LOS ANGELES — Amber Ruffin isn’t going to perform for the White House Correspondents’ Association’s dinner later this month after the group’s board decided unanimously to un-invite her as its featured entertainer.

WHCA President Eugene Daniels — who recently joined MSNBC as a weekend host — said in a Saturday email to members that...Read more

NEW YORK — Former child actor Macaulay Culkin opened up about his relationship with his estranged father Christopher “Kit” Culkin in a podcast appearance.

The “Home Alone” star, 44, told Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson on a recent episode of their “Sibling Revelry” podcast he “wanted nothing to do with [his] father” after his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Neither actor Kim Delaney nor her husband will be charged by prosecutors following a domestic dispute that resulted in both parties being arrested, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said Tuesday.

Delaney, the star of ABC drama “NYPD Blue,” and her husband, James Morgan, were both arrested Saturday following...Read more

Sian Barbara Allen has died aged 78.

Best known for her roles in 1970s television shows including 'The Waltons', 'Gunsmoke', 'The F.B.I.' and 'Love, American Style', she passed away peacefully after a lengthy period of ill health, her family announced on Tuesday. (01.04.25)

Her sibling said in a Facebook post confirming her death: "My ...Read more

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has had one of the sexual assault lawsuits against him dismissed after the anonymous plaintiff failed to re-file her complaint under her real name.

The 55-year-old music mogul, who is awaiting trail on charges including sex trafficking, had been sued in the Southern District of New York in October 2024 by a woman using the ...Read more

New details surrounding Shane Warne's sudden death in a Thai hotel room in 2022 have come to light.

The former Australian cricketer died at the age of 52 on 4 March 2022 while on holiday on the Thai island of Koh Samui and was found unresponsive in his luxury villa just an hour after two women were seen on CCTV leaving his £2,000-a-night room....Read more

LOS ANGELES — The latest member of Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney's growing family has arrived.

The Oscar-winning "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Mother!" star welcomed her second baby with the art dealer this month, a source confirmed to People. The magazine reported on Tuesday that Lawrence and Maroney were spotted in New York City on ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — As movie theaters struggle to consistently bring back audiences, the nation's top cinema lobbyist called on Hollywood studios to hold back movies longer from home video and streaming.

In a speech Tuesday at the CinemaCon trade convention in Las Vegas, Michael O'Leary, head of the Cinema United trade organization, proposed a ...Read more

CHICAGO — The story and music of the Kinks belong on Broadway. No question. We’ve had “Jersey Boys,” “The Who’s Tommy,” Beatlemanias, the Doors and “Stereophonic.” Ray Davies’ band was a poetic paradox and thus far more interesting theatrically than all of ’em.

Where to start? We have a British invasion pop band that ...Read more

Actor Paul Walter Hauser has carved out a unique niche for himself, a character actor who has transcended to that leading man status with his unique persona and ability to straddle comedy and drama effortlessly. With his starring role in “The Luckiest Man in America,” in theaters this week, here are some of Hauser’s most memorable ...Read more

“The Luckiest Man in America” is an ironic title for the story of Michael Larson, the Ohio man who managed to win over $110,000 on a 1984 episode of the game show “Press Your Luck.” The truth is, luck had nothing to do with it. Larson, played here by Paul Walter Hauser, had memorized the five patterns of seemingly random blinking lights ...Read more

NEW YORK — MSNBC viewers have seen the last of Steve Kornacki's big board.

The popular data maven has signed a deal with NBC that will expand his presence across the network's news and sports divisions.

But the new contract does not include working for MSNBC, which is being spun off into a new corporate entity formed by parent company ...Read more

Every so often across my 21 years as a TV critic at the Los Angeles Times, I have been moved to defend public broadcasting against regular right-wing attempts to defund it. The difference now — well, one difference — is we are living in a time without guardrails, when the ethos at the top seems to be Do What You Want, Lie Outrageously and ...Read more

NEW YORK — A quiet, under-reported revolution has taken place on Broadway. Livestreaming, massive video screens and technology that creates digital reproductions so intense that you see every pore and pimple now fight constantly with the human voice and body for domination and your hard-earned money. Oscar Wilde’s buttons would have popped ...Read more

Rage Against The Machine rocker Tom Morello has teased that some "huge superstars" could make a surprise appearance at the last ever Black Sabbath concert.

The 60-year-old guitarist is the musical director of the 'Back to the Beginning' show which will take place at Villa Park - the stadium of Premier League football club Aston Villa - in ...Read more

Noel Gallagher was "taken aback" by the demand for tickets for the 'Oasis Live '25' reunion tour.

Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher announced in August 2024 that they were putting an end to their 15-year feud for a 2025 stadium tour - the group's first shows since 2009 - but when the UK and Ireland concerts went on sale, fans experienced lengthy...Read more

More than a decade has passed since the release of Disney’s hit adaptation of Judith Viorst’s beloved 1972 children’s book, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”

It’s understandable, then, that in lieu of a straight sequel, we now are getting a remake of sorts, the reasonably enjoyable straight-to-Disney+ ...Read more

The only inhabitants of the idyllic (and fictional) Scribbly Gum Island are the dysfunctional members of an extended family. When the matriarch dies, they are surprised to learn that she’s left her house not to one of them, but to an unlikely person in “The Last Anniversary” on AMC+.

The six-episode series is based on the 2005 Liane ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Sony Pictures Entertainment has revealed more about its big bet on the Beatles.

The studio will release four films about the Beatles — each following a different member of the band — all in April 2028, director Sam Mendes and Sony film Chairman Tom Rothman said Monday during a presentation at the CinemaCon trade convention in ...Read more

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

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1: Mufasa: The Lion King

1: Dog Man

1: A Complete Unknown

1: One of Them Days

1: Flight Risk

1: Companion

1: Love Hurts

1: My Hero Academia: You're Next

1: Love Me

1: Abbott Elementary: The Complete Third Season

1: Into the Deep

1: ...Read more