By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN A film crew member has died and another was injured after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of the movie “Rust” in New Mexico on Thursday, according to a law enforcement statement provided to CNN. Director of photography Halyna Hutchins, 42, was transported to the hospital via
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The world’s biggest triceratops skeleton, known as “Big John,” has been sold for 6.6 million euros ($7.7 million) to a private collector at a Paris auction house.
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A federal judge has ordered R&B superstar R. Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year after the scheduled sentencing for his conviction in an earlier sex trafficking trial in New York.
Continue ReadingCNN, MARIETTA CITY SCHOOLS By Lisa Respers France, CNN An organization devoted to mental health and addiction recovery has declined an offer of proceeds from a forthcoming book by Jamie Lynn Spears. In October, Spears posted on her verified Instagram account about her new book, “Things I Should Have Said.” “I know I still have
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Nicole Kidman has made some dramatic character transformations as an actor and it appears she’s pulled it off again. “I get paid a fortune to do exactly what I love doing,” Kidman says as Lucille Ball the first trailer for Amazon Prime’s “Being the Ricardos.” The film was written and directed
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Celine Dion announced on Tuesday that she is postponing her Las Vegas residency. The Grammy-Award winner wrote that she has been having “severe and persistent muscle spasms” that will prevent her from performing at her shows scheduled next month and at the beginning of next year at The Resorts World Theater.
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The Mötley Crüe co-founder and bassist looks back at his formative years in his new autobiography “The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx,” revealing family secrets and the origins of his drive to succeed.
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Jamie Foxx has written a book about his own experiences parenting two daughters, Corinne who is 27, and Anelise, who is 13.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Angelina Jolie and most of her children recycled some old looks for a new movie premiere. Jolie was joined on the red carpet for her film “Eternals” by her children Maddox, 20, twins Vivienne and Knox, 13, Zahara, 16, and Shiloh,15. The actress told “Entertainment Tonight” that the family wore
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian actor and a film director who spent 12 days in orbit to make the world’s first movie in space say they were so thrilled with their experience on the International Space Station that they felt sorry to leave. Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko,
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammys will stick to its word with the public release of the full inclusion rider to ensure equity and inclusion in hiring on all levels of production for next year’s ceremony. The Recording Academy released on Tuesday an eight-page document detailing the rider’s
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business In late January, there was one question on the minds of investors: How did a struggling mall-based video game retailer became Wall Street’s hottest stock, seemingly overnight? Now, after months of research, the industry’s top regulator has answers — and its findings could pave the way for major reforms to
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN Kanye West is no more. After filing paperwork to change his name, the rapper, born Kanye Omari West, finally got what he asked for, and will be legally known as “Ye.” Judge Michelle Williams granted the change on Monday in a California courthouse, after the rapper filed a petition to change
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Melissa Joan Hart took home a cool million on Sunday’s “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.” The “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” star is the first celebrity to win the grand prize on the spinoff of the popular game show. She played for the charity Youth Villages. “They serve families and children across 23
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Kimberly Berryman and Alaa Elassar, CNN A threatened strike on major TV and film production was averted Saturday night, just hours before a midnight deadline. The association representing producers made a tentative deal with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employee (IATSE), a union representing roughly 60,000 film and television workers, including
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN One thing is for sure: Tony Bennett knows how to keep the music playing. The Grammy Award-winning singer just set a Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to release an album of new material. “Love for Sale,” a collaboration with Lady Gaga, was released on October 1, and at
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN We’re toward the end of our interview time when actor Brian Cox, in describing his character’s few but strong loyalties on HBO’s “Succession,” raises his voice to the level most people only hear through the television. He says those relationships — such as the one with legal counsel Gerri Kellman (J.
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Halloween Kills” may be available to watch at home, but the latest installment in the Michael Myers saga is making a killing at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. Studio estimates Sunday show the David Gordon Green-directed horror scared up $50.4 million from 3,705
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Adele is bringing both her new music and her story to television. The British singer has teamed up with CBS for a new prime-time special titled “Adele One Night Only.” According to a news release the event will be filmed in Los Angeles and will welcome back the star
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Rap beefs are common, but this one came with an Irish tinge.
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