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Diego Luna took over 'Kimmel Live!' to advocate for immigrants

LOS ANGELES — On Monday night, award-winning actor-director Diego Luna became the first Mexican to host a late-night talk show in English.

Filling in for the titular “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host, who was out on vacation, Luna took over as the special guest host of the late-night comedy show and seized the opportunity to speak up for L.A.’s...Read more

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Martin Kove accused of biting, then kissing, 'Cobra Kai' co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim's arm

Martin Kove, who stars as John Kreese on “Cobra Kai,” allegedly bit a co-star — hard — on Sunday at a fan convention in Washington state.

Alicia Hannah-Kim, who joined the Netflix series as Kim Da-Eun in the show’s fifth season, was on her way to her booth when she tapped Kove on the shoulder to say hello in an area where the show’s...Read more

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Kevin Costner's lawyer slams 'meritless' lawsuit alleging unscripted rape scene

Kevin Costner’s lawyer is slamming the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Ella Hunt’s stunt double claiming the Oscar winner subjected her to an unscripted rape scene on the set of “Horizon 2.”

On Tuesday, hotshot lawyer Marty Singer decried Devyn LaBella’s lawsuit, which she amended last week to include texts she allegedly sent to ...Read more

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What to stream: Make it bot girl summer with 'M3GAN' and films featuring female androids

That rascally robot M3GAN is back in a sequel to the surprise 2022 horror hit, and now, she’s gotten an upgrade. The creative team of writers Akela Cooper and James Wan, and director Gerald Johnstone are back for "M3GAN 2.0," which hits theaters this weekend, and it got us thinking about other films featuring girly droids, bots and AI. Call it...Read more

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Meghan McCain spins interview with Usha Vance into pregnancy reveal: She knows it was 'weird' too

Meghan McCain knew it would be odd to unveil her latest pregnancy during a sit-down interview with a White House figure. She went for it anyway.

The 40-year-old TV personality, formerly of "The View" and daughter of late Republican Sen. John McCain, turned the spotlight on herself during a conversation with second lady Usha Vance, revealing on ...Read more

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'Cobra Kai' star Martin Kove accused of biting Alicia Hannah-Kim, nearly drawing blood

NEW YORK — Police in Washington state say “Cobra Kai” star Martin Kove bit the arm of co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim during a VIP meet-and-greet at a fan convention over the weekend.

Brooklyn-born Kove — who reprised his “Karate Kid” role of villain John Kreese in the Netflix series — was asked to leave Summer Con on Sunday after ...Read more

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'South Park' creators say Skydance is blocking $2.5 billion deal

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of the animated hit comedy "South Park," have accused the would-be buyers of their longtime partner Paramount Global of interfering with negotiations that could net them billions of dollars.

The two approached Paramount in February, telling the film and TV company that owns the show they want to keep making...Read more

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Bobby Sherman, '60s teen idol from music and TV, dies at 81

LOS ANGELES — Bobby Sherman, the singer and actor whose boyish good looks and sweet if unshowy vocals made him a teen idol in the overlapping worlds of television and pop music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died. He was 81.

His death was announced Tuesday by wife Brigitte Poublon Sherman via friend John Stamos' social media.

"It is...Read more

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Tucker Carlson blames Fox News for making him 'fat'

NEW YORK — Former Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson is blaming his ex-employer for expanding his waistline.

Carlson made the claim while hosting his former colleague Clayton Morris, who like Carlson is critical of the MAGA channel’s coverage of U.S. involvement in Israel’s skirmish with Iran. Both men agreed that working for Fox News had its...Read more

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Review: 'SNL' star Kyle Mooney creates good vibrations with bad music in Minneapolis show

MINNEAPOLIS — Kyle Mooney specializes in playing dumb. During his nine seasons on “Saturday Night Live” he gave us Chris Fitzpatrick, a high schooler convinced he can make an action movie with little more than a cellphone and a coloring book, and Bruce Chandling, a hammy stand-up who comes across like the Sweathog who got stuffed in a ...Read more

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Dr. Demento to sign off in October after 55-year run of radio

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Dr. Demento, the cult comedy DJ whose radio show became a landmark for novelty music and underground satire, will retire this fall after more than five decades behind the mic.

His final program will air in October, exactly 55 years after his debut on Pasadena’s KPPC-FM.

Born Barret Hansen, the host first adopted the Dr. ...Read more

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Movie review: 'F1 The Movie' takes too many repetitive laps around the track

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a folksy American athletics star is recruited to the U.K. to help lead a team for a sport that’s much more popular abroad than it is in the United States. It’s not even his specialty, but he just might have the guts and gumption to turn this rag-tag underdog team around, which may be sold if they ...Read more

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Brad Pitt 'needed rebooting' at Alcoholics Anonymous amid Angelina Jolie split

Brad Pitt is extolling the virtues of Alcoholics Anonymous and how it helped him during his contentious divorce from Angelina Jolie.

The Oscar winner appeared on the June 23 episode of “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard,” when the two actors opened up about bonding in an AA meeting.

“I just thought it was just incredible men sharing ...Read more

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Dominique Thorne calls release of 'Ironheart' 'divine timing'

ATLANTA — When Dominique Thorne came to Trilith Studios in Fayetteville in June 2022 to begin shooting Disney+’s new series “Ironheart,” the world of film and TV was far different.

Georgia was a hot spot for big-budget movies and Marvel was pumping out TV shows and films with abandon. But the actors and writers strike in 2023 slowed ...Read more

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The Bezos-Sánchez wedding woes are in a class of their own: Human blockades, yacht parking

Be glad you’re not Jeff Bezos or Lauren Sánchez. Sure, being that rich would be awesome, but being rich comes with rich-people problems. With their Italian wedding imminent, they have a host of things to worry about that would never cross the imaginations of other, more average couples who don’t have 12 digits representing their net worth. ...Read more

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Mick Ralphs, Bad Company and Mott the Hoople co-founder, dead at 81

LOS ANGELES — Mick Ralphs, the guitarist and co-founder of stylish '70s rockers Mott the Hoople and the supergroup Bad Company, has died. He was 81.

Ralphs' death was confirmed in a statement from his representative, though no exact date or cause of death was given.

"Our Mick has passed, my heart just hit the ground," Bad Company singer Paul...Read more

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Okurrr! Cardi B's sophomore album 'Am I the Drama?' finally set to release this fall

LOS ANGELES — Cardi B, entering the newest phase of her rap career, has just one question in mind: "Am I the Drama?"

That's the title for the Grammy winner's long-anticipated sophomore album, which she unveiled Monday on social media. The "Bodak Yellow" artist, 32, announced "Am I the Drama?" will drop Sept. 19, seven years after she made her...Read more

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List of DVD release dates for June 24 and beyond

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

JUNE

24: A Minecraft Movie

24: Snow White

24: The Monkey

24: Novocaine

24: Doctor Who: Season One

24: Eephus

24: On Swift Horses

24: Sneaks

24: The Featherweight

24: The President's Wife

24: The Way Out

24: Unit 234

24: When We Went MAD!

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Netflix's 'Balloon Boy' doc revives Colorado hoax that gripped the US

DENVER — It’s been 16 years since a Fort Collins man pranked the nation after claiming his son was trapped in a giant, flying-saucer shaped balloon. That balloon turned out to be empty once it landed, but it hadn’t stopped local law enforcement, the National Guard, Homeland Security, and a phalanx of TV reporters and news media from ...Read more

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Nina Metz: Money and status aren't everything. Try telling TV that

Status comes in many forms, but the quickest shorthand for status on TV is wealth. The clothes. The real estate. The private jets and other markers of affluence. Early in the Amazon series “We Were Liars,” a family convenes at their sprawling beachfront estate on a private island near Martha’s Vineyard and, like numerous wealthaganda shows...Read more