Vir Das is a sizable star in India, where his every move is covered by the press. Three years ago, he caused a stir in India after making a comment in Washington, D.C., that went viral.

Within a poem, he said, “I come from an India where we worship women during the day and gang-rape them at night.”

Several Indian politicians called for his...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nine months after U2 wrapped its 40-date residency at Sphere, the veteran Irish rock band is back at the dome-shaped venue just off the Las Vegas Strip.

Well, sort of.

"V-U2" is a new concert movie that documents the group's high-tech "U2:UV" show, in which singer Bono, guitarist the Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Bram ...Read more

NEW YORK — Cable TV in the early 1980s had no more hypnotic oddity than “The PTL Club,” otherwise known as “The Jim and Tammy Show,” wherein an oily host and his mascara-loving spouse peddled their prosperity gospel via satellite, telling viewers who craved, say, a new car that Jesus wanted them in the driver’s seat. All they had to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Once, when Keke Palmer was a little girl, she asked to have Cheerios for dinner.

Her parents told her no: They had already prepared a meal for the family, and besides, cereal was for breakfast. "If you don't eat the dinner," her mother advised, "then you're going to be hungry."

"That's OK," the 4-year-old said, calmly turning ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — It isn’t uncommon for musicians whose careers have passed the 50 year-mark to hope their legacies will live on 50 years after they have gone. Average White Band bassist and singer Alan Gorrie is most assuredly not one of them.

Never mind that the acclaimed soul and R&B group he co-founded in 1972 in his native Scotland scored an...Read more

Life disappoints and, reliably, so do the movies. But then one comes along with the boldness to suggest there's a connection in simply feeling the ache and disappointments of life with others — somehow that's enough. The characters will ask themselves: Why doesn't my spouse want to be with me? Where can I go with my boyfriend without being ...Read more

NEW YORK — Whoopi Goldberg was publicly accused of defamation on Friday, two days after “The View” co-host suggested a bakery didn’t want to make her birthday desserts due to her left-leaning political views.

Goldberg celebrated her 69th birthday on “The View” this week, where she told viewers her order for several dozen Charlotte ...Read more

Martha Stewart thinks a second version of the buzzed-about Netflix documentary on her life needs to be made.

The plainspoken lifestyle mogul, who has not held back on her criticism of R.J. Cutler's film, conceded Thursday that the documentary was "fine" overall. But she has still has some issues with it.

"It left out a lot. So I'm going to go ...Read more

Taylor Swift’s unlikely to spend Thanksgiving with boyfriend Travis Kelce’s family, according to his mom, Donna.

Mama Kelce, 72, told the “Today” show Thursday the 34-year-old Grammy winner — who just added six new Grammy nominations to her name — is unlikely to attend the Kelce family’s Turkey Day celebration.

“I don’t think...Read more

Jim Gaffigan is the latest celebrity opening up about his major weight loss with the help of popular prescription medications.

The self-deprecating comedian revealed in a People interview that he shed 50 pounds with the help of Mounjaro, a drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes. It also helps people lose weight.

“I feel good,” he told the ...Read more

Zayn Malik is pushing back more dates for his European tour because of “unforeseen circumstances.”

“Due to unforeseen circumstances Zayn ‘Stairway to the Sky’ Edinburgh show originally scheduled for the 20th of November has been rescheduled for the 8th of December,” the singer announced on his Instagram story on Thursday. “And the...Read more

ATLANTA — Jason Bateman and David Harbour will be back in Atlanta in 2025 to shoot a limited HBO series “DTF St. Louis.”

The series is set to begin filming in metro Atlanta in February and run through May, according to an email sent to IATSE 479 unionized crew members.

Bateman, who starred in Netflix drama “Ozark” in Georgia from ...Read more

A prophecy dating all the way back to the pre-pandemic world — 2019 — spoke of a coming television show set in the same universe as what proved to be director Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed 2021 film “Dune,” the first half of an adaptation of the influential 1965 science-fiction novel of the same name by Frank Herbert.

The show was to ...Read more

John Stamos has openly pledged his support to Dave Coulier as he battles Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The actor took to social media to share photos with his former “Full House” co-star, who went public with his cancer diagnosis Wednesday on “Today.”

“My brother from day 1,” he captioned the Instagram images. “Love you @dcoulier...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shel Talmy, the American record producer who helped foment the British Invasion by capturing the scabrous guitar riff in the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" and Roger Daltrey's stuttering vocal line in the Who's "My Generation," died Wednesday. He was 87.

His death was announced in a post on his Facebook page, which said he "passed ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Long-time Boyz II Men fans have been on bended knee, hoping for a new project from the iconic R&B group. And with a potential biopic in the works, it appears their wishes have been granted.

According to Variety, Philly’s own four-time Grammy-winning ensemble, consisting of members Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman and Wanyá ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Emmy-winning talk show host and comedian Conan O'Brien has been tapped to emcee the 97th Academy Awards, set for March 2, the academy announced Friday.

This will mark O'Brien's first time hosting the Oscars, with the academy betting on his sharp oddball wit and decades of live TV experience to inject fresh energy into the ...Read more

Kanye West has been slapped with yet another lawsuit from an ex-employee, this time for allegedly subjecting him to “antisemitic tirades” and sex acts during meetings.

Murphy Aficionado says the hip-hop superstar — who legally changed his name to Ye — hired him as a project manager in 2022. Aficionado is now suing Ye for discrimination,...Read more