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Bang Showbiz / Michelle Yeoh has enjoyed success in Hollywood

Michelle Yeoh wants more Asian actors to lead Hollywood films

Michelle Yeoh hopes to see more Hollywood movies with Asian protagonists.

The 63-year-old actress - who was born in Malaysia - acknowledges that an increasing number of projects are being led by Asian actors and actresses, following the success of Crazy Rich Asians, and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Michelle - who recently starred in the ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Rose Byrne doesn't worry about box office success.

Rose Byrne: I've given up trying to figure out what will resonate

Rose Byrne has "given up" trying to predict how her films will perform.

The 46-year-old actress has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, but Rose wasn't sure how the psychological drama film was going to be received.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Rose shared: "I've given...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Rose Byrne has opened up about her career.

Rose Byrne 'is gifted at disassociating' herself from characters

Rose Byrne is "gifted at disassociating" herself from her work.

The 46-year-old star has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, but Rose actually found it easy to leave her on-screen character behind at the end of the working day.

Rose - who plays a psychotherapist who has to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Travis Kelce plays for the Kansas City Chiefs

Travis Kelce feels 'emotional' about stadium move

Travis Kelce feels emotional about the prospect of the Kansas City Chiefs moving from their current stadium.

The 36-year-old sports star has enjoyed huge success with the NFL franchise, winning multiple Super Bowl crowns, and Travis has admitted to having mixed emotions about the team leaving Arrowhead Stadium, their current home.

Speaking ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Madison Beer has a clear career plan.

Madison Beer: I'm not going to be played like a pawn

Madison Beer refuses to be "played like a pawn" by music executives.

The 26-year-old pop star has put strong boundaries in place in order to protect her mental health, and Madison insists she won't compromise her values.

The brunette beauty told Who What Wear: "People have been like, 'If you don't step up and do this, someone else will.' I'm ...Read more

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Viral AI video of Brad Pitt fighting Tom Cruise shakes Hollywood

LOS ANGELES — A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online.

The 15-second video comes from the latest AI video-generation platform, Seedance 2.0. The platform was launched this week by its owner, ByteDance, the same Chinese parent that oversees TikTok. As the video circulates online,...Read more

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Karen Huger of 'RHOP' says DUI, jail can't keep the Grand Dame down: 'I healed myself'

"Real Housewives of Potomac" personality Karen Huger says she has turned over a new leaf nearly two years after crashing her Maserati in a drunk-driving accident.

The reality TV star, 62, on Thursday opened up about her 2024 DUI arrest and the six-month county jail sentence that followed in a conversation with Sherri Shepherd. Huger, dubbed the...Read more

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Wendy Williams' father died in South Florida. What we know

MIAMI — As Wendy Williams continues to grapple with a neurological condition and court-ordered guardianship, she received another blow.

Her father, Thomas D. Williams Jr., died in the Miami area at age 94, as first reported Sunday by the talk show star’s niece, TV reporter Alex Finnie.

”My grandfather was truly a man of great intellect �...Read more

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Rosie O'Donnell quietly visited the US, has no regrets about leaving

NEW YORK — Roșie O’Donnell said she recently made a quiet return to the U.S. after very publicly moving to Ireland when President Donald Trump began his second term in office.

The comic and longtime Trump rival told Chris Cuomo on SiriusXM that she has no regrets about seeking refuge overseas.

“I was recently home for two weeks and I ...Read more

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James Van Der Beek's family struggling financially after his death

Despite his starring in “Dawson’s Creek,” one of the most popular teen shows of the late ‘90s, James Van Der Beek’s loved ones have found themselves struggling financially following his recent death from colorectal cancer.

The actor’s wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, announced his death on Instagram Wednesday, writing that he “met his...Read more

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Dawson's favorite director and 44,000 others push James Van Der Beek fundraiser to more than $2 million

LOS ANGELES — Support for James Van Der Beek's family continues to pour in. The GoFundMe created to support them following the "Dawson's Creek" star's death surpassed $2.3 million in donations midday Friday.

Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw are among the celebrity donors who have contributed to the fundraiser organized by the late ...Read more

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James Van Der Beek's financial woes started with 'Dawson's Creek' contract

Even though James Van Der Beek starred on the hit TV show “Dawson’s Creek,” the actor, who died on Wednesday at age 48, once revealed that he received no money from the show’s reruns that could have potentially made him wealthy for life.

Van Der Beek said in a 2012 interview that a clause in the contract he signed at age 20 kept him ...Read more

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Hear the one about the ICE agent? How Twin Cities comics are weighing in

MINNEAPOLIS — How soon is too soon to want to laugh again? And about what?

We’ve been besieged and consumed by immigration enforcement news, and we’re in the international spotlight. With tensions high, people shied away from entertainment for a time, but within the past week the mood seems to be shifting.

Judging by the brisk business ...Read more

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'Baby Reindeer' star Jessica Gunning to play 'Mama Cass' Elliot in biopic

Emmy winner Jessica Gunning of “Baby Reindeer” fame will play Mamas & the Papas singer Cass “Mama Cass” Elliot in an upcoming biopic.

“My Mama Cass,” based on the 2024 memoir of the same name from Elliot’s daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell, is “not a Mamas & the Papas biopic,” according to a press release viewed Thursday by Variety...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Jane Fonda lies in bed imaging what she would say to Donald Trump

Jane Fonda lies in bed thinking about what she would say to President Donald Trump

Jane Fonda lies in bed imagining what she would say to President Donald Trump.

The 88-year-old actress revealed that just as she is drifting off at night, she often thinks about the strong words she would have with the the 79-year-old American leader if she was ever given the opportunity.

Fonda feels as though she understands Trump's ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Tom Pelphrey and Kaley Cuoco.

Whose Penny? Kaley Cuoco's fiancé Tom Pelphrey was clueless about The Big Bang Theory

Kaley Cuoco's fiancé Tom Pelphrey has never watched her hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

The 40-year-old actress played waitress Penny in the long-running CBS sitcom which also starred Johnny Galecki as Penny's love interest Leonard Hofstadter, Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz and Kunal Nayyar as Raj Koothrappali....Read more

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Minnesota musicians are now uniting against ICE via compilation albums

MINNEAPOLIS — Twin Cities musicians have been turning out in droves to sing, blow or drum on the streets in protest of ICE’s Operation Metro Surge. Now, they’re also lining up on record.

Two bulky compilation albums are being released this weekend featuring more than 130 different Minnesota artists between them, each doubling as ...Read more

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James Van Der Beek's ex-wife pays loving tribute to late actor

The ex-wife of James Van Der Beek is paying homage to the “Dawson’s Creek” star following the actor’s death on Wednesday at age 48.

Actress Heather McComb went public on social media to share that she’ll always keep her ex-husband in her heart.

The former couple reportedly met through McComb’s sister, who guest-starred on “Dawson...Read more

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7 'Wuthering Heights' movie changes that will surprise fans of the book

LOS ANGELES — In its opening credits, Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" self-identifies as "based on the novel by Emily Brontë."

Yet as Fennell has proven in a slew of interviews about the already polemical film, released Friday, the relationship between Brontë's Gothic epic and its latest adaptation is more ...Read more

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'Slightly terrifying': New Elvis movie a big, ambitious effort

LAS VEGAS — Baz Luhrmann’s “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” requires its own category. Not quite a concert film, though filled with Elvis performance footage. Not a documentary, though, the King himself narrates what is essentially his life story.

“Baz was pretty clear, the words ‘concert film’ and ‘documentary’ were taboo,”...Read more