NEW YORK — The flow of boffo new Broadway musicals has been so anemic this season that there is something apropos about the 2025-26 slate concluding with “The Lost Boys,” a musical about vampires.

A very stylish and expansive musical, let me make clear from the start, replete with said undead gents flying in myriad directions all over the...Read more

At the tiny bar in a remote hotel in Ireland, famed novelist Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott) raises a glass of whiskey for a toast: “to bleak endings,” he says. Ohm is in a typically blackened and cynical mood, getting drunk and feeling sorry for himself. He’s made his way to this rural establishment on a grief-stricken personal mission, to spread...Read more

LOS ANGELES — If you've ever daydreamed about owning an item from Carrie Bradshaw's closet or the writing desk where she penned her famous memoir, this L.A. event may be your golden ticket.

Julien's is hosting an auction for "And Just Like That...," the sequel to HBO's groundbreaking series "Sex and the City" that took its final bow last year...Read more

Taylor Swift wrote Love Story when she was "mad" at her parents for not letting her date an older man.

The 36-year-old singer has been named one of New York Magazine's Greatest Living Songwriters, and in an interview to celebrate the accolade, she's shared an insight into her songwriting process.

Taylor, who started writing songs when she was ...Read more

Stephen Colbert is relieved he won't have to think about Donald Trump as much when his talk show comes to an end.

The 61-year-old star will hang up his microphone when The Late Show comes to an end after 11 seasons on 21 May and while he has become known for his blistering attacks on the US President, he is relieved not working will give him ...Read more

Michael director Antoine Fuqua mistook a picture of Jafaar Jackson for an old photo of Michael Jackson.

The 60-year-old filmmaker has recalled how he was "blown away" when Director of Photography Bob Richardson showed him a picture of the 26-year-old star before he had signed up to work on the biopic of the late King of Pop - who died in 2009 ...Read more

George Clooney's children are "slowly figuring out" his job.

The 64-year-old actor finds it "hard" to watch his old movies because he doesn't like seeing how much he has changed with age, but he made an exception for 2009's animated comedy Fantastic Mr. Fox - in which he voices the titular lead character - because it has been "kind of fun" to ...Read more

House of The Dragon star Sir Simon Russell Beale has been diagnosed with colon cancer.

The 65-year-old actor - who is known for roles in films such as My Week with Marilyn, Mary Queen of Scots and The Death of Stalin as well playing Ser Simon Strong in Games of Thrones spin-off House of The Dragon, kept his health battle secret for eight months...Read more

Ashley Tisdale says the response to her toxic mom group article was "pretty amazing".

The High School Musical actress sparked plenty of discussions and controversy with her short essay for The Cut, in which she called out "mean-girl behaviour" and wrote about cutting ties with some of her friends last year.

Reflecting on the fallout to the ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Merced Elizondo sees filmmaking as a purging of the soul.

There are some stories the Dallas native says he has to vomit out or else he’ll feel ill. His 2021 short film “Manos De Oro” was inspired by his father getting sick. The pain of grief powered the picture in 2024’s “The Mourning Of.”

The script for his ...Read more

Back in the mid-aughts, the height of glamour for a woman’s cinematic career was at a fashion magazine, best seen in the iconic fashion film “The Devil Wears Prada,” based on the thinly veiled novel by Lauren Weisberger, who once worked for Anna Wintour at Vogue. Anne Hathaway starred as Andy Sachs, an aspiring journalist who ends working ...Read more

The latest adaptation of a literary classic tops the DVD releases for the week of May 5.

"Wuthering Heights": Filmmaker Emerald Fennell's loose take on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel is a tempestuous, salacious love story set in the Yorkshire moors. Starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

"While there are a few memorably lusty moments — Elordi ...Read more

DETROIT — Jamie Ding, a former Metro Detroiter who had one of the longest winning streaks in "Jeopardy!" history, finally lost on Monday, ending his six-week-plus reign as champ.

"It's been a wild ride but really fun," Ding told The Detroit News by phone after the episode. "People on the show told me that America's going to love getting to ...Read more

King Charles is keen to take up knitting because it's "very good for mental health", according to Olympian Tom Daley.

The 77-year-old monarch and his wife Queen Camilla, 78, are in the United States for a four-day state visit with US president Donald Trump, 79, and they mingled with politicians, reporters and celebrities at a garden party ...Read more

Taylor Swift has filed applications to trademark her voice and likeness.

The Life Of A Showgirl star's company TAS Rights Management made three trademark applications on April 24 - two of them are for sound trademarks covering Taylor Swift saying the phrases: "Hey, it's Taylor Swift" and "Hey, it's Taylor", according to Variety.

The ...Read more

Brooke Hogan says Hulk was addicted to "validation" rather than drugs.

The WWE legend died in July 2025 aged 71 after suffering a heart attack, wile new Netflix docuseries Hulk Hogan: Real American has told of how he became reliant on prescription medication fentanyl during his time with TNA (Total Nonstop Action) Wrestling, having signed with ...Read more

“Record stores can’t save your life, but they can give you a better one.” — Nick Hornby

LAS VEGAS — Having penned the great record store novel “High Fidelity,” later adapted into a cult classic film starring John Cusack, Hornby knows what he’s talking about.

That picture, released in 2000, captured the passion, camaraderie and ...Read more

James Gunn has confirmed plans for The Authority have been shelved.

The 59-year-old filmmaker first announced the movie about a superhero squad who used unorthodox methods to save the planet when he jointly took the helm at DC Studios with Peter Safran in January 2023, but he has now admitted fans are unlikely to see the project in the near ...Read more

Jaafar Jackson's feet bled from being intensely committed to playing his uncle Michael Jackson.

Amid Jafaar, 29, being "unsure" about acting, other actors were lined up to play the late King of Pop in Michael - the biopic that charts the music legend's career from The Jackson 5 to his solo career.

But Michael's nephew ultimately bagged the ...Read more

Taylor Swift has taken formal steps to protect her identity from the growing wave of artificial intelligence impersonations, filing three new trademark applications in the United States that cover both her voice and her appearance.

The filings made by the 36-year-old pop idol's TAS Rights Management firm include one application featuring a ...Read more