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Ananda Lewis, former MTV VJ, chronicles her harrowing Stage 4 breast cancer journey
Fomer MTV VJ Ananda Lewis has been living with breast cancer for nearly six years and has taken holistic and traditional approaches to treating the disease, Some of her tumors, she says, are undetectable now.
"If you extended your life, you won," Lewis said this week in a roundtable conversation with CNN's Stephanie Elam, who is one of her best...Read more
Michael Phillips: Everyone's piling on 'Megalopolis' and 'Joker: Folie à Deux.' They're not the flops I worry about
Amid a tragically divided populace, one thing holds us together as a nation right now: the near-unanimous spite regarding a couple of flops, “Megalopolis” from Francis Ford Coppola and “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the “Joker” sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga.
Decades in the making, writer-director Coppola’s passion project...Read more
Liam Payne 911 call before tragic death alludes to drugs, trashing hotel room
Liam Payne had consumed “too many drugs and alcohol” and was “trashing the entire room” of the Buenos Aires hotel where he was staying, according to a call made to emergency services moments before the former One Direction singer’s tragic death.
Two 911 recordings released late on Wednesday offer more details of the chaotic scene that...Read more
Television Q&A: Why isn't Mark Harmon's son in 'NCIS: Origins'?
You have questions. I have some answers.
Q: Why didn't Mark Harmon's son play young Gibbs in “NCIS: Origins”? He played it on “NCIS” when they showed the younger Gibbs.
A: Sean Harmon, the elder son of Mark Harmon and Pam Dawber, did indeed appear as a younger version of his father’s character in seven episodes of “NCIS.” But ...Read more
'Rivals' review: Media moguls and desperate housewives bonk through the English countryside
In the 1980s, when author Jilly Cooper and her family moved a couple hours outside of London to the upscale rural enclave known as the Cotswolds, she soon learned the local pastime was sex. And lots of it: “Everywhere I looked people seemed to be committing both adultery and fornication.” Those neighbors would become the inspiration for her ...Read more
Julian Casablancas on the Voidz, the Strokes and which way he'll (probably) vote
LOS ANGELES — Julian Casablancas sneered his way into instant rock stardom nearly a quarter of a century ago as the glamorously disheveled frontman of the Strokes. Since then many have repeatedly anticipated the Strokes' demise only to see them continue to thrive, as with 2020's "The New Abnormal," which won the band its first Grammy Award, ...Read more
5 new horror movies you need to see before Halloween -- and the presidential election
Horror movies are among the most inventive in cinema, doubling back on tropes to reinvent themselves while taking risks with storytelling and extreme imagery. They’re a mainstream concern, too, speaking to our anxieties, social chaos and marginalization of women and people of color. And there’s more of them than ever.
Fortunately, that ...Read more
These 8 music festivals will rock Seattle this fall
SEATTLE — We tend to associate “festival season” with open air and sunscreen — summer vibes. Those are in short supply as the leaves change and the air crispens, but music festivals, it seems, are not.
The big outdoor concert venues have shut down in preparation for what headline-writers chasing scare-clicks have termed “The Big Dark....Read more
Carly Pearce on country music's big year and that viral moment with a heckler
LOS ANGELES — Carly Pearce is fast becoming country music's queen of the clapback.
In June, after social media users speculated that she was into Satan because she'd posted a photo in which her tour bus appeared to be parked in a space marked 666, the Grammy-winning singer and songwriter took to X to proclaim, "I am a devout Christian who ...Read more
One Direction's Liam Payne, 31, dies after falling from balcony in Argentina
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne was found dead at 31 on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to state police.
Authorities said they’re investigating whether his death was accidental or suicide.
Alberto Crescenti, the director of Buenos Aires Emergency Medical Services (SAME), confirmed ...Read more
One Direction's Liam Payne, 31, reportedly dead after falling from balcony in Buenos Aires
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne has died at age 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, according to state police.
Authorities are reportedly investigating whether his death was accidental or suicide.
TMZ confirmed Payne’s death, reporting he died after a four-story fall Wednesday evening at the CasaSur Hotel in the ...Read more
Liam Payne, veteran of One Direction, dies in fall from balcony of Buenos Aires hotel
Liam Payne, the British singer and former One Direction member who helped propel the boy band to global superstardom, has died, authorities told local media. He was 31.
Payne died Wednesday evening after falling from a balcony on the third floor of the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires, according an emergency official, Alberto Crescenti, ...Read more
Deryck Whibley insists he's 'not a liar' after ex-manager denies sexual coercion claims
Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley is doubling down on his claims that he was sexually abused by his band’s former manager.
Whibley claims in his memoir, “Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell,” published earlier this month, that producer-musician Greig Nori “groomed” and “sexually abused” him for years, starting when he ...Read more
Vince Vaughn's Florida Keys murder mystery was a big hit. What we know about Season 2
MIAMI — For all of you “Bad Monkey” fans, your favorite whodunit may not just be one and done.
The Apple TV+ dark comedy starring Vince Vaughn based on the Carl Hiaasen novel, was the sleeper hit of the summer. And with any luck, we could see a Season 2.
The gory finale saw the death of a few main players (nope, we don’t do spoiler ...Read more
Review: In 'Smile 2' a pop star's lot is not a happy one
The first “Smile,” from writer-director Parker Finn, came out in 2022, and in a less promising directorial debut its premise would’ve fallen apart around the third or fourth mirthless stare. Evil spirit, loose in the world, flits from human to human; unfortunate victim commits suicide in some heinous fashion in the presence of the next ...Read more
Actor Melissa Peterman maintains her Twin Cities ties -- even while shopping for the Emmys
MINNEAPOLIS — During her rise from the Twin Cities theater scene to a small-screen sensation, Melissa Peterman has kept the same phone number and email address. She also has maintained her love for Minnesota. Despite a busy schedule that has included starring roles (“Reba,” “Baby Daddy”), guest appearances (“Young Sheldon,” ”Last...Read more
Derek Hough's wife Hayley Erbert makes 'special' return to 'DWTS' after brain injury
LOS ANGELES — This week, Derek Hough took the "Dancing with the Stars" stage with his wife Hayley Erbert — something he thought he'd never do again.
Last year, Erbert underwent emergency brain surgery after collapsing backstage while touring with Hough. That night at the hospital, doctors told the six-time "DWTS" champion that his wife, as ...Read more
Review: Sean Baker's freewheeling 'Anora' is a stripper's fairy tale crashing to Earth
"Anora" begins much the same way that so many fairy tales have over the years: A downtrodden young woman, disregarded in her daily life but worthy of so much more, meets a handsome benefactor and is swept off her feet into the realm of Happily Ever After.
"You're like Cinderella!" a friend gushes early in the movie. "Yes, Cinderella," our ...Read more
Sebastian Stan says Trump 'should be grateful' for controversial 'Apprentice' biopic
Although Donald Trump trashed “The Apprentice,” the star of the newly released biopic says he “should be grateful” the film depicts him in a “complex, three-dimensional” way.
Sebastian Stan, who stars as the rising real estate tycoon during the 1970s and ’80s, doesn’t think the controversial project is the hit piece the former ...Read more
Tyra Banks brings her strut (and 'smize') back to revamped Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Tyra Banks came out of retirement Tuesday to close out the revamped 2024 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
After a 19-year break, the 50-year-old ascended from underneath the staged runway and did her signature strut — and her "smize" — in a VSX balconette catsuit, bustier and a metallic cape. Alas, she did not don those iconic angel wings.
...Read more
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- Vince Vaughn's Florida Keys murder mystery was a big hit. What we know about Season 2
- One Direction's Liam Payne, 31, reportedly dead after falling from balcony in Buenos Aires