Shortly after the premiere of Disney’s Lion King remake, Beyoncé announced her forthcoming album, The Lion King: The Gift, and released its first single, “Spirit.”... [Read Full Story]
Taylor Swift has topped Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities, beating out Kylie Jenner and Kanye West, who came in at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. ... [Read Full Story]
Nicki Minaj is pulling out of a concert in Saudi Arabia because she said she wants to show support for women’s rights, gay rights and freedom of expression. “After careful reflection I have decided to no longer move forward with my scheduled concert at Jeddah World Fest,” Minaj said in a statement.... [Read Full Story]
Lady Gaga is finally launching her long-awaited beauty brand exclusively on Amazon. The pop star released a video announcing her new beauty line, Haus Laboratories.”They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” Gaga says in the video. “But at Haus Laboratories, we say beauty is how you see yourself.”... [Read Full Story]
Samuel L. Jackson is joining the cast of the “Saw” reboot to play Chris Rock’s father.... [Read Full Story]
The first official trailer for the follow-up to 2014’s Disney hit “Maleficent” has been released, and it features Angelina Jolie faces a new enemy– Michelle Pfeiffer’s Queen Ingrith.... [Read Full Story]
On Monday, Kevin Spacey‘s sexual assault case took a surprising turn when the alleged victim pled the 5th during questioning, prompting the judge to strike the accuser’s previous testimony from the record.... [Read Full Story]
The official trailer for “Judy” has been released, and Renée Zellweger completely transforms into Judy Garland in the film.... [Read Full Story]
Stevie Wonder announced Saturday that he plans to take a break from performing to prepare for kidney replacement surgery.... [Read Full Story]
Actor Cameron Boyce, who starred in the Disney Channel series “Jessie” and the “Descendants” TV movies, has died. He was 20.... [Read Full Story]
Chloe x Halle singer Halle Bailey has been cast as Ariel in the live-action The Little Mermaid. Director Rob Marshall said in a statement that while the search was “extensive” it soon became “abundantly clear” that Halle has a “rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence and substance — plus a glorious singing voice — all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role.”... [Read Full Story]
Musician Pharrell Williams guaranteed “A-list internships” to every 2019 graduate of The Promise Academy in Harlem, New York, at the end of their freshman year of college.... [Read Full Story]
Following an allegation of sexual misconduct in January of last year, comedian Aziz Ansari has kept a low profile. However, Ansari took to Twitter this week to announce his first televised comedy special in more than four years, titled, “Aziz Ansari: Right Now,” will stream on Netflix beginning July 9, with Oscar-winner Spike Jonze as director. His last special, titled, “Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden,” was released on Netflix on March 6, 2015.... [Read Full Story]
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to 842 new members of the film industry to join them. The invitees include familiar names and also recognize the Academy’s push for better inclusion. Half of the invited members for 2019 are women and 29% of them are people of color. ... [Read Full Story]
Rock musician Rick Springfield canceled his show in the Dominican Republic. After rising safety concerns in the Dominican Republic, where at least 10 American citizens have died while in the country in the last year, the event was cancelled. Although statistics show that Americans are more likely to be killed in the US than in the Dominican, many people are still alarmed.... [Read Full Story]
A show based on singer Neil Diamond and his career is headed to Broadway, with a score by the iconic singer-songwriter and a book by “Bohemian Rhapsody” writer Anthony McCarten.... [Read Full Story]
Just weeks after saying goodbye to “Game of Thrones” and her character, Cersei Lannister, Lena Headey has been cast in a dramedy pilot for Showtime called “Rita.”... [Read Full Story]
Thanks to viewers, “One Day at a Time” is coming back – this after Netflix did not renew the show in March after three seasons. Pop TV announced that the series will continue on with a new 13-episode fourth season premiering in 2020. ... [Read Full Story]
The new “Charlie’s Angels” trailer was just released, with your first look at Ella Balinska, Kristen Stewart and Naomi Scott in the title roles. ... [Read Full Story]
Paul Rudd has announced he will join the next installment of the “Ghostbusters” franchise. In a video posted to social media on Thursday, Rudd said, “I can’t wait to join the cast this fall for ‘Ghostbusters.’ In fact, I’m sliming myself right now.”... [Read Full Story]
Sky, a UK media and entertainment company, has announced the “Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams will star in a six-part comedy series currently called “Two Weeks to Live.”... [Read Full Story]
Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is set to host the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards. Maniscalco, who is also an actor and best-selling author, just sold out a four-show run at Madison Square Garden. He will host the VMAs from Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Monday, August 26.... [Read Full Story]
George Clooney has signed on to direct and star in “Good Morning, Midnight” for Netflix. It will be his first project with the streaming service. Clooney and Smokehouse Pictures’ Grant Heslov will produce the adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel, “which follows a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to make contact with the crew of a spacecraft as they try to return home to Earth,” according to a description from Netflix.... [Read Full Story]
Ryan Murphy is adapting the Tony Award-nominated musical “The Prom” for Netflix, with big names Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key and Andrew Rannells set to star.... [Read Full Story]
Madonna just earned her ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with her new release, “Madame X.” ... [Read Full Story]
Roseanne Barr and fellow comedian, Andrew Dice Clay are launching a comedy tour called, “Mr. and Mrs. America” that will tackle politics, among other issues. Clay took to Instagram to post a promotional photo for the upcoming tour.... [Read Full Story]
Season 3 of the popular Netflix series “Stranger Things” will begin soon, and the latest trailer just dropped.... [Read Full Story]
The animated adventure Toy Story 4 is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $118 million at the box office this weekend. It’s the biggest opening weekend ever in the “Toy Story” franchise, and also the third biggest opening weekend domestically for a Pixar release.... [Read Full Story]
A never-before-seen music video featuring Queen’s legendary frontman, Freddie Mercury, was released Thursday on YouTube and on Mercury’s website. It shows the singer-songwriter performing “Time Waits for No One” on the empty stage of London’s Dominion Theatre. ... [Read Full Story]
Actress Angelina Jolie is joining Time magazine as a contributing editor. The magazine’s editor in chief and CEO, Edward Felsenthal, announced Jolie’s new position. The magazine said in a statement that Jolie’s pieces will appear each month and focus on topics including displacement and human rights. The magazine also said that Jolie has carried out more than 60 field missions to countries including Colombia, Peru and Bangladesh.... [Read Full Story]
