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Trio from original 'Scream' to appear at Motor City Comic Con

DETROIT — What's your favorite scary movie? If your answer is "Scream," the upcoming Motor City Comic Con has a treat in store for you.

"Scream" stars Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich and Jamie Kennedy are set to appear at the November event, organizers announced Thursday.

Tickets for the event, Nov. 14-16 at Novi's Suburban Collection ...Read more

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LL Cool J solo-hosting next month's MTV VMAs

NEW YORK — LL Cool J is doin’ it — and by it, we mean hosting the MTV Video Music Awards solo for the first time next month in his native New York.

MTV announced Thursday that the Long Island-born “Doin’ It” rapper will host the annual music video-centric event live from the UBS Arena on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. ET. The show will ...Read more

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'The Newsreader' review: The Australian series about TV news is as sharp as ever in Season 2

One of my favorite shows of 2024 was “The Newsreader,” a biting Australian series about the TV news business in 1980s Melbourne. I likened it to an Aussie version of the 1987 movie “Broadcast News,” with its winning combination of satire and pathos and a news team obsessed with beating the competition no matter the fallout.

Season 2 ...Read more

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Kim Kardashian breaks down in new Kanye West documentary trailer

NEW YORK — The trailer for Kanye West’s new documentary, “In Whose Name?,” gives fans raw insight into the rapper’s turbulent life and his relationship with former wife, Kim Kardashian.

The trailer, which premiered online Wednesday, features the SKIMS owner in several clips, including a moment where she’s told her ex has been “off...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Aubrey Plaza will star in the upcoming biopic

Aubrey Plaza excited to play 'icon' Heidi Fleiss

Aubrey Plaza is excited by the "challenge" of playing Heidi Fleiss in an upcoming biopic.

The 41-year-old actress is set to the play the former madame in The Heidi Fleiss Story, and Aubrey has revealed that she's looking forward to the playing the "icon".

Speaking to IndieWire, Aubrey shared: "I've been on this track for a while.

"I got it in...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Alicia Silverstone starred in the teen comedy film

Alicia Silverstone 'felt more confident before Clueless'

Alicia Silverstone "had more confidence about what [she] was doing" before starring in Clueless.

The 48-year-old actress played Cher Horowitz in the 1995 teen comedy film, and Alicia now acknowledges that it was a turning point in her life.

She told Entertainment Weekly: "Before Clueless, I was much more intuitive and playful and had more ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Pete Davidson starred on the TV show for almost a decade.

Pete Davidson's Saturday Night Live co-stars found him 'annoying'

Pete Davidson thinks some of his Saturday Night Live co-stars found him "annoying".

The 31-year-old actor starred on the long-running TV comedy sketch show between 2014 and 2022, and Pete admits that he wasn't universally popular among the cast.

Speaking on The Breakfast Club, he shared: "You got to remember, everyone there did Second City, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Alicia Silverstone has been focused on activism

Alicia Silverstone: I want to make the world a better place

Alicia Silverstone is determined to "make the world a better place".

The 48-year-old star has dealt with lots of ups and downs in her acting career, but Alicia feels that her animal rights and environmental activism has helped her to develop a healthy sense of perspective.

She told Entertainment Weekly: "We're all humans, so obviously there ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Normani is engaged to DK Metcalf

Ciara reveals her role in Normani's engagement

Normani is "like a sister" to Ciara.

The 39-year-old singer is a close friend of Normani, 29, and Ciara has revealed that she actually played an important role in her engagement to sports star DK Metcalf.

Ciara - who is married to NFL star Russell Wilson, DK's former Pittsburgh Steelers teammate - said on the Not Gonna Lie podcast: "First off,...Read more

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'The Rainmaker' brings back blue skies to USA with colorful characters and a mystery

LOS ANGELES— Are we in for a new age of scripted basic cable television? Given the successes of the old age, which threaded its way between broadcast and premium cable TV, a little bolder than the former, less pricier than the latter, making up what it lacked in resources with invention and charm — producing such shows as “The Detour,” �...Read more

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'Big Brother' winner, ex-Miss Michigan Taylor Hale cast on 'The Amazing Race'

DETROIT — Taylor Hale is racing around the world.

The former "Big Brother" champion and ex-Miss Michigan is a part of the cast of the new season of the Emmy-winning CBS reality competition "The Amazing Race," the network announced Thursday. The Detroit native will be partnered with her boyfriend Kyland Young, another "Big Brother" contestant,...Read more

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'The View's Ana Navarro urges Gloria Gaynor to reject Trump's Kennedy Center honor

NEW YORK — Ana Navarro made a public plea for Gloria Gaynor to turn down an invite to be honored by President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center.

The outspoken Republican co-host of “The View” took to social media on Thursday to urge the Grammy-winning disco queen to reject her induction into the 2025 class of Kennedy Center Honorees due ...Read more

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Pete Davidson says his 'BDE' reputation, sexualization in media took an emotional toll

LOS ANGELES — It turns out the amount of objectifying Pete Davidson received from the tabloids took a toll on his “BDE.”

The “Saturday Night Live” alumnus told “The Breakfast Club” on Wednesday that he was “embarrassed” by the way his personal life crowded out his work.

“I brought a lot of pop culture into [SNL], like, I ...Read more

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'Highest 2 Lowest' review: Spike Lee and Denzel Washington re-team for a heist movie that pays off

CHICAGO — The 1959 Ed McBain crime novel “King’s Ransom” has crossed the Pacific Ocean twice now, and its latest screen incarnation, “Highest 2 Lowest,” makes for a disarming hand-off from the stern gravity of Akira Kurosawa to the exuberant restlessness of Spike Lee.

It’s also serious where it counts — in its reminder that ...Read more

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Hoax tour featuring Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Dylan dupes fans on Facebook

NEW YORK — Aging rock n’ roll fans excited to learn on Facebook that Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jon Bon Jovi were teaming up for a “One Last Ride Tour” also learned a valuable lesson about trusting social media.

AI-generated posts advertising that 2026 event also said Springsteen’s wife and E Street Band member Patti Scialfa would ...Read more

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Kristin Davis says she struggled with body dysmorphia during 'Sex and the City'

Kristin Davis is opening up about suffering from body dysmorphia while filming “Sex and the City,” a condition she says was pointed out to her by co-star Sarah Jessica Parker.

The 60-year-old Emmy nominee — best known for playing Charlotte York on the HBO hit and its less beloved spinoff, “And Just Like That…” — spoke about her �...Read more

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Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham's 1973 album confirmed for re-release

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are going back again — to their pre-Fleetwood Mac days — as the exes confirm the remastered re-release of their “elusive” 1973 debut album.

“Buckingham Nicks” will finally be available to the masses on Sept. 19, “with newly remastered sound for CD and digital debut,” according to the ...Read more

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The biggest revelations from Taylor Swift's 2-hour podcast debut

Taylor Swift’s two-hour podcast debut, on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s “New Heights,” was chock-full of sweet nothings and tales from the stars’ love story as well as other peeks behind the curtain of the world’s busiest showgirl.

The highly anticipated episode of Kelce’s podcast with big brother Jason dropped Wednesday evening and, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Stephen King has attacked Donald Trump over his presidency

Horror author Stephen King brands Donald Trump's presidency a 'horror story'

Stephen King has branded US President Donald Trump a "horror story" who he wants to see leave the White House in disgrace.

The acclaimed horror author - whose books include The Shining, It and Carrie, among many others - has nothing but total contempt for President Trump and his right wing politics.

King, 77, would like to see Trump's second ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / LL Cool J will host the 2025 MTV VMAs

Rap legend to host 2025 MTV Video Music Awards

LL Cool J is to host the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.

The 57-year-old rap icon - who is among the nominees at this year's MTV VMAs - has been announced as the host of the ceremony which is being held at New York's UBS Arena Sunday on 7 September. It is being broadcast simultaneously on CBS and MTV for the first time, whilst Paramount + will ...Read more