NEW YORK — It's not Max, it's HBO Max.

Warner Bros. Discovery has decided its streaming service Max would once again benefit from being associated with the most prestigious brand name in TV history. The company announced Wednesday that the service will go back to being called HBO Max starting this summer.

In a statement, WBD said the change ...Read more

In 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery merged HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single streaming app called Max, with the puzzling decision to remove the HBO from the streaming app’s brand. Surprise, almost exactly two years later, the company is reversing course and returning to the HBO Max name.

Here’s how the press announcement is finessing the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Halle Bailey secured a temporary restraining order Tuesday against rapper DDG, alleging that the father of their son Halo was abusive throughout their two-year relationship and has continued to behave badly since they broke up last year.

The “Little Mermaid” star, 25, and the rapper-blogger, 27, whose real name is Darryl ...Read more

The clock has run out on Ethan Hunt. Then again, Tom Cruise seems to do almost everything like he’s running out of time. After three decades and eight films, everything that star/producer Cruise has left on his “Mission: Impossible” bucket list comes down to this. Every jaw-dropping stunt, every unexplored location, every friend and foe, ...Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow found it "weird" filming intimate scenes with Timothee Chalamet.

The 52-year-old actress can next be seen starring opposite the 'A Complete Unknown' star in 'Marty Supreme', and though she previously revealed the pair would have "lots of sex" in the film, she's admitted it wasn't something she enjoyed filming.

She explained on ...Read more

Maya Hawke has joined the cast of 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping'.

The 'Stranger Things' actress has signed up to appear in the upcoming blockbuster as Wiress, the former 'Hunger Games' champion who now serves as a mentor for those in District 12.

News of Maya's casting comes weeks after it was confirmed Mckenna Grace, 18, had ...Read more

In brief, committed bursts, Tim Robinson is a niche master of squirm comedy, with an eagle eye (literally; he looks like a human eagle) for that sweet spot where annoyance meets arrogance, and Robinson’s embodiment of many of the worst traits of maladaptive male aggravation hits the heights. He’s a lot, but often hilarious on the Netflix ...Read more

'FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES'

Rated R for strong violent/grisly accidents, and language.

What it’s about: The sixth installment in the 25-year-old franchise sees an extended family plagued by freak accidents because their ancestors escaped a disaster decades earlier.

The kid attractor factor: There might be appeal for teens who enjoy ...Read more

NEW YORK — Love might not cost a thing but performing sure does. Jennifer Lopez hurt herself during rehearsals for the American Music Awards she’s hosting later this month and took to social media to show off her injuries, which required stitches.

The “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” singer, 55, shared multiple pictures of the aftermath on ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — With more than 100 performances scheduled on seven stages between Friday and Sunday, the 2025 Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival promises to be a marathon weekend whose celebratory bayside party vibe should provide a quintessential San Diego experience.

The three-day festival, which debuted in 2019, will be held primarily in ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — As her reunited band 4 Non Blondes prepares to kick off its first run of concert dates since 1994 at this weekend’s Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival in San Diego, Linda Perry has at least two messages for fans hoping to hear the group perform all the songs from its only album, 1992’s 7-million-selling “Bigger, Better, Faster...Read more

Best of both worlds toothbrush: I have written about high-frequency vibration toothbrushes for several years now, and it has been a popular topic with readers. These toothbrushes use micro-vibrations to deliver an extremely effective cleaning that makes your teeth feel like you just went to the dentist. My own dentist said they are one of the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Philly Music Fest will return for its ninth year — and once again there’s a mystery headliner.

This year’s all-local “our genre is Philly” fest — a nonprofit venture that raises money for music education — will run from Oct. 13-19 in independent venues in and just outside the city.

The PMF will take place ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Making Time ∞ will return in its biggest ever iteration this year, bringing more than 120 DJs and live bands to in its fifth year at Fort Mifflin, the Revolutionary War-era site near Philadelphia international Airport.

The festival, founded by Philadelphia DJ and promoter David Pianka and billed as “the most ambitious and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The biggest music bash on the South Jersey beach this summer is Barefoot Country Music Fest, happening between the two Morey’s Piers on the Wildwood beach from June 19 to 22.

Now in its fifth iteration, the BCMF drew 35,000 people a day to the doo-wop seaside resort last year, and it continues to grow. The 2025 lineup ...Read more

A cyborg providing security to a corporation’s workers hacks into its own system and becomes sentient in the droll 10-episode sci-fi Apple TV+ comedy “Murderbot,” based on “The Murderbot Diaries” book series by Martha Wells. Alexander Skarsgård stars as the Security Unit in question. People call them SecUnits for short, but Murderbot ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Authorities have identified the inmate accused of stabbing incarcerated rapper Tory Lanez with a self-made shank as 41-year-old Santino Casio, who is serving a life sentence for murder.

Casio allegedly attacked Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, around 7:20 a.m. Monday in a housing unit at the California Correctional ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — "Selena y Los Dinos,” the latest documentary film about the life of Tejano music icon Selena Quintanilla, has been acquired by Netflix. The film is currently scheduled to begin streaming in winter 2025.

The movie, directed by Isabel Castro, features original VHS footage taken by Selena’s older sister, Suzette, and is ...Read more

[This story contains spoilers for "Andor" Season 2, including Episodes 10 through 12.]

LOS ANGELES — When Elizabeth Dulau first heard what showrunner Tony Gilroy had planned for her character in Season 2 of "Andor," she burst out laughing.

"I just couldn't believe what he was saying," says the actor, who portrays the aloof and steadfast ...Read more

Yusuf/Cat Stevens is set to release his long-awaited memoir, 'Cat On The Road To Findout'.

Set for release on September 18, the tome promises to be an "extraordinary soul-baring journey through the triumphs, trials, and transcendental quest of one of music's most enigmatic figures of our time."

A press release continues: "More than a memoir, ...Read more