88-year-old Ridley Scott has churned out eight feature films in the last 11 years; the apocalyptic drama “The Dog Stars” is his latest. Some of these films are masterpieces (“The Martian,” “The Last Duel”), some are close to perfect (“Napoleon”), others prove he still has the juice that made him an icon (“Alien: Covenant,” �...Read more

THE DOG STARS

Rated R for strong violence and language.

What it’s about: A post-apocalyptic tale of survival and finding things to live for.

The kid attractor factor: This is an adult drama with some violence, action and heavy themes, not for kids.

Good lessons/bad lessons: There can still be life after death.

Violence: Some scenes of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — One way to understand Dolly Parton’s unique blend of talents — her wit, her savvy, her intelligence, her pluck — is to consider that she wrote one of music’s most enduring love songs about a crummy boss.

The year was 1973, and Parton — who’d risen from a glamour-less childhood in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains ...Read more

British actor Tim Curry, who famously commanded attention as the seductive mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in cult classic oddball musical “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” has died. He was 80.

The Daytime Emmy-winning actor’s longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz confirmed that Curry died Wednesday at his home in Toluca Lake, in a ...Read more

The late Dolly Parton received a royal send-off from the King and Queen Wednesday morning.

During the traditional Changing of the Guard ceremony, the Band of the Coldstream Guards came together with the Irish Guards’ Number 12 Company to play one of Parton’s biggest hits, the 1980 classic “9 To 5,” outside Buckingham Palace. King ...Read more

“Rocky Horror Picture Show” star Tim Curry has died. He was 80.

Curry died late Tuesday night in his Los Angeles home, according to TMZ, 14 years after he suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed. No specific cause of death has been reported. Foul play isn’t suspected.

Curry starred as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult classic ...Read more

The Rocky Horror Picture Show star Tim Curry has died at the age of 80.

The English actor - who is best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Richard O'Brien and Jim Sharman's cult classic 1975 musical movie - passed away late Tuesday night (August 25, 2026) at his Los Angeles home, TMZ has reported.

Curry had been in ill health after having...Read more

Jaafar Jackson remembers his uncle Michael Jackson as a "prankster".

The 30-year-old actor portrayed the late King of Pop in the Michael biopic that proved hugely successful at the box office last year and reflected on his fond memories of the Thriller hitmaker, who died at the age of 50 in 2009.

Jaafar, the son of Michael's brother Jermaine ...Read more

Hugh Jackman required gaffer tape to keep his prosthetic beard in place during filming for The Death of Robin Hood.

The 57-year-old star plays the outlaw in Michael Sarnoski's historical thriller and explained how the crew needed to get practical to ensure that fake facial hair stayed in place during the movie's muddy combat scenes.

Hugh told ...Read more

MIAM -- Dolly Parton was a brilliant songwriter and musician. A trailblazer. A rule breaker. And the “Book Lady” who literally gave away hundreds of millions of books to the children of the world.

In her trademark way with a quip and a giggle, she delighted generations with her wit and wisdom and her way of making us all feel connected.

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PHILADELPHIA -- A 1970s baby, my mother (and all of the mother figures in my life) rocked big hair, glossy lips, sequins, and acrylic nails into the early 1990s.

As did the celebrities who have been a part of my pop-culture consciousness as long as I’ve been alive.

Women like Gladys Knight, Carol Burnett, Betty White, Patti LaBelle, and yes,...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- I outed Dolly Parton.

Back in 2004, when the country legend came to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, I called her out in my review for lipsyncing.

It seemed unfathomable that this giant of the music world with that sweet, flutter-like-a-butterfly mountain-girl voice was faking it in concert on hits like “I Will Always Love ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On Sunday, Oct. 3, 2009, at 2 p.m., an atmospheric electricity pervaded the Hollywood Bowl when Johnny Polanco came on stage. The salsa star led what has now come to be held as a legendary day-long concert, which included Cuban and mariachi musicians, a large gospel choir, Flea, Herbie Hancock and Taj Mahal. None were the main ...Read more

Jack White frequently covered Dolly Parton's "Jolene" in concert during the White Stripes days.

He dusted the song off on Tuesday, performing at Eventim Apollo in London, just hours after news surfaced that Dolly Parton had died at age 80. It was the first time he performed the song since 2007, according to setlist.fm.

He shared a clip of the ...Read more

Dolly Parton knew how to tell a story.

She sang of a woman pleading with a beautiful redhead not to steal her man, a little girl proudly wearing a coat her mother stitched from scraps and an exhausted employee pouring herself a cup of ambition before another day at work. For more than six decades, Parton turned those stories into songs that ...Read more

"Everywhere I go, the kids call me 'the book lady.'"

Dolly Parton wore the moniker like a badge of honor, and she earned it too. Through her Imagination Library program, launched by the Dollywood Foundation in 1995, she put more than 330 million books into the hands of children across America, Canada, the U.K., Australia and the Republic of ...Read more

In a brief online elegy for Dolly Parton, with whom she’d worked on the women-empowering film “9 to 5,” actor and famed liberal activist Jane Fonda made it a point to note that Parton cared about her queer fans.

“To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you,” Fonda wrote. “You know that without me telling you.”...Read more

Like many country singers of her generation, Dolly Parton's career began in local television, and TV has continued to be the place to get to know her.

Her big-screen career, which exploded with "9 to 5," settled to earth with "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and "Rhinestone" and recovered its dignity with "Steel Magnolias" (suggesting that...Read more

Taylor Swift shared a sweet tribute to late country music star Dolly Parton following news of her death at the age of 80.

“A world without Dolly doesn’t feel possible, real, or right. But because of the eternally generous way she spent her time on this earth and the countless lives she changed for the better, her legacy will be an ...Read more

Soundgarden are gearing up for a rare live appearance on September 9.

The Seattle grunge heavyweights have been booked as the halftime act for the Seattle Seahawks' NFL season opener against the New England Patriots at Lumen Field.

The Black Hole Sun rockers will be joined by Pearl Jam's Mike McCready on guitar and The Pretty Reckless singer ...Read more