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Fox News star Sean Hannity joins the podcast parade

Fox News prime-time host Sean Hannity will be the next cable news star to expand into podcasting.

Fox News Media will announce Wednesday the launch of a twice-a-week podcast called "Hang Out with Sean Hannity," featuring long-form interviews with subjects across culture, business, sports and politics.

The podcast will have fresh material that ...Read more

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James Van Der Beek, wife had paid off nearly $270K in tax debt

James Van Der Beek, who died last week following a battle with Stage 3 colorectal cancer, and his wife Kimberly owed hundreds of thousands in tax debt before paying it off in 2022.

The IRS said the 48-year-old titular “Dawson’s Creek” star and his producer wife owed a total of $269,328.62 in unpaid taxes from 2018 and 2019, resulting in a...Read more

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Architecture and Design Film Festival in Chicago opens with climate change as the subtext

CHICAGO — Though none of the films at the Architecture and Design Film Festival, taking place at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Siskel Film Center Feb. 19-22 are explicitly about climate change, that is the subtext running through many of them.

“When we were programming the films, climate change was not a specific theme that we were ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Baz Luhrmann is planning an Elvis stage show

Baz Luhrmann confirms plans for Elvis Presley stage show

Baz Luhrmann is bringing Elvis Presley's story to theatres in a new stage show.

The Hollywood director brought his love of the King to the big screen in his 2022 biopic Elvis - which starred Austin Butler as the late music legend - and he's also painstakingly put together archive footage to create new documentary EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Margot Robbie worried about her intelligence after choosing a career in acting.

Wuthering Heights star Margot Robbie worried she was 'dumb' after not going to university

Margot Robbie worried she was "dumb" after deciding against going to university.

The Wuthering Heights actress, 35, grew up in Australia and discovered her love of acting when she was in high school so she decided to chase her dreams of stardom instead of enrolling in higher education, but the move left Margot questioning herself so she asked ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Rose Byrne has revealed how she decompresses after filming.

Rose Byrne reveals her 'coping mechanisms' after brutal days on film sets

Rose Byrne has joked she "drinks a lot of alcohol" to decompress after work.

The 46-year-old actress, who has taken a challenging role as a mother facing an existential crisis in new psychological comedy drama If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, has reflected on her process for unwinding after a difficult day on set when she's working on more ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Taylor Swift has filmed a video for TEAM USA's Olympic skaters

Taylor Swift backs Team USA's 'American showgirls on ice'

Taylor Swift has thrown her support behind Team USA's figure skaters as they prepare to take to the ice at the Winter Olympics.

The 36-year-old pop superstar has provided the narration and music for a promotional video introducing the world to aspiring Olympic champions Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, and Isabeau Levito, who will all compete at the ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Olivia Colman opens up about attitudes to gender and sexuality

Olivia Colman pleads with people to stop being 'hateful' about sexuality and gender

Olivia Colman thinks "people are too nervous" about gender and sexuality.

The 52-year-old actress appears in Sophie Hyde's new queer drama Jimpa - which explores ideas of queerness and parenthood between members of the LGBTQ+ community across generations - and she hopes the film can make the topic more "mainstream" and accepted.

She told ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Jesse Jackson has died

Jesse Jackson dies 'peacefully surrounded by family'

Rev. Jesse Jackson has died "peacefully surrounded by his family".

The celebrated civil rights leader passed away on Tuesday (02.17.26) at the age of 84 after a long struggle with declining health including a Parkinson's disease diagnosis and a battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), which affects walking and swallowing.

A message ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Jessie Buckley has opened up about her experiences of love

Jessie Buckley was 'scared of love'

Jessie Buckley was "scared of love" for most of her life before settling down with husband Freddie Sorensen.

The Oscar-nominated Hamnet actress, 36, tied the knot with Freddie, who works in the mental health sector, at their home in Norfolk, England in 2023 and they are parents to a daughter who was born last year - and Jessie has now confessed...Read more

Bang Showbiz / David Archuleta has opened up about competing on American Idol as a teenager

David Archuleta didn't think he 'deserved' success

David Archuleta didn't think he "deserved" fame and success because of his struggles with his sexuality.

The 35-year-old singer shot to stardom as a teenager on American Idol back in 2008 - finishing second to David Cook - but David has revealed he felt conflicted when he reached the final of the TV talent show because he was still not fully ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Robert De Niro wants to live as long as Robert Duvall

'God bless!' Robert De Niro hopes to live as long as Robert Duvall in sweet tribute

Robert De Niro hopes he can live as long as Robert Duvall.

The 82-year-old actor - who starred with Duvall in The Godfather Part II and True Confessions - has paid tribute to the late big screen legend following his death this week aged 95.

In a tribute, De Niro told The Hollywood Reporter: "God bless Bobby. I hope I can live till I'm 95.

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Bang Showbiz / Donald Trump has issued a warning to Nancy Guthrie's abductors

Donald Trump threatens Nancy Guthrie kidnappers with death penalty if she isn't found alive

Donald Trump has threatened Nancy Guthrie's kidnappers with the death penalty if she isn't returned alive.

The 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie has been missing after being abducted from her home near Tucson, Arizona on February 1, and the search is ongoing with both the FBI Phoenix office and the Pima County Sheriff's ...Read more

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List of DVD release dates for Feb. 17 and beyond

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

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17: Five Nights at Freddy's 2

17: Predator: Badlands

17: Now You See Me: Now You Don't

17: Regretting You

17: Song Sung Blue

17: Rental Family

17: Sisu: Road to Revenge

17: Silent Night, Deadly Night

17: Deathstalker

17: Dexter: ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / The Batman: Part II is reportedly due to enter principal photography in April 2026

The Batman: Part II gets major update as writer teases 'new and dangerous' sequel

The Batman: Part II is reportedly due to start filming in April 2026.

According to Hollywood North Buzz, director Matt Reeves' upcoming DC sequel is expected to enter principal photography in the UK this April.

The Batman: Part II is also said to be using the working title Vengeance 2 in a nod to the first movie, which was filmed under the ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie is a 'complete new set up' for the zombie series, Constantin Film CEO Oliver Berben has teased

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie is a 'complete new set up' for zombie series

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie is a "complete new set up" for the zombie series, Constantin Film CEO Oliver Berben has said.

The Weapons director, 44, is to helm a new cinematic take on Capcom's survival/horror video game franchise, and Constantin's head has now teased Resident Evil has been made in Cregger's "own style".

Speaking with ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Cyndi Lauper performing at The O2 in London

Cyndi Lauper leads tributes as True Colors songwriter Billy Steinberg dies

Cyndi Lauper has led tributes to acclaimed songwriter Billy Steinberg, who has died aged 75.

A representative for Steinberg's family confirmed he passed away at his home in Brentwood, California, following a battle with cancer. News of his death has prompted an outpouring of affection for the writer behind some of the most defining pop songs of...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Big Sean at the Axel F premiere in 2024

Big Sean recalls 'heavy ups and downs' after death of Nipsey Hussle

Big Sean had no choice but to step away from music amid "a very deep battle of depression" following the passing of fellow rapper Nipsey Hussle.

The rapper first addressed his struggles with depression and anxiety around the release of Deep Reverence, his 2021 collaboration featuring a posthumous verse from the late Nipsey Hussle. The track ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Matt Sorum is convinced Velvet Revolver could have been massive

Matt Sorum believes Velvet Revolver 'could have been as big as Guns N' Roses'

Matt Sorum is convinced Velvet Revolver "could have been as big" as Guns N' Roses.

The drummer formed the supergroup side project in 2002 with his GNR bandmates Duff McKagan and Slash along with guitarist Dave Kushner and Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, but they only released two albums before the singer was given the boot in 2008 ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Mani could be honoured with a permanent mural in Manchester

Fundraiser launched for permanent Gary 'Mani' Mounfield' tribute in Manchester

A fundraiser has been launched for a permanent mural in tribute to Gary 'Mani' Mounfield.

The Stone Roses icon, who was also a member of Primal Scream from 1996 to 2011, died in November 2025 from respiratory issues aged 63, and he was laid to rest the next month at Manchester Cathedral with fellow Manchester legends like Liam Gallagher and Ian...Read more