British actor Riz Ahmed is an Academy Award winner, but it still feels like he somehow goes under the radar. Perhaps because he’s not in many blockbusters (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “Jason Bourne” aside). Still he’s built a quietly excellent career always working with interesting filmmakers and selecting quality projects. ...Read more

“19 Kids and Counting” alum Joseph Duggar sent several love emails from jail to his wife, Kendra, following his arrest last month for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl during a Florida vacation in 2020.

Duggar sent the first email just less than a week after his arrest in Tontitown, Arkansas, on March 18, according to court documents ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Lil Tjay's attorney is denying that the rapper was involved with Offset's shooting.

Dawn M. Florio, the rapper's apparent attorney, posted a statement on Instagram on Tuesday slamming "false rumors" that Lil Tjay was involved at the incident that occurred Monday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

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NEW YORK — Olivia Munn said she had a gig on “30 Rock” booked, but lost the job after it was decided that she looked too young to play star Alec Baldwin’s love interest.

The 45-year-old actor recalled feeling “really good” about her audition for the hit NBC show that aired from 2006 to 2013. Munn told the Hollywood Reporter she got ...Read more

NEW YORK — Lawyers for Blake Lively on Tuesday asked a judge to compel her “It Ends with Us” co-star Justin Baldoni and others she’s suing for retaliation to disclose whether they will take the stand at the trial starting next month, with talks over a potential settlement appearing to founder.

Lively’s case is slated to begin in ...Read more

Dame Anna Wintour has always been "relentless" in her approach to parenting.

The 76-year-old media executive has daughter, Bee, 38, and son, Charlie, 40, with ex-husband David Shaffer, and Anna has opened up about her commitment to her family life.

She told Vogue magazine: "I was relentless about going to the games and turning up at the parent...Read more

Nikki Glaser found her Dancing With The Stars experience to be "embarrassing".

The 41-year-old comedy star appeared on the hit TV show in 2018, when she was partnered with Gleb Savchenko, but Nikki doesn't have fond memories of her time on Dancing With The Stars.

During an appearance on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Nikki shared: "It ...Read more

Lamar Odom thinks a "miracle" saved his life -- not Khloe Kardashian.

The former sports star suffered a near-fatal overdose in 2015, and Lamar has now downplayed his ex-wife's role in his recovery.

Lamar - who was married to Khloe from 2009 until 2016 - told the Today show: "God saved my life. My lord saved my life, honestly."

Lamar, 46, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Utah judge ruled Tuesday that reality TV star Taylor Frankie Paul can have supervised visits with the 2-year-old son she shares with Dakota Mortensen until another hearing for a protective order later this month.

Paul appeared remotely for the hearing on Tuesday with on-again, off-again ex-boyfriend Mortensen — the father of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Country singer Ray Stevens is recovering after breaking his neck.

On Sunday, Stevens, 87, fell and broke his neck, according to a press release shared with The Times. The two-time Grammy winner was "briefly hospitalized in the Nashville area and is now recovering at home," and was advised by doctors to wear a neck brace for the ...Read more

Jonah Hill's new movie explores the "loneliness of life".

The 42-year-old actor wrote and directed Outcome, his new black comedy film, which stars Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz, and Jonah has explained what drew him to the project.

He told People at the film's New York premiere: "Essentially, we all are guilty of looking for validation from ...Read more

Jaafar Jackson hopes Michael will help fans to see Michael Jackson from a new "point of view".

The chart-topping music icon passed away in June 2009, aged 50, and Jaafar - who plays Michael, his uncle, in the new biopic - hopes the movie will change some opinions.

He told Interview magazine: "I'm most excited about people getting to understand...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Offset was shot near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, following a fight on Monday evening and is currently listed as stable, a spokesperson for the rapper told The Times.

"We can confirm Offset was shot and is currently at the hospital receiving medical care," the spokesperson said in a statement. "He...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Organizers canceled the popular Wireless Festival after the United Kingdom denied its headliner, the embattled rapper Ye, a visa into the country.

The U.K. government cited Ye's history of antisemitic outbursts as a reason for denying him a travel permit.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that "Kanye West [Ye's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Before the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival became a world-famous event, it started as a much more modest music festival in Southern California's desert in 1999.

During the festival, the Empire Polo Club in Indio has been the site of some of the biggest music and pop culture moments of the century, from Daft Punk's ...Read more

Why do artists keep returning to William Shakespeare? His plays — rife with explorations of deep humanity and emotion — provide not just a framework for hanging many different worlds upon his words, but also the kind of complex characters and twisted tales that actors and filmmakers crave, whether tragedy, romance or comedy. The latest movie...Read more

Zendaya has indicated that Euphoria will come to an end after the forthcoming third season.

The acclaimed HBO series will return to screens this weekend after a four-year hiatus and the 29-year-old actress, who portrays the troubled Rue Bennett in the series, has suggested that it will bring the show to its conclusion.

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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says Kanye West "should never have been invited" to headline the Wireless Festival.

The festival was cancelled on Tuesday (04.07.26) after the controversial rapper - who had been set to headline all three nights of the London event in July - was blocked from coming to the UK by the Home Office and Starmer ...Read more

The UK's top UFO expert Nick Pope has died at the age of 60.

The former Ministry of Defence (MoD) official - who was at the helm of what was dubbed Britain's "UFO Desk" for three years from 1991 to 1994 - passed away a short time after being diagnosed with Stage 4 oesophageal cancer.

His wife Elizabeth Weiss announced his passing on Monday (04...Read more

Rapper Ye has been retroactively banned from entering the U.K. for what was supposed to be a three-day gig headlining London’s Wireless Festival — prompting cancellation of the entire event, from which big-name sponsors had already started dropping out.

The Grammy winner born Kanye West, 48, applied Monday for an Electronic Travel ...Read more