CHICAGO — A premiere date for the fifth and final season of “The Bear” has not yet been announced, but a flashback stand-alone episode of the FX series premiered Tuesday on Hulu.

The episode features Cousin Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey Berzatto (Jon Bernthal), who are on a work trip to Gary, Indiana.

“Intimate and revealing, ...Read more

NEW YORK — “The Bear” stars Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach — currently performing together in a Broadway adaptation of “Dog Day Afternoon” — got their own episode of the Hulu hit Tuesday, when the streamer dropped a surprise flashback episode.

The Emmy winners, both 49, again teamed up to co-write and star in the episode, “...Read more

NEW YORK — It should cost a billion to look as good as Beyoncé does in her return to the Met Gala, after a decade away from fashion’s biggest night.

The arrival of the record-breaking Grammy winner, 44, was among Monday night’s most highly anticipated, both due to her long-held absence from Anna Wintour’s annual celebration of the ...Read more

David Letterman has accused CBS of lying about the cancellation of The Late Show.

The broadcaster previously announced that it was scrapping The Late Show, the long-running late-night TV talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, due to financial concerns, but Letterman has now questioned CBS' reasoning.

Letterman, 79 - who hosted Late Night with ...Read more

Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz don't talk about their work at home.

The 57-year-old actor has been married to Penelope, 52, since 2010, and even though they've worked together a lot over the years, they never discuss their work at home.

Javier told Variety: "At home, we don't talk much about work.

"We don't have posters or photos or anything...Read more

John Travolta waited nearly 30 years to direct Propeller One-Way Night Coach.

The 72-year-old actor wrote the book, a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story, as a Christmas gift for his family in 1997, and he's waited decades to direct the project himself.

John - who is making his directorial debut with the film adaptation -told ...Read more

DETROIT — Michigan-bred rockers Greta Van Fleet are up to ... something.

The band released a nostalgic-looking 50-second video on its social channels on Monday recapping highlights from its decade-plus career.

"Thanks for the wild ride," the video was captioned, "Love, Josh, Jake, Sam & Daniel."

In a vacuum, it certainly looked like the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Police were called to Frankie Valli’s Los Angeles-area home over the weekend in connection with a domestic dispute involving two of his sons, Francesco and Emilio, according to a report.

Officers responded to the 92-year-old singer’s residence Sunday evening to investigate a report of a person violating a restraining order, TMZ...Read more

The cause of death for “Storage Wars” star Darrell Sheets has been confirmed as suicide, according to reports.

While the full autopsy has yet to be released, the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office in Arizona confirmed Sheets’ cause of death to TMZ on Tuesday.

Sheets was discovered dead inside his home on April 22, after officers ...Read more

NEW YORK — Whitney Leavitt confirmed she’s leaving “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” after Season 5, which recently resumed production.

The Hulu reality star, 32, confirmed the news Tuesday morning in an Instagram Reel, two days after she’d announced it to the audience at the Ambassador Theatre, while in character as Roxie Hart in �...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Indiana officials have disclosed the official cause of death for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star Nicholas Brendon, who died in March.

The Putnam County Coroner confirmed in a report shared with The Times on Tuesday that the actor, best known for portraying the loyal and wisecracking Xander Harris, died of atherosclerotic and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — "Tracker," one of TV's most-watched shows, is uprooting its Canadian production and moving to Los Angeles.

The action drama, produced by Disney's 20th Television, is among a slate of new and recurring series benefiting from California's improved $750 million tax incentive program. The show's fourth season, set to begin shooting ...Read more

NEW YORK — Amazon labor organizer Chris Smalls, who was famously fired after being arrested for protesting his company in 2020, was busted Monday for trying to storm the Met Gala on the Upper East Side, cops said.

Smalls, 37, was tackled by police after he jumped an NYPD barricade into the frozen zone outside fashion’s biggest night at the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Tungseth, the husky construction worker with the angelic voice, was cut from “American Idol,” but not before making history.

The Fergus Falls resident was the first true Minnesotan to make it to the top five of the long-running show. The only time someone from the Upper Midwest took home the crown was in 2018, when ...Read more

Javier Bardem feels "blessed" to be married to Penelope Cruz.

The 57-year-old actor has been married to Penelope, 52, since 2010, and Javier feels fortunate to "be at the same time, in the same place, in life" as the Oscar-winning actress.

Speaking to Variety, Javier - who previously starred alongside Penelope and Scarlett Johansson in the ...Read more

Jeff Daniels' agents feared he would be overshadowed by Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber.

The 71-year-old actor starred alongside Jim, 64, in Dumb and Dumber, the 1994 comedy movie - but Jeff's agents were initially reluctant for him to commit to the role, fearing he might be overshadowed by his co-star.

Speaking with Hour Detroit, Jeff explained...Read more

The Rolling Stones will release their new album, Foreign Tongues, on July 10.

The legendary rock band - which includes Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood - have announced plans to release Foreign Tongues less than three years after their Hackney Diamonds album, which topped charts around the world and achieved multi-platinum ...Read more

Sir Paul McCartney's first-ever duet with Sir Ringo Starr will be released on Friday (05.08.26).

The 83-year-old music icon has revealed that he's recorded a duet with Ringo, his former Beatles bandmate, called Home to Us, and the track is set to be released later this week.

Speaking about Home to Us, Paul said: "Ringo went round to the studio...Read more

NEW YORK — “The Pitt” star Isa Briones has had enough with rowdy and disrespectful fans showing up to see her on Broadway.

Briones is currently starring in the Broadway musical “Just in Time,” but has recently seen her star on the rise thanks to her work on the Emmy-winning HBO medical drama. As a result, fans of her television ...Read more

The 2025-26 Broadway season was characterized by long fallow periods interrupted by an onslaught of eagerly awaited openings. The overall impression was one of a theater industry treading water — the goal being to stay afloat until the culture, the state of national politics and the economics of producing improve.

Don't hold your breath. The ...Read more