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Bang Showbiz / Katy Perry has been telling her fans to 'be kind' in spite of hate

Katy Perry urges fans to 'take the high road' after backlash over online exchange

Katy Perry has encouraged her fans to be "kind" and "take the high road".

The 41-year-old pop star dealt with any haters on her X account by spreading a message of kindness.

She penned on March 13: "i love you. be kind. always take the high road if you can my kc's. it's much lighter here. so excited to share my joy and light with you this ...Read more

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The best dressed at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party

LOS ANGELES — After the show, it's the afterparty.

Aside from the Governors Ball, the official post-Oscars celebration, the Vanity Fair Oscar Party is the hottest ticket in town. This year, the soirée has moved from the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In addition to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Harry Styles will play 12 shows at Wembley Stadium this summer.

Harry Styles Wembley gigs to give London £200 million economic boost

Harry Styles is set to generate a £200 million economic boost for London.

Analysis has suggested that the Aperture hitmaker's 12-night residency at Wembley Stadium this summer on his Together, Together tour will lead to more than £700 million spent on tickets, travel and accommodation.

However, Styles is unlikely to match Taylor Swift - who ...Read more

MNEK plans to release first album for eight years

MNEK will be releasing his first new album for eight years in 2026.

The 31-year-old singer and record producer intends to release a follow-up to his 2018 debut Language this year as part of his plans to expand his stage presence again.

Speaking to NME, MNEK said: "The plan (for 2026) is more or me on stage. I'm releasing an album this year and...Read more

Exhilaration, relief and good sportsmanship: What you didn't see on TV at Oscars 2026

LOS ANGELES — An Oscars slugfest for the ages ran its course, with “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” duking it out and tallying up wins while the low but steady hum of host Conan O’Brien’s patented brand of weirdness tied the room together. A few unnecessarily curt speech interruptions threatened the calm, but mainly, this ...Read more

Inside the Governors Ball, where stars got their Oscars engraved and snacked on chicken nuggets with caviar

LOS ANGELES — The highlight of the Governors Ball, the first stop of the night for many winners after the Oscars, is the stage where victors get their Oscars engraved.

Or if you didn’t win, there was still plenty to savor Sunday night, including buffet stations bursting with sliders, spring rolls and short rib bao buns.

An escalator ride ...Read more

Review: All hail Conan O'Brien, who could host the Oscars forever and we wouldn't mind

LOS ANGELES — With the state of the nation worse on pretty much every metric, it's good we can still gather round our screen of choice to watch film professionals win awards for a few hours on a March evening. This happened Sunday for the 98th time at the Academy Awards, sent via ABC, Hulu, Disney+ and other platforms into the world.

The ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Princess Catherine's Mother's Day message arrived subtly via her foundation's Instagram account

Princess Catherine subtly marks Mother's Day via foundation's Instagram after 2024 Photoshop incident

Princess Catherine subtly used her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood's Instagram page to mark Mother's Day (15.03.26).

The 44-year-old royal - who is mother to Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven, with husband Prince William, 43 - has abstained from celebrating Mothering Sunday on the pair's own page on ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Michael B. Jordan has won the Best Actor Oscar for his work in Sinners

Michael B. Jordan penned diary entries for Sinners twins

Michael B. Jordan wrote diary entries for his characters in Sinners.

The 39-year-old star won the Oscar for Best Actor at the Academy Awards on Sunday (15.03.26) for his dual portrayal of the Smokestack Twins in Ryan Coogler's horror flick and went to detailed lengths to create a background for his alter egos.

Speaking backstage to Deadline at...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Zazie Beetz burned herself during the making of Deadpool 2

How did Zazie Beetz burn herself on the set of Deadpool 2?

Zazie Beetz burned her breast on the set of Deadpool 2.

The 34-year-old actress played Domino in the 2018 superhero sequel and was left with a burn in a sensitive area after a gun sequence went awry during the making of the movie.

Zazie told Empire magazine: "I have a scar on the inside of my left boob from Deadpool 2. We had these guns - they...Read more

KPop Demon Hunters team react after getting 'cut off' during Oscars speech

The KPop Demon Hunters songwriting team has reacted after being "cut off" during their Oscars acceptance speech.

Singer EJAE - who is part of the team alongside Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park - revealed what they wanted to say after winning Best Original Song for Golden, before ...Read more

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AXS is losing fans among Minnesota concertgoers

MINNEAPOLIS — Music fans have waited in long virtual lines, only to be told last-minute they can’t buy tickets because the app thinks they’re a bot. Or it erroneously declined their credit card. Or it already gave their seats to somebody else.

Even worse, many concertgoers have bought tickets to a show and then found themselves stuck in a...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Wendi McLendon-Covey claims she skipped the Bridesmaids reunion at the Oscars as she is recovering from neck lift surgery.

Wendi McLendon-Covey shuts down claims she skipped the Bridesmaids reunion at the Oscars

Wendi McLendon-Covey has dismissed speculation that she deliberately avoided joining her Bridesmaids co‑stars on stage at the Oscars, explaining she was recovering from cosmetic surgery.

Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph and Ellie Kemper reunited at Sunday night's (15.03.26) ceremony in Hollywood, prompting fans to ...Read more

Timothee Chalamet's Mary Supreme co-star loses bet after star fails to win Best Actor Oscar

Timothee Chalamet's Marty Supreme co-star Kevin O'Leary lost a $1,000 bet after the lead star walked away without the Best Actor trophy at Sunday night's (15.03.26) Oscars.

The 71-year-old actor, who appears as Milton Rockwell in Josh Safdie's 2025 flick, was certain Timothee (Marty Mauser) was going to scoop the top prize for the role, but he ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Pink is set to become the first female pop act to headline the Sphere in Las Vegas

Pink set for historic Las Vegas Sphere residency

Pink is set to become the first female pop act to headline the Sphere in Las Vegas.

The Just Like a Pill hitmaker, who is renowned for her acrobatics during gigs, is said to have landed a lucrative residency at the futuristic venue in Sin City with Sphere chiefs reportedly "pulling out all the stops" to sign her up.

A source told The Sun ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Michael Stipe will soon release his first solo album.

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe is 'finishing' his debut solo album

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe is planning to release his debut solo album soon.

The 66-year-old singer has only released a handful of tracks in his own name since the Losing My Religion rockers split amicably in 2011 but has revealed that he is putting the finishing touches to his own LP after several delays.

Michael told The Sunday Times ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Ricky Gervais has no plans to host the Oscars

Ricky Gervais gives two word response after fans call for him to host the Oscars

Ricky Gervais has bluntly ruled out hosting the Academy Awards.

The 64-year-old comedian - who helmed the Golden Globes five times, in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2020 - had a clear response after a fan shared a post calling on fans to retweet if they wished the After Life star was hosting last night's (15.03.26) Oscars ceremony.

Ricky quote ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Ronda Rousey returned to the world of wrestling

Ronda Rousey appears for WWE wrestling rival just weeks before MMA comeback fight on Netflix

Ronda Rousey appeared for WWE rival All Elite Wrestling weeks before her mixed martial arts return.

The former UFC champion - who moved from MMA into professional wrestling - is due to fight actress Gina Carano at the top of the bill for Netflix's first ever live MMA broadcast in May, but she appeared at AEW Revolution on Sunday (15.03.26) to ...Read more

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Exclusive 'The Bachelorette' pop-up comes to Los Angeles

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Will you accept this pop-up? If you’re a member of Bachelor Nation, the answer is likely yes.

In what is one of the most talked-about Bachelor franchise moves in recent years, “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul will be handing out roses on the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette.” To ...Read more

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Maturing but still messy, a mumblecore kid returns to South by Southwest a veteran

AUSTIN, Texas — "The Sun Never Sets" is filmmaker Joe Swanberg's 10th indie to premiere at SXSW but his first to play the event since 2017. The astonishing pace with which he made his early work — loose, idiosyncratic stories that were progenitors of the emergent style known as mumblecore — has slowed significantly, but also given way to ...Read more