Robert De Niro has received an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

The 81-year-old actor accepted the prestigious accolade from Leonardo DiCaprio on the opening night of the film festival on Tuesday (05.13.25).

During a lengthy tribute to his former co-star, DiCaprio said: "Growing up in Los Angeles, every young actor I knew ...Read more

Robert Benton has died at the age of 92.

The Oscar-winning director - who was best known for writing and directing the 1979 drama movie 'Kramer vs. Kramer' - has passed away, with Marisa Forzano, his longtime assistant, confirming the news to the New York Times newspaper.

Benton was the art director at Esquire magazine in the early 60s, before...Read more

NEW YORK — Taylor Swift’s friendship with Blake Lively is definitely “strained” amid the latter’s legal battle with Justin Baldoni, in which the pop superstar has been subpoenaed.

A source told Us Weekly that the stars’ “friendship is not what it used to be” and they’ve stopped chatting on a regular basis and when they “have...Read more

American expat Rosie O’Donnell claims President Donald Trump rigged the 2024 election.

While there’s no evidence that happened — just as there’s no reason to believe Trump’s ongoing claim that he was cheated in the 2020 election — O’Donnell alleges her old nemesis is the best witness to his own crime.

“If he admits one more ...Read more

ATLANTA — In an age of shrinking audiences for broadcast networks, CBS took a big swing by launching the daytime soap opera “Beyond the Gates,” which has been shooting in Atlanta since last fall and debuted on the network in February.

So far, CBS has hit a home run. The drama, according to Nielsen, is beating ABC’s long-standing soap �...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Alice in Chains announced on Monday that they will cancel their forthcoming tour as well as any festival appearances. The decision came after a previous show was called off on May 8 because drummer Sean Kinney experienced medical complications.

"After our soundcheck this evening at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Sean experienced a non-...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — After years of teasing a potential spinoff, the "Creed" franchise is extending to a TV series. And it’s moving away from the "Rocky" franchise’s native Philadelphia and moving into the West Coast.

On Monday, Amazon Prime Video announced that it has commissioned "Delphi," a drama series centered on the eponymous L.A.-set ...Read more

Eva Longoria learned more about her "Spanish heritage" while shooting her new documentary.

The 50-year-old actress previously explored the culture and food of Mexico on 'Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico', her 2023 documentary series - but Eva admits that she learned much more about her own family heritage while filming the follow-up series, '...Read more

John Legend thinks Kelsea Ballerini has been "very good" on 'The Voice'.

The 31-year-old singer debuted as a coach on the hit TV show in February, and John has been impressed by his co-star, observing that she's been a "wonderful" addition to the line-up.

John, 46 - who serves as one of the coaches alongside Kelsea, Michael Buble and Adam ...Read more

Salma Hayek is determined to embrace life "to the fullest".

The 58-year-old actress has witnessed a "very tangible change" in attitudes in recent years, and Salma doesn't have any intention of slowing down.

The brunette beauty told Sports Illustrated: "I feel so fortunate that I am part of a generation that has been able to really experience ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Latin music reigns supreme in los Estados Unidos.

Bad Bunny and Fuerza Regida just made history for Spanish-language music. As of this week, the Puerto Rican artist’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” and the San Bernardino group’s “111XPANTIA” became the first-ever Spanish-language albums to simultaneously sit at Nos. 1 and ...Read more

With “Final Destination: Bloodlines” in theaters this week, the turn of the century is top of mind. The first film in the franchise came out a quarter of a century ago, in the year 2000, so nostalgia for those late 1990s/Y2K-era teen horror films might be high right now, reflecting on what that trend might have signified or represented in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sean Penn is skeptical of Dylan Farrow’s molestation allegations against “Midnight In Paris” filmmaker, Woody Allen.

When asked on "The Louis Theroux Podcast" if he’d ever consider working with the controversial director again he swiftly replied, “I’d work with him in a heartbeat. If it was the right project.”

Penn ...Read more

Paris used to be “magical” for Kim Kardashian. But the armed robbery she experienced during Paris Fashion Week in 2016 “changed everything,” she testified Tuesday in France at the trial of 10 people accused with plotting and pulling off the crime.

She said she “absolutely” thought she was going to be killed, the Associated Press ...Read more

Debuting on the eve of the millennium in the year 2000, the “Final Destination” franchise gave a generation of millennials some very specific phobias, including lumber trucks, airplane tray tables (a friend still checks hers before every flight to this day), lawn mowers, shower curtains, roller coasters, etc. By weaponizing these otherwise ...Read more

Another cinematic experiment from filmmaker Steven Soderbergh tops the DVD releases for the week of May 20.

"Presence": A family enters a home haunted by a supernatural presence, who serves as the movie's point of view, in this ghost story starring Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan.

“'Presence' is a beautifully executed vision of a rather mediocre...Read more

May may be the month of Mother’s Day, the Kentucky Derby, Cinco de Mayo and even Mother Goose Day, but over at Acorn TV it’s time for murder most foul.

The good news is that Jane Seymour is back running the Wild/Reid Detective Agency with her partner (Rohan Nedd) on the hit series “Harry Wild.” This season the pair is up to their ears ...Read more

CHICAGO — Jim Downey is full of words, all words, strange words, Latin words, Midwest words, funny words, the perfect words. “To write something with Jim means moving slowly, selecting the correct word, noting the comma here, the unnecessary adverb there,” says John Mulaney, a true believer.

Downey, you see, contains words the way a flood...Read more

NEW YORK — The eagerly anticipated spinoff of the TV juggernaut “The Office” will begin streaming this fall.

Titled “The Paper,” the half-hour sitcom will follow staffers of a struggling, historic Toledo newspaper, named The Truth Teller, and shot in the same documentary crew style of its predecessor, which launched the careers of ...Read more

Rapper Tory Lanez’s lungs collapsed when a fellow inmate stabbed him over a dozen times as more details emerge about Monday morning’s attack at a California prison where he’s serving a decade-long sentence.

Reps for the 32-year-old “Color Violet” musician — who is serving time for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in 2020 —...Read more