A pair of teenage ghosts solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele in “Dead Boy Detectives” on Netflix, an eight-episode season that sits squarely in the YA genre. Picture something like “The Hardy Boys,” but British. And dead.

Edwin (George Rexstrew) died at his boarding school in 1916 and he is bookish and sensitive. Charles (...Read more

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Q: I've just read that “So Help Me Todd” has been canceled by CBS after two seasons. This is one of the cleverest, well-written shows with very good, versatile actors. Any chance it still might be renewed or possibly picked up by another network?

A: The comedy-drama starring Skylar Astin and Marcia ...Read more

Cinematic memoir can be a complex creative endeavor. Film is a collaborative medium, and memoir requires a certain acknowledgement of the author’s creation. Without that self-reflection, memoir can slip into murky, confusing territory. This space is where the new film “Unsung Hero” exists, which is billed as “A For King + Country Film.�...Read more

A recent bombshell from Anne Hathaway may not have the detonation radius some people think.

In a V Magazine story published Monday, the "Devil Wears Prada" alum said she was regularly asked to participate in uncomfortable chemistry tests while auditioning for roles in the 2000s.

"It was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with ...Read more

Nancy Wilson, at age 70, can still perform her signature kick move while sporting her guitar.

“I can do that and more!” she told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on a Zoom call from her home in Sonoma, California, on the eve of the 2024 Heart tour. “I can’t not dance and move.”

The tour, which will run throughout the year, started ...Read more

NEW YORK — Amy Herzog’s beautiful play “Mary Jane” is, at its core, a study of the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to fight and care for her child. But the takeaway from time spent at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre goes beyond even that realization. You leave after 90 minutes with a near-crushing awareness of the ...Read more

Paris Hilton is reportedly working on a docuseries about media’s “toxic” treatment of female celebrities — including herself — in the early 2000s.

Hilton’s production company, 11:11 Media, has optioned Sarah Ditum’s book, “Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s,” according to multiple outlets.

Ditum, a journalist for The ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Stagecoach Festival is making its way to the Empire Polo Club in Indio following both weekends of its sister event, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 26-28.

The three-day country music festival includes headliners Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen, supported by acts such as Post Malone, ...Read more

CHICAGO — The creative life can be, to borrow some words from the musical “Annie,” a “hard knock life,” or, as writer Maya Angelou once put it more gently, “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

Few people I know have more energetically devoted their life and talents to creating than Steve Rashid. ...Read more

Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc visited the White House on Tuesday to promote the Biden administration's newly formed National Strategy for Suicide Prevention and federal action plan, speaking candidly about the deaths of Judd's mother, country music star Naomi Judd, and Blacc's frequent collaborator Avicii.

"I've learned in recovery that I can ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Kyle Mitrione is working “doggedly” to improve his mobility. But his days as a stunt diver and stage performer are over.

Mitrione is the Cirque du Soleil artist injured June 28, 2023, during a performance of “O” at Bellagio. The former Red Bull Cliff Diving extreme stunt team diver is suing the Strip’s predominant ...Read more

Christina Applegate was still recovering from her first run-in with COVID-19 when another virus recently had her health in the toilet again.

The "Dead to Me" star spoke humorously — and graphically — about her "gross" experience with a sapovirus infection in the sixth episode of "MesSy," the multiple sclerosis-themed podcast she shares with...Read more

Unwritten or totally scripted? Glen Powell applauded his "Anyone But You" co-star Sydney Powell for orchestrating a marketing campaign for the hit rom-com that hinted at an alleged romance between the two leads.

It was straight out of the rom-com marketing days of yore. And it actually worked, thanks to its comely co-stars and a little help —...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Anne Heche's estate cannot currently settle its debts, her son claimed in new court documents.

Homer Laffoon, the late actor's 22-year-old son and the executor of the estate, said in legal documents obtained by The Times that his mother's estate is "not in a condition to be closed." The report, filed in Los Angeles Superior ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kid Cudi is canceling his upcoming Insano: Engage the Rage World Tour after finding out his broken ankle is “much more serious” than he thought.

“Guys, so, I have a broken calcaneus,” Cudi posted Wednesday on social media. “Im headed to surgery now and there’s gonna be a long recovery time. We have to cancel the tour...Read more

Rebel Wilson has more dirty laundry to air, claiming in her memoir that a British royal invited her to a party full of drugs to better facilitate an orgy.

The “Pitch Perfect” star, 44, writes in her new memoir, “Rebel Rising,” that she was invited by someone “who’s like fifteenth or twentieth in line to the British throne” to a ...Read more

MIAMI — A man described as Diddy’s “mule” in a lawsuit that spurred a cross-country sex trafficking investigation into the rap mogul, pleaded not guilty to drug possession charges in court Wednesday.

Brendon Paul, 25, whose luggage allegedly contained a small amount of cocaine and 16 marijuana gummies on a plane at Opa-locka Executive ...Read more

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is reportedly in talks to launch Yeezy Porn, a pornography division under the umbrella of his Yeezy company.

A rep for the controversial Grammy winner told TMZ that he’s long been mulling over such a venture, which would include both a Yeezy Porn studio and brand — for which he and partners are now in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Country music waxes and wanes in its influence on the broader industry, but this year, it's been absolutely dominant.

For instance: Morgan Wallen topping streaming charts, Beyoncé's landmark "Cowboy Carter," Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman's tearjerker Grammys set — and that barely scratches the surface.

Since debuting in 2007,...Read more

Kim Kardashian’s humble beginnings don’t only include serving as Paris Hilton’s personal assistant and Ray-J’s sex tape co-star, she also worked as a dog walker — for Madonna.

The reality superstar — and billionaire business mogul — confessed that she took care of the Queen of Pop‘s pooch in exchange for her jewelry as a kid.

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