LOS ANGELES — Music legend Quincy Jones died earlier this month reportedly from pancreatic cancer.

The 28-time Grammy Award winner's cause of death was listed as the aggressive form of cancer, according to a death certificate issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and obtained by TMZ. No other factors contributed to his ...Read more

Rapper Nelly won’t face drug charges stemming from his August arrest at a St. Louis-area casino, a prosecutor said.

“We don’t believe the facts in this case warrant the issuing of charges,” St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell said in a statement Tuesday. Bell, a Democrat, recently won election to Congress after defeating ...Read more

John Krasinski's coronation as People's Sexiest Man Alive on Tuesday included a celebratory cover story, a glamorous photo shoot — and the promise of more domestic duties.

The 45-year-old "Office" heartthrob and "Jack Ryan" actor joked that his wife and "A Quiet Place" co-star Emily Blunt has plans to keep him humble as he joins the ranks of ...Read more

Two years after its launch, Amazon’s free ad-supported streaming service Freevee is shutting down, the company confirmed this week.

Shows that play on the app will be available for free on Amazon’s Prime Video service even if a viewer does not pay for a subscription.

Freevee, which got its start as Amazon’s IMDb TV but adopted its ...Read more

“Red One” has some clever ideas.

In theaters this week, the blend of action, comedy, adventure and fantasy is set in a world where Santa Claus is real. And, as is customary in Christmas stories, he does, in fact, deliver gifts to billions of homes around the world on the eve of the big holiday.

In “Red One,” however, he does so as the ...Read more

"Full House" star Dave Coulier, who played the Tanner family's zany Uncle Joey, has cancer.

The 65-year-old publicly disclosed his diagnosis Wednesday, telling People and appearing on NBC's "Today" to confirm that he was diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma five weeks prior.

Representatives for Coulier did not immediately respond ...Read more

Ben Foster and Laura Prepon just put a big X on their marriage: The "X-Men: The Last Stand" actor and the "Orange Is the New Black" star are divorcing after a yearlong separation.

Foster filed for the split last month in Tennessee, where the couple and their two children have lived for two years, formally moving to end their six-year marriage. ...Read more

“Red One” is a holiday fantasy built on the retribution, punishment and crushed hopes we deserve right now. It imagines a nightmarish mass-incarceration scenario put in motion by a Christmas witch seeking revenge on billions worldwide who’ve landed on Santa’s previously unenforced “naughty list.” Job one: abduct St. Nick, code name ...Read more

Jessica Simpson’s camp has reportedly reached out to divorce attorneys regarding her marriage to Eric Johnson in recent months.

Though the fashion designer, 44, has not yet approached a lawyer herself, someone close to Simpson contacted a divorce lawyer in Los Angeles late last month, sources with direct knowledge told TMZ on Tuesday.

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“Full House” star Dave Coulier revealed on Wednesday that he is battling Stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

In an interview with Today.com, 65-year-old Coulier opened up about his diagnosis and how it has affected his outlook on life. He specifically recalled a conversation he had with his wife, Melissa Coulier, whom he married back in 2014...Read more

Britney Spears and her estranged younger son, Jayden, have reportedly reconciled ahead of the pop star’s final child support payment later this week.

The 42-year-old “Stronger” singer is “happy” after recently reuniting with the 18-year-old, who’s been spending time with Spears at her Los Angeles home following his move to Hawaii ...Read more

'RED ONE'

Rated PG-13 (for action, some violence, and language)

What it’s about: Santa Claus is kidnapped right before Christmas, so his head of security and a hacker go looking for him among mythical beasts and beings.

The kid attractor factor: This sort of has a kiddie appeal with the holiday cheer and monsters and creatures, but it also...Read more

Q. I read your review of the ZVOX AV455 soundbar and it reminded me of the new Evo One streaming audio system Cambridge Audio is releasing soon. It has optical and HDMI-eARC inputs to pair it with a television, and the specs look impressive. Have you had the opportunity to hear it at one of the trade shows you attend? I'm curious to hear your ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Calling all Angel-emos: My Chemical Romance is celebrating its seminal album "The Black Parade" with a stadium tour slated for next summer.

The "Long Live The Black Parade" tour will travel to 10 U.S. cities from July to September 2025 — including a July 26 stop at Dodger Stadium. Announced opening acts for the tour include L....Read more

Earlier this week came the announcement that A24 and Apple are developing a movie about Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX cryptocurrency founder who was convicted of fraud in 2023. Lena Dunham is attached to write the script, based on the Michael Lewis nonfiction book “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.”

My fundamental question is ...Read more

How about a little popcorn for the holidays? Here’s a sampling of what you’ll find on big and small screens all over town during the festive season. Note that all release dates are tentative and subject to change.

“Gladiator II”

No Russell Crowe, but there’s plenty of star power in Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sequel of ancient Rome...Read more

[Warning: This column includes spoilers for the film "Heretic."]

LOS ANGELES — I went to see "Heretic" four days after the election. It was too soon.

Drawn by the promise of jump scares and Hugh Grant in maniacal-villain mode, set in what appeared from the trailers to be a supernatural trap of a house, I sought big-screen escape from the ...Read more

Three shows well known to theater audiences have undergone radical Broadway makeovers this fall at the hands of directors who recognize that plays and musicals must be in dialogue with their times.

Not everyone is on board with this premise. There are theater lovers, purists you might call them, who would prefer to see a work as its author ...Read more

NEW YORK — Louis Daniel Armstrong, variously nicknamed “Satchmo” and “Pops,” is the subject of “A Wonderful World,” a musically rich if wordy and information-heavy Broadway show that serves as a reminder of just how challenging the jukebox biographical genre can be, even when you have a star of the level of craft and talent ...Read more