LOS ANGELES — The finale of Netflix's blockbuster series "Stranger Things" gave movie theaters a much needed jolt, generating an estimated $20 to $25 million at the box office, according to multiple reports.

Matt and Ross Duffer's supernatural thriller debuted simultaneously on the streaming platform and some 600 cinemas on New Year's Eve and...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Victoria Jones, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones, was reportedly found dead at a hotel in San Francisco on New Year's Day. She was 34.

According to TMZ, the San Francisco Fire Department responded to a medical emergency call at the Fairmont San Francisco early Thursday morning. The paramedics ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Good news, bad news? The median price for concert tickets declined in 2025, even if you wouldn’t know it by looking at the tallies for the year’s highest-grossing tours by, respectively, Beyonce, Oasis, Coldplay, Kendrick Lamar and Shakira.

That’s good news for music fans in San Diego and across the nation, but not by much, ...Read more

Will Smith and his company are facing allegations of sexual harassment by former “America’s Got Talent” contestant Brian King Joseph, who says he was subjected to “predatory behavior” during the Oscar winner’s 2025 tour.

Joseph, a professional violinist, is also suing Smith and Treyball Studios Management for retaliation and ...Read more

[This article contains spoilers from the “Stranger Things” series finale.]

The Duffer Brothers have effectively ruled out eventually revisiting Mike, Eleven and co. in a “Stranger Things” sequel as a “gross cash grab,” despite a spinoff of the Netflix hit on the horizon.

Matt Duffer told The Hollywood Reporter that “there’s no ...Read more

George Clooney is brushing off President Donald Trump’s mockery over his new status as a French citizen.

Trump took to his own platform, Truth Social, to bash Clooney and his wife, Amal, upon learning they have secured citizenship overseas, labeling them the “worst political prognosticators of all time.” He told his followers their move ...Read more

Nicole Kidman is excited for 2026 amid her divorce from Keith Urban.

The actress had a rocky 2025 thanks to her shock split from the country singer, both 58, but it appears she has left her heartbreak in the past, as Nicole feels optimistic heading into the new year as a single woman.

She took to her Instagram Stories on Friday (02.01.26) and ...Read more

Paloma Faith has cried during an orgasm "quite a lot".

The 44-year-old singer - who is pregnant with her third child - has broken down in tears as she hits the climax of sexual excitement because it has made the star release some emotions that she was holding onto.

Getting candid about her sex life to pal, 49-year-old comedian Alan Carr, ...Read more

Jelly Roll has laughed off critics who think he has face tattoos as a call for attention.

The 41-year-old rapper insists the inkings - including a cross under his right eye, a teardrop under his left eye, as well as "music man" across his hairline - do not define him as a person.

In his cover story for Men's Health magazine - published on ...Read more

The daughter of Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones was found dead at a ritzy San Francisco hotel in the early hours of New Year’s Day, according to reports. She was 34 years old.

First responders with the San Francisco Fire Department were called on Thursday to the Fairmont Hotel — a famed spot that has hosted the likes of presidents and ...Read more

Pink spent New Year’s Eve in the hospital, undergoing surgery to insert two new discs into her neck, she revealed Wednesday on social media.

The “So What” singer, 46, shared a photo from a hospital bed on Instagram with a bandage on the left side of her neck.

“I end the year giving reverence to, paying attention to, and to fixing my ...Read more

Jamie Lynn Spears says her beauty secrets are "good lighting, tons of make-up and pounds of fake hair".

The 34-year-old actress joked about how much work it takes to look picture perfect, in a new post on Instagram.

She wrote: "good lighting+tons of make-up+pounds of fake hair really make a difference."

This comes after Jamie previously ...Read more

Sarah Shahi felt like she went through her split from her Sex/Life co-star Adam Demos twice.

The 45-year-old actress dated her 40-year-old co-star on the erotic Netflix series - on which they portrayed couple Billie Connelly and Brad Simon, respectively - for five years after meeting on the show in 2020.

The show ended after two seasons in ...Read more

Lily Allen's daughters are finding it hard adapting to life back in the UK.

The 40-year-old singer has Ethel, 14, and Marnie, 12, with her ex-husband Sam Cooper and admits that her kids are struggling with the changes that have come with moving back to Britain after living in New York.

Lily - who separated from her second husband David Harbour...Read more

Deryck Whibley says he's in the best shape of his life -- more than a decade after a health crisis that nearly killed him.

The Sum 41 frontman revealed that his arteries are now "as clear as a 16 year old's," crediting years of discipline and a complete lifestyle overhaul following his 2014 hospitalisation for severe liver and kidney failure.

...Read more

[This article contains spoilers from the series finale of "Stranger Things."]

LOS ANGELES — At this moment, somewhere on the internet, "Stranger Things" fans are rabidly and rapidly giving their feedback on how the series resolved the years-long plight of horrors faced by their favorite ragtag troop from Hawkins. But for Noah Schnapp, it didn...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Even as the best films of 2025 linger in memory — it truly was a good year — we’re not sorry to flip the calendar page. Bring on the new shiny stuff: epic Homeric hugeness from Chistopher Nolan and sci-fi aliens from Steven Spielberg. We await greatness from Greta (Gerwig, that is). And a Quentin Tarantino-David Fincher ...Read more

Need a reason to look forward to 2026? How about some good movies? Here are 20 that we might enjoy over popcorn in the new year. Note that release dates, especially those further out, are tentative.

'Wuthering Heights'

Emerald Fennell, whose screenplay for “Promising Young Woman” won an Oscar a couple of years back, here tackles a classic:...Read more

This year, Christopher Nolan Summer is back.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker is returning, post-"Oppenheimer," with his adaptation of no less than one of the grandest works in the history of humankind, Homer's "The Odyssey," so you can't accuse the guy of not swinging for the fences. And his epic film leads the list of the year's most anticipated ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — People would have laughed and rolled their eyes if the 1977 movie smash “Star Wars” had even suggested that — one day in the future, in a galaxy far, far away — hit records would be created entirely by artificial intelligence. More laughter would have ensued at the mere intimation that algorithms would choose much of the ...Read more