LOS ANGELES — Davryn McDuffie didn't know people could bet on reality TV until a Kalshi ad for "Love Island" trading came across her social media feed.

Out of curiosity, the 21-year-old college student from Palos Verdes decided to place her first-ever bet on the winning couple, putting $10 on the leading contestants, Bryce Dettloff and ...Read more

Seeing “The Odyssey” once probably isn’t sufficient.

And, honestly, even after a second viewing, it’s difficult to know precisely how to feel about acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s nearly three-hour adaptation of the ancient poem by Homer chronicling the yearslong, danger-filled journey home by a Greek king, Odysseus, following...Read more

Movies don't get much bigger than "The Odyssey," director Christopher Nolan's mega-sized take on Homer's ancient epic poem, and the director has fashioned a spectacle-first presentation where his grand visual design and the scope of his vision sometimes overwhelms his characters and the cast of Hollywood heavyweights bringing them to life.

Or ...Read more

Watching Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is something of an odyssey in itself. Like Odysseus’ postwar journey home to Penelope, the film is vast, eventful, loud, dramatic, stressful, exhausting and seemingly endless. But as he showed us in “Oppenheimer,” Nolan has an uncanny way of making nearly three hours fly, even as you’re ...Read more

Kasabian star Serge Pizzorno hasn't spoken to the band's ex lead singer Tom Meighan since he was convicted of assault.

Tom left the group in July 2020, and the day after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his now-wife Vikki Ager at their home.

While his bandmates told Serge it was his time to "step up" and take over the role of lead singer, the ...Read more

Lil Wayne's unusual job requirements for his personal assistants have been revealed as part of a bitter legal battle.

Wayne, real name Dwayne Carter, is being sued by former assistant Andrew Williams, who claims the rapper assaulted him on a private jet back in 2022.

Williams' job description is being used by lawyers in the legal fight, giving...Read more

Brandy wanted her response to body-shamers to be a "teaching moment" to others.

The 47-year-old singer found herself targeted by cruel comments about her appearance after making a return to the spotlight, and hit back at the trolls in a post on Instagram.

Alongside a series of glamorous pictures of herself, she wrote: "Before you speak about ...Read more

Q. I have a 1980s-vintage audio system with KEF speakers and an NAD receiver. I love my system but would like to play music from my phone to listen to Spotify and Amazon Music, like I do in my car. I am not interested in a cheap $25 Bluetooth receiver from Amazon. Can you recommend a premium Bluetooth receiver for my system? I can spend up to $...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Scott Bryce, the actor best known for originating the role of Craig Montgomery on the soap opera "As the World Turns," has died. He was 68.

Bryce died Sunday evening "surrounded by his loving wife Jodi Stevens-Bryce and loving son Jackson Bryce," his agent Ken Melamed told The Times by email on Tuesday. "He was beloved by all!" ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jack White stepped in when Charley Crockett accidentally hired, then fired, a satanic doo-wop duo. Happens to everyone, right?

The outlaw country singer apparently thought the husband-and-wife duo known as Twin Temple were like Black Sabbath when he invited them to open two shows for him this week, a July 14 date in Troutdale, ...Read more

Christopher Nolan has made films about bombs (“Oppenheimer”) and bravery (“Dunkirk”); about heroes (“Batman Begins”), villains (“The Dark Knight”) and the uncomfortable space in between (“The Dark Knight Rises”). He’s made movies about family (“Interstellar”), time (“Tenet”) and dreams (“Inception”); memory (“...Read more

Two thrillers, unalike in style and attitude yet with much in common, arrived Wednesday to television.

"Ride or Die" on Prime Video stars Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer in a gal-pal road-movie action comedy. "Lucky" on Apple TV features Anya Taylor-Joy as a con artist on the run. In each series, a large sum of money has disappeared, ...Read more

We meet Luciana “Lucky” Armstrong — Anya Taylor-Joy’s titular heroine in the Apple TV limited series “Lucky,” debuting on the streaming service this week — as she’s running between and scurrying under semitrailers.

“Stop now!” commands an FBI agent who is pointing his firearm at her.

We then cut to black in the first of ...Read more

Nick Jonas has revealed the first-ever DM he sent to now-wife Priyanka Chopra.

The 33-year-old singer tied the knot with Priyanka, 43, in 2018, and the pair are parents to four-year-old daughter Malti.

And in a recent episode of the Hey Jonas podcast - which Nick hosts alongside brothers Joe and Kevin - he revealed that it was Kevin who first ...Read more

Jesy Nelson's ex-fiancé Zion Foster has hit back at accusations he abandoned his twin daughters after they were diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1.

Story and Ocean were diagnosed with the genetic disorder, which causes progressive muscle weakness, in January 2026 - with the weeks before and after the diagnosis documented in ...Read more

Tracee Ellis Ross was "frightened" when mom Diana's pal Andy Warhol popped over to paint her and her sisters.

Being the daughter of a superstar as famous as Diana meant that Tracee became used to bumping into famous faces in the comfort of her own home.

While she had the opportunity to meet Lucille Ball as a child, and singer Marvin Gaye was a...Read more

Teddy Swims is "super grateful" to be able to keep in touch with his son via FaceTime whenever he's away.

The Mr. Know It All singer recently confirmed his split from girlfriend Raiche Wright - the mum of his 13-month-old little boy Theodore - and said he's attempting to remain a "present" father while still being a successful, productive ...Read more

Victoria Beckham and Timothee Chalamet have both been left starstruck after meeting the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.

The Spice Girls star has been Stateside with husband David and their children Romeo, Cruz and Harper to follow the England football team in their bid to win the World Cup football tournament.

And while in Dallas, to watch the ...Read more

Barbara Palvin started "spiralling" after gaining weight during her pregnancy.

The Victoria's Secret model is expecting her first child, a baby girl, with husband Dylan Sprouse and she's grateful to have such a supportive spouse in the actor because she started to feel "weird" about the way her body has changed.

Speaking on Dylan's new Wildmen...Read more

James Norton is "relieved" he's now seen as too old to play James Bond.

The 40-year-old actor's name has frequently been mentioned as Daniel Craig's successor in the spy franchise, but it was recently reported that Amazon are keen to cast a younger star in the franchise and James can't help but be thankful because he never truly knew whether he...Read more