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Bang Showbiz / Dolly Parton posthumously accepted a lifetime achievement award.

Dolly Parton posthumously accepts Americana Lifetime Achievement Award

Dolly Parton posthumously accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Americana Honours and Awards ceremony.

The country music legend, who died at the age of 80 last month after a brief battle with cancer, accepted the accolade at Wednesday's (16.09.26) Nashville ceremony in a message recorded before her passing.

Addressing the crowd, Dolly ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Ed Sheeran asked Robert Kraft to match donation

Robert Kraft claims Ed Sheeran asked him to match $2m donation before Macklemore 'challenge'

Robert Kraft has claimed Ed Sheeran asked him to match a $2 million donation to humanitarian aid.

The 85-year-old Gillette Stadium owner, who reportedly blocked Macklemore, 34, from performing after his comments in support of Palestine, has said the A-Team hitmaker, 35, made the request before the rapper invited him to match his own $1 million ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Matthew Lillard is 'ashamed' of his decision

Matthew Lillard 'ashamed' over Scream return after Melissa Barrera got fired

Matthew Lillard feels "ashamed" for returning to Scream after Melissa Barrera's firing.

The 56-year-old actor reprised his role as Stu Macher, the original Ghostface, in Scream VII earlier this year after Melissa, 36, was axed by Spyglass Media in November 2023 following social media posts supporting Palestine and criticising Israel's actions, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Kit Harington has explained why he joined the Harry Potter TV series

'A really great idea': Kit Harington reveals why he joined Harry Potter TV series

Kit Harington believes that the Harry Potter TV series is a "great idea".

The 39-year-old actor has been cast as Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the small screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling's wizardry novels and explained that he signed up for the show - despite the anger surrounding Rowling's controversial views on trans rights - ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Debby Ryan suffers 'life-altering brain injury'

Debby Ryan suffers 'life-altering brain injury'

Debby Ryan has suffered a "pretty crazy life-altering brain injury".

The former Disney star opened up about her health struggle on Mythical Kitchen's Last Meals YouTube series, as she described herself as a "migraine warrior".

She explained: "Quite often the world is really loud. It's really too bright, it's too - there's a lot going on."

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Bang Showbiz / Macklemore to donate tour earnings to charities supporting Palenstine.

Macklemore donating $1m Ed Sheeran tour earnings to Palestinian charities

Macklemore has vowed to donate his $1 million earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour to organisations that support the Palestinian people.

The 43-year-old rapper hit headlines when he took to the stage to open the tour, for which he was the support act, at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on September 4, telling the crowd: ""One of the reasons why I ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Hayden Panettiere's spokesperson promises' answers will come' in death investigation.

Hayden Panettiere's spokesperson promises 'answers will come' in death investigation

Hayden Panettiere's representative has promised "answers will come" in the investigation into the actress' death.

The Heroes actress passed away last month at the age of 36 and investigations have been ongoing into the circumstances surrounding her death in South Carolina - with recent reports claiming that the screen star had died after taking...Read more

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Ed Sheeran's Loop tour unraveling explained as singer expected to proceed with next show

Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour, in the span of less than two weeks, became an unexpected lightning rod for controversy and conversation about artist activism amid Israel’s deadly war in Gaza. Still, the show will go on.

Sheeran’s tour will proceed as planned, The Times has learned. He is scheduled to play on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Amy Adams has to tame her 'golden retriever' personality on set

Amy Adams has to 'isolate' on set to keep 'golden retriever' personality at bay

Amy Adams has to "isolate" herself whenever she's on set, in a bid to stay focused on the job in hand.

The 52-year-old actress stars in the new Apple TV show Cape Fear - a reimagining of the 1957 novel The Executioners, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.

And while the show is a psychological thriller that's sure to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Kristen Bell explains why her daughters never steal bits from her closet

Kristen Bell's daughters won't steal bits from her closet - but why?

Kristen Bell never has to worry about her daughters stealing bits from her closet, because they "don't love" the way she dresses.

The Nobody Wants This star is mother to 13-year-old Lincoln and 11-year-old Delta with husband Dax Shepard, and opened up to People about how she and her girls share a lot of their lives - but not when it comes to ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Jim Adkins cancels Jimmy Eat World dates after emergency surgery

Jimmy Eat World cancel gigs as frontman undergoes emergency surgery

Jimmy Eat World has made the decision to cancel two festival gigs, after their frontman had emergency surgery for a detached retina.

The rock band had been due to perform in Mexico City on September 13 on their Warped Tour, but prior taking to the stage, frontman Jim Adkins "noticed a shadow cloud creeping in on my vision".

After doing some ...Read more

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Judge Judy explains why she's retiring after 30 years in a TV courtroom: 'It's time'

LOS ANGELES — It appears Judge Judy has kicked off her retirement tour.

"Judy Justice" star Judy Sheindlin appeared with her son Adam Levy on "Good Morning America" on Wednesday to celebrate her 30th anniversary on TV, and to the hosts' dismay, she confirmed she was "retiring from [the] in-front-of-the-camera TV bench."

When asked why she ...Read more

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Lorraine Ali: By dumping pro-Palestinian Macklemore from his tour, apolitical Ed Sheeran is suddenly political

Ed Sheeran, one of the most inoffensive pop artists of the 2010s and ’20s, is feeling the heat for his “apolitical” stance — which is all of a sudden very political.

The “Shape of You” singer-songwriter has been on the defense since Monday, when Seattle rapper Macklemore announced that he had been dropped from Sheeran’s Loop tour....Read more

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Lena Dunham announces she has welcomed her first child via surrogate

LOS ANGELES — Lena Dunham is a mom.

The "Girls" actor welcomed a daughter via surrogate with her husband Luis Felber, news she shared Wednesday in an op-ed published in Vogue.

"My husband was better at the waiting, but he hadn't spent the last 12 years circling the fertility drain," she wrote in the Vogue piece. Dunham married Felber, a ...Read more

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Cher's son Elijah Blue Allman indicted on felony criminal mischief charge

NEW YORK — Cher’s son Elijah Blue Allman has been indicted on a felony criminal mischief charge months after he was busted for breaking into a New Hampshire home, where he then lounged on the couch and enjoyed a cigarette.

The grand jury determined Allman “purposely damaged the property of (the alleged victim) by breaking a glass window�...Read more

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Amy Poehler makes tough guy Robert De Niro weep on 'Good Hang' podcast

NEW YORK — Veteran tough-guy actor Robert De Niro’s soft side surfaced when comedian Amy Poehler punctured his characteristic taciturn demeanor while commending his advocacy — and brought him to tears.

As they wound up an interview on her “Good Hang” podcast Tuesday, Poehler put jokey banter aside to praise De Niro for bringing his ...Read more

AOC accuses Robert Kraft of trying to censor Macklemore's free speech at Ed Sheeran concerts

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has added her voice to the chaos and the “geopolitical fight” surrounding the remaining U.S. dates of Ed Sheeran’s world tour, after Macklemore was dropped as the act and four other artists announced Tuesday that they were pulling out of the trek in support of the rapper’s right to speak out on...Read more

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Lena Dunham welcomes first child with husband Luis Felber

NEW YORK — Lena Dunham and her husband, musician Luis Felber, have welcomed their first child together.

Dunham announced the birth of her daughter, who was born via surrogate, in an essay published in Vogue on Wednesday.

“While I’ve been known to make friends quickly — ​airport terminals, veterinary offices — ​this was the ...Read more

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Rosie O'Donnell joins Broadway's 'Rocky Horror Show' for 2-week run

NEW YORK — Rosie O’Donnell is joining “The Rocky Horror Show.”

The Tony Award winning star will be the Broadway show’s Narrator from Oct. 6 to Oct. 18 at Studio 54 on Broadway. That role is currently being played by Rachel Dratch. She’s expected to return on Oct. 20.

O’Donnell famously moved to Ireland after her nemesis, Donald ...Read more

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'Resident Evil' review: Zach Cregger's love letter to games a gory blast

Until this week, I’d never seen an installment in the sprawling “Resident Evil” movie series, most of them directed and at least co-written by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring his wife, Milla Jovovich.

I don’t feel too bad about that, though, as the same is true of acclaimed filmmaker Zach Cregger, director and co-writer of a highly ...Read more