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Bang Showbiz / Bella Ramsey has hit back at critics.

'You don't have to watch it': Bella Ramsey hits out at Last of Us critics

Bella Ramsey has told critics of The Last of Us not to watch it.

The 21-year-old star - who identifies as non-binary and uses gender neutral pronouns - plays Ellie in the HBO drama, and while the first season of the programme was a huge success with viewers, some were less satisfied by the second set of episodes because of the way it deviated ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Naomi Ackie has no plans to leave London and move to Los Angeles

Naomi Ackie refusing to move to Los Angeles

Naomi Ackie has no plans move to Los Angeles because she's convinced actors work longer hours in the US.

The I Wanna Dance with Somebody star currently lives in London and flies across the Atlantic regularly for her movie projects, but she's refusing to move to the US full time to pursue her career in Hollywood because she fears she wouldn't be...Read more

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Betty Who on finding harmony between pop and classical ahead of 'once in a lifetime' LA Phil show

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When Betty Who steps onto the stage at The Ford on Saturday, Aug. 30, she’ll be standing before one of the world’s most acclaimed orchestras in one of Los Angeles’ most well-known venues.

For the Australian-born pop singer-songwriter, who trained as a classical cellist before finding her voice in glittering synth-pop ...Read more

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Metallica to play huge benefit concert at Chase Center in San Francisco

SAN JOSE, Calif — Metallica, arguably the world’s biggest rock band, is set to perform at the 2025 Dreamfest on Oct. 15.

Benson Boone, the pop sensation who thrilled fans at the most BottleRock Napa Valley, is the other huge name on the bill.

The Metallica/Boone concert, which is part of Salesforce’s mammoth Dreamforce 2025 event in ...Read more

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Q&A: How Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast got her melancholy mojo back

ANAHEIM, Calif. — For Michelle Zauner, hard work was just part of the job as leader of the indie band Japanese Breakfast.

And when all that started to pay off in 2021, with her breakout album “Jubilee” and the acclaimed memoir “Crying in H Mart,” life suddenly got a lot easier.

So why, she wondered, didn’t things feel better?

“...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Hulk Hogan's death is being investigated.

Hulk Hogan may have been victim of medical malpractice

Hulk Hogan's death may have been due to medical malpractice.

The wrestling legend passed away last month aged 71 and his wife Sky Daly has now confirmed his phrenic nerve - which helps the diaphragm contract and expand to allow lungs to inhale and exhale air - was "compromised" during a recent surgery.

She also told TMZ Sports an autopsy has ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Taylor Swift has been sending bread to all her friends

Taylor Swift makes 'very good sourdough' and sends it to her friends

Taylor Swift makes "very good sourdough" and sends it to her friends, according to Zoe Kravitz.

The pop star recently opened up about her love of baking revealing she's "very deep in a sourdough obsession" and now her pal Zoe has confirmed Taylor's bread is very good and she regularly sends loaves to her friends so they can test it.

During an ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Joss Stone wants answers from the men convicted of plotting to rob and kill her.

Joss Stone still wants 'answers' after foiled murder plot

Joss Stone wants to have a "cup of tea" with the men convicted of planning to rob and kill her.

The 38-year-old singer has confessed she is still searching for "answers" more than a decade after the murder plot was foiled by police and she longs for an explanation from Kevin Liverpool and Junior Bradshaw, who were both sentenced to prison ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Noah Cyrus ignores family drama

Noah Cyrus won't get involved with family drama

Noah Cyrus ignores any "drama" surrounding her family.

The 25-year-old singer has found it "emotionally draining" having the spotlight on her loved ones following reports of a rift between her dad Billy Ray Cyrus and his kids after he divorced their mom, Tish Cyrus, in 2022, but she does her best not to engage or get involved with rumours and ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Al Jardine has hit out at Mike Love

Al Jardine hits out at Mike Love for Brian Wilson funeral speech

Al Jardine has hit out at Mike Love for the speech he made at Brian Wilson's funeral.

The Beach Boys singer was laid to rest earlier this month and after the group's biographer David Leaf and Rolling Stone editor Jason Fine delivered the formal eulogies, his former bandmates gave their own addresses during a repass at the Beverly Hills hotel.

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Bang Showbiz / Kevin Smith has honoured the late Shannen Doherty

Kevin Smith honours Shannen Doherty in comic book form

Kevin Smith has honoured the late Shannen Doherty with a comic book.

The 55-year-old filmmaker has paid tribute to the actress - who died of cancer in July 2024 aged 53 - in Quick Stops Vol. 3, which features a cover illustration of the former Beverly Hills 90210 star and Jason Lee as their characters from his 1995 movie Mallrats and a story ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Aaron Phypers and Denise Richards are getting divorced.

Denise Richards breaks silence following split from Aaron Phypers

Denise Richards is going through a "very, very, very difficult time" amid her divorce from Aaron Phypers.

The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star split from the 52-year-old businessman two months ago and she has subsequently accused him of abuse, while he alleged she was unfaithful, and though she "can't comment" on the specifics of ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Grimes has split from her boyfriend

Grimes splits from Anyma

Grimes has split from Anyma.

The 37-year-old singer, whose real name is Claire Boucher, has parted ways with the DJ after over a year of dating, but things have remained amicable between them.

A source told People magazine: "Anyma and Grimes have amicably parted ways but still remain good friends and collaborators."

Before Grimes and Anyma, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Tom Morello believes Ozzy Osbourne knew the end was coming.

Ozzy Osbourne 'knew' the end was coming

Tom Morello is convinced Ozzy Osbourne "knew" he was reaching the end of his life.

The Rage Against The Machine star was put in charge of organising the performances for the Back to the Beginning concert at Birmingham's Villa Park stadium in July which featured Black Sabbath's last ever performance together as well as a solo set by Ozzy just ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Austin Butler has ruled himself out of playing James Bond

'Sacreligious': Austin Butler rules himself out of playing James Bond

Austin Butler has ruled himself out of playing James Bond.

The Caught Stealing actor has previously worked with Denis Villeneuve - who will direct the next installment of the spy franchise - on the Dune movies and though he "loves" the idea of reuniting with the filmmaker to take on the lead role, he doesn't think it would be a "good idea" as ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Blake Lively has signed up for a new movie project.

Blake Lively signs up for The Survival List

Blake Lively has reportedly signed up to star in new movie The Survival List.

The 37-year-old actress is believed to have joined the cast of the new action romantic comedy from Wicked producer Marc Platt with a script by Tom Melia - who co-wrote 2023 rom-com Rye Lane.

The Hollywood Reporter states Lively will star in and produce the new film, ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Doja Cat will release her new album next month.

Doja Cat to release new album next month

Doja Cat will release her new album, Vie, next month.

The Paint The Town Red hitmaker has been teasing the record - the follow-up to 2023's Scarlet - for some time and she has now officially confirmed it will be released on 26 September.

Alongside the record's cover art, which sees the 29-year-old star surrounded by roses, she wrote on ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / The Goo Goo Dolls stage mock fights to keep their working relationship cordial

Goo Goo Dolls stage 'slap fights' to 'get the aggression out'

The Goo Goo Dolls have kept their working relationship cordial over the years by staging "slap fights" to "get the aggression out".

Founding members Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac have avoided falling out by making sure they get their issues out in the open and then work it all out over a cup of coffee.

Robby told Billboard: "John and I will ...Read more

Bang Showbiz / Regina King has a new outlook on life

Regina King: I've learned to live in the moment

Regina King has learned to "live in the moment" since losing her son.

The 54-year-old actress admits that her entire approach to life has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic and the death of her son Ian, who died by suicide in January 2022, aged 26.

Reflecting on her new outlook, Regina told Haute Living Los Angeles: "Now, I understand that ...Read more