Tyra Banks is seeking more than $50,000 in connection to a court battle over her ice cream company, which she claims was nothing more than a “celebrity shakedown.”

The “America’s Next Top Model” creator was first sued by landlord Christopher Powell in October for more than $2.8 million in damages, according to court documents obtained...Read more

Former child star Zachery Ty Bryan has been ordered to spend more than a year behind bars following his 2024 arrest on DUI charges.

The “Home Improvement” alum was sentenced Monday to 16 months in jail, with credit for 57 days already served, as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, according to TMZ.

Bryan, 44, agreed to plead guilty to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — To prepare for his role on the 1984 comedy “Revenge of the Nerds,” Robert Carradine spent two weeks wearing “nerd clothes,” a wig and glasses everywhere he went.

This included heading to fraternity row at the University of Arizona during rush week while in character with a fellow actor. They asked the head of a ...Read more

Matthew Lillard appreciates the support he's received in the wake of Quentin Tarantino's recent criticism.

The 56-year-old actor was recently lambasted by Tarantino, 62 - but Matthew has been heartened by the subsequent outpouring of support for him.

The movie star told People: "It felt like I had died and was in heaven watching everyone send ...Read more

David Jonsson wants his career to "mean something".

The 32-year-old actor was raised in a working-class community, but he insists that money isn't his primary motivation.

David told The Independent: "I always try to compare this job to being a plumber or a builder, because those are the people I grew up around.

"I want this job to be as ...Read more

Mexican writer/director Michel Franco explores the dynamics of money, class and the border through the spiky, unsettling erotic drama “Dreams,” starring Jessica Chastain and Isaac Hernández, a Mexican ballet dancer and actor.

In the languidly paced “Dreams,” Franco presents two individuals in love (or lust?) who experiment with ...Read more

Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" has been adapted to the big screen numerous times and, save for Andrea Arnold’s 2011 version, has largely been consistent in one disappointing way: the whitewashing of Heathcliff.

So when the complaints about the colorblind casting in Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” came, they didn’t feel ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Festival La Onda — the hugely popular annual Latin music event in Napa — has been canceled for 2026.

No reason for the La Onda cancellation was given. But those tuning into the festival’s website on Monday was greeted by the news — in all caps — that “La Onda 2026 will no longer take place.”

The 2026 La Onda ...Read more

CHICAGO — The ax is falling at WGN, cutting a wide swath out of “Chicago’s Very Own” TV newsroom.

Eight veteran reporters and anchors were laid off Monday: Sean Lewis, Ray Cortopassi, Bronagh Tumulty, Judy Wang, Julian Crews, Paul Lisnek, Chris Boden and Dean Richards, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.

Lewis, a...Read more

A long-awaited sequel tops the DVD releases for the week of March 3.

"Zootopia 2": Unlikely buddy cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde tackle another case of corruption in Zootopia, where all animals live together in somewhat harmony.

"It’s been nine years since 'Zootopia' charmed audiences (and won an Oscar), and the bright, brash sequel proves ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Baz Luhrmann's startling new movie about Elvis Presley began, the director says, with an accident.

As he was making 2022's "Elvis" — his Oscar-nominated biopic starring Austin Butler as the King of Rock 'n' Roll and an outlandishly accented Tom Hanks as Presley's domineering manager, Colonel Tom Parker — Luhrmann's ...Read more

“Lizzie McGuire” star Hilary Duff is mourning the loss of her on-screen father, Robert Carradine, who died by suicide after battling bipolar disorder for nearly two decades. He was 71.

“This one hurts. It’s really hard to face this reality about an old friend,” Duff wrote in an Instagram post early Tuesday morning.

“There was so ...Read more

BAFTA judge Jonte Richardson has resigned following the racial slur row which overshadowed Sunday night's (22.02.26) ceremony.

Filmmaker Richardson was a juror on the organisation's emerging talent judging panel but he has now stepped down from the role amid the controversy which has engulfed BAFTA after Tourette's campaigner John Davidson ...Read more

Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault.

The 50-year-old comedian/actor appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London on Tuesday (24.02.26) and spoke to confirm his name and enter a not guilty plea to the two charges stemming from alleged offences said to have taken place in the UK capital in 2009. The charges ...Read more

The BioShock movie is still a priority for Netflix and production will resume once the next Hunger Games prequel wraps.

Netflix announced the film version of the 2K video game series, which began in 2007, a few years ago, but development has stalled on the project.

Now, producer Roy Lee has revealed the BioShock film is still going ahead but ...Read more

Ryan Tedder says BTS' forthcoming album ARIRANG is "one of the craziest things I've worked on".

The songwriter to the stars - who has worked with a host of K-pop acts before, including BLACKPINK, Tomorrow X Together, and BTS member Jimin on his 2024 solo track Be Mine - has echoed producer Diplo's experience of working on the boy band's eagerly...Read more

Courtney Love has reflected on her long-running frustration with being compared to the late Marianne Faithfull, saying the two artists "hated" the constant parallels drawn between them.

Speaking in a recent interview with The Times, Courtney explained that she and Swinging Sixties icon Marianne -- who died in January 2025 at age 78 -- shared ...Read more

Sam Raimi's worst ever job was delivering washing machines and mattresses to "creepy people in scary places".

The 66-year-old filmmaker made his name and reputation with the cult classic 1981 supernatural horror The Evil Dead which he followed with two sequels, and other critical and commercial successes such as Darkman (1990), The Quick and ...Read more

CHICAGO — David Schwimmer, long a close friend of the Lookingglass Theatre, is reengaged, reenergized and determined to coax the struggling Chicago theater company where he began his career back to life.

The 59-year-old actor, who shot to fame playing Ross on the hit sitcom “Friends,” has joined the Lookingglass board of directors, ...Read more

Taylor Swift has scored yet another major chart milestone, as Opalite storms to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her 14th song to reach the top spot and her second chart-topper from The Life of a Showgirl.

To mark the achievement, the 36-year-old pop idol shared a series of behind‑the‑scenes clips from the recording sessions with ...Read more