Once upon a time, PBS was virtually the only portal through which British mysteries came to America. Jeremy Brett's peerless Sherlock Holmes, two flavors of Miss Marple, David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, Roy Marsden and Martin Shaw successively as Adam Dalgliesh, "Inspector Morse" and its prequel "Endeavour," Michael Gambon in "Maigret," Helen ...Read more

NEW YORK — “Smash,” the Broadway show based on the NBC series of the same name, announced on the heels of a disappointing Tony Awards that it will be closing curtains later this month.

The stage musical — which traces the roller coaster of making a Broadway hit centered on Marilyn Monroe’s starry origin story — will end its brief ...Read more

Sabrina Carpenter bared all for her latest magazine cover, despite criticism that her image is too sexual.

The pop star, 26, appears nude for Rolling Stone‘s Summer Issue, published on Thursday. Leaving little to the imagination, she was photographed by famed fashion photographer David LaChapelle while kneeling down on the floor wearing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Douglas McCarthy, the singer of the pioneering U.K. proto-industrial band Nitzer Ebb, has died. He was 58.

The band confirmed the news on its social media accounts. It did not list a cause of death.

“It is with a heavy heart that we regret to inform that Douglas McCarthy passed away this morning of June 11th, 2025,” Nitzer ...Read more

NEW YORK — Days after “Death Becomes Her” was nearly shut out at the 2025 Tony Awards, star Megan Hilty has announced a medical leave of absence from the hit Broadway musical.

The 44-year-old performer, who received a Tony nomination for her leading role as Madeline Ashton in the stage adaptation of the 1992 camp classic, shared the ...Read more

Scream 7 director Kevin Williamson has admitted it was "kind of a bummer" when Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera left the movie.

Ortega, 22, and Barrera, 34, had portrayed the Carpenter sisters in 2022's Scream and Scream VI in 2023, though the latter actress exited the upcoming sequel after Spyglass Media Group dismissed her following her ...Read more

CHICAGO — The 63-year-old Broadway producer Kevin McCollum is of the age when one starts to wonder about one’s legacy. Then again, producers, an optimistic crew by trade and existential necessity, always have to be looking forward. No producer wants to be tagged a nostalgist. And so, at a bar on Navy Pier, one can see McCollum’s famously ...Read more

A police detective in Yorkshire teams up with an autistic woman working in the records department in the British series “Patience” on PBS. Patience Evans is content to be squirreled away, working alone amid all those file folders, but when Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf requests some information, Patience slips in another file that, at ...Read more

Selena Gomez has joked her sister loves her "auntie" Taylor Swift more than her.

The Only Murders in the Building star's younger sibling, Gracie Teefey, turned 12 on Thursday (12.06.25) and though the 32-year-old star loves spending time with the youngster, Selena admitted the tween is far more interested in her good friend.

Selena shared a ...Read more

Tarek El Moussa has been cited for battery.

The Flip or Flop star reportedly got into a physical altercation with a man at the Venetian hotel and casino in Las Vegas last week, but was not arrested over the incident.

An incident report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department seen by Entertainment Weekly noted Tarek was cited for ...Read more

Brian Wilson "went silent" and "became detached" as he battled the long-term effects of COVID-19, according to his bandmate Al Jardine.

The Beach Boys legend passed away on Wednesday (11.06.25) at the age of 82 after a long battle with health issues and his close friend Al has now opened up about the "turning point" back in 2022 when he saw the...Read more

Ricki Lake underwent a "lower face and neck lift" after losing weight.

The former TV talk show host, 56, reached her 130 lb goal weight earlier this year, but she's revealed her changing shape left her with loose skin around her neck and she went under the knife to fix it.

During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Ricki ...Read more

Lewis Pullman is in negotiations to appear in the Spaceballs sequel.

The Thunderbolts* actor, 32, is in talks to star in the upcoming follow-up to Mel Brooks' 1987 sci-fi parody movie alongside his 71-year-old father, Bill Pullman, The Hollywood Reporter has said.

Bill Pullman will be returning as his Han Solo-esque character Lone Starr, while...Read more

The 2026 Grammy Awards will include two new prizes for Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover.

The prestigious music bash will return to Los Angeles on Sunday, February 1, 2026, with nominations set to be announced Friday, November 7, 2025.

Some new changes have been made to reflect "the ever-changing musical landscape."

Harvey ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — “How To Train Your Dragon” will probably sell a lot of popcorn for movie theaters this week, and probably a few popcorn buckets as well

The live-action remake of the 2010 original tells the story of Hiccup, the son of a Viking chief, who forms a forbidden friendship with a baby dragon named Toothless.

It takes flight ...Read more

Eric Dane doesn't feel his ALS diagnosis means "the end".

The 52-year-old actor announced in April that he is battling the incurable degenerative condition - which is formally known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and impacts the nervous system and causes muscle paralysis - but he is trying to be optimistic, even though there is no escaping ...Read more

Nelly and Ashanti "hated" each other before getting back together.

The couple had an on-off relationship for over a decade from 2003 and they went on to reconcile in 2023, having son Kareem, aka KK, 10 months, and secretly getting married, but they admitted they never expected to reunite.

In a trailer for their new reality show Nelly and ...Read more

Sabrina Carpenter finds it "tricky" to have her relationships discussed online because she doesn't need opinions from "a bunch of strangers".

The pop star - who is rumoured to have split from actor Barry Keoghan earlier this year - has opened up about being the subject of online speculation and admitted she often reads things about her life ...Read more

The judge overseeing Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes case in New York has declared a mistrial on one charge of rape.

The jury delivered verdicts on two other charges on Wednesday (11.06.25) with the former movie mogul - who denied all the accusations against him -being found guilty of one count of sexual assault and not guilty on another count ...Read more

Martin Scorsese was just five years old when he "had a calling to make movies" .

The 82-year-old Hollywood director has revealed he decided on his future career as a young child when he watched Italian war drama Paisan with his family and heard the Sicilian dialect spoken by relatives in New York onscreen for the first time.

Speaking at the ...Read more