Tom Cruise to receive an honorary Academy Award

Jamie McCarthy/WireImage via Getty ImagesTom Cruise is set to receive an honorary Oscar.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the entertainers who will receive honorary Academy Awards at the 2025 Governors Awards.Along with Cruise, choreographer Debbie Allen and production designer Wynn Thomas will receive honorary Oscars at the upcoming ceremony. Additionally, Dolly Parton is set to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.The trophies will be presented at the 16th annual Governors Awards on Nov. 16 at the […]

June 17, 2025

Music

Paul McCartney thanked by Beyoncé for writing ‘one of the best songs ever made’

ABC/ Heidi GutmanPaul McCartney has gotten a shoutout from Beyoncé.Beyoncé wrapped up a six-night stand of her Cowboy Carter tour in London on Monday and took to Instagram to thank McCartney for writing The Beatles track "Blackbird," which she covers."Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney, for writing one of the best songs ever made," she wrote. "Every time I sing it I feel so honored."The post included pictures of Bey in one of her stage outfits, fringed chaps with a white T-shirt with […]

June 17, 2025

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‘Lilo & Stitch’ actor David Hekili Kenui Bell dies at 46

DisneyLilo & Stitch actor David Hekili Kenui Bell has died, according to a Facebook post from his sister Jalene Kanani Bell. Bell was 46 years old."It is with a heavy heart I share that my sweet, generous, talented, funny, brilliant and handsome little brother David H. K. Bell will spend today in the company of our Heavenly Father," Jalene Kanani Bell wrote in the post, which was shared Sunday. "I've been waiting for the words and mindset to properly express […]

June 17, 2025

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Trailer for Bruce Springsteen biopic ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ coming Wednesday

Mark Seliger/20th Century StudiosWe’re finally going to get our first look at the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere, starring The Bear's Jeremy Allen White as The Boss and Jeremy Strong as his manager, Jon Landau.Twentieth Century Studios shared a teaser on Instagram, announcing that the trailer for the film will be out on Wednesday.The teaser shows someone loading a cassette labeled Colts Neck Demo into a player. When they hit play, the Nebraska session version of “Born in the […]

June 17, 2025

Entertainment

‘Modern Family’ star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons comes out as bisexual using quote from the sitcom

David Becker/Getty ImagesHappy Pride Month to Aubrey Anderson-Emmons.The actress, who played Lily Tucker-Pritchett on Modern Family, has come out as bisexual. She shared the announcement to her Instagram on Monday.Her announcement video used audio from a Modern Family scene where her character, Lily, had a conversation with her parents, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cam (Eric Stonestreet), and aunt Gloria (Sofia Vergara).In the scene, Gloria tells Lily she is Vietnamese. "No I'm not, I'm gay," Lily says in response.Anderson-Emmons lip-synched […]

June 17, 2025

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Madonna reacts to ‘New York Times’ report that she’s the pope’s distant cousin

Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live NationWhile Madonna was once condemned by Pope John Paul II, to the current pope, she's family — and she's pretty excited about it.As previously reported, the New York Times conducted a deep dive into the family tree of Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV. It reveals that through a Canadian ancestor, the pope is a ninth cousin various times removed to multiple famous people, including Madonna and Justin Bieber.Madonna posted on her Instagram Story a photo of herself throwing her arms up […]

June 17, 2025

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Rod Stewart says he ‘liked’ Donald Trump, but not anymore: ‘He became another guy’

Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesAs a Brit, Rod Stewart can't vote in U.S. elections, but that doesn't stop him from having an opinion about his former friend, President Donald Trump.Speaking to the U.K. publication Radio Times, Rod says, "I’m not a great fan of Trump. I knew him very, very well. I used to go to his house. I live literally half a mile away. ... We’re both on the beach. I used to go to his Christmas parties.""He’s always been a […]

June 17, 2025

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‘Clayface’ role goes to Tom Rhys Harries in upcoming DC Studios film

Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Images for British VogueDC Studios has found its Clayface.Relative newcomer Tom Rhys Harries has been cast in the titular lead role in the upcoming film Clayface. DC Studios head James Gunn announced the decision in a post shared to Threads on Tuesday."After a long and incredibly exhaustive search, we finally have our DCU Clayface in @tomrhysharries," Gunn wrote. "Both Matt Reeves and I were just blown away by this guy, and can't wait for you to see […]

June 17, 2025

Music

On This Day, June 17, 1972: The Rolling Stones hit #1 with ‘Exile on Main St.’

On This Day, June 17, 1972 ...The Rolling Stones hit #1 with their double album Exile on Main St., which went on to spend four weeks on top of the chart.Recorded mostly in a villa in the South of France, where the band had moved to escape paying U.K. taxes, the album featured such classics as "Happy" featuring Keith Richards on vocals, "Tumbling Dice," "Rocks Off," "Rip This Joint" and "All Down the Line."The album was one of nine #1 […]

June 17, 2025

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