LOS ANGELES — On the morning of Jan. 7, Larry Schoenberg was about to prepare the tax filings for Belmont Music Publishers, the august house dedicated to preserving and promoting the works of his late father, Arnold Schoenberg, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, when his daughter Camille called and told him to look ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It's over for Matt James of "The Bachelor" and Season 25 winner Rachael Kirkconnell, according to the reality TV star himself.

James, who starred in the 2021 season of the ABC dating competition, announced Thursday on Instagram that he and Kirkconnell had split up after four years together.

"Father God, give Rachael and I ...Read more

Justin Baldoni is suing Blake Lively and her publicist for $400 million.

The 40-year-old actor starred alongside 'Gossip Girl' actress Blake, 37, and after she accused him of sexual harassment on set, he has decided to take her - as well as her husband Ryan Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane - to court through his studio as part of a ...Read more

Jessica Alba will always have "love, kindness and respect" for Cash Warren.

The 43-year-old actress has been married to film producer Cash, 45, since 2008 but it was revealed last week that the pair are heading for divorce and on Thursday (16.01.25), Jessica took to social media to break her silence.

She wrote on Instagram: "I've been on a ...Read more

Danielle Fishel wants child actors to know they are in a "safe space" with her.

The 43-year-old actress was just 12 years old herself when she was cast as Topanga Lawrence on the Disney Channel sitcom 'Boy Meets World' in the early 1990s and now she is directing episodes of 'Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' for the network, she wants younger ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Justin Baldoni has filed a countersuit against his "It Ends With Us" co-star Blake Lively, her publicist Leslie Sloane and her husband Ryan Reynolds, dramatically escalating the legal battle over their tumultuous collaboration on last year's romantic drama.

The latest twist in a dispute that has already sent shock waves through ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Oscar race for best picture came into clarity as the Producers Guild of America announced its nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award, revealed on Thursday morning. Such widely predicted nominees as "Emilia Pérez" and "The Brutalist" were confirmed in the bracket of 10 features (full results below), as were titles with less ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who was known for surreal works such as “Twin Peaks,” “The Elephant Man” and “Muholland Drive,” has died.

Lynch’s family announced his death Thursday on Facebook. The director, an artist who channeled his talent in a number of mediums including film, television, music and ...Read more

Taking the idea of work-life balance to extremes, the sardonic and surrealist thriller “Severance” on Apple TV+ envisions a dystopian corporate world in which employees of a company called Lumon Industries have a chip implanted in their brains that severs their memory in two. At work, their “innie” version has no knowledge of their life ...Read more

DETROIT — It's just one of them days for Lawrence Lamont — the good kind, it turns out.

It's Wednesday afternoon and reviews for the Detroit director's debut film, "One of Them Days," have just hit the web.

"We're 100% on Rotten Tomatoes!" says a beaming Lamont, inside a seventh-floor suite at the Shinola Hotel in downtown Detroit, his ...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers, including about shows people watched when young.

Q: When I was a child in the early ‘70’s, I lived in Florida and watched a show called “Big Blue Marble” where they would go all around the world and follow a child in their daily life. I loved this show, and I believe it really helped me be kind ...Read more

DETROIT — Aaliyah is now a Barbie girl.

The late Detroit R&B singer, who died in 2001 at the age of 22, has been immortalized in Barbie form. Toymaker Mattel introduced the Aaliyah Barbie Thursday, on what would have marked the singer's 46th birthday.

The doll was made available at MattelCreations.com starting at midnight but was sold out ...Read more

Sally Struthers is airing out all the (alleged) dirty laundry about deceased former colleagues Betty White and “All in the Family” creator Norman Lear, including that she was “totally fat-shamed” by the former.

Struthers appeared on the “Let’s Talk About That! With Larry Saperstein and Jacob Bellotti” podcast this week, saying she...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Decimated by fire season, it seems impossible that the Los Angeles area could even begin to think about awards season.

As fires that have killed at least 25 and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses continue to burn, the idea of glitzy red carpets, brimming swag bags and arguments over who should have won best picture feel...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kenny Chesney is Sphere-bound.

The country star announced Thursday that he'll launch a 12-date residency at the state-of-the-art dome-shaped venue in Las Vegas in May, nine months after he wrapped a U.S. tour that hit Inglewood's SoFi Stadium in July.

The first Nashville act to play Sphere, which features a 160,000-square-foot ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With its intricate, carved-wood paneling and diamond-shaped glass panes, location scout Lori Balton thought the smoking room of the historic Andrew McNally House was just glorious.

The distinctive look of the Altadena mansion, built in 1887 for the co-founder of maps and atlas firm Rand McNally Publishing, made it a favorite for...Read more

Tommy Lee has blasted fellow musicians for promoting their work while wildfires continue to rage in Los Angeles.

The 62-year-old drummer has insisted artists need to "leave it all alone" when it comes to publicising their tours and records and instead urged them to "stop and see who needs help" after thousands of people were forced to evacuate ...Read more

Cameron Diaz was focused on "trying to stay alive just like every other mother" during her acting break.

The 52-year-old star has returned to Hollywood with her upcoming new Netflix movie 'Back In Action', and she has reflected on how she's been spending her time.

In a behind the scenes interview shared by the official 'Still Watching Netflix'...Read more

Tony Bennett's daughters have accused their brother of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the family trust.

The late singer's children Antonia and Johanna Bennett initially fined a lawsuit against their sibling Danny - who is the sole trustee of The Tony Bennett 1994 Family Trust - last June, almost a year after their famous father'...Read more

Ben Stiller has "discussed" making a 'Tropic Thunder' spin-off movie with Tom Cruise.

The 59-year-old actor starred in and directed the 2008 satirical comedy - which featured Cruise, 62, as the foul-mouthed studio executive Les Grossman - and has now revealed he has spoken with the 'Mission: Impossible' star about potentially making a spin-off ...Read more