LOS ANGELES — Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga will face off for album of the year at the 68th Grammy Awards, a first-time showdown between two megastars of modern music who’ve separately been nominated four previous times without winning the Recording Academy’s most prestigious prize.

As announced Friday morning by the academy, Lamar leads ...Read more

Search the internet for “male loneliness” and you’ll find articles both parsing this so-called epidemic and others challenging its existence. Regardless of gender, I suspect most people are lonely right now, at least to a degree. But on television, what you’ll find are stories exploring female loneliness in particular, even if these ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Marco Summers is a comedian and podcast host from Kansas City known as Funny Marco. He is pretty humorous and his success story makes him easy to root for.

Despite a burgeoning entertainment career, Marco’s stop last December at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City was canceled due to low ticket sales, he said.

So how did ...Read more

Shab found her return to New York a "gorgeous full circle moment".

The Lipstick singer first arrived in the Big Apple as a teenage refugee from Iran and she admitted it was an "indescribable feeling" to find herself performing in the city for the first time last month as support for The Wanted 2.0.

She exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "Returning...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Will the second time be the charm at the 2026 Grammy Awards for Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap-music superstar Bad Bunny, whose upcoming Feb. 8 halftime show performance at the Super Bowl has generated considerable excitement and controversy?

Or will his second bid in three years to become the first Spanish-language artist ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — YouTube TV customers are bracing for another frustrating weekend.

For the last week, YouTube TV's 10 million subscribers have been denied access to ESPN, ABC and other Walt Disney Co. channels in a dispute that has swelled into one of the largest TV blackouts in a decade. Instead of turning on "College GameDay," "Monday Night ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After a deep, focused recalibrating of its voting base — towards one younger, more diverse and more contemporary in taste — the Recording Academy made strides avoiding the big whiffs they were once famous for in the nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards. But there will always be snubs, surprises and heated debates within the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Abracadabra! The nominees for the 68th Grammy Awards are in.

After sweeping last year's Grammys with his explosive diss track, Kendrick Lamar led the 2026 pack with nine nominations. Trailing just behind the "Not Like Us" hitmaker was Mother Monster herself, Lady Gaga, with seven nominations, the same number earned by producers ...Read more

Millie Bobby Brown feels "so lucky" to have David Harbour in her life.

The 21-year-old actress reunited with the 50-year-old star at the Los Angeles premiere of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things on Thursday (06.11.25) night, and despite a recent report in the Mail on Sunday newspaper that she had filed a "harassment and bullying ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Rock on, Los Angeles.

This year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is back in L.A., and with legends like Elton John and Mick Fleetwood hitting the stage, Angelenos are in for a treat.

Here's everything you need to know, from how to watch the electric affair to who's on the guest list.

When is the ceremony?

The ...Read more

Vince Gilligan, of "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," has gone back to his roots, when he wrote for "The X-Files," with a new sci-fi series, "Pluribus," premiering this week on Apple TV, continuing in its quest to be your home for fancy speculative fiction.

Rhea Seehorn, who played Kim Wexler, Bob Odenkirk's love interest, on six seasons of...Read more

Renate Reinsve is the new face of Scandinavia: depression with a smile. Standing 5 feet 10 with open, friendly features, the Norwegian talent has a grin that makes her appear at once like an endearing everywoman and a large, unpredictable child. Reinsve zoomed to international acclaim with her Oscar-nominated performance in Joachim Trier's 2021 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For "Wicked" fans eagerly awaiting the release of "Wicked: For Good" — the movie that will hit theaters Nov. 21, one year after the first installment of the adaptation was released — the good people of Oz have an offering to stave off that impatience.

Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and the rest of the cast reunited on stage ...Read more

DETROIT — The White Stripes are being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Saturday night in Los Angeles at the 40th annual induction ceremony, where they're joining a class that includes Outkast, Soundgarden, Cyndi Lauper, Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon.

It's the first official order of business ...Read more

George Clooney has praised Bea Arthur for making him laugh "harder than anybody".

The 64-year-old actor guest starred on The Golden Girls as a detective named Bobby Hopkins back in 1987 and he's singled out the late actress - who died aged 89 in 2009 - for particular praise during his stint on the beloved sitcom.

In a trailer for The Golden ...Read more

Alex Winter appreciates the fact there is "no bulls***" with him and Keanu Reeves.

The Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure co-stars have reunited for a Broadway revival of Waiting For Godot and the 60-year-old actor admitted sharing the stage with his "lifesaver" pal gave him the confidence to take on the production.

He told The Guardian ...Read more

Ali Larter finds life in Idaho "incredible calming".

The 49-year-old actress relocated to a mountainous retreat in Sun Valley in 2022 after moving out of Hollywood and has embraced the soothing nature of rural life.

Ali - who has son Teddy, 14, and daughter Vivienne, 10, with her husband Hayes MacArthur - told People magazine: "When I lived in...Read more

Hilary Duff has made her long-awaited music comeback with the new song Mature.

The 38-year-old singer-and-actress teamed up with her Grammy-winning songwriter/producer, Matthew Koma - who has penned hits for Britney Spears and Pink - on her first new material in more than a decade.

The pop song, which was co-written with Madison Love, is ...Read more

Iron Maiden rocker Bruce Dickinson has confessed he took up fencing to avoid groupies.

The Number of the Beast rocker, 67, has been married three times before and tied the knot with his third spouse, Leana Dolci, in 2023.

Like many musicians, he's bedded his fair share of female fans on the road, but, upon the advice of The Who guitarist Pete ...Read more

The Backstreet Boys have released a digital deluxe version of their holiday album A Very Backstreet Christmas.

The updated edition includes two previously exclusive tracks: a reggaeton version of Feliz Navidad and the original song It's Christmas Time Again.

Both songs were initially available only on Target's CD and vinyl editions. They are ...Read more