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Bang Showbiz / Kate Winslet required professional help after starring in Mare of Easttown.

Kate Winslet's mental health has been impacted by playing troubled characters

Kate Winslet says that playing troubled characters has taken a toll on her mental health.

The 50-year-old actress has revealed that playing emotionally draining parts has often been detrimental to her wellbeing and she has even needed "proper support" to separate herself from roles in the past.

Kate told the Lessons from Our Mothers podcast: "...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Jim Curtis has opened up about his relationship with Jennifer Aniston

Jim Curtis reveals that Jennifer Aniston romance 'took a long time'

Jim Curtis has revealed that he and Jennifer Aniston "took a long time" to start their relationship.

The Friends actress, 56, went Instagram official with the hypnotherapist in November and he has explained that the pair were "introduced by friends" and took a while before realising their connection was romantic.

Speaking on Today on Monday (...Read more

Sly and Robbie drummer Sly Dunbar dies aged 73

Sly and Robbie drummer Sly Dunbar has died at the age of 73.

The revered reggae drummer, who was one half of rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie with the late bassist Robbie Shakespeare, passed away on Monday (26.01.26) morning - his wife Thelma revealed.

She told The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper: "About seven o'clock this morning I ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Natalie Portman wants better representation for women.

Natalie Portman calls out Oscars for snubbing female directors

Natalie Portman has hit out at the Oscars for snubbing female directors.

The Gallerist star has called out a lack of representation because she believes women are "not getting the accolades they deserve", with Chloe Zhao the only woman on the Best Director Academy Awards shortlist for Hamnet, and that movie being the only one of 10 shortlisted ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Paul Feig is a huge admirer of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers

Paul Feig took inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock during the making of The Housemaid

Paul Feig was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock when making The Housemaid.

The 63-year-old filmmaker has detailed how the Master of Suspense and his love of the "absurd" influenced the tone of the erotic psychological thriller, which stars Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried.

Feig told IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast: "What I love about ...Read more

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79th Tony Awards return to Radio City Music Hall on June 7

NEW YORK — The Tony Awards will be back at Radio City Music Hall for the 2026 ceremony honoring the best in American theater and shining the biggest spotlight on the season’s best productions of plays and musicals on Broadway.

Producers announced Monday that the annual event is set for Sunday, June 7, at the historic New York City concert ...Read more

'Wonder Man' shows, again, why the MCU is superior on TV with a grounded Hollywood story

LOS ANGELES — Don't stop me if you've heard this one before, since I'm admittedly something of a broken record on the subject, but I very much prefer Marvel's television series, which tend to be fleet, original and unpredictable, to its movies, which tend not to be. "Loki," "Ms. Marvel," "Moon Knight," "Echo," "WandaVision" and its spinoff "...Read more

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PaleyFest LA 2026 to reunite 'Charlie's Angels' actors for 50th anniversary

LOS ANGELES — In the 1970s, an action series led by a team of women was unheard of. Then came "Charlie's Angels."

The karate-kicking all-women trio dazzled audiences for years, becoming a cultural phenomena as people tuned into watch their crime-fighting exploits. Five decades later, the actors who helped propel the series to iconic status ...Read more

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'Great British Baking Show' taps Nigella Lawson as new judge after Prue Leith's exit

LOS ANGELES — When “The Great British Baking Show” returns for another season later this year, the tent will welcome a new judge alongside the freshest batch of competitors.

British cookbook author and TV personality Nigella Lawson will join the beloved baking competition as a judge, succeeding Prue Leith, who announced her departure from...Read more

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Review: 'Birds of North America' at A Red Orchid Theatre, Chicago, offers autumnal balm for a cold winter night

CHICAGO — As inviting theatrical titles go, “Birds of North America” is one only an ornithologist could love. But the new show at Red Orchid Theatre turns out to be a gorgeous little 90-minute two-hander, a beautifully acted and directed father-daughter play capable of transporting you away from the frozen tundra and back to when leaves ...Read more

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Grammys 2026 predictions: Who will win, who should win and the Bad Bunny of it all

LOS ANGELES — A year after Beyoncé finally took home a long-overdue award for album of the year, music's royalty will gather Sunday night to find out what fresh justice or outrage might be served up during the 68th Grammy Awards.

Kendrick Lamar leads the field with nine nominations, followed by Lady Gaga and the producers Cirkut and Jack ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Francis Rossi has opened up about the dynamic between himself and Rick Parfitt

Francis Rossi suggests Rick Parfitt's partners stoked divisions

Francis Rossi has suggested Rick Parfitt's partners caused problems in Status Quo.

The 76-year-old frontman felt people resented the close bond he had with his late bandmate - who died of sepsis in 1976 - and claimed his pal's wives and girlfriends tried to stoke a rivalry between them.

He told The Times newspaper: "Rick was tormented, really....Read more

Bang Showbiz / Kanye West regrets his actions

Kanye West 'lost touch with reality'

Kanye West is "deeply mortified" by his anti-Semitic actions.

The Stronger rapper came under fire last year over his controversial behaviour, including praising Adolf Hitler and selling t-shirts emblazoned with a Swastika, a notorious Nazi hate symbol, but he's now taken out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal in the form of an...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Kim Kardashian has revealed the playlist for the birth of her first child.

Kim Kardashian gave birth to Queen song

Kanye West played Queen classic Bohemian Rhapsody as Kim Kardashian gave birth to their daughter North.

The Kardashians star, 45, has opened up about the moment the former couple welcomed their first child back in 2013 and revealed her former husband was in charge of the playlist - with the rapper putting on a classic track for North's arrival....Read more

Mel C glad she shielded daughter from public eye

Mel C is glad she made the "conscious decision" to keep her daughter's life private.

The Spice Girls star - full name Melanie Chisholm - is mother to Scarlet, 16, with her former partner Thomas Starr, who she split from in 2012 after 10 years together, and she's now revealed she made the right choice when she decided to shield her little girl ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Jonathan Bailey has filmed sex scenes for Bridgerton.

Jonathan Bailey fights back laughter filming sex scene

Jonathan Bailey finds it hard "not to laugh" while shooting sex scenes.

The 37-year-old actor - who reprises his role as Anthony Bridgerton in the upcoming fourth season of the period drama - insisted intimate moments in the drama are not as "glamorous" as they may seem, and he and his castmates find it much more fulfilling when they are ...Read more

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Natasha Lyonne reveals she has relapsed after nearly 20 years of sobriety

“Orange Is the New Black” and “Poker Face” star Natasha Lyonne has revealed she suffered a relapse after what’s believed to be nearly 20 years of sobriety.

The 46-year-old Emmy nominee tweeted late Friday that she was taking her relapse “public,” and seemingly promised to share more details soon.

She reflected further in a follow...Read more

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Column: At Sundance's final blowout in Park City, killer unicorns and unraveling pop stars take the stage

PARK CITY, Utah — Sundance is where I get lost. My first trip to Park City I didn't know anything or anyone, and scored a bunk bed in a room of four women by cold-emailing an acquaintance of an acquaintance and blurting, "I don't really mind who I sleep next to as long as they don't mind that my boyfriend says I snore."

That was 16 years ago...Read more

Review: Eddie Izzard's breakneck solo 'Hamlet' opts for cracking good storytelling over subtlety

LOS ANGELES — To be or not to be, that is the question for a solo version of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

Eddie Izzard, the wry, gender-fluid British comedian who came to attention with a stream of observational drollery that picked away at common sense, takes on the whole teeming tragedy. This Shakespearean traveling show, now at the Montalbán ...Read more

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Commentary: Horror is having a well-deserved Oscar moment

Fans of horror films can usually count on two things: a packed theater and Oscar snubs.

That’s why last week's nominations felt like a long-overdue turning point. "Sinners" led with 16 nods, "Frankenstein" pulled in nine, and "Weapons" snagged one — many of them in the prestige categories of writing, directing and acting, where the Academy ...Read more