Whoopi Goldberg thinks Star Trek did a huge amount of good for black people in Hollywood.

The 70-year-old actress played Guinan in the sci-fi series Star Trek: The Next Generation between 1988 and 1993, and Whoopi thinks the franchise has had a huge impact in Hollywood.

Discussing the impact of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, Whoopi told ...Read more

Chris Rock thinks fame is "complicated".

The 61-year-old comedian - who was raised in Brooklyn, New York - has explained that the city of Los Angeles and fame are both much more complicated than many people realise.

Speaking about his relationship with Los Angeles, Chris told Variety: "It's weird. I just bought a place there so I winter in L.A...Read more

Megan Thee Stallion is currently working on an "anime-style series".

The 31-year-old rap star has joined forces with Carl Jones, who created the animated series The Boondocks, to work on the project, and Megan is relishing the experience.

Speaking to InStyle, Megan shared: "I was like, 'Carl, I want my own anime-style series and I wouldn't ...Read more

NEW YORK — Dolly Parton kept her cancer diagnosis private to protect fans and loved ones from sadness as she declined, her sister Stella revealed Wednesday in her first interview since the beloved star’s death last month.

The singer’s fans were shocked when the effervescent country music star, actress and philanthropist died at age 80 on ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — If Jalen Brunson, who just won the NBA championship for the New York Knicks, and Shane Gillis, who broke two Guinness World Records for a one-night-only comedy show at Lincoln Financial Field, weren’t already having a good year — they’re now gracing the stage of "Saturday Night Live’s" 52nd season.

Brunson, who is known...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael J. Fox’s battle with Parkinson’s disease has “gotten harder,” but he remains optimistic that a cure is coming.

The 65-year-old television star was 29 years old when he was diagnosed with the the incurable neurological disorder in 1991. He went public with his condition in 1998 and retired from acting for for the ...Read more

If people need another reason to understand why Dolly Parton was so beloved in American culture, the entertainer, who died Aug. 25 at age 80, was known for being genuinely kind and generous to the people who worked for her.

That includes her longtime driver and assistant, Jason Pirro, with news surfacing this week that the country star, ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call will ride again.

Netflix announced Tuesday, Sept. 8, a new series based on Larry McMurtry’s seminal Western novel “Lonesome Dove.” Teton Ridge Entertainment is also behind the project, after securing rights to the book back in February 2025.

Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart will co-showrun the ...Read more

NEW YORK — ABC is setting the record straight amid rumors that it has plans to cancel “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” at the end of its current season.

“This information is inaccurate — any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative,” an ABC Entertainment spokesperson told Us Weekly.

The network’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — The organizers of a pedophile support chatroom allegedly visited by former “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton has issued a statement in the wake of his firing.

“LifeLine is aware of mainstream media coverage following its alleged use by a TV celebrity on an airplane,” it said, per TMZ. “Since the news broke, we ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Bruce Davis spent more than two decades as the motion picture academy's chief executive. Even when he retired in 2011, it was not because he didn't still love the work. In fact, he kept at it in retirement, retaining an office at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study where he focused on writing a definitive history of the ...Read more

Andrew Garfield thinks Jesse Eisenberg has "one of the most brilliant minds" in Hollywood.

The 43-year-old actor starred alongside Jesse, 42, in The Social Network, the 2010 movie about the genesis of Facebook and Andrew feels Jesse was "quintessentially perfect" for the role of Mark Zuckerberg.

Asked about Jesse rejecting the chance to ...Read more

Ellen Burstyn thought her career would be "finished" at 40.

The 93-year-old actress has enjoyed a hugely successful career on stage and screen, and Ellen has admitted to being surprised by her own longevity.

Speaking at the Venice Film Festival, Ellen shared: "When I was in my 30s and I thought about how long my career would last, I was sure I...Read more

Andrew Garfield doubts whether artificial intelligence can replicate "the soul of humanity".

The 43-year-old actor plays Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, in Luca Guadagnino's new comedy-drama film Artificial, and Andrew has shared his own thoughts about the potential impact of artificial intelligence.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Andrew ...Read more

Sandra Bullock feels Hollywood has changed for the better.

The 62-year-old actress has enjoyed a long and successful career in the movie business, and Sandra feels heartened by the recent direction of travel in Hollywood.

Sandra - who has reprised her role as Sally Owens in Practical Magic 2, the sequel to 1998's Practical Magic - told ...Read more

Sydney Sweeney "grew up loving sports".

The 28-year-old actress has become one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood in recent years - but Sydney was a huge sports fan as a child.

The blonde beauty - who played professional boxer Christy Martin in the 2025 biopic film Christy - told Complex: "I grew up loving sports.

"I played sports ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Two weeks after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the satirical newspaper The Onion published its first issue since postponing publication in the immediate aftermath of the deadliest attack ever on the United States.

With headlines such as “U.S. vows to defeat whoever it is we’re at war with” and “Not knowing what else to...Read more

Filmmaker Paul Greengrass is often associated with a cinematic aesthetic colloquially known as “shaky cam” — hand-held cinematography enabled by lightweight digital cameras that function a lot like another character in the room, on foot, at eye-level, responding and reacting to action and dialogue the way a person would.

It’s a style ...Read more

'THE UPRISING'

Rated R for violence/bloody images

What it’s about: Paul Greengrass imagines the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 in England as an action thriller.

The kid attractor factor: This bloody revolutionary film is not for kids — too violent. For adults only.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Revolution is inevitable under oppression.

Violence:...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It's pronounced "human." Yet writer-director Siân Heder acknowledges that the unusual spelling of the title of her new movie, "Being Heumann," is something people might give a puzzled second look, unsure of how to say it and possibly dismissing it altogether.

Which, the more she sat with it, made it perfect as the title for a ...Read more