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Bang Showbiz / Courtney Stodden is campaigning to end child marriage

Courtney Stodden found a 'bigger purpose' in life

Courtney Stodden thinks she has found a "bigger purpose" in life.

The 32-year-old star - who was just 16 years old when she married then-51-year-old Doug Hutchinson in 2011 - is campaigning for California Assembly Bill AB 1267, which would prohibit anyone under the age of 18 from obtaining a marriage licence or establishing a domestic ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach were involved in a bar fight amid rumours over Hayden Panettiere's death.

Zach Hickerson shares frustration over 'rumours' following arrest

Zach Hickerson has hinted "rumours" surrounding Hayden Panettiere's death led to him and his brother Brian Hickerson getting embroiled in a bar fight.

The siblings - who were present when the Heroes actress passed away last month aged 36 - were taken in by police on Saturday (12.09.26) at the Wild Wing Cafe in Greenville, South Carolina, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Lo Bosworth has undergone ear surgery

Lo Bosworth undergoes surgery to improve hearing

Lo Bosworth has undergone surgery after her hearing got "way worse" during her pregnancy.

The former Hills star and husband Dom Natale welcomed daughter Nelle into the world in January, and while she had been experiencing drastic hearing loss over the last few years, it declined sharply during her pregnancy, so she took up the option to have an...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Tom Felton appeared in the Harry Potter stage show.

Tom Felton is 'so excited' to see Rupert Grint play Ron Weasley again

Tom Felton is "so excited" to see Rupert Grint play Ron Weasley again.

Rupert, 38, shot to fame as a child when he landed the role of Ron in the Harry Potter film series and he played the character in all eight films - now he's picking up his wand again to play Ron in the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Tom reprised ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Seth Green is interested in a Buffy return.

Seth Green would like Buffy the Vampire Slayer return

Seth Green would love to return to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The 52-year-old actor played Oz in the fantasy TV series from 1997 until 2000 and while he was never in talks to reprise the role in the now-axed planned reboot of the show, he would be open to playing the role again.

Speaking on The McBride Rewind podcast, he said: "I was not part ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Kaley Cuoco has opened up about the death of her 8 Simple Rules co-star John Ritter

Kaley Cuoco felt like she'd 'lost her dad' when John Ritter died

Kaley Cuoco felt like she'd lost her own father when John Ritter died.

The Big Bang Theory star worked with Ritter on family sitcom 8 Simple Rules playing his onscreen daughter and she was left devastated when the actor passed away on September 11, 2003 after suffering an aortic dissection on the set of the show.

Kaley attended the John Ritter...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Nicole Kidman will be wearing a different disguise to go partying in Ibiza.

Nicole Kidman has no plans to give up raving

Nicole Kidman has no plans to give up clubbing after letting slip she wears a wig to party in Ibiza without being recognised.

The Hollywood actress recently revealed she loves hitting the dance floor at raves when visiting the Spanish party island and she hides her identity by covering her blonde hair and she's now insisted giving away her ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Margot Robbie in Barbie

Mattel Studios boss addresses Barbie sequel plans

Mattel Studios are hopeful there will be a Barbie sequel "at some point", but their focus is currently elsewhere.

The live-action movie - which starred Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and was directed by Greta Gerwig - was a huge box office success in 2023, and amid reports a planned follow-up film has stalled due to salary negotiations, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Seth Rogen received some valuable advice from Judd Apatow

Seth Rogen shares 'crude' but valuable career advice

Seth Rogen's greatest piece of career advice was "less semen, more emotion".

The 40-year-old actor, writer and director admitted the tip from his friend and mentor Judd Apatow sounds "crude" but there is a "lot of depth" to it, and it is something he has gone back to time and time again over the years.

In a career-spanning talk at the Toronto ...Read more

Molly Mayhem hoping for Nightmare Realm movie

Molly Mayhem hopes there will be a Nightmare Realm movie.

The model-and-entertainer is gearing up to scare people in London for the first time as the popular immersive horror attraction makes its UK debut next month, and she'd love to bring her antics to a wider audience with a big screen outing.

She said: "A small dream of mine is to be an ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Cheetah Chrome has passed away at the age of 71

Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome dies at 71

Eugene Richard O'Connor - better known to generations of punk fans as Cheetah Chrome from Dead Boys - has died aged 71.

His death was announced by the current Dead Boys on Sunday (13.09.26) in a heartfelt statement.

The band wrote on Instagram: "Cheetah was a true original, an architect of the punk rock movement. A one-man hurricane tearing up...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Nicko McBrain would love to record new music with Iron Maiden

Nicko McBrain says he'd record with Iron Maiden again - but only if the drums were 'simple'

Drummer Nicko McBrain would love to record with Iron Maiden again, but after suffering a mini-stroke, he admits his parts would have to be "simple" to play.

The 74‑year‑old sticksman stepped back from touring with the Run to the Hills hitmakers in 2024, ending more than four decades on the road.

He was hospitalised in 2023 after suffering ...Read more

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Maestro of the human drama, playwright Samuel D. Hunter isn't afraid to peer into the future

Samuel D. Hunter writes compact human dramas that pack a maximal punch. Both "Grangeville," Los Angeles' most acclaimed theatrical offering of the summer, and "A Case for the Existence of God," which opened earlier this month in a Rogue Machine production at the Matrix Theater's Henry Murray Stage, are virtuoso two-handers.

Although modest in ...Read more

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A.J. Croce reflects on his music, his famous dad, and overcoming adversity and grief

SAN DIEGO — It’s been three years since the release of the film documentary “These Dreams: The Jim Croce Story,” and longtime plans for a feature film on the famed singer-songwriter are currently on hold.

But if Hollywood still hopes to do a big-screen treatment on Croce, whose 1973 death came only 18 months after his first hit record, ...Read more

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Kentucky author has 15 never-released songs that Dolly Parton recorded, gave her

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky author Kim Michele Richardson has revealed that the late Dolly Parton gave her an unpublished 15-song album Parton recorded that was inspired by Richardson’s bestselling “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.”

“For 4 years, I’ve sat on this, never once talking to reporters until now — always protecting ...Read more

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'Call My Agent! The Movie' review: Film channels series in the best ways

“Call My Agent! The Movie” may or may not make much sense to anyone not already an aficionado of the French comedy series “Call My Agent!” (currently streaming on Netflix, with the movie now also on the streamer). I couldn’t say, as I gobbled up every episode of the series ages ago, delighted by its screwballish depiction of a Paris ...Read more

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'Hunger Games' prequel, 'Digger' and other big movies of fall 2026

This year's fall movie season offers up sheep, dogs, Godzilla, Jane Austen, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp doing Dickens, a husband made of wicker, and Jessica Chastain being extremely scary. Something for everyone!

(Note: Premiere dates are subject to change.)

'The Weight'

More historical drama, with Ethan Hawke as a Depression-era incarcerated ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Scream star Courteney Cox.

Courteney Cox game for directing Scream 8

Courteney Cox has thrown her name into the ring to direct Scream 8.

The 62-year-old actress thinks she should be at the helm of the forthcoming instalment of the horror film franchise, given she is the only star to appear in all seven films as investigative reporter Gale Weathers.

Deadline asked Cox if she would consider the opportunity, and ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Sylvester Stallone approves of I Play Rocky

Sylvester Stallone approves of I Play Rocky

Sylvester Stallone has thrown his support behind new movie I Play Rocky.

The new film tells the story of Stallone's efforts to bring his 1976 boxing movie Rocky to the big screen in the 1970s with Anthony Ippolito playing him and the movie is already receiving rave reviews following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way

My Chemical Romance hints at first album in 15 years

My Chemical Romance has hinted they could be working on their first new album in 15 years.

The rock band's last studio album was 2010's Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, but now lead singer Gerard Way, 49, has said the group has "always wanted to make another record".

The Welcome to the Black Parade hitmakers, including ...Read more