Prince Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are back in the headlines yet again, this time after being honored this week as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2021.

The honor comes with a glowing writeup by their friend, World Central Kitchen chef and founder Jose Andrés, who said that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “turn ...Read more

CHICAGO — After a 35-year run leading Chicago’s most prestigious theater company, Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls is to resign, effective at the end of the current season in August 2022.

“It feels right,” Falls said in an interview. “I’ve had the greatest job. I feel like I’ve accomplished everything at the theater ...Read more

Get ready to go goo-goo for Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett — a whole lot more often.

Fresh off their “One Last Time” concerts in New York, the singing duo has partnered with ViacomCBS for a new slate of original programming, the entertainment company announced Wednesday.

The content deal kicks off Friday with MTV debuting the video for Gaga ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Actor and dancer Julianne Hough does not “claim to be an activist.” So why did she agree to cohost a reality-TV show about activism?

On Tuesday, Hough embraced the “powerful” backlash to CBS’ forthcoming series “The Activist” and explained her decision to join Usher and Priyanka Chopra Jonas as emcees of the ...Read more

'BLUE BAYOU"

Rated R for language throughout and some violence.

What it’s about: A Louisiana man adopted from Korea faces deportation after an incident with law enforcement.

The kid attractor factor: This is an adult drama, so there's not much appeal for kids.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Family is the most important thing, never abandon your...Read more

Late-night TV hosts Jimmy Fallon, James Corden and Seth Meyers all paid tribute Tuesday to fellow comedian Norm Macdonald, who died that morning at age 61 after a long, private battle with cancer.

“We have lost an absolute comedy legend,” Corden said on “The Late Late Show.” “Norm Macdonald passed away today, far too soon, far too ...Read more

Macho is the name of a rooster, an expert cockfighter and a plucky companion to a wayward teenager named Rafo (Eduardo Minett). Rafo, in turn, finds himself playing sidekick to Mike Milo, a faded rodeo star played with a familiar dyspeptic wince by Clint Eastwood. Making their way from Mexico to Texas in a rusty old truck sometime in 1980, the ...Read more

"90 Day Fiance" stars Armando Rubio and Kenny Niedermeier won hearts and made history as the first gay couple featured on the TLC franchise. Niedermeier, 58, proved his love for Rubio, 32, when he decided to leave his home in St. Petersburg, Florida, and move to Mexico.

The couple wed in Mexico in May and recently returned to television screens...Read more

Now that she’s got a ring, she doesn’t need this other thing.

Britney Spears deleted her Instagram account Tuesday night, two days after she and boyfriend Sam Asghari announced their engagement.

“Don’t worry folks … just taking a little break from social media to celebrate my engagement!!!! I’ll be back soon,” Spears wrote in a ...Read more

Shannen Doherty hopes to help educate people about cancer amid her battle with the disease.

The “Beverly Hills, 90210″ star on Tuesday said it’s important to know that people fighting stage 4 cancer are “very much alive and very active,” according to People.

“My husband says that you would never know that I have cancer,” Doherty ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It all started with grilled cheese and a dream.

Brandon Max had been making content on TikTok via his @itsbrandonmax account since March 2019 but hadn’t gained much traction. His unique brand of food-focused comedy would garner about 12,000 views a week, which is nice but not in the same league as social media influencers who ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Despite sitting for hours of interviews in a new HBO documentary about her life, Alanis Morissette says she is so unhappy with the final product that she will not support the film.

The movie, “Jagged,” details the singer’s rise to fame in early 20s, culminating with the release of her bestselling “Jagged Little Pill” ...Read more

Summer movies — big popcorn-friendly extravaganzas — are a fairly specific genre; fall movies, maybe not. But maybe there’s a more precise way to think about fall movies: films that celebrate the special beauty of fall, with its trademark colors. Should you be in need of streaming something that conjures up rustling leaves and pumpkin-...Read more

TELLURIDE, Colo. — Maggie Gyllenhaal has devoured movies and books for as long as she can remember, and she always noticed that when it came to stories about women, it’d usually feel like some kind of fantasy or wish-fulfillment version of what it’s like to be actually be a woman.

More often than not, these films and books were written by...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In the time between his being named the new host of “Jeopardy!” and being named the ex-new host of “Jeopardy!” Mike Richards taped a week’s worth of programs. (That is just a day’s work on the “Jeopardy!” set.) Because those were part of the narrative of the show — especially with 18-time returning champion Matt...Read more

The top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks for the week of Sept. 6:

1. Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

2. Peter Rabbit 2

3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

4.The Gateway

5. The Girl Who Got Away

6. Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

7. A Quiet Place Part II

8. Great White

9. Wrath of Man

10. Spirit Untamed

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