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Bang Showbiz / Nia Long turned down Prince

Nia Long turned down Prince's advances - for this shocking reason

Nia Long spurned Prince's advances - because she didn't recognise him.

The Michael actress ran into the late Purple Rain hitmaker at a part before she found fame herself, and when he tried to "grab" her hand and speak to her, she turned away.

Speaking on the Angie Martinez IRL podcast, she said: "I still have my Kenneth Cole black snake ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Kylie Jenner is being sued

Kylie Jenner sued by chef

Kylie Jenner is being used over a chef who alleged her workload led to her suffering a miscarriage.

The beauty mogul is already the subject of legal action from two other former employees and is now facing a third suit after an unnamed woman alleged in a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court this week that she was subjected to lengthy ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Gracie Abrams is comfortable being called a nepo baby.

Gracie Abrams fine with nepo baby tag

Gracie Abrams has insisted it is "appropriate" to call her a nepo baby.

The Close to You singer - whose is the daughter of writer and director J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Production CEO Katie McGarth - doesn't get upset when people link her success to her family connections because she's aware of how helpful her "privilege" has been in getting ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Seth Rogen stars in The Invite.

'Things got very personal very fast': Seth Rogen bonded quickly with The Invite co-stars

Seth Rogen and his co-stars "got very personal very fast" as they discussed their experiences of marriage and relationships before filming The Invite.

The 44-year-old actor and Olivia Wilde - who also directed the film - play a struggling married couple who are forced to face their problems when they invite a free-spirited set of neighbours, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Mira Sorvino is delighted to be filming the Romy and Michele sequel

'Biggest dream project ever': Mira Sorvino reflects on Romy and Michele return

Mira Sorvino's heart "could burst" with gratitude over the Romy and Michele's High School Reunion sequel.

The Oscar-winning actress and her co-star Lisa Kudrow reunited earlier this month to begin production on the highly-awaited follow-up to the 1997 comedy classic, and she has now taken to Instagram to share her "thoughts from our first day" ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Madonna DMd Sabrina Carpenter.

Madonna shares unexpected way she arranged Sabrina Carpenter collaboration

Madonna reached out to Sabrina Carpenter via an Instagram DM.

The 67-year-old singer has teamed up with the Espresso hitmaker on Bring Your Love, the lead single from her upcoming album Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II and she's revealed she directly arranged the collaboration, even though it was a risky way of getting in touch as she was ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Noah Kahan's fans keep stealing his old street sign

'A total disrespect': Noah Kahan slams fans over theft

Noah Kahan has appealed to fans to stop stealing the street sign from where he used to live.

The Stick Season hitmaker namechecked Alger Brook in Strafford, Vermont, in his song The View Between Villages, and the 29-year-old singer has now offered to pay for replacement road markings after his supporters began visiting the areas and trying to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr have helped ease debts for tens of thousands of people

Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel help relieve medical debt for 250,000 Californians

Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel have helped pay off the medical debt of over 250,000 Americans.

The 43-year-old model and her Snapchat founder and CEO husband have shared a video online to assure Californians who may get a letter in the mail advising them that their bills have been erased that the notices are "real" after they teamed up with ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Madonna sat down for an interview with Graham Norton

Madonna's daughter had 'resentment' towards her

Madonna's eldest daughter bore "resentment" over growing up in her mother's shadow.

The 67-year-old singer has teamed up with 29-year-old Lourdes Leon - whose father is fitness trainer Carlos Leon - for a track on her upcoming album Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II but she admitted her offspring, who is more commonly known as Lola, had ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Gene Simmons talks ageing

Gene Simmons not slowing down as he approaches life's 'finish line'

Gene Simmons has no intention of sitting on his thumb and "waiting to die" as he approaches his "finish line".

The KISS rocker got philosophical as he chatted to Bill O'Reilly on his We'll Do It Live! show on Thursday (25.06.26), and reflected on how his outlook on life has changed as he's aged.

The 76-year-old said that his biggest advice to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Melissa Rivers shares reason behind mum's name change

Joan Rivers' daughter finally reveals the reason behind THAT name change

Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa has revealed the "true and official story" about why her mum changed her name.

The comedienne and presenter, who died in 2014 aged 81, was born Joan Alexandra Molinsky, but became famous as Joan Rivers.

Melissa told her followers she's questioned regularly about the reasons behind Joan's moniker choice, so decided...Read more

Bang Showbiz / KATSEYE talk bandmate's hiatus

KATSEYE keeping 'door open' for bandmate to return after hiatus

KATSEYE say the "door is always open" for bandmate Manon Bannerman to return after her indefinite hiatus.

The 24-year-old singer announced in February (26) that she was taking a break from the manufactured girl group for her "health and wellbeing" - with the news sparking concern among fans.

Now the rest of the band - Yoonchae, Daniela ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Amal Clooney self-conscious after marrying George

Amal Clooney 'self conscious' about legal career after marrying George

George Clooney's wife Amal has admitted the perception of her legal career "changed quite a lot" after she married the actor.

The 48-year-old is a successful human rights lawyer, but it's her personal life that sees her regularly hitting headlines - she and George married in 2014 and Amal gave birth to twins Alexander and Ella in 2017.

And in ...Read more

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Review: 'The Bear's' final season: Cloudy with a chance of cornballs

The final season of “The Bear” transpires over just a single day, when Chicago is doused with rain. Thunder and showers are the first sound we hear as the FX logo appears onscreen. It’s a constant, biblical deluge — and chaos reigns. Well, what do you expect? It’s “The Bear,” where Murphy’s Law functions as the au jus ...Read more

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Q&A: Peter Asher has heard it all

LOS ANGELES — When David Jacks published a biography of Peter Asher in 2022, the veteran record producer and manager expressed surprise that anyone would have deemed his life worthy of the treatment. Four years later, he's no less baffled to have become the subject of a new documentary, "Peter Asher: Everywhere Man," directed by the filmmakers...Read more

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Review: 'Maddie's Secret' won't be one for long -- it's the indie arrival of the year

Sometimes a movie's conception of a character can be so spot-on — so gloriously accurate and emotionally true — it can carry you beyond mere plot and deliver you to a place of pure recognition: I know her. So it is with Maddie, an extremely online Los Angeles striver, blond tendrils of hair hanging in her face along with the need, deep in ...Read more

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Review: They're finally too old for it in the middling clip reel 'Jackass: Best and Last'

The best weapon in the "Jackass'" arsenal isn't the taser, the beehive or the booby-trapped latrine. It's the explosion of relief when a prank ends, often in humiliation, always with hoots and claps. The first film, 2002's "Jackass: The Movie" was slow to discover that carnage without camaraderie is painful; several injuries limped off-screen in...Read more

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'Love Island USA' confirms another contestant fired over apparent use of racial slur

LOS ANGELES — It seems "Love Island USA" producers pulled one bombshell aside for a chat, one that has led to her firing from the hit reality dating series.

Contestant Alannah Keyser's time in Fiji has officially come to an end as she faces backlash for apparently using a racial slur in a video and social media comments that recently ...Read more

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MS NOW weekend anchor Alex Witt to exit as network reduces live weekend programming

Veteran MS NOW anchor Alex Witt is leaving the news network, which is moving away from live programming on the weekends.

The new weekend programming strategy announced Friday is a cost-saving measure that will give parent company Versant more resources for a new direct-to-consumer streaming offering that makes MS NOW available to consumers ...Read more

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Lionel Richie shelves upcoming shows after taking ill on stage

NEW YORK — Lionel Richie has paused some of his upcoming shows after he fell ill onstage this week and was reportedly hospitalized.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, 77, felt “dizzy” during the start of his North American tour at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, Wednesday, at which point he started an intermission and never ...Read more