LOS ANGELES — In its latest effort to protect human creators from the flood of synthetic music, Spotify will soon require AI-generated identities to carry an "AI Persona" label while barring their tracks from users' algorithmic mixes.

The change will take effect in mid-September. It follows Spotify's earlier moves to help subscribers ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Summer 2026 will be remembered as the season we saw movies on the biggest screens possible.

Less than a month after its July debut, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” became the highest-grossing Imax release of all time with $289 million so far.

That total accounts for more than 26% of the film’s global box office haul, ...Read more

DETROIT — Dinosaurs invade Metro Detroit in "The End of Oak Street," the new sci-fi action film from writer-director (and Clawson native) David Robert Mitchell.

Mitchell set the movie in Flowervale, a fictional suburb of Metro Detroit. And while Michigan or Detroit is never mentioned explicitly in the film, there are signs and cues to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Brad Pitt has revealed that he's back on the sauce.

During a vulnerable interview published in Esquire on Monday, Pitt said he'd started drinking again, in moderation. "I was sober for seven years," he said. "And then I got back off the wagon."

The be-all and end-all of movie stars, Pitt had a messy, highly publicized (and ...Read more

NEW YORK — “Mad Men” alum Jon Hamm and his fellow actor wife, Anna Osceola, are expecting their first child.

A source confirmed the news to People, though the neither the couple nor their reps had commented as of Monday afternoon.

The two first met in 2015 when Osceola, 38, played a receptionist on the “Mad Men” finale and began ...Read more

The Sidemen's Vikkstar has broken his silence on KSI's departure from the online collective.

The 32-year-old YouTube star, musician, boxer and reality show judge - real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji - revealed in a video released online in May he will no longer appear in Sidemen videos.

KSI said at the time: "This is honestly the ...Read more

Anne Hathaway knows if she's having a boy or girl, but won't be telling anyone else.

The pregnant actress appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night (10.08.26), where she was questioned about the tot's gender by guest host Anthony Anderson.

He said: "I consider myself to be a baby whisperer. Now, this is my first time seeing you pregnant ...Read more

Rob Lowe can't wait to be a grandfather, but has some specific demands about what his grandchildren will call him.

The 62-year-old actor told People he's excited to further expand his family, especially as a wedding is in the near future, explaining: "[My son] Matthew is engaged and getting married in October. And then I'm going to be ...Read more

Jesy Nelson is celebrating after her twin daughters successfully had their feeding tubes removed from their faces.

The former Little Mix star took to her Instagram page to tell fans she was "terrified" about 14-month-old Ocean and Story having the procedure to remove their Nasogastric (NG) tubes.

The tubes are often used in the case of muscle ...Read more

MIAMI — Movie fans have been setting off on long journeys of their own to see “The Odyssey,” the hit Christopher Nolan film based on Homer’s ancient Greek epic, in the director’s preferred format: IMAX 70 mm.

Tens of thousands of them, from faraway lands such as Atlanta and even Latin America, have landed in Fort Lauderdale, home of ...Read more

Prime Video’s “Reacher” is a little bit like comfort food — you know, if your comfort food involves the 6-foot-5, competent-is-my-middle-name former Army major-turned-makeshift-crime-solver Jack Reacher saving the day through a delightful mix of brain and brawn. (For the record, Reacher doesn’t actually have a middle name.) You know ...Read more

Ed Sheeran has admitted he thought The A Team would be his "only hit".

The Grammy winner brought his Loop Tour to Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium on Saturday (08.08.26) and reflected on the "full-circle moment" of his first show in the US being at the nearby Savoy Entertainment Center in Inglewood 16 years ago.

Before performing his 2011 debut ...Read more

Isla Fisher has admitted she's "much stronger" than she thought she was.

The Australian actress has had a difficult few years following her split from Sacha Baron Cohen, the father of her three kids, in 2023 after 13 years of marriage.

However, in an interview with E! News, Isla said her experiences over the past few years have forced her to ...Read more

Dax Shepard says he and his father were a "match made in hell".

The Parenthood star was talking to Taron Egerton on his Armchair Expert podcast when he opened up about his complicated relationship with dad Dave, who died in 2012 after losing his battle with lung cancer.

He mused: "I think we were very similar more than I ever wanted to admit. ...Read more

Sometime early in the delightful first-season run of “Widow’s Bay,” Hiro Murai, its primary director and executive producer, began hearing from random people from his past — film school friends, parents of friends, actors he had worked with, the aunt of an acquaintance, a middle school pal he hadn’t spoken with for 20 years. He ...Read more

Boy George has threatened to sack anyone in his band who refuses to perform his controversial pro-Israel song generated by AI.

The 65-year-old singer caused a stir when he uploaded the track We Will Dance Again, which includes the line: "You say genocide, I say war."

The fallout around the song led to a major professional split. George parted ...Read more

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has suggested the Britpop icons aren't finished yet, revealing he expects the band will reunite for more music and shows in the future.

The 62-year-old musician said the group - also comprising Damon Albarn, Alex James and Graham Coxon left Coachella in 2024 feeling energised rather than exhausted - despite their ...Read more

The conservationist died in 2006, aged 44, after being pierced in the chest by a short-tail stingray barb while snorkelling in Queensland, Australia.

His son Robert was only two when Steve passed away, but has ensured he remembers his dad's legacy since then.

Speaking to Australia's Stellar magazine, Robert said: "He lived at this level that ...Read more

Brad Pitt has opened up about his "profound" grief a year after the death of his mother.

The Hollywood actor, 62, was left devastated by the loss of his mom, Jane Pitt, in August 2025 and he's now opened up about his heartache 12 months on revealing grief leaves a "gaping hole" but also a "profound beauty".

He told Esquire magazine: "I think ...Read more

Beyoncé is being sued for alleged copyright infringement over her song Alien Superstar.

According to TMZ, a company called Hirose Enterprise, and a producer named Shuji Hirose, are asking for unspecified damages from the world-famous singer and various music companies over the track, which featured on her 2022 album Renaissance.

The outlet ...Read more