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Nicholas Galitzine on “Setting Boundaries” and Not Engaging With the “Toxic Parts of Hollywood”
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Tiffany Haddish Started Fake Social Media Account to Find and Call Trolls: “People Think They Can Just Say Whatever”
Haddish also hired a digital forensics analyst to investigate online death threats.
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New Hollywood-Backed Israeli Restaurant Opening at Fraught Moment Hopes to “Transcend Politics”
Carmel, hoping to capture the internationalism of Tel Aviv, debuts amid violent U.S. protests over the Gaza conflict and potentially imminent International Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
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Super Nintendo World’s Third Location Will Open in Orlando in 2025
The hit Super Mario Bros and Donkey Kong Country franchises will be central to the new area of Universal Orlando when it opens next year.
By Kevin Dolak
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Police Make Dozens of Arrests at UCLA in Tense Clashes With Israel-Hamas War Protesters
Police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country overnight, notably at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday as officers in riot gear surged against a crowd of demonstrators. Police removed barricades and began dismantling demonstrators’ fortified encampment at UCLA after hundreds of protesters defied orders to leave, some […]
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Ryan Gosling Reveals How Hope for a Burt Reynolds Friendship Was Dashed by His Mom
Ryan Gosling’s teenage actor hopes for a friendship with late screen legend Burt Reynolds were dashed when he learned that the 1970s movie icon was more interested in his mother. While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday, the 43-year-old Barbie Oscar nominee and star of the new movie The Fall Guy recalled his time […]
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Peabody Awards: Mel Brooks, Quinta Brunson Tapped for Special Honors
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced that Mel Brooks has won the Peabody Career Achievement Award, while Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson has won the Peabody Trailblazer Award. Both awards were selected by unanimous vote of the Peabody Board of Jurors and will be celebrated live at the 84th Annual Peabody Awards ceremony […]
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Richard Tandy, Keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra, Dies at 76
Richard Tandy, the keyboardist for the British rock band Electric Light Orchestra, had died. He was 76. Jeff Lynne, the band’s frontman and leader, announced his death on social media Wednesday, writing, “It is with great sadness that I share the news of the passing of my long-time collaborator and dear friend Richard Tandy. He […]
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Universal Music Group and TikTok Strike New Music Licensing Agreement
Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new “multi-dimensional licensing agreement” that will bring to an end a dispute over royalties that saw music from UMG artists such as Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Drake pulled from the social media platform. Under the agreement, UMG says that its “global family of artists, songwriters and […]
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How Hillary Clinton Helped Make Joe Biden’s Howard Stern Interview Happen
Of President Joe Biden’s myriad quips and Dad joke-level zingers at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner — including around the thorny issue of his age and aimed at former President Donald Trump — one joke, in particular, referenced a notable, recent move by his campaign. Speaking to a crowd of media figures, A-list […]
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Duane Eddy, Twangy Guitar Hero of Early Rock, Dies at 86
NEW YORK (AP) — Duane Eddy, the pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ‘n’ roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians, has died. He was 86. Eddy died of cancer Tuesday at the Williamson Health hospital […]
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Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet on Set’ Producers for Defamation In Docuseries
Dan Schneider has sued Investigation Discovery for defamation over his portrayal in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, accusing the company of falsely implying that he sexually abused children who worked on the Nickelodeon series he created and ran. Schneider, in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, says […]
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Sheryl Crow on AI in Music: “Congress Needs to Act Now” (Guest Column)
I am not a scientist. I am an artist. I cannot begin to spout scientific data on what we will become once artificial intelligence outsmarts us. I can read the predictions of how our workforce will be replaced by AI. I can read the warnings from Stephen Hawking that go back as far as 1996 […]
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New Harvey Weinstein Trial Planned for After Labor Day
Harvey Weinstein is looking at a new trial in New York after Labor Day. The former Hollywood mogul appeared in court in New York Wednesday for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. Judge Curtis Farber set a May 29 hearing for discovery and for prosecutors to file a certificate of compliance. […]
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Mama Cass’ Daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell Opens Up About Origin of Urban Legend Around Mom’s Death
Owen Elliot-Kugell, the daughter of late The Mamas & the Papas member Cass Elliot, is setting the record straight on her mother’s death in her new memoir, My Mama, Cass. In July 1974, Cass passed away in London from a heart attack when Elliot-Kugell was 7-years-old, dying in her sleep at age 32. However, an […]
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Tony Pigg, Longtime Rock Radio DJ in New York, Dies at 85
Tony Pigg, the popular DJ and on-air personality at WPLJ-FM and two other New York rock radio stations for more than three decades, has died. He was 85. Pigg died Friday of natural causes at his home in New York City, his wife of 37 years, Lucinda Scala Quinn, told The Hollywood Reporter. Pigg also […]
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