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Bang Showbiz / Daniel Radcliffe has signed up to play a fairy-tale prince in Netflix' s upcoming animated feature Steps.

Daniel Radcliffe lands Netflix fairy tale role playing a Prince 'unlike any you've seen before'

Daniel Radcliffe has signed up to play a fairy-tale prince in Netflix's upcoming animated feature Steps.

Joining an all-star voice cast for a fresh take on the Cinderella story reimagining the infamous evil stepsisters as unlikely heroes, the Harry Potter star, 36, has been cast as the Prince in the animated film, which is directed by Alyce ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Matt Reeves' long-awaited The Batman Part II has been delayed yet again

Robert Pattinson's Batman Part II delayed again

Matt Reeves' long-awaited The Batman Part II has been delayed yet again.

Actor Robert Pattinson's return as the Dark Knight is now set to reach cinemas in February 2028 - almost six years after the original film premiered.

Warner Bros. has pushed the sequel's release to 18 February 2028, having previously scheduled it for October 2026 before ...Read more

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Justin Baldoni asks judge to 'substantially reduce' $8 million legal fee to Blake Lively

NEW YORK — Justin Baldoni is calling on a federal New York judge to “significantly reduce” the $8 million in legal fees he and the Wayfarer Studios have been ordered to pay Blake Lively, following the settlement of their “It Ends With Us” legal case.

Baldoni, 42, and his production company on Monday pushed back against the “...Read more

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Ariana Grande reportedly back with Ricky Alvarez following Ethan Slater split

NEW YORK — Ariana Grande and her ex-boyfriend, Ricky Alvarez, are giving their romance another shot.

A source close to the couple confirmed to People that their relationship is back on, adding that the pop star and her former backup dancer are “taking things very slowly.”

“Ariana has always considered Ricky a friend,” they said. “...Read more

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Taylor Swift debuts wedding ring in fellow NFL wife Laura Kruk's wedding pics

NEW YORK — Taylor Swift showed off her wedding ring — certainly not a paper one — when she and Travis Kelce attended last weekend’s nuptials of New York Giants wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Laura Kruk in Southern California.

The “Paper Rings” crooner’s whopping diamond made a cameo as she and the Kansas City Chiefs tight ...Read more

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Millions of dollars were wagered on 'Love Island.' Why Kalshi wants more trades in reality TV

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

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'The Odyssey' review: Nolan crafts immersive, thoughtful, demanding journey

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

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Review: 'The Odyssey' is a spectacle that lives up to its epic billing

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

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'The Odyssey' review: Christopher Nolan's epic is a remarkable journey

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

Bang Showbiz / Serge Pizzorno hasn't spoken to ex Kasabian bandmate Tom Meighan since his assault conviction

Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno hasn't spoken to Tom Meighan since assault conviction

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

Bang Showbiz / Lil Wayne's PA demands revealed in court documents

Lil Wayne's bizarre assistant demands revealed in court documents

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

Bang Showbiz / Brandy on why she issued response to body shamers

Brandy wanted body-shamer response to be a 'teaching moment'

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

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Sound Advice: Get most out of audio system with internet music streamer

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

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Scott Bryce, actor known for 'As the World Turns,' dies at 68

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

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'Hail Satan? Not me.' Charley Crockett fires satanic duo Twin Temple, so Jack White hires them

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

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Movie review: Nolan's 'Odyssey' brings scope, scale and beauty to timeless tale

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

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Review: In 'Ride or Die' and 'Lucky,' women are on the run but also in on the action

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

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'Lucky' review: Anya Taylor-Joy keeps Apple TV's thriller series going

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 reveals first DM he ever sent to Priyanka Chopra

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

Bang Showbiz / Jesy Nelson's ex Zion Foster hits back at accusations he abandoned daughters

Jesy Nelson's ex hits back at accusations he abandoned his twin daughters

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