Celebrities
Michael Douglas on ‘immortality,’ Kirk Douglas and the memories he once avoided
NEW YORK | Michael Douglas, the award-winning actor and producer, recently turned 82. He is a cancer survivor, a recovered addict, a married man, the father and son of actors. He is also an author, who begins his memoir with a message of thanks to his family — past and present and future — for […]
Inside the DC ‘Power to the People’ festival headlined by Bruce Springsteen
COLUMBIA, Md. | In the shadow of Washington, Bruce Springsteen and a few musical giants had a message for the world: “Let them hear you in Washington,” he cheered. The Boss played a number of political songs during his headlining set at the inaugural “Power to the People” star-studded protest festival at Columbia, Maryland’s Merriweather […]
Former Prince Andrew files a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residence
LONDON | The former Prince Andrew has filed a legal action challenging the warrants that authorized searches at two of his homes earlier this year as British police investigated allegations related to his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A judicial spokesperson confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had filed a claim with the High […]
No longer a secret, Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc ‘You Can See Everything’ lands in New York
NEW YORK | No longer a secret, “You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary, premiered Wednesday at the New York Film Festival. Since first debuting in a surprise, no-phones screening at the Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 6, “You Can See Everything” immediately transformed into one of the year’s most […]
Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence and a Paris runway full of bras: Dior comes undone in mist
PARIS | Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence, Rosalía and Cynthia Erivo watched from the front row Tuesday as Dior’s Jonathan Anderson showed 65 spring looks on a runway stretched across a pond in the Tuileries Garden — a collection built on the idea that the most expensive way to get dressed is to stop halfway. Trees rose […]
‘Verity’ puts Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett in a steamy Colleen Hoover thriller
In “Verity,” it’s hard to know who to trust. There’s Anne Hathaway’s titular character, a wildly popular novelist who is unable to speak or move after a car accident, but whose secret, and disturbing, autobiography speaks volumes. There’s Dakota Johnson’s struggling author, Lowen, who has been hired to finish Verity’s remaining novels and who finds […]
Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife
A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair. Prosecutors said Caleb Flynn, 40, staged a home invasion in February after shooting his wife, Ashley Flynn, a 37-year-old schoolteacher and volleyball coach. Flynn, who claimed his […]
Fall Movie Preview: In an AI world, Laika makes handmade wonders — and ‘Wildwood’
NEW YORK | Travis Knight, the chief executive of the stop-motion animation studio Laika, wasn’t prepared for the response to the teaser for his new film, “Wildwood.” Almost immediately, it went viral. The early trailer rapidly gained more than 90 million views on YouTube, galvanized by people awed by the apparent scale and emotional depth […]
Sound of Music museum opens where the von Trapp story met Hollywood
SALZBURG, Austria | An Austrian museum is alive with “The Sound of Music,” a first-ever venue devoted to the classic 1965 singalong movie starring Julie Andrews. The Sound of Music Salzburg museum, situated in an Austrian city famed for music and perhaps best known as the home of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, opened Sunday. The attendees […]
It’s officially Dolly Parton Day, with parades, pink lights and book drives
Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day. Across the world, communities are dedicating Friday to honoring the beloved country singer. The day is falling on Sept. 25, a wink at Parton’s hit song “9 to 5.” Parton, who died of cancer last month at age 80, built an impressive legacy over the […]