Gal Gadot and Tom Hiddleston spent four hours auditioning for Mad Max: Fury Road - but neither of them got cast.

The 41-year-old actress was left a little stunned that she did not land the role of Imperator Furiosa, which ultimately went to Charlize Theron, 51, following her and the 45-year-old actor's "intense" screen test for 81-year-old ...Read more

Evan Rachel Wood "supported" Joey King playing Kylie Owens in Practical Magic 2 - amid being "sad" to miss out on reprising the role.

The 27-year-old actress "had a lovely conversation" with 38-year-old Wood after the latter revealed she had approached producers about revisiting the character, the daughter of Sandra Bullock's Sally Owens, 28 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For three magical summers between 1997 and 1999, the women's festival known as Lilith Fair was a touring caravan of musicians, feminist activists and organizers that carried the message of women's empowerment across North America.

In the 2025 Hulu documentary "Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery," Grammy-winning singer-songwriter ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Yet another Gen Z horror movie has arrived in theaters, continuing this season’s buzziest topic: the rise of Hollywood’s new crop of young filmmakers.

This time, it’s 28-year-old Alexander Ullom’s “It Ends,” about a group of friends trapped on a never-ending road trip. Distributed by Neon, the film was reported to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Dozens of Jewish artists are defending Mark Ruffalo after Paramount Skydance branded the actor's criticisms about software company Oracle Corp. as "antisemitic tropes."

Support for the actor comes as Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison has struggled to get its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger over the finish line ...Read more

If summer streaming means “Love Island,” summer officially came to a close on the last day of August with the "Love Island" reunion. Time to usher in September, which means pumpkin spice, cooler temps and a switch in the streaming content.

As summer blockbusters give way to awards season fare, so too do lighthearted dating shows give way to...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A new three-part documentary series on Netflix will explore the life and struggles of Matthew Perry and feature an interview with his sister Mia Perry Bowick, along with unreleased photos and videos from the private archive of the Perry family.

"The One About Matthew Perry" will premiere on the streaming platform Oct. 27, ...Read more

Rowan Henchy told Miley Cyrus as a child that Brooke Shields was her real mom while they were filming Hannah Montana.

The Next Gen NYC star was a huge fan of the Disney Channel series, in which Brooke played Miley's on-screen mom, Susan Stewart, but when Rowan came face-to-face with Miley during a set visit, she was not too keen on sharing her ...Read more

Chase Stokes has debunked rumours that he has had plastic surgery.

The Outer Banks star finds it "so funny" how "legitimate doctors" incorrectly claimed that he had gone under the knife to improve his looks.

On the latest episode of the I've Never Said This Before podcast, host Tommy DiDario asked Chase, 33, for "the most ridiculous assumption...Read more

Sara Bareilles "wrestled" with not knowing if she could have children amid fertility struggles.

The 46-year-old singer and her 44-year-old husband, actor Joe Tippett, have spent the last three years trying to conceive, with Sara undergoing IVF "a few times" without success, regularly having her blood drawn and hormone levels checked, and now ...Read more

Filmmaker Joe Swanberg might be known as one of the pioneers of the 2000s low-budget indie film movement known as “mumblecore,” but he’s established a signature, deeply humanist style all his own in the two decades since his directorial debut, “Kissing on the Mouth,” premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

But Swanberg ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Why is Shakira doing a 12-date residency in Madrid? Because she was tired of seeing the mistreatment of Latinos worldwide, the singer recently revealed.

In an op-ed for the Spanish newspaper El Pais, the “Dai Dai” singer spoke about the emotions overtaking the Latino community.

“This began with pain. It began when I saw ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Franklin Saint, the young antihero at the center of FX's blood-soaked "Snowfall," evolved from crafty entrepreneur to lethal drug kingpin in a journey that was anything but heavenly.

Tracing Saint's rise and fall over six seasons, the final episode was bathed in tragedy. Saint (Damson Idris) was a lost soul, wrecked by ...Read more

John Ritter's son Jason Ritter felt overwhelmed by "insecurities" when he was compared to famous dad during his early auditions.

Jason, 46, has followed his late father into the entertainment industry but he always worried he wasn't as funny as his dad and the pressure made auditioning for comedic parts incredibly difficult for him.

During an ...Read more

Gal Gadot has never received Tom Cruise's famous Christmas cake.

The Top Gun actor is renowned for his festive delivery of a sweet coconut treat, with various co-stars over the years expressing their delight at the annual gift, but the 41-year-old actress - who appeared in Tom's 2010 film Knight and Day - had never heard of the tradition.

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Travis Kelce has posed alongside the dog he shares with Taylor Swift in his new campaign for Tommy Hilfiger.

The NFL star and his pop singer wife are the proud owners of a white, fluffy Samoyed and the pooch is now starring alongside Travis in the new ads for the American fashion house. In the pictures, Travis is seen reclining on a striped ...Read more

Mary Austin "never told" her sons anything about Freddie Mercury - even though she inherited his house and half his fortune.

The 75-year-old former shop assistant dated the late Queen frontman for six years, and they remained very close friends until he died in 1991, but she never discussed their bond with her boys Richard and James - who she ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As we head into fall television season, you might notice some familiar titles, not just because a few shows are returning for new seasons, but because they’re prequels, continuations or adaptations of well-known books or films — sometimes both.

Hollywood has leaned into established IP this season, but if you’re seeking an ...Read more

The latest animated film featuring Illumination's beloved rascals tops the DVD releases for the week of Sept. 8.

"Minions & Monsters": In this love letter to Hollywood, we learn about a trio of filmmaking Minions who gatecrash the studio system of the 1920s, strike out on their own to make an independent monster movie and have to save the world...Read more

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

SEPTEMBER

1: Bight

1: Land of Wolves

1: Recollection

8: Minions & Monsters

8: Supergirl

8: Passenger

8: Leviticus

8: Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall

8: Haunted Heist

8: Mobland: Season One

8: Pitfall

8: Tulsa King: Season Three

8: ...Read more