LOS ANGELES — It seems people want to know: How old is Vanna White? Old enough to know that John Donaldson, her beau of more than a decade, was the man she wanted to marry.

The two have tied the knot in a surprise ceremony, the “Wheel of Fortune” co-host wrote on Instagram.

“Surprise! We got married!” White, 68, said in a Wednesday ...Read more

CHICAGO — Del Close must be looking down in triumph from the afterlife, with or without the skull he famously wished to be donated after his death in 1999 to the Goodman Theatre’s props department for use in “Hamlet.”

Beginning Thursday, and for the first time in its 43-year history, Chicago’s Second City e.t.c. Stage is changing over...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With two Oscar nominations, the awards shelf of animated Netflix smash "KPop Demon Hunters" might look a little more golden soon.

Having garnered nods for animated feature and original song, the film and its breakthrough musicians look to assert Korean-diaspora pop music and animation's place not just as a commercial and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Today Disneyland is so fully formed that it's taken for granted. We debate ticket prices and crowd calendars, strategizing the optimal time to visit.

The new documentary "Disneyland Handcrafted" hits pause on all of that.

Culled from about 200 hours of mostly unseen footage, director Leslie Iwerks' film takes viewers back to ...Read more

Jessie Buckley is "so proud and honoured" to have been nominated for an Oscar.

The 36-year-old actress' portrayal of Agatha Shakespeare in Hamnet has seen her shortlisted for the Best Actress prize at the upcoming Academy Awards alongside Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value) ...Read more

Taraji P. Henson wants to "convince" Viola Davis to join The Masked Singer.

The 55-year-old Hollywood actress was revealed as the celebrity behind the Scarab costume on Wednesday's (21.01.26) episode of the hit US show, and she is giving some thought to fellow stars she could nudge to sign up.

She told Entertainment Weekly: "I don't know. I ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Warner Bros. led all studios with 30 Oscar nominations, aided by strong showings from Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" and the Leonardo DiCaprio-led "One Battle After Another."

"Sinners" set an Oscar record Thursday morning with 16 nominations, beating the previous high of 14, held jointly by 1950's "All About Eve," 1997's "Titanic," ...Read more

In a not-so-distant future, artificial intelligence plays judge, jury and executioner, a potentially frightening premise for a sci-fi action thriller.

But in the bumbling "Mercy," handing over the reins of justice to AI isn't the scary part. It's how the fallibility of humans potentially corrupts what is presented as an otherwise streamlined ...Read more

On Oscar-nomination morning Thursday, it was a very happy wake-up call for “Sinners” (a historical 16 nominations, breaking the record of 14 jointly held by “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land”), “One Battle After Another” (13 nominations), “Marty Supreme” (nine nominations), and this year’s little-movie-that-...Read more

Whatever happens on Oscars night, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” has already won big — raking in the most Oscar nominations ever for a single movie.

Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman announced the nominees early Thursday for the 98th Oscars, which will air March 15 at 7 p.m. ET on ABC, with a first-ever livestream on Hulu.

Few will be...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Now that the 2026 Oscar nominations are out, it's officially binge watch o'clock.

Chances are you caught a few of the contenders upon their 2025 movie theater openings, but with the onslaught of new releases in the weeks leading up to Thursday's nominations announcement, even some voters are surely behind. (Don't tell the ...Read more

Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio have made a two-part, four-hour documentary about a comedy idol, "Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!," premiering Thursday on HBO and HBO Max. It follows Apatow's "The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling" and "George Carlin's American Dream," also directed with Bonfiglio, in a growing library of comic biographies; a ...Read more

The title of Michael Greene’s coming-of-age music film “Clika” refers to the slang word for “clique” in the terminology of the corridos tumbados musical genre, or trap corridos, a distinctly American evolution of the Mexican storytelling ballads. This blending of musical cultures takes the narrative quality of traditional corridos and ...Read more

AJ McLean has asked the Backstreet Boys to use his real name when he isn't working.

The 48-year-old singer - who has been open about his struggles with substance abuse - realised after entering a treatment programme in 2023 for "love and relationship addiction" that he needed to set new boundaries, which included separating himself from his pop...Read more

Kim Kardashian's eldest daughter is homeschooled.

The 45-year-old star - who has North, 12, ~Saint, 10, Chicago, eight, and six-year-old Psalm with ex-husband Kanye West - explained she is helping the pre-teen follow her interests with "realistic courses" such as a brand-building class.

Appearing on her sister Khloe Kardashian's Khloe in ...Read more

Victoria Beckham is reportedly looking for a new press assistant and social media intern.

The 51-year-old fashion designer is said to be advertising for new staff for her label, which comes just days after her son Brooklyn Peltz Beckham shared a bombshell statement criticising his family on Monday (19.01.26).

As reported by the Daily Mail ...Read more

Alana Hadid has claimed Nicola Peltz Beckham has been chasing fame "for a decade".

The 40-year-old star is sister to models Gigi and Bella, as well as their eldest sister Marielle and 26-year-old brother Anwar, who dated Nicola for two years until 2018.

The former couple split one year before she met now-husband Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, who ...Read more

Kaley Cuoco was "really scared" to leave her daughter for work.

The Big Bang Theory star - who has two-year-old daughter Matilda with her fiancé Tom Pelphrey - was away from home for two months last year as she filmed new mystery thriller series Vanished, and she has praised her partner for making it easier.

She told Extra: "I have to say I ...Read more

Travis Scott would "love to" help Houston "heal" following the Astroworld tragedy.

The 34-year-old rapper was headlining the festival in his Texan hometown in November 2021 when a mass crowd crush claimed the lives of 10 people near the front of the stage and crushed thousands more, and while he is keen to help locals with their grief, he doesn...Read more

Taylor Swift and Blake Lively acknowledged a "shift" in their relationship amid the actress' problems with Justin Baldoni.

The pair's text message exchange has been laid bare after legal documents were unsealed ahead of a summary judgement hearing in the Gossip Girl star's ongoing sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against her It Ends ...Read more