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Shortly before his death, the director William Friedkin expressed a few regrets. Among them was that, in his opinion, he never created a film as critically acclaimed as some of Hollywood’s masterpieces, like Citizen Kane. The man who embodied New Hollywood for many, and who died on August 7 at the age of 87, was

View gallery Image Credit: Lil Tay/Youtube Lil Tay is a social media star and rapper. She rose to fame as a nine-year-old rapper. Her family seemingly announced her death in a statement on August 9, 2023, but one day later confirmed that the news was fake. Lil Tay, the teen who went viral as a

Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and main songwriter in The Band, the Canadian-American group known for songs including The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, has died at the age of 80, his manager said on Wednesday. Robertson, who left his Toronto home at age 16 to pursue his rock’n’roll dreams, died Wednesday

Tuesday night, Ivanka Trump continued her endless summer by taking her two boys to a Mets game with husband Jared Kushner. Enjoying America’s pastime at Citi Field is a little more humble, a little more “of the people” than recent yacht trips with DJ David Guetta or time spent at the nuptials of crown princes of

View gallery Image Credit: Mikael Jansson Victoria’s Secret just released a new collection, “The Icons,” featuring some of our favorite supermodels including Gisele Bundchen and Naomi Campbell, as well as Hailey Bieber, Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, Emily Ratajkowski, Adut Akech, Paloma Elsesser, and Sui He. Throughout the entire photo shoot, the models showed off their

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Josh Duggar’s conviction for downloading child sexual abuse images, rejecting the former reality television star’s argument that a judge should have suppressed statements he made to investigators during the search that found the images. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the appeal

In the newspaper world, a sale to private equity tends to feel like a funeral, with ink-stained wretches lamenting the slow and painful death of their industry. In the adjacent world of book publishing, the news this week that KKR would acquire Simon & Schuster from Paramount Global hardly seemed so grim. “In the spring

View gallery Image Credit: Broadimage/Shutterstock Kourtney Kardashian looks like she’s ready to pop! The pregnant reality star, 44, showed off her massive baby bump while wearing a two-piece red string bikini on Instagram August 8. The soon-to-be mom-of-four flaunted her pregnant belly in her social media post, which included a video of Kourtney comfortably lounging

View gallery Image Credit: Richard Young/Shutterstock Sandra Bullock and her late partner Bryan Randall reportedly exchanged vows years before his ALS diagnosis, according to a new report from DailyMail. The outlet claimed that the two held a tight-knit ceremony on the beach in the Bahamas in 2017 and exchanged vows in front of a small group of family and friends.

When I was in high school and university, every Wednesday afternoon required to the Rexall drug store in my small prairie hometown. That was the day any new music magazines appeared in the racks. Using money I earned stocking shelves in the local grocery store, I’d grab the latest editions of Rolling Stone (which came

View gallery Image Credit: Shutterstock Kaitlyn Bristowe and Jason Tartick have called it quits. One of Bachelor Nation’s favorite couples announced their breakup on August 6. Kaitlyn and Jason broke the news with a joint statement on their Instagram pages. The former couple wrote that they have “decided to end our engagement” after “sharing the news

Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. In just three weeks in theaters, “Barbie” is set to sail past $1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins, who helmed “Wonder Woman.” “Barbie,” which Gerwig directed and co-wrote, added another $53 million

Jack Smith’s office filed for a protective order on Trump and his team’s communications about evidence Friday night after Trump posted that “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!” on Truth Social. By Jack McCordick August 5, 2023

View gallery Image Credit: Broadimage/Shutterstock Sofia Vergara, 51, turned heads on Friday night, when she attended Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour concert in Los Angeles, CA. The beauty was photographed walking into SoFi Stadium, where the second of six sold-out shows was being held, and flashed smiles as she rocked a black sleeveless top with sparkly

By The Staff The Associated Press Posted August 4, 2023 3:14 pm Updated August 4, 2023 8:21 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Emmy-nominated actor Mark Margolis, who played murderous former drug kingpin Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad and then in the prequel Better Call Saul, has died at age 83. The

View gallery Image Credit: John Salangsang/Shutterstock Kai Cenat is a famous YouTuber and Twitch streamer with over 5 million Instagram followers. On Aug. 2, 2023, he took to his streaming platform to announce he would be giving away items such as game consoles and gift cards to his fans in New York City. Most recently,

As the Hollywood writers’ strike approaches the 100-day mark, Writers Guild of America (WGA) negotiators will meet on Friday with representatives of the major studios for the first time in three months to discuss whether contract talks can resume. The 11,500 members of the guild walked out May 2, citing an impasse over pay, streaming

View gallery Image Credit: Sean Ryan/IPS/Shutterstock / TANNEN MAURY/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Josh Allen, 27, did not hold back on any opinions during the Aug. 2 episode of Pardon My Take. The Buffalo Bills quarterback even took a dig at Aaron Rodgers, 39, during the candid interview! Although the New York Jets player won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf

People who work behind the scenes on movie sets and concert tours know All Too Well how easy it is for their work to go unnoticed and unappreciated. But Taylor Swift is making sure her staff’s Wildest Dreams come true this Cruel Summer, by giving them massive bonuses for helping make her hugely successful Eras Tour a reality.

Colin Allred, an NFL linebacker turned congressman, accuses Cruz of neglecting Texans while skipping to Cancun and podcasting. “He’s a content machine,” Allred says, “not a legislative machine.” Still, it’s an uphill battle, or potentially, as one strategist warns, a “suicide mission.” By Chris Smith August 2, 2023

[embedded content] View gallery Savannah Chrisley, 25, opened up about her dad Todd Chrisley‘s appearance in prison, in the latest episode of her podcast, Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley, which can be seen above. The beauty revealed the 54-year-old reality star’s blond hair has turned gray, when she discussed tabloid headlines surrounding his and her mom,

Beyoncé‘s message was simple: “Rest in Power O’Shae Sibley.” In what police are investigating as a possible hate crime, Sibley, a 28-year-old professional dancer, was fatally stabbed at a gas station in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday. While filling up a vehicle, Sibley and his friends recorded footage of the dancer voguing to Beyoncé’s Renaissance album

American Horror Story has conjured up a haunted hotel, a mysterious freak show, an apocalyptic future, even a coven populated by a surprising number of Oscar winners. But it’s never focused on what may be the most mundanely terrifying experience of all. That changes with the series’s upcoming 12th installment, American Horror Story: Delicate, featuring

Image Credit: John Nacion/Shutterstock Martha Stewart settled in for some moonlight magic with her 12-year-old granddaughter Jude Stewart. In a photo you can see below, the 81-year-old lifestyle maven sat outside in the dusk waiting to capture a recent supermoon event. The pic showed Martha’s distinctively perfect hair amid the darkened forest trees, and a

Angus Cloud, the actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the HBO series Euphoria, has died. He was 25. Cloud’s publicist, Cait Bailey, said Cloud died Monday at his family home in Oakland, California. No cause of death was given. In a statement, Cloud’s family said goodbye to “an artist, a friend,

Angus Cloud, the actor best known for playing soft-hearted drug dealer Fezco O’Neill on HBO’s Euphoria, has died at age 25, TMZ and Variety report.  “It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today,” Cloud’s family said in a statement to the outlets. “As an artist, a

View gallery Image Credit: Everett Collection E.G. Daily, 61, is remembering her friend and former co-star Paul Reubens, in a sweet tribute. The actress, who played the role of Dottie in 1985’s Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure film, took to Instagram to share photos and a loving caption about the late actor, known to many as Pee-Wee

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The biggest performers in the world have long been pelted by fan-thrown projectiles — seemingly more as of late — but Cardi B isn’t just going to take it. While the rapper performed her hit song Bodak Yellow at Drai’s Beachclub in Las Vegas on Saturday, she

View gallery Image Credit: Richard Young/Shutterstock Madonna is “lucky to be alive” after her her hospitalization for a bacterial infection. The 64-year-old icon embraced her son David Banda, 17, and daughter Lourdes Leon, 26, in a new post shared on Sunday, July 30 where she revealed that it was “love from family and friends” was

I’ve always dreamed of seeing a genuine honest-to-God UFO. Like Fox Mulder of The X-Files, I really want to believe there’s something Out There in the maybe two trillion galaxies in the observable universe. My grandparents lived just a few miles from the location of the infamous Falcon Lake Incident in 1967. Since then, I’ve