Anya Taylor-Joy is officially headed to Middle-earth. The actress has joined the cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, the upcoming Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema film directed by Andy Serkis, who is also returning to portray the franchise’s most infamous creature. Taylor-Joy will play... Read More »

Rapper Mystikal has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced rape charge stemming from a 2022 incident at his Louisiana home. The artist, whose legal name is Michael Tyler, was sentenced Tuesday in a Louisiana courtroom after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors ahead... Read More »

Ariana Grande is expanding her long-running philanthropic work with the launch of the Brighter Days Ahead Foundation, a new charitable initiative focused on mental health services, LGBTQ+ advocacy, arts education, and emergency community support. The singer announced the foundation this week, describing it as a way to broaden the charitable... Read More »

K-pop band BTS is expanding its connection with fans beyond music with a new collection of books set to arrive later this year, offering an inside look at both the group’s songwriting process and some of the Korean dishes that have become closely associated with its members over the years.... Read More »

Bonnie Tyler’s family says the singer is no longer in a coma, but the Welsh music icon remains hospitalized and faces a lengthy recovery following emergency intestinal surgery. In a statement released Monday, Tyler’s family confirmed that the 74-year-old singer is still being treated in the intensive care unit of... Read More »

Thirty years after the first Tibetan Freedom Concert transformed a largely overlooked human rights issue into a global cultural movement, a new podcast is revisiting the story behind one of the most ambitious activist-driven music events of the 1990s. Launching June 15, Freedom Needs a Soundtrack is a six-part narrative... Read More »

Amanda Seyfried spent years preparing to portray Joni Mitchell in a planned biopic that ultimately never made it to production, but the actress says the experience fundamentally changed her relationship with music. In a new interview with GQ, Seyfried reflected on the extensive preparation she undertook for the role, revealing... Read More »

The long-running sexual abuse lawsuit brought by Wade Robson and James Safechuck against companies associated with Michael Jackson will not reach a courtroom until 2028, following a California judge’s decision to postpone the trial once again. During a hearing on Friday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael E. Whitaker... Read More »

For years, Hollywood has treated YouTube as the competition: a platform pulling viewers away from movie theaters and shortening attention spans one viral video at a time. But the recent success of two breakout horror films suggests a different reality may be emerging. Rather than replacing traditional filmmaking, the internet... Read More »

America’s Next Top Model creator and former host Tyra Banks has filed a lawsuit against Netflix over its recent docuseries Reality Check, alleging the streaming giant and the project’s filmmakers manipulated her interview footage to create a false and damaging portrayal of her role on the reality show. Banks says... Read More »

Oliver Tree, the genre-blending singer and songwriter known for viral hits including “Life Goes On” and “Alien Boy,” has reportedly died at the age of 32 following a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro. Authorities said six people were killed when two helicopters collided in midair over the Brazilian city.... Read More »

Maggie Gyllenhaal is lining up her next directing project at Warner Bros., with the filmmaker set to adapt Rachel Kushner’s bestselling novel Creation Lake for the studio. The project marks another collaboration between Gyllenhaal and Warner Bros. following the release of The Bride!, her ambitious reimagining of the classic Bride... Read More »

A federal judge has issued a final ruling addressing attorney’s fees, one of the last unresolved issues in the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. In a decision issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ruled that Baldoni must pay certain legal fees incurred by Lively after his... Read More »

Rapper Lil Wayne has secured a legal victory after a California judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing the rapper of assaulting a security guard and ordered the plaintiff and his attorney to pay more than $29,000 in sanctions. According to court documents, plaintiff Christian Carlos and his lawyer have been held... Read More »

The U.S. Justice Department has cleared Paramount Skydance Corporation’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, concluding that the roughly $110 billion media merger is unlikely to harm competition or American consumers. The Antitrust Division announced the decision Friday after an eight-month investigation and did not require Paramount to sell assets,... Read More »