LOS ANGELES — A year ago, David Ellison was viewed as a white knight poised to save Paramount.

Hollywood embraced billionaire Larry Ellison’s son, figuring he had the means and the mettle to revive the faded studio after decades of neglect.

But now, as the 43-year-old tech scion works to close his $111 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. ...Read more

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has failed to give up the Freedom of the City of London, "despite being asked to do so".

The former prince - who was stripped of his titles and royal privileges by King Charles last October over his links to late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein - received the honour in 2012 by "virtue of patrimony" because his late father,...Read more

Matt Damon is convinced Charlize Theron "won the genetic lottery" because she's barely aged over the last few decades.

The pair first worked together 26 years ago when they starred in 2000 movie The Legend of Bagger Vance and they have reunited for Sir Christopher Nolan's new epic The Odyssey - and Matt, 55, is convinced he's "aged" more than ...Read more

William Shatner almost got off the Blue Origin rocket during the countdown to his historic space flight.

The 95-year-old actor became the oldest person to go up into space when he blasted off on Jeff Bezos' New Shepard NS-18 rocket in October 2021 but he had doubts while climing 11 stories in the gantry to get to the ship opening and noticed ...Read more

Sir Derek Jacobi believes he would have been much more successful if he'd "had the looks" to match his talent.

The 87-year-old actor has been a regular on stage and screen since the 1960s - appearing in blockbusters such as 2000 film Gladiator and its 2024 sequel - but Derek is adamant he wanted to be a fully-fledged "movie star" and he is ...Read more

Ricky Martin is "safe" after tear gas was deployed during his concert in Montenegro.

The Livin' la Vida Loca star was performing in the country on Thursday night (21.05.26) when an incident in the audience led to the concert being halted and the singer was rushed off stage. Martin's publicist, Róndine Alcalá has revealed the stoppage was due ...Read more

Stephen Colbert ended The Late Show with a "normal" episode filled with celebrity cameos on Thursday (21.05.26) night.

The 62-year-old comic - who took over the programme from David Letterman in 2015 - took to the stage one last time for his CBS late night show and while he had originally planned to sign off with a "huge special", he and his ...Read more

Kathy Griffin spent the night in hospital after suffering "complications" following a routine medical procedure.

The 65-year-old comic didn't explain why she had undergone a colonoscopy - an examination of the large intestine - or what had gone wrong that led to her having to stay at the medical facility, but she is now back at home with her ...Read more

Rumer Willis believes she looks "hotter" than ever thanks to the "spiritual work" she's done.

The 37-year-old House Bunny actress - who is the eldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore - has insisted her new look isn't down to cosmetic surgery and revealed her face has "physically changed " because she's been focusing on spirituality in ...Read more

Lionsgate already have "25 to 30 percent" of Michael 2 in the bank from previous shoots.

The Michael Jackson biopic, which ended with the words "His Story Continues", has been a huge box office hit and the studio is pushing ahead with a follow-up, with the first movie wrapping up amid the King of Pop's Bad tour in 1987.

Speaking in a quarterly...Read more

Quentin Tarantino told Brad Pitt he'd be "dead in this business" after Once Upon A Time In Hollywood faux pas.

The iconic filmmaker, 63, looked "insanely grave" after the 62-year-old actor overstepped his boundaries on the set of the 2019 epic, and he warned him never to make the same mistake again.

Bruce Dern, who played blind ranch owner ...Read more

Sharon Osbourne has announced that a lifelike AI avatar of the late Ozzy Osbourne is officially on the way - a project she says will allow the Prince of Darkness to keep connecting with fans in a completely new era of digital performance.

The reveal came during her talk, The Enduring Legacy of a Rock Icon and His Family: Ozzy Osbourne and The ...Read more

Harry Styles confessed that he "lost [his] virginity" to Radiohead's Talk Show Host while presenting frontman Thom Yorke with an award.

The former One Direction star didn't hold back when he shared how Thom's music has soundtracked his life in a lengthy speech in honour of his idol as he collected the Fellowship of the Ivors Academy at Thursday...Read more

Anne Hathaway wanted to quit Mother Mary after seeing the first footage of herself singing and dancing.

The 43-year-old actress plays the titular popstar in the upcoming film, which required her to perform original tracks by Jack Antonoff, Charli XCX and FKA Twigs, but she was left horrified when she saw just how "bad" she looked on camera.

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Mel Gibson's new two-part movie The Resurrection of the Christ represents his "life's work".

The actor-turned-director has been busy working on the sequel to his 2004 film The Passion of the Christ and he's now celebrated the end of filming by declaring the team has created "something powerful" in the two-part epic.

In a statement, Mel - who ...Read more

Olivia Rodrigo has insisted her new song The Cure isn't about the band of the same name.

The 23-year-old pop star is good friends with The Cure frontman Robert Smith and even performed with him during her headline set at Glastonbury Festival last year. She released a new song called The Cure - the second track from her album You Seem Pretty Sad...Read more

The roar erupting from the capacity audience inside the Ed Sullivan Theater when Stephen Colbert stepped on the stage of his "Late Show" for the last time made it clear that they did not want him to say goodbye.

Colbert took his final bow as his beloved late-night show came to an end Thursday. The episode was so crammed with top celebrities who...Read more