-old actor - who has starred in a host of high-profile movies, including From Dusk Till Dawn, Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Gravity - has enjoyed huge success in Hollywood, but George rarely watches himself on screen.

George - who married his wife Amal in 2014...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Goldie Hawn has written a children's book

Movie star Goldie Hawn co-authors new children's book

Goldie Hawn believes "empathy can be taught".

The 80-year-old actress launched MindUP, a mental health programme, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and Goldie has been on a mission to curb rising rates of anxiety and depression among young people ever since.

Goldie - who has been in a relationship with fellow actor Kurt Russell since 1983 - ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Carrie Underwood lives on a farm

County star Carrie Underwood reveals what she loves about farm life

Carrie Underwood loves the "challenge" of living on a farm.

The 43-year-old country music star moved to a 400-acre farm in 2019 with husband Mike Fisher and their two sons - Isaiah, 11, and Jacob, seven - and Carrie admits that there are pros and cons to living on a farm.

Speaking to Us Weekly, Carrie said: "My goal is to just do as much as I ...Read more

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Review: Nodding to 'Jaws,' 'Widow's Bay' casts a shadow on an island with strange happenings

In "Widow's Bay," premiering Wednesday on Apple TV, Matthew Rhys plays Tom Loftis, the mayor of a town on an island 40 miles off the coast of New England. At first, we don't quite know when we are — the TV sets are cathode ray, the phones are landlines and a cigarette machine sits in the town bar. Wi-Fi and the web are mere rumors. Is it ...Read more

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Gerry Conway, comic book writer who co-created the Punisher and Ms. Marvel, dies at 73

LOS ANGELES — Gerry Conway, a prolific comic book writer who co-created characters such as the Punisher, the first Ms. Marvel, Jason Todd and Power Girl during his tenures at both Marvel and DC, has died. He was 73.

A former Marvel editor in chief, Conway penned stories for many of the company's major superheroes over the course of his career...Read more

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'Fantastic': Super champion Jamie Ding finishes his winning run on 'Jeopardy'

LOS ANGELES — Jamie Ding’s “Jeopardy!” winning streak came to a close Monday night, ending the fifth-longest win streak in show history. But at least he got to say goodbye.

His cheeky Final Jeopardy answer read “TTFN” — “ta-ta for now” — as he understood there was no way to come back from a nearly 14,000-point deficit to ...Read more

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Review: 'The Lost Boys' on Broadway goes for special-effects dazzle

NEW YORK — The flow of boffo new Broadway musicals has been so anemic this season that there is something apropos about the 2025-26 slate concluding with “The Lost Boys,” a musical about vampires.

A very stylish and expansive musical, let me make clear from the start, replete with said undead gents flying in myriad directions all over the...Read more

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Movie review: Dark fable 'Hokum' a keen murder mystery laced with Irish legend

At the tiny bar in a remote hotel in Ireland, famed novelist Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott) raises a glass of whiskey for a toast: “to bleak endings,” he says. Ohm is in a typically blackened and cynical mood, getting drunk and feeling sorry for himself. He’s made his way to this rural establishment on a grief-stricken personal mission, to spread...Read more

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What to snag at the 'And Just Like That...' auction, from Carrie's manuscript to Charlotte's heels

LOS ANGELES — If you've ever daydreamed about owning an item from Carrie Bradshaw's closet or the writing desk where she penned her famous memoir, this L.A. event may be your golden ticket.

Julien's is hosting an auction for "And Just Like That...," the sequel to HBO's groundbreaking series "Sex and the City" that took its final bow last year...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Taylor Swift has shared some of her songwriting inspiration.

Taylor Swift explains why she was 'mad' at her parents when she wrote Love Story

Taylor Swift wrote Love Story when she was "mad" at her parents for not letting her date an older man.

The 36-year-old singer has been named one of New York Magazine's Greatest Living Songwriters, and in an interview to celebrate the accolade, she's shared an insight into her songwriting process.

Taylor, who started writing songs when she was ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Stephen Colbert's Late Show will end next month.

Stephen Colbert finds Trump-related positive in Late Show cancellation

Stephen Colbert is relieved he won't have to think about Donald Trump as much when his talk show comes to an end.

The 61-year-old star will hang up his microphone when The Late Show comes to an end after 11 seasons on 21 May and while he has become known for his blistering attacks on the US President, he is relieved not working will give him ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Antoine Fuqua thought Jafaar Jackson really was Michael Jackson.

Antoine Fuqua thought Jafaar Jackson WAS Michael Jackson

Michael director Antoine Fuqua mistook a picture of Jafaar Jackson for an old photo of Michael Jackson.

The 60-year-old filmmaker has recalled how he was "blown away" when Director of Photography Bob Richardson showed him a picture of the 26-year-old star before he had signed up to work on the biopic of the late King of Pop - who died in 2009 ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / George Clooney isn't a fan of watching his old films

George Clooney reveals the only one of his films he's happy to watch with his kids

George Clooney's children are "slowly figuring out" his job.

The 64-year-old actor finds it "hard" to watch his old movies because he doesn't like seeing how much he has changed with age, but he made an exception for 2009's animated comedy Fantastic Mr. Fox - in which he voices the titular lead character - because it has been "kind of fun" to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Sir Simon Russell Beale has been battling cancer

House of The Dragon star Sir Simon Russell Beale diagnosed with colon cancer

House of The Dragon star Sir Simon Russell Beale has been diagnosed with colon cancer.

The 65-year-old actor - who is known for roles in films such as My Week with Marilyn, Mary Queen of Scots and The Death of Stalin as well playing Ser Simon Strong in Games of Thrones spin-off House of The Dragon, kept his health battle secret for eight months...Read more