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Cate Blanchett used a public conversation at the Cannes Film Festival to reflect on the legacy of the #MeToo movement, arguing that while the global reckoning exposed deep structural problems in entertainment and beyond, the momentum behind it faded far faster than many had expected. Speaking Sunday during an interview... Read More »
The Smashing Pumpkins are officially taking Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness back on the road, announcing a major North American arena tour built around one of the most defining albums of their career. The newly unveiled Rats in a Cage Tour will serve as a large-scale celebration of the... Read More »
Shakira has secured a major legal victory in Spain after the country’s National High Court ruled in her favor in a years-long tax dispute, determining that Spanish authorities failed to prove she was legally required to pay personal income tax in the country during the year at the center of... Read More »
Actor Russell Andrews has revealed that he has been diagnosed with ALS, sharing his story publicly as part of an effort to raise awareness about the progressive neurodegenerative disease during ALS Awareness Month. The 64-year-old actor, whose credits include Better Call Saul, Insecure, and Straight Outta Compton, said he received... Read More »
Barbra Streisand will no longer attend this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where she had been set to receive one of the event’s highest honors, after a knee injury made travel impossible. Festival organizers confirmed over the weekend that Streisand had withdrawn from the closing ceremony, where she was expected to... Read More »
Bulgaria pulled off one of the biggest surprises of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest 2026, with singer Dara taking home the top prize for “Bangaranga” and delivering the country its first-ever Eurovision victory. The win marks a historic milestone for Bulgaria, which joined the competition in 2005 but had never... Read More »
The Strokes will begin their upcoming Reality Awaits tour without founding guitarist Nick Valensi, with the band confirming he is stepping away temporarily from the scheduled run of shows. The announcement came Thursday night after the band appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where fans quickly noticed Valensi... Read More »
Halsey is heading back to the big screen with a new horror project that pushes deeper into genre experimentation. The singer-songwriter and actress has signed on to star in Replacer, a new psycho-sexual horror film she also co-wrote with her partner, actor-director Avan Jogia, who is set to direct. The... Read More »
Luxury fashion label Chrome Hearts has withdrawn its copyright infringement lawsuit against Neil Young and his backing band over the use of the name Chrome Hearts, ending a legal dispute that raised questions about trademark rights, artist branding, and the increasingly crowded overlap between fashion and music merchandising. According to... Read More »
One of the men involved in the ketamine supply chain that led to Matthew Perry’s death has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, closing another chapter in the criminal case surrounding the Friends star’s fatal overdose. Erick Fleming, the man prosecutors say connected Perry to alleged drug supplier... Read More »
