LOS ANGELES -- The sole new wide release this weekend, Universal's "Us," came in first place at the box office with $70.3 million, nearly doubling analysts' projections of $35 million to $45 million, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore.

The result breaks opening records for an original horror movie, an original R-rated film ...Read more

Barbra Streisand on Saturday tried to clarify recent her remarks regarding two men who have accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them when they were boys, after Streisand's interview with the British newspaper the Times ahead of her London concert became a flashpoint for controversy.

The recent documentary "Leaving Neverland" includes ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- It was one of the biggest scandals ever to hit Hollywood: a private investigator using wiretaps to secretly gather the secrets of celebrities and entertainment titans.

The case of Anthony Pellicano, "private eye to the stars," captivated Hollywood for years and brought down some big names.

Now the case is quietly coming to a ...Read more

Roseanne Barr apparently does not like Sara Gilbert anymore. Not one bit.

Not since Gilbert, her former costar, tweeted that the "Roseanne" star's Ambien-fueled comments about Valerie Jarrett were "abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show."

Barr's remarks, comparing Jarrett to an ape, ...Read more

"Okurrr," Cardi B's signature trill, is indeed being trademarked by the rapper.

The newly minted Grammy winner filed the application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month to reserve the catchphrase for use on "paper goods, namely paper cups and posters," according to the application.

Washpoppin Inc., Cardi's New...Read more

You might not guess from the title, but "Dragged Across Concrete" is, on one level, the tale of two long-suffering families, both in dire need of salvation, or at least a big payday. Mel Gibson is Brett Ridgeman, a grizzled police detective facing a six-week suspension, the latest bout of bad news for him; his chronically ill wife, Melanie (...Read more

"Another lousy day begins," a man growls near the start of "An Elephant Sitting Still," and he doesn't know how right he is. This extraordinary, overpoweringly bleak movie, a first feature from the Chinese writer-director Hu Bo, plays out over a single day that will grow steadily worse for four people whose slow, meandering paths occasionally ...Read more

The most chilling thing about the events depicted in "Hotel Mumbai" is not that they actually happened, not even that they could happen again, but that they are happening even as we speak.

A somber, unsettling drama about the 2008 attack on India's largest city by jihadi terrorists from Pakistan cuts so close to the bone that it was pulled from...Read more

Where does an artist go after Auschwitz? Laszlo Nemes, the director of the implacably sinister Hungarian drama "Sunset," has had to grapple with the question as few others have. He won an Oscar and nearly every international film prize under the sun for his 2015 feature debut, "Son of Saul," which plunged the viewer into a grimly convincing ...Read more

NEW YORK -- Weekend host Jeanine Pirro -- under fire for her comments about a Muslim congresswoman -- will remain off her Saturday Fox News show for a second week.

"Justice with Jeanine Pirro" will be bumped for a repeat of the documentary series "Scandalous: The Trial of William Kennedy Smith," according to the Fox News schedule.

A ...Read more

"Schitt's Creek" has been renewed for a sixth and final season, bringing the Rose family's antics and misadventures to an end the way Dan and Eugene Levy intended.

"We have decided season six will be our last. We are so grateful to have been given the time and creative freedom to tell this story in its totality, concluding with a final chapter ...Read more

The wry, environmentally friendly Icelandic eco-activist fairy tale "Woman at War" features the actress Halldora Geirharðsdottir in a dual role. This must be the week! Lupita Nyong'o is about to blow everybody's minds as the dazzling double act at the heart of Jordan Peele's "Us," also opening Friday.

This movie's a little less sinister, ...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: Can you please tell me what happened to Michaela on HLN? She was just a wonderful reporter and her voice was so pleasant.

A: Back in October, HLN (formerly Headline News) decided to drop shows hosted by Michaela Pereira, Carol Costello and Ashleigh Banfield, bidding farewell to the hosts, too. ...Read more

Winter, late 1945. Near the banks of the Elbe River, not far from ravaged, bombed-out Hamburg, a grieving Englishwoman and her German host, whose wife died in the war, stroll through a snow-blanketed forest that looks enchanted -- fastidiously gorgeous in the patented Ridley Scott manner. (Scott executive produced.)

They pause for a snowball ...Read more