Should you be in need of a satisfying Rich People Show, the sort where you get happily distracted from the plot due to swooning over the wallpaper, look no further than “The Perfect Couple,” newly arriving on Netflix this week. This limited series, based on Elin Hilderbrand’s 2018 novel, is a murder mystery that unfolds over a wedding ...Read more

The “Beetlejuice” sequel, now haunting theaters is taunting critics with the ghost of better films’ past.

Tim Burton’s hotly anticipated follow-up to his 1988 horror comedy reunites Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and Michael Keaton as Lydia and Delia Deetz and the titular “trickster demon.”

After circumstances force the Deetz ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova impresario who helped popularize the genre in the '60s and toured with Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra, has died.

The recording artist died "peacefully" Thursday in Los Angeles, with his wife Gracinha Leporace Mendes and their children by his side, his family confirmed in a statement shared...Read more

Norman Spencer, the British producer, production manager and screenwriter who regularly collaborated with director David Lean in the 1940s and '50s, has died. He was 110.

The "Vanishing Point" producer died Aug. 16 in Wimbledon three days after his birthday, the European Supercentenarian Organisation reported.

Spencer worked with Lean on films...Read more

Among the more anticipated world premieres at this year's Toronto International Film Festival is an adaptation of Françoise Sagan's 1954 novel "Bonjour Tristesse," which marks the filmmaking debut of author Durga Chew-Bose.

The film played Thursday as part of the festival's Discovery section, where filmmakers such as Alfonso Cuarón, Maren Ade...Read more

Never getting married and practicing abstinence has worked out mighty fine for 50 Cent.

The hip-hop mogul, who revealed his vow of celibacy in January, opened up on how the lifestyle change, along with his decision never to tie the knot, has allowed him to achieve the maximum level of success.

“Listen, when you calm down you can focus,” he...Read more

Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow co-hosts of “The View” are not cutting a rug over Anna Delvey joining the latest cast of “Dancing with the Stars.”

On Thursday’s episode of the Emmy-winning talk show, the show’s casting of the convicted con artist served as the hot topic.

Nearly two years after Delvey was released from immigration ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s pipeline may be slowed due to the aftereffects of strikes we’re still dealing with, but our snapshot of the best films of the season is as packed as ever. Big-budget musicals, dark supervillain sequels, big-budget musicals that are dark supervillain sequels, international charmers and sharp indie standouts all ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — There’s a well-known former Orlando Magic star among the group of celebrities competing on the new season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”

The show is known for recruiting former or current professional athletes to compete with other celebrities on the dance floor. Among those with Sunshine State connections have ...Read more

TORONTO — In a new documentary about his final term in Congress, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican who voted for President Donald Trump's impeachment after the Jan. 6 insurrection and later served on the bipartisan committee investigating the attack, says one man is responsible for Trump's return to power in the GOP. And it's...Read more

"Megalopolis" has received a do-over trailer after a previous iteration was recalled for a mega faux pas.

Lionsgate last month released the first official trailer for the Francis Ford Coppola-directed sci-fi epic. But within hours of the drop, the production company pulled the video after it was found to include fake quotes from real film ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Out of the dozens of movie theaters in the Bay Area, Michael Wang’s favorite was the ShowPlace Icon theater at Valley Fair in San Jose.

When Icon opened its doors in 2019 at the Westfield Valley Fair mall, it pledged to be a comfortable and engaging spot for locals to see the latest blockbuster on the big screen. The ...Read more

When “Joker: Folie à Deux” premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, the audience erupted into a standing ovation that lasted 11 minutes, according to Variety. The Hollywood Reporter clocked the applause at 10.5 minutes, while Deadline’s timer recorded 12.5 minutes.

Whatever the exact length, star Joaquin Phoenix didn’t stay ...Read more

SEATTLE — Tucker Wetmore’s singing career took off like a Fourth of July firework this year.

In February, the former Kalama High School football standout released his first proper single, “Wine Into Whiskey,” a tightly honed country hybrid tune with 808s, a heart-tugging emo riff and clever wordplay sung in Wetmore’s southwest ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On one of the first nights of the Linda Lindas' current tour opening stadiums for Green Day, the very young L.A. punk band ransacked their elders' backstage suite.

"We TP'ed their dressing room," bassist Eloise Wong boasted. "We replaced the faces on all their signs backstage with the Linda Lindas' cat faces. We put whoopee ...Read more

DETROIT — Federal authorities are investigating a man who allegedly interrupted a Green Day concert at Comerica Park Wednesday night by flying a drone onto the stage.

The band was ushered off stage at about 8:50 p.m. as the band performed its hit single "Longview." The concert resumed about 10 minutes later.

Detroit police officials said the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Linkin Park is back.

The influential rap-rock band announced Thursday that it's reunited, seven years after the 2017 death of frontman Chester Bennington, and plans to tour and release a studio album this fall.

The group's new singer is Emily Armstrong, previously known as a member of the Los Angeles-based rock band Dead Sara; ...Read more

Rich Homie Quan, the platinum-selling rapper known for eclectic tracks like “Lifestyle,” “Flex” and “Type of Way,” has died at age 34, according to his family.

Quan, whose legal name was Dequantes Devontay Lamar, died at his home in Atlanta, his family told TMZ. The Fulton County Coroner also confirmed the news, but did not provide ...Read more

After months of silence, Katy Perry is explaining why she recruited Dr. Luke to help produce her upcoming album.

The 13-time Grammy nominee in July returned to music after a four-year hiatus — which she spent judging “American Idol” and raising her young daughter. But her lead single “Woman’s World” fell flat after fans discovered ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Brooke Mueller says she's nine months sober, celebrating the milestone in her first public interview in 15 years.

The actor and model, previously married to actor Charlie Sheen, discussed her challenging journey this week on the "Hollywood Raw" podcast, likening her sobriety to a badge of honor.

"It's been hard. And a lot of ...Read more