NEW YORK — She’s putting the ‘B’ in billion.

Beyoncé is now a billionaire, making her the fifth musician to reach the nine-digit mark, according to Forbes.

The 44-year-old superstar joined her husband, Jay-Z, along with Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna in the $1 billion club, Forbes reported Monday.

While Jay-Z’s wealth ...Read more

MIAMI — Cuban-American singer and Star Island resident Gloria Estefan, one of the most influential figures in Latin music history, was honored Sunday night during “A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music, “ a two-hour televised special hosted by the Recording Academy and broadcast on CBS.

The event, aired from Miami, celebrated the impact and...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As "Avatar: Fire and Ash" headed to the big screen this month, theater owners held their breath.

In an uneven year that saw two billion-dollar hits and a viral "chicken jockey" craze, but also a disastrous first quarter and a nearly 30-year-low at the October box office, the end of December was the last chance for theaters to ...Read more

Feuding families. Tragic quests. Dead bodies. George Clooney and Sarah Snook. Broadway had plenty of variety on offer this past year. Here is our annual list, daringly ranked in order, of our top 10 Broadway shows of the year.

1. “Purpose”

Nobody but Branden Jacobs-Jenkins could have written “Purpose,” a dynamic new drama about a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Jonas family New Year's Eve in Wyckoff, N.J., was always boisterous. Not only did the home that Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas grow up in have an "open-door policy," meaning that friends and relatives piled in on the holiday, but the siblings and longtime band members would also bang pots and pans outside as the clock struck ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Are you wondering, like Alixandra Kupcik, where did all the feel-good movies go?

She must have written that story before “Song Sung Blue” came out. Because Hugh Jackman passionately describing the greatness of Neil Diamond’s “Soolaimon” and then demonstrating that song’s grandeur by performing it in the new film “...Read more

Sadie Sink is "really grateful" she's kept her life private.

The 23-year-old actress - who is best known for playing Max Mayfield in Stranger Things - was always "resistant" to opening up about herself when she was younger and now she's pleased she did so because she thinks it makes her performances more believable.

She told Australia's ELLE ...Read more

George Clooney was shocked to see his 1980s mullet make a surprise cameo appearance in his new movie Jay Kelly.

The former E.R. star - who plays an ageing Hollywood actor in the new Netflix film - has revealed director Noah Baumbach didn't tell him he would be using real clips from Clooney's career in a montage featured on screen when the title...Read more

Eric Idle says political correctness means there won't be another Monty Python.

The 82-year-old comic was part of the comedy troupe along with John Cleese, Sir Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and the late Terry Jones and late Graham Chapman, who mocked religion and society in films like The Life of Brian, which the Church of England wanted to be ...Read more

Rose Byrne thought A$AP Rocky had "supernatural charm" on the set of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.

The 46-year-old actress stars in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda and when she strikes up a friendship with the rapper's motel superintendent character, Rose can understand why audiences may expect things to turn romantic.

She told Australia's ...Read more

Lewis Capaldi has been in a "creative rut" this year - but is heading into the studio in January.

The Scotting singer/songwriter released four-track EP Survive in November, his first new music since 2023 album Broken By Desire to Be Heavenly Sent and his decision to take a lengthy break from music to deal with his mental health struggles and ...Read more

The Doors’ “Riders on the Storm” is one of the greatest rock songs of all time.

And fans can experience this classic — which was released as the second single from The Doors’ fantastic sixth album, 1971’s “L.A. Woman” — in a whole new way beginning on Jan. 9.

That’s the day when a drastically reimagined version of the song ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago theater justly is famed for the quality of its actors. But which performances were the best of 2025?

Here is our annual celebration of the top 10 performances of the year. Unlike our Top 10 Theater list, which is confined to productions that originated in Chicago, this separate yearly list also draws from tours, remounts and...Read more

Oasis guitarist Gem Archer says it was a beautiful sight to see brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher be friends again on the reunion tour.

The 59-year-old musician was a member of Oasis on the fateful night in Paris in August 2009 when the band imploded following a backstage fight between the two siblings before their headline slot at music ...Read more

Jodie Foster can't multi-task.

The 63-year-old actress prefers to give one thing her entire focus and then when it is "done", she will immediately move on to something else.

She told Red magazine: "That's my personality.

"I like to do one thing with total focus, and then I like to be done and go skiing.

"I'm not somebody who's a multi-tasker...Read more

Chase Stokes is "ready to be done with" Outer Banks.

The 33-year-old actor has played John B. Routledge in the Netflix series since 2019 but the cast has now finished filming the fifth and final season which is slated to air in 2026 - and Chase is adamant the end is coming at the right time.

He told PEOPLE: "We want the story to end on the ...Read more

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

DECEMBER

30: Good Night, and Good Luck

30: Christmas Eve in Miller's Point

JANUARY

6: Tron: Ares

6: The Smashing Machine

6: The Senior

6: Shelby Oaks

6: Afterburn

6: Icefall

6: Plainclothes

6: It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley

6: Dead Man

TAMPA, Fla. — This October, a crowd of around 60 gathered on a normally deserted brick street on Ybor City’s industrial edge. Among the warehouses and barbed wire, they set up roadblocks and a hydraulic catapult.

They’d come to flip a car.

On this independent film with a tight budget, the stunt had to work that night.

In the crowd stood...Read more

The third chapter in the "Tron" story tops the DVD releases for the week of Jan. 6.

"Tron: Ares": This entry stars series newcomer Jared Leto as Ares, an AI sent from the digital world into the real world, and just as importantly features a red color scheme, trading from the traditional "Tron" blue.

"If the cult techno sci-fi films 'Tron' (...Read more