Russell Brand has been charged with further sexual offences.

The 50-year-old comedian has been charged with one count of rape and one of sexual assault relating to two further alleged victims, police have said.

These charges are in addition to the original charges of two counts of rape, one of indecent assault and two of sexual assault that he...Read more

Venus Williams has married Andrea Preti.

The 45-year-old tennis player has officially tied the knot with the Italian actor-producer following two separate ceremonies in Italy and Florida.

The pair's first wedding took place in Italy in September but "paperwork" issues led to them having a second ceremony in the US earlier this month that ...Read more

Taylor Swift has donated $1 million to Feeding America.

The 36-year-old music superstar has generously donated the seven-figure sum to the charity - a non-profit network of 200 food banks that is fighting hunger across the United States.

The charity revealed that Taylor had made the gesture with an Instagram post on Tuesday (23.12.25) that was...Read more

There are movies that you watch because they add to humanity’s great history of finding life’s meaning through art, and then there are movies that you watch because it’s fun to hear someone say, in panicked tones, “There’s a giant snake out there!” “Anaconda,” you will not be surprised to hear, is the latter; really, it’s the ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In “The Choral,” Ralph Fiennes plays Dr. Henry Guthrie, a talented and demanding musician hired by a small Yorkshire town’s amateur choral society when they lose their chorusmaster to World War I.

Director Nicholas Hytner and writer Alan Bennett team up for the fourth time on the film, which is set in 1916. Most of the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Like it or not, reality shows were must-see TV this year, offering a much-needed distraction from the real world. Scandals involving breakups, fighting among friends and erratic behavior were among the highlights, but so were touching moments on shows known for having a lot less drama. If anything, series like such as “Love ...Read more

NEW YORK — A viral video that shows “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide” alum Tylor Chase experiencing homelessness has caught the attention of “Mighty Ducks” star Shaun Weiss, offering “a place for him to go and get long-term treatment” just before the holidays.

A 15-second TikTok posted over the weekend shows 36-year-old...Read more

Jack Black is one of Paul Rudd's "heroes".

Paul, 56, jumped at the chance to star in the upcoming film Anaconda because it meant he could work with the 56-year-old actor again.

In a joint interview with the actors, Paul told People: "Every once in a while, something will happen where I'm afforded the opportunity to get to work with a hero of ...Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow accepted her role in Marty Supreme to be "close to" her children.

The 53-year-old actress hadn't appeared in a movie for six years but she was tempted by the idea of playinng a glamorous starlet in Josh Safdie's new movie because filming fell during a time she had an "empty nest" with her kids Apple, 21, and 19-year-old Moses - ...Read more

Tom Arnold's children want to be police officers because they have "seen so many" cops as a result of his bitter divorce.

The 66-year-old actor and Ashley Groussman- who have Jax, 12, and 10-year-old Quinn together - split acrimoniously in 2019 with subsequent drama as a result of a high-profile custody dispute and restraining order filings, ...Read more

Erin Doherty fears phones can lead to "the death of art".

The 33-year-old actress is not a fan of Netflix's "casual viewing" genre - shows where the makers are aware those watching are not likely to be giving things their full attention - so hopes her own intense mini series Adolescence "flies the flag" for showing audiences still want to be ...Read more

King Charles "cuts bits of [his] fingers off" while gardening.

The 77-year-old monarch enjoys pottering with his plants but admitted he has occasionally been injured while pruning with his secateurs.

Speaking to presenter Martha Kearney on BBC Radio 4's This Natural Life programme for a Christmas special, he said: "[I spent] my life going ...Read more

Travis Kelce was "mesmerised" the first time he saw Taylor Swift in concert.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end wrote his now-fiance a romantic letter before the final three shows of her Eras tour in Vancouver in December 2024, and in the note he recalled how seeing the Fate of Ophelia hitmaker in action in July 2023 at his side's Arrowhead ...Read more

When the sun vanishes early and the chill of darkness comes on deep and fast, there has always been an instinct to gather around a source of warmth and illumination for tales of fearsome happenings. Especially during the holidays. In Victorian times, the telling, or reading, of ghost stories was a Christmas tradition; the most enduring Yule-time...Read more

Terrifier director Damien Leone's favorite holiday movie is Black Christmas.

The filmmaker prefers to settle down in front of a horror over the festive season and his go-to movie in December is Bob Clark's 1974 slasher film which stars Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder and John Saxon and follows a group of sorority sisters who receive ...Read more

Laura Dern feared Jurassic Park would be "horrible" because no one knew what the CGI dinosaurs would look like on screen.

The 58-year-old actress played palaeobotanist Ellie Sattler alongside Sam Neill as palaeontologist Alan Grant, in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed blockbuster, which was based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel of the same name.

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George W. Bush wants Oh Happy Day played at his funeral.

The former US President's daughter Jenna Bush Hager shared her 79-year-old dad's choice of track - which comes from 1993's Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit - as she and Savannah Guthrie shared their "funeral song" on the Monday morning (22.12.25) episode of Today with Jenna and Friends.

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Steven Spielberg refused to make a movie with Ben Affleck because the actor had made his son cry.

Screenwriter Mike Binder has told how he wrote 2006's Man About Town under the belief that the Jurassic Park filmmaker would be at the helm and release it through his Dreamworks company, but Spielberg dropped the project when he found out the Good ...Read more

Sigourney Weaver has addressed "legitimate" concerns over her kissing scene with Jack Champion.

The pair appear together in Avatar: Fire and Ash and the 76-year-old actress' character Kiri shares a smooch with Jack's Spider, and because the movie was made when the 21-year-old star was around 15 years old, audiences have expressed concern over ...Read more

Amanda Bynes says she has shed almost 30 pounds after using Ozempic.

The 39-year-old former actress - who revealed earlier this year that she was trying the weight-loss jab - was 180lbs but now she has shown off her new slim look after she lost 28lbs.

Amanda shared a photo of herself to her Instagram Stories on Monday (22.12.25), and captioned...Read more