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Bradley Cooper's movie star pooch has become a doggy diva

Bradley Cooper's movie star dog has become a diva.

The 50-year-old actor features alongside his pooch Charlie in his new movie Is This Thing On? and he revealed that the canine has got "cocky" since his previous award-winning turn in the acclaimed 2018 remake of A Star Is Born - where he starred alongside his owner and Lady Gaga.

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Bang Showbiz / Marie Helvin is hoping for another romance

Marie Helvin wants to fall in love again

Marie Helvin hopes to fall in love again.

The 73-year-old model - who was previously married to photographer David Bailey - is desperate for another romance but confessed that it is "younger men" who find her more attractive.

Marie told HELLO! magazine: "Falling in love again would be fantastic. What woman doesn't want that feeling of being in...Read more

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Column: LA exploded into a world art capital. I was lucky to be here to witness it

Habits are hard to break. I quit smoking 40 years ago — on April 23, 1986 (not that I'm counting). It was one of the toughest things I've ever done.

Today is my final column for The Times. This habit has gone on even longer than the smoking one, which had been extra hard to give up because nicotine is an excellent aid to concentration when at...Read more

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Appreciation: Tom Stoppard reinvigorated the comedy of ideas

Tom Stoppard, dead?

Surely, someone has made a hash of the plot. Yes, he was 88, but the Czech-born, British playwright, the true 20th century heir to Oscar Wilde, would never have arranged things so banally.

"A severe blow to Logic" is how a character describes the death of a philosophy professor in Stoppard's 1972 play "Jumpers." But then, ...Read more

Jodie Foster thought Robert De Niro was 'really uninteresting' when they first met on Taxi Driver

Jodie Foster found Robert De Niro "boring" when they first met during the making of Taxi Driver.

The Oscar-winning actress was only 12 years of age when she was cast as a child prostitute alongside the Hollywood legend in Martin Scorsese's 1976 psychological thriller but admits that she found De Niro's Method acting dull initially.

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Bang Showbiz / Kate Winslet has made her directorial debut on Goodbye June

Kate Winslet hopes to direct again after Goodbye June experience

Kate Winslet is eager to direct again after helming Goodbye June.

The 50-year-old actress stars in and directs the new festive drama movie and hopes to get behind the camera again in the future following her debut experience in the director's chair.

Kate told IndieWire's Screen Talk podcast: "I honestly didn't want it to finish. I loved ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Francis Ford Coppola isn't a fan of Botox

Francis Ford Coppola finds Botox 'scary'

Francis Ford Coppola finds Botox "scary".

The Apocalypse Now director, 86, has given his opinion on actresses who attempt to fend off the ageing process with wrinkle-freezing jabs with the moviemaker admitting he prefers women to age naturally because they are "beautiful" at every "decade".

When asked about Botox treatments, Coppola told The ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / FKA Twigs is looking forward to getting older

FKA Twigs is 'really looking forward to getting older'

FKA Twigs is "really looking forward to getting older".

The 37-year-old pop star admits she is looking forward to being able to ditch the "more obvious sexualization" and embrace her "wrinkly skin" as she ages.

She told Rolling Stone magazine: "I'm really looking forward to getting older because I want to dance more, but as an older woman. I ...Read more

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Q&A: 'Nothing was quite the same after that': Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan relives 30 years of 'Mellon Collie'

LOS ANGELES — It was early 1996, and a young alternative band known as the Smashing Pumpkins was embarking on a worldwide tour for their newest album, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.” One of the first stops of the tour was Los Angeles, for a sold-out show at the historic Palace Theatre packed with screaming fans. They began the ...Read more

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9 essential plays by Tom Stoppard

LOS ANGELES — Tom Stoppard, frequently hailed as the greatest British playwright of this generation, had both a remarkable life and a remarkable career.

Born in Czechoslovakia in 1937, his family fled to Singapore when the Nazis invaded. When Japan threatened their new home, his mother took him and his brother to India. His father stayed ...Read more

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'It's Always Sunny' star Rob Mac will create and star in a 'Far Cry' video game adaption for Hulu

PHILADELPHIA — Philly’s own Rob Mac, the actor formerly known as Robert McElhenney III, and fellow thespian Noah Hawley are teaming up to create the television adaptation of the "Far Cry" video game, according to Variety.

The new show, aptly named "Far Cry," was recently ordered by FX and will stream on Hulu in the United States and Disney+...Read more

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Dr. Phil was America's best-known celebrity therapist. How did his media network crash?

LOS ANGELES — It was not a good day for Dr. Phil.

Phillip McGraw, the genial celebrity psychologist who spent a career calling out the behavior of others and doling out zingers, found himself upbraided by a bankruptcy judge.

Merit Street Media, McGraw’s new network, had filed for bankruptcy protection in July, a little more than a year ...Read more

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Review: Is Sarah McLachlan's voice still better than ice cream?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Having spent much of the last two years celebrating the old — with the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th Anniversary Tour — Sarah McLachlan is now onto something new.

“This is a brand new show, with brand new songs off the new album called ‘Better Broken,'” McLachlan told the capacity crowd at the Masonic in San ...Read more

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Miami exhibit highlights how Cuba helped create the blueprint for the telenovela

MIAMI — Before the Cuban Revolution scattered a generation of writers, producers and performers to new creative hubs across Latin America, the island was busy building the blueprint for what would become the modern telenovela.

“The Telenovela Archives: Serialized Fiction in Cuba Before the Revolution,” an exhibit on display at the ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Dame Judi Dench has given an update on her vision loss

Dame Judi Dench 'can't recognise anybody now' as sight deteriorates

Dame Judi Dench "can't recognise anybody now" as her sight continues to deteriorate.

The 90-year-old actress suffers from macular degeneration - which can cause permanent and rapid central vision loss and is the number one cause of sight problems in people over 50 - and she's now revealed the condition has become so advanced she now struggles ...Read more

Laura Dern honours 'hero' mom Diane Ladd

Laura Dern has paid tribute to her "hero" mom Diane Ladd on what would have been her 90th birthday.

The Oscar-nominated actress passed away at her California home on 3 November at the age of 89 and now her daughter has shared a poignant tribute on the day she would have celebrated turning 90 on November 29.

In a post on Instagram, Laura shared...Read more

Bang Showbiz / King Charles' curtains are now Christmas stockings

King Charles' curtains turned into Christmas stockings

King Charles' old curtains have been turned into Christmas stockings.

The 77-year-old monarch's furnishings from his Norfolk estate Sandringham - where the royal family typically spend the festive season - have been turned into 25 luxury stockings, with the majority of them set to be auctioned off to raise money for his King's Foundation.

The ...Read more

John Legend had to 'negotiate' with porn producer to keep stage name

John Legend had to "negotiate" with a porn producer to secure his stage name.

The All of Me hitmaker had been performing under his real name, John Roger Stephens, when he landed the nickname during a studio session with then-friend Kanye West and spoken-word artist J. Ivy, but his lawyer told him he needed to trademark the moniker if he wanted ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Michelle Monaghan would love to make a third Family Plan film with Mark Wahlberg

Michelle Monaghan would 'absolutely love' to make The Family Plan 3

Michelle Monaghan would "absolutely love" to make The Family Plan 3.

The 49-year-old actress starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in the hit 2023 action comedy film for Apple TV Plus and they have since reunited to make a sequel - The Family Plan 2 - which was released last month and now Michelle has admitted she'd be keen to return to make a third ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / James Cameron has some concerns about AI

James Cameron brands AI replacing actors 'horrifying'

James Cameron thinks the idea of generative AI replacing actors is "horrifying".

The Avatar: Fire and Ash director - who sits on the board of Stability AI - has previously been positive about the use of artificial intelligence in filmmaking but there are limits to how he feels it should be used.

The Oscar-winning moviemaker hailed motion ...Read more