NEW YORK — Justin Baldoni’s lawyers reportedly plan to call Taylor Swift as a hostile witness after newly unsealed text messages show the pop superstar was far more aware of pal Blake Lively’s grievances against her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star, laying the groundwork for their more than yearlong legal battle.

Insiders told ...Read more

Watching “Return to Silent Hill,” the film adaptation of the acclaimed psychological survival horror game Silent Hill 2, is like watching the latter through a broken mirror. All the original elements are there, but what’s reflected back is disjointed, a tableau that’s familiar but not. The effect has “Return” feeling more like a ...Read more

Can it really be the festival’s final year in Park City, Utah? Braced as we are for nostalgia at every world premiere in the Eccles or every late night spent at the Library with a cup of chili, Sundance should supply plenty of newness. Below, find our picks for 10 movies to prioritize. We’ve either seen these already or have it on good ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Screen Actors Guild Awards took on a new name this year, but Kristen Bell is here to stay.

The "Nobody Wants This" star will hit the stage to host the SAG-AFTRA-presented Actor Awards for a third time, the union announced Wednesday.

Bell first hosted the show in 2018 and then returned as emcee for last year's awards. The ...Read more

Mel Brooks said the murders of Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer would have devastated Carl Reiner, the director’s late father and Brooks’ longtime close friend and comedy partner.

During a Q&A with Judd Apatow at the premiere of documentary “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!,” Brooks said he was relieved Carl Reiner — who died in ...Read more

Well, this stinks. It turns out Ashton Kutcher bathes on the regular after all, trend stories be damned.

“It was the craziest thing of all time,” Kutcher told People in an interview published Monday. “We made a comment at one point and people were like, ‘Does he stink? Does he smell?’”

Kutcher explained to his “The Beauty” co-...Read more

Prue Leith, a longtime judge for the hit baking competition series "The Great British Baking Show," is leaving the tent.

The baking connoisseur, known among fans and competitors for her affinity for boozy sweets and vibrant fashion and accessory choices, announced her departure from the wholesome series on Wednesday morning. "Bake Off has been ...Read more

My favorite thing in "The Beauty," a body-horror procedural adventure from Ryan Murphy and Matthew Hodgson premiering this week on FX and Hulu, is a Chad and Jeremy joke buried in a line of dialogue that will mean nothing to anyone who doesn't know the '60s singing duo responsible for "Distant Shores" and "A Summer Song," or remember their ...Read more

Taylor Swift will be the youngest woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The 36-year-old pop singer has qualified for the honour this year because it has been 20 years since the release of her first single, Tim McGraw, and has made it through the ballot ahead of the organisation's 2026 Induction and Awards Gala in New York City...Read more

Kristen Bell is to host the Actor Awards for the third time.

The Nobody Wants This actress is thrilled to have been invited back to host the ceremony - which was formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards - and has pledged to show off her musical talents again.

She said in a statement: "I've enjoyed hosting the show every time, so ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Six years ago, Ally Pankiw got her first big TV breakthrough: She directed the first season of the Netflix comedy-drama “Feel Good.”

But getting there was a slog. She recalls being told repeatedly that she couldn’t land such jobs without first having directing experience in TV, a catch-22 situation shared by many women and...Read more

Over the next few weeks I will have a good deal of headphone and audio coverage, which I have been working on for a while. Most of the headphones are open-back designs, as they are considered the ultimate for sound quality and serious listening. Starting us off is an excellent accessory that can be used to improve the sound of all your wired ...Read more

DENVER — Lauren Grimshaw Sloan will take the reins as Colorado’s newest film commissioner on Thursday, following a monthslong search that began when the former commissioner was fired without explanation in September.

Sloan comes to the film office with strong credentials as the state prepares for the arrival of Sundance Film Festival in ...Read more

The schlocky dystopian action thriller “Mercy” touts itself as having been “filmed for IMAX,” but that’s not such a selling point when almost the entire film is a dim close-up of Chris Pratt strapped to a chair. This real-time AI mystery is a mashup of “Judge Dredd” and “Searching,” in which a Los Angeles detective (Pratt) has ...Read more

Billy Ray Cyrus' ex-wife Firerose has accused him of "narcissistic abuse" alongside a shocking voice recording.

The 38-year-old musician - who was married to the country singer for seven months until their split in May 2024 - has posted an uncomfortable audio clip of a man she alleges to be her ex verbally abusing her.

At one point in the ...Read more

Phil Collins has admitted years of alcohol abuse left his kidneys "messed up".

The 74-year-old musician has suffered multiple health issues in recent years and has a live-in nurse at his home to help assist with his medication for his different conditions.

Speaking to Zoe Ball for the Phil Collins Eras: In Conversation series, he said: "It's ...Read more

Jennifer Lawrence wants to do-over of her only time hosting Saturday Night Live.

The 35-year-old actress has admitted her memories of hosting the hit live sketch comedy show back in 2013 are "skewed", and she would love the chance to have another go in different circumstances.

She told Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast: "I have to go back and do...Read more

Jason Biggs has showed his notorious American Pie scene to his 11-year-old son.

The 47-year-old actor - who has Sid, 11, and Lazlo, eight, with wife Jenny Mollen - had long known he would have to discuss the moment his character in the 1999 comedy got intimate with a warm dessert with his kids and felt it would be better if he explained it ...Read more

Shelter director Ric Roman Waugh wants to reunite with Jason Statham on another action movie.

The 57-year-old filmmaker got to work with Statham for the first time on Shelter, in which he plays Mason, a former assassin living on a remote Scottish island who rescues a teenage girl (Bodhi Rae Breathnach) from the sea only for his heroics to kick...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The clothing company founded by Kim Kardashian will pay $200,000 to end an investigation accusing it of charging New Jersey customers sales tax for a period of five years, even though clothing is exempt under state law.

The New Jersey Office of Attorney General accused Skims Body of improperly collecting sales tax between 2019 ...Read more