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Bang Showbiz / Yungblud is teasing the second half of Idols and another secret project

Yungblud teases Idols: Part Two is 'a lot darker and a lot heavier'

Yungblud has teased that Idols: Part Two is "a lot darker and a lot heavier" than the first.

The 28-year-old rocker released one half of the double album in June, and the second is ready to go, but he has another top-secret project coming first.

He told NME: "Idols: Part Two is still coming, but there have been some mad opportunities presented...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Christie Brinkley believes marriages should be reviewed every five years

Christie Brinkley wants marriage to have a five-year boredom clause

Christie Brinkley believes marriages should be reviewed every five years so couples can split up easily if they get "bored".

The 71-year-old model - who has been married four times including to music legend Billy Joel - is convinced couples should be given the option to end their unions without having to go through lawyers by reviewing their ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Freddie Mercury's pal Mary Austin has broken her silence on claims he fathered a secret daughter.

Mary Austin calls Freddie Mercury secret daughter claims 'astonishing'

Mary Austin has declared it would be "astonishing" if Freddie Mercury had fathered a secret daughter without her knowledge.

A new book titled Love, Freddie by Lesley-Ann Jones claims the Queen frontman became a dad to a little girl - named only as B - following an affair with a friend's wife in 1976 and the child is said to have inherited ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Maluma reprimanded a fan

Maluma stops show to reprimand fan with baby

Maluma stopped his concert to reprimand a fan who had brought along a baby.

The 31-year-old singer was performing in Mexico City over the weekend when he noticed an infant in the audience without ear protection, prompting him to accuse the tot's mom of treating her child "like they're a toy" and insisting he would never take his daughter Paris,...Read more

Seth MacFarlane calls for more 'hope' in TV dramas

Seth MacFarlane has called for less "negative" stories on TV.

The Family Guy creator explained he signed up for sci-fi comedy drama The Orville because he liked the fact it offers "hope", unlike so many other fictional dramas in the modern age.

Speaking on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, he said: "That's why I did The Orville … ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / BLACKPINK are rumoured to be releasing a brand-new EP in November

New BLACKPINK mini-album rumoured for November release

BLACKPINK are rumoured to be releasing a new mini-album later this year.

The South Korean girl group's record label, YG Entertainment, has responded to a report from My Daily Korea that claimed the EP will have a November release date.

YG told Newsen: "We will announce it later through official promotions."

The outlet's mole also claimed the ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Josh Brolin believes Weapons is the antidote for 'boring' streaming content

Josh Brolin says Weapons is the cure for 'boring' streaming content

Josh Brolin thinks Weapons is the cure for "boring" content from streamers.

The 57-year-old actor stars in director Zach Cregger's new twisty horror flick, and has now argued Weapons is able to bring the genre to "the edge of absurdity" to ultimately create something fresh and unique away from the offerings of streaming platforms.

Speaking ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Simon Pegg would be' so happy' if a fourth Star Trek movie went ahead.

'I'll be so happy': Simon Pegg addresses Star Trek 4

Simon Pegg would be "so happy" if a fourth Star Trek movie got made.

The 55-year-old actor has starred in director J.J. Abrams' sci-fi franchise as Scotty from 2009's Star Trek to 2016's Star Trek Beyond, and Pegg has said he would love to make another film so he can see his co-stars again.

Speaking on a panel at STLV: Trek to Vegas 2025, he ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Bobby Whitlock has passed away following a 'brief illness'

Derek And The Dominos co-founder Bobby Whitlock dead at 77

Derek And The Dominos co-founder Bobby Whitlock has died at the age of 77.

The keyboard player formed the Layla group in 1970 alongside Eric Clapton, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon.

She told ABC Audio: "With profound sadness, the family of Bobby Whitlock announced his passing at 1:20am on Aug. 10 after a brief illness. He passed in ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Zach Bryan has irked Kansas City Chiefs fans and vowed to never play Kansas City again

Philadelphia Eagles fan Zach Bryan refuses to play Kansas City in football spat with Chiefs fans

Zach Bryan has claimed he will "never" play Kansas City again after getting locked in a war of words with Kansas City Chiefs fans.

The country musician supports rival American football team the Philadelphia Eagles, and after irking the other side on X/Twitter, he declared he will never perform in the Missouri city.

Poking fun at the Chiefs for...Read more

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Glenn Whipp: Ayahuasca. Football. God. Sterling K. Brown has a take on just about everything

LOS ANGELES — Sterling K. Brown is telling me about the underground bunker in his Ladera Heights home, a feature common to houses built during the Cold War, when fears of a nuclear holocaust ran rampant and kids were watching "duck and cover" films at school.

Brown and his wife, Ryan Michelle Bathé, sealed the bunker when they moved in, not ...Read more

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Michael Hiltzik: Terry Gilliam's 1985 masterpiece 'Brazil' foretold our drift toward fascism

LOS ANGELES — "What have you done with his body?" the bereft widow demands of a man from the government, asking after her husband was hauled away because of a bureaucratic error and died in custody. "He hadn't done anything! He was good! What have you done with his body!"

"Not my department, of course," he replies, haplessly. "I'm only ...Read more

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Nina Metz: After a long day, the last thing I want is to tell GenAI to create a TV show for me to watch

CHICAGO — A startup recently profiled by Variety is promising an artificial intelligence tool that will allow the average viewer to type in a few keywords and generate new episodes of a TV show either from scratch or “based on an existing story-world someone else has created.” After a long day, I have to do more work just to have something...Read more

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How Melissa Etheridge is turning grief into grace on stage, 'I deserve happiness'

ANAHEIM, Calif. — For Melissa Etheridge, songwriting has always been a deeply personal act, a way to share the raw truths of her life with the world.

“Songwriters write what they know, right? What they feel, what they think, what they’re afraid of, and what they desire,” Etheridge said during a recent call, taking a quick break from ...Read more

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How Seattle's The Head and the Heart found their way back home

SEATTLE — As The Head and the Heart returns this week for their first Seattle show since last year’s Day In Day Out festival, it doesn’t feel like any old homecoming gig. For starters, there’s the venue.

T-Mobile Park — where the band’s resident Seattleites, Charity Rose Thielen and Matty Gervais, take their two young kids to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Sebastian Stan is said to be making a new Frankenstein movie with Radu Jude.

Sebastian Stan to star in new Frankenstein movie

Sebastian Stan is set to star in a new Frankenstein movie from Dracula director Radu Jude.

The moviemaker premiered his new take on Bram Stoker's Dracula at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Sunday (10.08.25) and he's now revealed he's working on a revamped version of Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein which will be set in ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Rafael Nadal has become a dad again.

Rafael Nadal is a dad again

Rafael Nadal has become a father for the second time.

The 39-year-old tennis player and his wife Mery Perello, 37, welcomed son Miquel into the world last Thursday (07.08.25) at the Quirónsalud Palmaplanas hospital in Palma, Mallorca, according to local news reports.

The couple - who are also parents to two-year-old Rafa - poignantly chose to...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Machine Gun Kelly thinks he's part alien.

Machine Gun Kelly thinks he's part alien

Machine Gun Kelly believes he is part alien.

The Don't Let Me Go hitmaker - whose real name is Colson Baker - insisted he doesn't think his age "exists" and has noticed other signs which suggested he could have otherworldly origins.

Speaking on Watch What Happens Live, he said: "It's a weird thing, dude. I don't know if my age …I don't know ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Emma Thompson turned down a date with Donald Trump

Dame Emma Thompson turned down date with Donald Trump

Dame Emma Thompson turned down a date with US President Donald Trump.

The 66-year-old actress has revealed she was on the set of her movie Primary Colors back in 1995 when she received a phone call from the businessman asking her whether she would like to go out for dinner and stay at one of his hotels - and she initially thought it was a joke....Read more

Bang Showbiz / Kathy Griffin has undergone surgery on her face for a third time

Kathy Griffin undergoes third facelift

Kathy Griffin is recovering after undergoing her third facelift.

The 64-year-old comedian admitted the decision to go under the knife again was "vain" but insisted she just wants to look her best because she's photographed so often when she's not wearing make-up.

During an appearance on the Talk Your Head Off podcast, Kathy explained: "This is...Read more