Director James Watkins’ pretty-good remake of “Speak No Evil,” a reminder to trust your suspicions about who’s inviting you for a weekend in the country, comes from the 2022 Danish thriller released in the U.S. (now streaming on Shudder) under the same title. It’s well-acted and carefully paced for simmering dread, and James McAvoy ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Emmys these last few years have been a model of all or almost nothing at all.

To follow the last ceremony, held in January after the writers' and actors' strikes postponed the event for a few months, you really needed to be aware of only three shows — "Succession," "The Bear" and "Beef." They won Emmys for series, writing ...Read more

In the new Hulu comedy “How to Die Alone,” creator and star Natasha Rothwell plays a 35-year-old woman working a dead-end job at the airport. She’s in a rut, but when an accident lands her briefly in the hospital, she’s inspired to make some incremental changes to her life, both professionally and personally.

Rothwell might be best ...Read more

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, who have an album upcoming in November, have each produced a plethora of highlights in their musical careers over the decades.

Here is a look back at some of our favorites. (We’ll skip Plant’s Led Zeppelin work, given that that would take a whole library’s worth of articles to properly cover.)

“Raising ...Read more

When most people think of "Matlock," they envision a burly, white-haired Andy Griffith as the titular character, a folksy but clever defense attorney with a Southern drawl who often sported a seersucker suit.

But this fall, Jennie Snyder Urman gives Matlock a makeover: Instead of a man, the character is now an older woman who is a superhero of ...Read more

I’m not here to talk about who won the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, or who should run the country after our regularly scheduled but hardly assured peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2025. Instead, let’s break down the debate in terms of lion taming, rules of debate order, ABC...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Presidential debates are remembered for the candidates' pithy one-liners. But in the chaotic political landscape of 2024, a simple statement of fact served as the showstopper on Tuesday's showdown between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

"There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill...Read more

Justin Timberlake is nearing a resolution in his driving while intoxicated case, months after he was arrested in the Hamptons in June.

The "Can't Stop the Feeling" and "Mirrors" pop star is expected to enter a plea during a Friday hearing where he is set to appear in-person at New York's Sag Harbour Court, the Suffolk County District Attorney's...Read more

Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, is dropping his defamation-of-character lawsuit against his ex Daphne Joy Narvaez.

In March, Narvaez, the mother of Jackson's second son, Sire Jackson, on social media accused the rapper of rape and physical abuse. Her allegations came after Jackson repeatedly trolled her for being named a "sex worker" in Lil Rod's...Read more

NEW YORK — Justin Timberlake is expected to plead guilty to a traffic violation, and have his Long Island driving while intoxicated charge dropped as part of a plea agreement, according to multiple reports Wednesday.

While details of the plea deal were not disclosed by officials, sources told TMZ Timberlake will admit to driving while ability...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Soul singer Frankie Beverly, the lead vocalist and co-founder of the soul-funk band Maze, has died. He was 77.

Beverly’s family announced his death Wednesday in a Facebook post but did not include details about his cause of death. Representatives for Beverly and Maze declined to provide further details when reached Wednesday ...Read more

David Grohl has retained a divorce lawyer amid announcing the birth of a child conceived outside of his marriage.

On Tuesday, the Foo Fighters frontman revealed that he recently welcomed a daughter with someone other than his wife of over 21 years, Jordyn Blum.

“I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my ...Read more

“The Mentalist” star Simon Baker admitted in court Wednesday to drunk driving in his native Australia in July.

The 55-year-old Emmy nominee pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with a blood-alcohol concentration exceeding the legal limit of 0.05% when he appeared in New South Wales’ Mullumbimby Local Court Wednesday, NBC News reports.

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Billionaire Elon Musk turned stomachs on the social media platform he owns by offering to impregnate Taylor Swift after the pop star endorsed Kamala Harris for president.

“Fine Taylor … you win,” Musk wrote on X Wednesday. “I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life.”

It’d long been expected that the hugely ...Read more

NEW YORK — It’s unlikely Travis Kelce will be in the crowd cheering Taylor Swift on at Wednesday’s MTV VMAs — where the pop star leads the nominations with 10 of her own — but he’s still pulling for her to come home with some moon men.

The Super Bowl champ vocalized his support for the Grammy winner, both 34, on the latest episode ...Read more

As Donald Trump raged on (and on) about the size of his rally crowds and about immigrants supposedly eating the pets of the good people of Springfield, Ohio, Vice President Kamala Harris looked at her opponent in Tuesday night's presidential debate with a blend of scorn, pity and disbelief that made me think about Taylor Swift's song "The ...Read more

Megan Park’s “My Old Ass” is premised on a familiar conversation starter: if you could tell your younger self anything, what would it be? Writer/director Park dreams up a supernatural scenario in which this actually comes true for protagonist Elliott, played at age 18 by Maisy Stella (in her film debut) and at age 39 by Aubrey Plaza.

On ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The newest agent on the latest season of "Selling Sunset" has been quick to generate the real estate drama the show is known for — though, perhaps, not the kind she intended.

On the eighth season of the Netflix hit show, released last week, 32-year-old Alanna Gold discusses her own property portfolio.

"I own a little Western ...Read more

'SPEAK NO EVIL'

Rated R for some strong violence, language, some sexual content and brief drug use.

What it’s about: An expat American family living in London go on a weekend trip to visit some new vacation friends in the English countryside. Things get increasingly uncomfortable and dangerous from there.

The kid attractor factor: This is ...Read more