Iran has sentenced award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison and ordered the seizure of of all of his assets.

The "It Was Just an Accident" director was sentenced Monday, according to the Associated Press. The charges against Panahi, who'd returned to the country in March, remain unclear, per the outlet.

One of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Patrick Stewart, the British actor whose 60-year career spanned the stage to the final frontier, has died. He was 86.

Stewart died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles from Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia, his longtime spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak said in a statement.

"He has been held in the warm embrace of family ...Read more

Sir Patrick Stewart has died at the age of 86.

The actor - who was best known for starring in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises - passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday (10.28.26), following a battle with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body dementia.

A statement posted on his social media accounts read: "We announce with great ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Steppenwolf Theatre production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose,” a play loosely based on the family of the late Chicago civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, is heading to London’s Royal Court Theatre in January, the Royal Court is announcing Wednesday.

This will mark the first time a Steppenwolf production will be...Read more

MIAMI — Brooke Hogan is all up in her feelings more than a year after the death of her famous father Hulk Hogan.

A new wound was reopened earlier last week when the wrestling legend’s home sold for $5.9 million in Clearwater Beach, Florida. Hogan’s estate listed the property in February for just under $11 million.

Apparently, the pop ...Read more

NEW YORK — Academy Award-winning Halle Berry got mixed results in her bid for custody over her 13-year-old son.

A family court judge ruled that the “Monster’s Ball” star’s ex-husband, Olivier Martinez, will retain custody over Maceo-Robert Martinez, according to TMZ.

Martinez’s lawyer said Berry wanted equal joint custody, which a ...Read more

Mckenna Grace's body was in "fight-or-flight mode" while shooting Sunrise on the Reaping.

The 20-year-old actress stars in Sunrise on the Reaping, the upcoming prequel to the beloved Hunger Games franchise, and Mckenna admits that the movie's shoot took a heavy toll on her.

She told People: "Whenever you're putting your body in fight-or-flight...Read more

Olivia Colman cooked "Sunday roast British style" for the Wicker cast.

The Oscar-winning actress stars in Wicker, the romantic fantasy film, and Alexander Skarsgard, her co-star, has now revealed that Olivia cooked for the film's cast.

Alexander, 50 - who also stars alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Richard E. Grant, and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Liev Schreiber owned up to his intense behavior at the "Nocturne" premiere last week, apologizing for scolding a red carpet reporter.

"I didn't do well," the Emmy-winning "Ray Donovan" and "Spotlight" star said while recalling his side of the viral red carpet exchange for "Late Night with Seth Meyers" on Monday.

"She hit my ...Read more

Kim Kardashian appears to have undergone a medical procedure after doctors discovered “irregularities” in her throat that needed to be removed.

A preview for an upcoming episode of “The Kardashians” shows the 46-year old influencer and media personality in a hospital bed speaking with her mom, according to People.

“With my dad having...Read more

NEW YORK — Oscar nominee Barbara Barrie died by medically assisted suicide in New York following a terminal cancer diagnosis. She was 95 years old.

“On behalf of the Harnick family, I can confirm that her passing was medically assisted in accordance with the New York State Medical Aid in Dying law, of which she was a proponent and advocate,...Read more

King Charles showed off his dance moves in the Bahamas on the second day of his Caribbean tour.

The 77-year-old monarch took part in a Junkanoo - a carnival that celebrates island life - and took the opportunity to join dancers with a pair of maracas decorated in the colours of the Bahamian flag.

Charles, dressed in a suit and sunglasses in ...Read more

Margaret Cho was frightened by the sheer level of power her former partner Quentin Tarantino had following the success of Pulp Fiction.

The 57-year-old comedian dated the acclaimed filmmaker during the early 1990s and recalled being unsettled by the "a**-kissing" Tarantino received from the showbiz world following the release of the iconic 1994...Read more

Pink Panther star Elke Sommer has died at the age of 85.

The German actress passed away "peacefully" from heart failure at her home in Los Angeles on Wednesday (28.10.26), her stepson Sebastian Walther revealed.

Walther told German outlet Bild: "Elke passed away peacefully around 10pm."

Elke's passing - a week before her 86th birthday - comes...Read more

Kim Kardashian stepped in to stop her mother Kris Jenner from advertising adult incontinence products.

Kris, 70, may have turned her family into global stars as well as a global brand as the 'momager' of the Kardashian clan, but Kim, 46, stepped in to prevent her mother putting her face and name to Depend, a leading global brand of adult ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For seven years, "Boy Meets World" served as an electronic babysitter for millions of kids growing up in the 1990s.

Fans had no social media to analyze the budding teen romance between Topanga Lawrence and Cory Matthews while the sitcom aired on ABC. Since 2022, cast members Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle have ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For John and TJ Osborne, work and family have long been intertwined.

Today the siblings are known to country music fans as Brothers Osborne, the rock-leaning twosome that's put 13 songs on Billboard's Country Airplay chart and been named vocal duo of the year half a dozen times at the annual CMA Awards. Before they moved to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Actor Barbara Barrie, best known for films in which she elevated the role of Mom — including her Oscar-nominated turn in "Breaking Away" (1979) — died Wednesday in her Manhattan home. She was 95.

Barrie's death was confirmed to the L.A. Times by the actor's representatives, who said it was medically assisted. Her daughter, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Tony Berlant, a seminal influence in the West Coast Pop Art movement of the 1960s, died Tuesday after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 85.

L.A. Louver, his longtime gallery, confirmed his death to The Times.

Berlant, a “master of painting without paint” who called Santa Monica his home for many decades, ...Read more

Rita Wilson wounded her "ego" when she "faceplanted" at a Led Zeppelin concert.

The 70-year-old singer-and-actress - who has two sons with husband Tom Hanks - saw the Stairway to Heaven rockers when she was 16 years old and recalled feeling "so excited" about getting to the venue. She sprinted there, only to fall victim to her impractical ...Read more