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A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of House of Cards nearly US$31 million because of losses brought on by his 2017 firing for the sexual harassment of crew members. The ruling from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana gives the force of law to

Shots have been fired at Batgirl—this time from the head of the company that just canceled the superheroine’s stand-alone film. The movie, starring Leslie Grace as the crimefighter, was abruptly shelved this week despite being in the midst of post-production, leading to an uproar online as fans fear they might never see the nearly finished

View gallery Image Credit: JosiahW / BACKGRID Gangs all here! Olivia Munn, 42, John Mulaney, 39, and their 8-month-old son Malcolm enjoyed a rare family outing in Manhattan on Thursday, August 4. The Magic Mike actress and the Saturday Night Live alum took their baby boy for a morning stroll. They looked like a perfect family of three in the Big

NOTE: This story contains offensive language.  After activists online accused Beyoncé of including an “ableist slur” in a song from her latest album Renaissance, the singer announced she would remove the offensive lyric. The problematic lyric was featured on the album’s 11th track, Heated, which twice contained the word “spaz,” an offensive term for cerebral

The Semafor co-founder appears to be running out of ways to pitch his buzzy news startup. Having just hired a couple of journalists in Africa, he analogized his ambitions to Netflix’s international footprint, but in an interview with Vanity Fair, he didn’t seem quite sure what he meant by that. By Charlotte Klein August 3,

View gallery Image Credit: Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock The legendary basketball player LeBron James, 37, shared a family video of him and his sons shooting hoops on Instagram together on August 2, 2022, and those boys are catching up to their dad quickly! LeBron captioned the post with, “Simply no better feeling than doing what

The U.S. Justice Department will ask a federal judge on Monday to block a $2.2-billion merger of two of the “Big Five” book publishers — Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster — in a trial that is expected to feature testimony from horror writer Stephen King. The government’s case is expected to focus not on what consumers pay for books but

Kaia Gerber is in a flourishing, long-term relationship, you might say: with sun-warmed fields, gauzy white dresses, and Marc Jacobs Daisy. When the model signed on as the fragrance face in 2017 (ten years into the perfume’s blockbuster run), it was an inspired choice. Who better to personify the feeling of youthful freedom than a

View gallery Image Credit: MEGA Kendall Jenner has practically been living in her bikinis during summer 2022, and she hit us with a new look via Instagram on July 31. The supermodel posted two photos of herself in a red and white, checkered swimsuit. In the first pic, she’s seated cross-legged on a towel, looking

My neighbourhood is lousy with electric vehicles: all flavours of Teslas, scattered Volts and Bolts, a selection of Hyundais and KIAs, a couple of Nissan Leafs (Leaves?) along with some Taycans, at two Polestars that I’ve seen, and at least one Lucid. They’re all loaded with so much fabulous spaceship tech that the mind boggles

View gallery Image Credit: Mario Houben/CSM/Shutterstock Jennifer Lopez is back on stage! The singer, 53, took the stage at the LuisaViaRoma for UNICEF charity gala in Capri, Italy on Saturday, July 30. As always, the singer rocked a sexy ensemble, consisting of a leopard striped crop top, matching fitted pants and cape as she delivered

Will Smith is finally ready to talk about his infamous “slap heard around the world.” The actor took to Instagram Friday, posting a lengthy video addressing the night he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. Four months after Smith climbed up on stage at the Academy Awards and accosted Rock for making a joke about

View gallery Image Credit: Broadimage/Shutterstock “You don’t get a manual on how to be a famous rapper,” Nicki Minaj says at the start of the trailer for Nicki, which she shared on Thursday (July 28). “You just learn as it goes.” From there, the two-minute clip shows Nicki, 39, throughout her career, including some personal

Toronto police say they are investigating after fireworks were set off at a Dua Lipa concert inside of Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday night. Police said that they were called to investigate at around 11:42 p.m. after someone reportedly threw fireworks at the end of the concert. Video surfacing on social media show several red and

[embedded content] Casey Wilson, 41, is sharing her experience working alongside Britney Spears‘ new husband Sam Asghari, 28, in a new interview. The actress filmed a raunchy sex scene with the hunk on the Showtime series Black Monday, which he starred on for three episodes, amid the Free Britney movement, and explained what it was

UPDATE: Leave It to Beaver star Tony Dow is still alive, despite a death announcement that was posted to Facebook Tuesday morning. Dow’s management said his wife, Lauren, believed her husband was dead and shared the false news to his team, according to a TMZ report. The outlet reports she is “distraught” over the error,

TMZ reported on Tuesday that Sean Avery, defender of bike lanes and general agitator, and his wife, aughts model Hilary Rhoda, have decided to call it quits. Rhoda filed for divorce in Los Angeles this week, citing “irreconcilable differences.”  The former New York Ranger and the former Estée Lauder ambassador were married in 2015 and

View gallery Image Credit: Photographer: Annie Leibovitz Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska gave her own emotional account of the war in Ukraine against Russia in a new interview with Vogue, published on Tuesday, July 26. As her husband President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to fight and lead Ukraine, she spoke about the toll that it took on the family for

There’s a small change coming to U.S. Disney theme parks, all in the name of improved inclusivity. Guests to any of Disney’s American Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique locations will no longer be assisted by employees called “Fairy Godmothers-in-training,” but rather by “Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices,” the company announced on Saturday. Read more: Massive brawl at Walt Disney

In an excerpt from his new book, The Big Lie, Jonathan Lemire describes how the former president dodged accountability for his dishonesty in office about matters ranging from inauguration crowd size to the democratic process, establishing a template of lies that fueled the violence of January 6 and is shaping the politics of today. By

View gallery Image Credit: MediaPunch/Shutterstock Jason Momoa, 42, was involved in a terrifying car crash on  Sunday, July 24, when a motorcycle jumped lanes and smashed into him head-on. HollywoodLife has obtained the police report from the California Highway Patrol, which gives a detailed account of the crash. Luckily, everyone is going to be okay.

How to even describe Nope? Not quite a horror, not quite a thriller, not quite a comedy, but somehow all three, Jordan Peele‘s latest movie resists categorization. Captivating from scene one, Nope, like Get Out and Us before it, races by in a blink. Along the way, the audience is treated to a visual feast

View gallery Image Credit: Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock Angelina Jolie has won a legal battle against ex-husband Brad Pitt involving the Chateau Miraval. winery. While initial drama pertained to figuring out ownership between the actors, Angelina shockingly sold her 50% stake to Russian Ogliarch Yuri Shefler, who owns Russian vodka Stolichnaya (also known as Stoli). The sale caused a

American actor Shonka Dukureh, best known for her performance as Big Mama Thornton in Elvis, was found dead in her Nashville apartment on Thursday, police said. Dukureh was 44 years old. One of Dukureh’s two young children found her unresponsive in the bedroom of the apartment the family shared and ran to alert a neighbour,

Ebon Moss-Bachrach is in Greece, the sound of cicadas whirring through his phone and right into my ear. “I’m on an ancient island with rocks and donkeys and not much internet,” he tells me. “I’m blissfully in the sea, with my family.” He laughs to himself. “It’s really amazing.”  His life, at this moment, is

View gallery Image Credit: SplashNews.com Reunited and it feels so good, mate! Kim Kardashian, 41, bared a 15-hour flight on her private jet to visit boyfriend Pete Davidson, 28, this past weekend in Australia and sources told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that the couple — who have been apart for four weeks due to their busy work

Shania Twain has “gone and done it” again, this time with the release of a Netflix documentary about her rise to fame, titled Not Just a Girl.  The first trailer for Twain’s documentary was released Wednesday, featuring concert footage, archival video and celebrity interviews, all on the subject of the influential, genre-bending country artist and

Jamie Campbell Bower has just gotten back from Marrakesh, where he found himself in the middle of a medina, expertly negotiating the price of a few rugs he wanted to whisk back home.  “Being British, I’m obviously very unsure about how to haggle, but for some reason, all this confidence came out,” the actor says

View gallery Image Credit: Broadimage/Shutterstock Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson will be getting a suture sculpt endoscopic sleeve in late August, her rep told TMZ. The reality star will turn 17 in late August and plans to get the surgery after her Aug. 28 birthday. The procedure will be taking place in New York City, and Alana

A contestant from the second season of Netflix’s Love is Blind reality series is suing the show over what he claims were “inhumane working conditions.” Jeremy Hartwell is suing Netflix and production company Kinetic Content, claiming that he and other contestants were forced to work 20-hour days and were denied adequate water and food while