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San Jose unveils 'Sweet' lineup for March Madness concert series

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Shaq is back — back again.

Having just hosted a big Super Bowl party in San Francisco in early February, Shaquille O’Neal returns to the Bay Area to perform during the Music Mania concert series in San Jose.

Shaq — who, in 2023, arguably gave the worst performance in the long and distinguished history of the Outside ...Read more

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Shia LaBeouf arrested for Mardi Gras fight in New Orleans

NEW YORK — Shia LaBeouf was arrested for a fight outside a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras celebrations early Tuesday morning.

The troubled “Transformers” star, 39, was charged with two counts of simple battery, local CBS affiliate WWL reported. He was set to make his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon.

Cops responded to a bar on...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Jelly Roll and wife Bunnie Xo

Jelly Roll and wife Bunnie Xo ready to have twins via a surrogate

Jelly Roll and wife Bunnie Xo want to have twins via a surrogate in the future.

The American rapper-and-singer and his podcast host wife are making plans to have children together, and the country music star has already found a potential surrogate who could carry their babies for them.

Writing in her memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Tributes have poured in for late civil rights activist Jesse Jackson

President Donald Trump pays tribute to 'good man' Jesse Jackson - but alleges he 'could not stand' Barack Obama

President Donald Trump has remembered the late Rev. Jesse Jackson as "a good man, with lots of personality, grit, and street smarts" - and claimed he "could not stand" Barack Obama.

The White House incumbent posted his tribute to the celebrated civil rights leader, who passed away on Tuesday (02.17.26) at the age of 84, on his Truth Social ...Read more

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Review: Dave Chappelle showered local fans with love in Twin Cities show

MINNEAPOLIS — Dave Chappelle has put on better Twin Cities shows. But his Feb. 16 appearance at Grand Casino Arena was his most comforting one.

On the heels of other famous comics postponing visits to the area due to the ICE surge, Chappelle arrived to entertain a community when it needed it most.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t get here sooner,...Read more

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New on DVD: Prepare for frights when 'Man Finds Tape'

A found footage horror film tops the DVD releases for the week of Feb. 24.

"Man Finds Tape": A brother and sister return to their Texas hometown to investigate surveillance recordings of a murder, uncovering a disturbing secret tied to a decades-old supernatural phenomena.

NEW ON DVD FEB. 24

"Rescue at Donji": Chinese fisherman come to the ...Read more

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Jill Scott makes her Tiny Desk Concert debut

PHILADELPHIA — Jilly from Philly is on the Tiny Desk.

On Friday, Jill Scott released "To Whom This May Concern," the North Philly singer and songwriter’s first album in 11 years.

The 19-track stylistically wide-ranging project touches on jazz, hip-hop, R&B, spoken word, and blues. It features guests including Trombone Shorty, Ab-Soul, JID ...Read more

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Fox News star Sean Hannity joins the podcast parade

Fox News prime-time host Sean Hannity will be the next cable news star to expand into podcasting.

Fox News Media will announce Wednesday the launch of a twice-a-week podcast called "Hang Out with Sean Hannity," featuring long-form interviews with subjects across culture, business, sports and politics.

The podcast will have fresh material that ...Read more

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James Van Der Beek, wife had paid off nearly $270K in tax debt

James Van Der Beek, who died last week following a battle with Stage 3 colorectal cancer, and his wife Kimberly owed hundreds of thousands in tax debt before paying it off in 2022.

The IRS said the 48-year-old titular “Dawson’s Creek” star and his producer wife owed a total of $269,328.62 in unpaid taxes from 2018 and 2019, resulting in a...Read more

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Architecture and Design Film Festival in Chicago opens with climate change as the subtext

CHICAGO — Though none of the films at the Architecture and Design Film Festival, taking place at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Siskel Film Center Feb. 19-22 are explicitly about climate change, that is the subtext running through many of them.

“When we were programming the films, climate change was not a specific theme that we were ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Baz Luhrmann is planning an Elvis stage show

Baz Luhrmann confirms plans for Elvis Presley stage show

Baz Luhrmann is bringing Elvis Presley's story to theatres in a new stage show.

The Hollywood director brought his love of the King to the big screen in his 2022 biopic Elvis - which starred Austin Butler as the late music legend - and he's also painstakingly put together archive footage to create new documentary EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Margot Robbie worried about her intelligence after choosing a career in acting.

Wuthering Heights star Margot Robbie worried she was 'dumb' after not going to university

Margot Robbie worried she was "dumb" after deciding against going to university.

The Wuthering Heights actress, 35, grew up in Australia and discovered her love of acting when she was in high school so she decided to chase her dreams of stardom instead of enrolling in higher education, but the move left Margot questioning herself so she asked ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Rose Byrne has revealed how she decompresses after filming.

Rose Byrne reveals her 'coping mechanisms' after brutal days on film sets

Rose Byrne has joked she "drinks a lot of alcohol" to decompress after work.

The 46-year-old actress, who has taken a challenging role as a mother facing an existential crisis in new psychological comedy drama If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, has reflected on her process for unwinding after a difficult day on set when she's working on more ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Taylor Swift has filmed a video for TEAM USA's Olympic skaters

Taylor Swift backs Team USA's 'American showgirls on ice'

Taylor Swift has thrown her support behind Team USA's figure skaters as they prepare to take to the ice at the Winter Olympics.

The 36-year-old pop superstar has provided the narration and music for a promotional video introducing the world to aspiring Olympic champions Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, and Isabeau Levito, who will all compete at the ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Olivia Colman opens up about attitudes to gender and sexuality

Olivia Colman pleads with people to stop being 'hateful' about sexuality and gender

Olivia Colman thinks "people are too nervous" about gender and sexuality.

The 52-year-old actress appears in Sophie Hyde's new queer drama Jimpa - which explores ideas of queerness and parenthood between members of the LGBTQ+ community across generations - and she hopes the film can make the topic more "mainstream" and accepted.

She told ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Jesse Jackson has died

Jesse Jackson dies 'peacefully surrounded by family'

Rev. Jesse Jackson has died "peacefully surrounded by his family".

The celebrated civil rights leader passed away on Tuesday (02.17.26) at the age of 84 after a long struggle with declining health including a Parkinson's disease diagnosis and a battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), which affects walking and swallowing.

A message ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Jessie Buckley has opened up about her experiences of love

Jessie Buckley was 'scared of love'

Jessie Buckley was "scared of love" for most of her life before settling down with husband Freddie Sorensen.

The Oscar-nominated Hamnet actress, 36, tied the knot with Freddie, who works in the mental health sector, at their home in Norfolk, England in 2023 and they are parents to a daughter who was born last year - and Jessie has now confessed...Read more

Bang Showbiz / David Archuleta has opened up about competing on American Idol as a teenager

David Archuleta didn't think he 'deserved' success

David Archuleta didn't think he "deserved" fame and success because of his struggles with his sexuality.

The 35-year-old singer shot to stardom as a teenager on American Idol back in 2008 - finishing second to David Cook - but David has revealed he felt conflicted when he reached the final of the TV talent show because he was still not fully ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Robert De Niro wants to live as long as Robert Duvall

'God bless!' Robert De Niro hopes to live as long as Robert Duvall in sweet tribute

Robert De Niro hopes he can live as long as Robert Duvall.

The 82-year-old actor - who starred with Duvall in The Godfather Part II and True Confessions - has paid tribute to the late big screen legend following his death this week aged 95.

In a tribute, De Niro told The Hollywood Reporter: "God bless Bobby. I hope I can live till I'm 95.

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Bang Showbiz / Donald Trump has issued a warning to Nancy Guthrie's abductors

Donald Trump threatens Nancy Guthrie kidnappers with death penalty if she isn't found alive

Donald Trump has threatened Nancy Guthrie's kidnappers with the death penalty if she isn't returned alive.

The 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie has been missing after being abducted from her home near Tucson, Arizona on February 1, and the search is ongoing with both the FBI Phoenix office and the Pima County Sheriff's ...Read more