‘Downton Abbey’ creator Julian Fellowes embraces ‘change’ for ‘Grand Finale’

The cast of 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.' (Rory Mulvey)After six seasons on TV and two movies, Downton Abbey is saying goodbye with a third and final film, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. Series creator and writer Julian Fellowes says there’s a good reason he decided the story needed one more film.He tells ABC Audio that after the last movie, where they said goodbye to Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess of Grantham, he felt that after 15 years fans needed a goodbye to the rest of the cast."I […]

September 12, 2025 1

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‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ director on why he made a Bruce Springsteen film about ‘Nebraska’

Poster for 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'/20th Century StudiosThe upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, focuses on the making of the rocker's 1982 album Nebraska, but some may be wondering why it isn’t a full-blown biopic on The Boss.The movie is based on Warren Zanes’ book Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska. The film’s director, Scott Cooper, tells Entertainment Weekly that he liked the “intimacy” of the source material."It wasn't about Bruce Springsteen, the icon and stadium-filling […]

September 12, 2025

Music

Melissa Etheridge sings at her daughter’s wedding

Melissa Etheridge and daughter Bailey Jean Cypheridge, June, 2019 (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly)When Jon Bon Jovi's son got married in 2024, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer didn't perform at the event. But Melissa Etheridge was only too happy to take the stage when her daughter got married.People reports that Melissa's daughter Bailey Jean Cypheridge married Jocelyn Simone Rhude Sept. 5 at a winery in Sonoma, California, and the couple insisted on having a concert take place at the reception. […]

September 11, 2025 1

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‘The Last of Us’ co-creator Neil Druckmann on exiting the HBO series ahead of season 3

Pedro Pascal in 'The Last of Us.' (Liane Hentscher/HBO)The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann is opening up about his decision to exit the HBO series adaptation of his video game.Druckmann served as co-showrunner of HBO's The Last of Us before he announced his decision to step away from his creative involvement in the show in July 2025. In a recent interview with Variety, Druckmann said he did not exit the series on a whim. Rather, it was because he accomplished the goal he set out […]

September 11, 2025 1

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Robert Plant and Saving Grace announce new UK tour

Robert Plant and Suzi Dian of Saving Grace perform on stage during Day four of the Womad Festival 2019 at Charlton Park on July 28, 2019 in Malmesbury, England. (Photo by C Brandon/Redferns )Robert Plant has announced a new U.K. tour with his band Saving Grace, featuring Suzi Dian.The tour kicks off Dec. 8 in Portsmouth, with shows in such English cities as London, Birmingham and Manchester, as well as stops in Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland, before wrapping Dec. 23 in York.Tickets for all […]

September 11, 2025 5

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Jennifer Lopez recalls losing ‘Evita’ role to Madonna

Madonna and director Alan Parker on the set of 'Evita' (Getty Images)Imagine if instead of Madonna it had been Jennifer Lopez starring as Eva Perón in the 1996 movie Evita. According to JLo, it could have happened.Variety reports that during a post-screening Q&A for her new movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jennifer recalled her previously failed attempts to land roles in movie musicals. One of those was Evita, which was directed by Alan Parker.Jennifer recalled, "I went to audition for Evita for Alan Parker. I had […]

September 11, 2025 2

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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour seems open to ABBA-like avatar show

David Gilmour attends the UK Premiere of David Gilmour's "Live At Circus Maximus, Rome" at the BFI IMAX Waterloo on September 10, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Benett/WireImage)It sounds like Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour would be open to an ABBA-like avatar show.Louder Sound reports that at the premiere of his concert film Live At Circus Maximus, Rome at London's BFI IMAX, Gilmour was asked how he’d feel about playing some modern venues, like the Sphere in Las Vegas. And he had an interesting take on […]

September 11, 2025 2

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‘Big Little Lies’ season 3 officially in the works at HBO

Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon attend a 'Big Little Lies' FYC event on Nov. 11, 2019, in LA. (FilmMagic/FilmMagic for HBO via Getty Images)There's nothing little about this Big Little Lies update.The HBO series is officially returning for a third season, ABC Audio has confirmed. Mr. & Mrs. Smith showrunner Francesca Sloane has been tapped to executive produce season 3 of Big Little Lies and write its first episode.She takes on executive producing duties along with the series' creator, David E. Kelley, and its stars Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon.Zoë Kravitz, Laura Dern and Shailene Woodley also […]

September 11, 2025 1

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‘Twist and Shout’ songwriter Bert Berns posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Pictured (L to R): Bert Berns and Atlantic Records Jerry Wexler (Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Bert Berns Family)Legendary songwriter and producer Bert Berns has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization revealed Thursday.Berns, who passed away in 1967 at age 38, was responsible for writing such iconic tunes as “Twist and Shout,” “Piece of My Heart,” and “Hang on Sloopy." His songs were recorded by such artists as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin and David Bowie.Berns’ induction was celebrated […]

September 11, 2025

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