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Bang Showbiz / Tiffany Haddish felt special on The Masked Singer.

Tiffany Haddish felt like 'Egyption goddess' on Masked Singer

Tiffany Haddish felt like an "Egyptian goddess" on The Masked Singer.

The Girls Trip actress - who was unmasked as Le Who Who on Wednesday's (14.01.26) episode of the celebrity singing competition - admitted she felt "special" on the set of the reality show because she had so many people to assist her when she was in costume.

She told ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / The Duffer Brothers have faced speculation they wrote the final episode of Stranger Things using AI

Stranger Things final 'wasn't written using AI'

The director of the Stranger Things documentary doesn't believe the Duffer Brothers wrote the final episode using AI.

Matt and Ross Duffer documented the making of the show's final season in One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 in which they revealed they started shooting the feature-length last episode before they'd written the ...Read more

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'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' review: Finding humanity in a wasteland

The visceral, often stomach-churningly violent "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" is about the search for hope, humanity and a few good Duran Duran songs after the landscape has been ravaged by a zombie apocalypse.

Director Nia DaCosta (2021's "Candyman," last year's "Hedda") picks up right where Danny Boyle's frantic "28 Years Later" left off ...Read more

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Of course Long Beach's new pro baseball team will also be known as the Regulators

LOS ANGELES — Regulators, mount up.

The official name of Long Beach's new minor league baseball team was announced Tuesday along with the name of its "alter ego": the Long Beach Regulators. Both monikers were revealed during Long Beach's State of the City address.

Officially known as the Long Beach Coast, the new Pioneer League team is set ...Read more

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Review: 'Ponies' elevates a Cold War spy story with emotional depth and female friendship

Despite its equestrian-themed title, misfit-spies motif and occasional reference to "Moscow rules," Peacock's new espionage thriller "Ponies" has little in common with Apple TV's "Slow Horses." Set in Cold War Moscow, "Ponies" falls, intriguingly and occasionally uneasily, somewhere between FX's "The Americans" and underappreciated female-...Read more

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Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey made a secret stop Tuesday at the Art Institute of Chicago

CHICAGO — The sexiest man alive and the blond star of “Wicked” made a stealth visit Tuesday to the Art Institute of Chicago to promote an upcoming production of “Sunday in the Park with George” — in London.

An Instagram post on Wednesday featured Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey staring thoughtfully at each other on folding chairs ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Connor Storrie's dad hasn't seen Heated Rivalry

Connor Storrie's dad hasn't seen Heated Rivalry

Connor Storrie doesn't think his dad "needs to see" Heated Rivalry.

The 25-year-old actor plays closeted Russian hockey player Ilya Rozanov opposite Hudson Williams as his love interest Shane Hollander in the show, and while his mom is his "number one supporter", he won't be forcing his father to watch the steamy HBO Max series, in which he ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Tom Brady is keeping busy

Tom Brady too busy for personal life

Tom Brady doesn't "have much time for a personal life".

The retired quarterback - who has Jack, 18, with ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan, and Benjamin, 16, and Vivian, 13, with ex-wife Gisele Bundchen - has claimed work and his family keep him too busy to have the time to date.

He told People magazine: "You know what? I don't have much time for...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Carol Burnett wants to wind down her acting career

Carol Burnett wants to quit acting

Carol Burnett wants to quit acting now she's in her 90s.

The 92-year-old comedian/actress returned to the small screen in 2024 with a regular role in Apple TV Plus series Palm Royale as well as recent guest appearance in Hacks and Frasier, but Carol has admitted she now wants to wind down her onscreen work so she can focus on jobs ""behind the ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / A woman who claimed to be Freddie Mercury's secret daughter has died

Freddie Mercury's 'secret daughter' dies after cancer battle

A woman who claimed to be Freddie Mercury's secret daughter has died after a battle with a rare form of spinal cancer.

The woman - named only as B - has passed away at the age of 48 just months after her claims about the Queen legend were published by author Lesley Ann Jones revealed her existence in the book Love, Freddie, last summer.

B's ...Read more

'I feel that it's a competition between them...' Brian May questions Sam Mendes' plan for four Beatles' films

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May is worried that Sam Mendes' upcoming four films about The Beatles will feel like "it's a competition between them".

Mendes is creating The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event, which is comprised of four separate but inter-connected movies that will tell the phenomenal rise and eventual break-up of The Beatles ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Zoe Saldana is the highest-grossing actor.

Zoe Saldana named highest-grossing actor

Zoe Saldana is the highest-grossing actor of all time.

The 47-year-old actress' global box office haul has rocketed thanks to the release of Avatar: Fire and Ash, taking her from third place on the list to first with a combined total over $15.47 billion thanks to her roles in major franchises including Guardians of the Galaxy and other Marcvel ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Teyana Taylor is still friends with Kanye West

Teyana Taylor won't 'abandon' Kanye West

Teyana Taylor won't "abandon" Kanye West.

The 35-year-old singer-and-actress was previously signed to the rapper's G.O.O.D. Music record label and has collaborated with him on a number of musical projects over the years and despite the controversies that have embroiled the star in recent times - including his anti-Semitic rants and a run for ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley have found life post-prison 'humbling'

Todd Chrisley experienced 'humbling season' after prison

Todd and Julie Chrisley experienced a "humbling season" following their release from prison.

The couple were jailed in 2023 after being found guilty of 12 counts of tax evasion and fraud with Todd, 56, sentenced to 12 years behind bars and Julie, 52, ordered to serve seven, but they were freed last year after being pardoned by President Donald ...Read more

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John Forté dead at 50: How a musical prodigy went from poverty to Fugees to prison to Martha's Vineyard

LOS ANGELES — As a child, John Forté was a violin prodigy from a bad part of Brooklyn who earned a scholarship to an exclusive private high school in the Northeast. His life took him from working as an A&R executive at an indie label to out-of-nowhere commercial success with the Fugees and then to disappointment as a solo artist.

Then he was...Read more

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Television Q&A: Is there any fresh intel on 'S.W.A.T.' spinoff?

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: With the cancellation of Shemar Moore’s “S.W.A.T.,” it was indicated there was another show his character would star on. I haven’t seen more about it. Is it going to happen?

A: Yes. As Deadline.com reported, production began late last year on “S.W.A.T. Exiles,” which finds Moore’s ...Read more

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Q&A: Michael Connelly says same killer committed Black Dahlia, Zodiac murders

ANAHEIM, Calif. — After nearly 80 years, hope for answers to the infamous 1947 Black Dahlia murder had faded into nothingness.

It was, as bestselling writer Michael Connelly said in 2024, “an unsolvable case.” One for which he imagined a different outcome in his then-new book, “The Waiting,” to “keep the lure of the case alive, so ...Read more

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Column: Defying the calendar and playing on, jazzman Bobby Lewis is turning 90

CHICAGO — The young man with a horn came here in 1961 and he blew that cornet with such force and style, such brilliance and versatility, that he has become a living landmark, emphasis on “living.”

He has played with thousands of musicians, on thousands of stages, and in thousands of recording and commercial sessions. He has made many ...Read more

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Review: 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' brings the franchise down to Earth and back to school

"Star Trek: Starfleet Academy," premiering this week with back to back episodes on Paramount+, takes on the necessary assignment of going where no "Trek" has gone before, while also recalling all the places it has. Created by Gaia Violo, the new series, which might cynically be regarded as a bid to bring younger viewers to a franchise a decade ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Ne-Yo is dating three women

Polyamorous Ne-Yo is in 'one relationship' with all three girlfriends

Ne-Yo is in "one relationship with three people".

The So Sick hitmaker is dating Arielle Hill, and women known only as Cristina and Moneii, but he stressed that he doesn't view them as separate romances.

Speaking on Sherri, he said: "The main understanding is I'm not in three relationships. I'm in one relationship with three people.

"We ...Read more