Celebrities
Salman Rushdie testifies at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him
BUFFALO, N.Y. | Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him. The prize-winning writer recalled feeling what he thought was a punch under his chin, then feeling blood coming […]
Cinerama Dome, an iconic Hollywood theater shuttered by COVID pandemic, will reopen
LOS ANGELES | The Cinerama Dome, a landmark Hollywood theater shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, will be restored and reopen. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will operate the massive 86-foot-wide curved dome theater and an adjacent 14-theater complex. Alamo’s owner, Sony Pictures Entertainment, announced the plan to restore the Dome and reopen it in early 2028. Alamo’s […]
Rebel Wilson cleared of defaming an actor who starred in her directorial debut
SEOUL, South Korea | An Australian court has cleared Rebel Wilson of defaming the star of her directorial debut, “The Deb,” in social media posts. Charlotte MacInnes alleged Wilson defamed her or breached her confidence in four social media posts from September 2024 to July 2025 by falsely suggesting she had withdrawn a sexual harassment […]
A 4-hour Elon Musk documentary and a dark CIA comedy lead Venice Film Festival lineup
A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk, Martin McDonagh’s dark CIA comedy “Wild Horse Nine” and films featuring Robert Pattinson, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem are among the movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival in September. Alberto Barbera, the festival’s artistic director, unveiled the lineup Thursday for the 83rd edition of the festival, the first […]
Comic-Con 2026: Marvel returns to Hall H and ‘Spaceballs’ sequel hype begins
SAN DIEGO | The Avengers appear set to return to Hall H as Marvel Studios uses Comic-Con International to build hype for the December release of “Avengers: Doomsday” — and chart a path forward as audience interest in superhero films has waned. That panel on Saturday is the most-anticipated hour of the nation’s biggest pop […]
Los Angeles medical examiner pushes for greater transparency in high-profile deaths
LOS ANGELES | Autopsy reports rarely come with barbed comments. So eyebrows rose when the autopsy results of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were released with a statement from the Los Angeles County chief medical examiner saying it was “unfathomable” her grieving parents had to wait months to learn how their daughter died. The autopsy performed […]
Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch movie ‘Ink’ to open Venice Film Festival
A new film about the rise of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and “The Sun” editor Larry Lamb has been selected to open the Venice International Film Festival, organizers said Thursday. Directed by “Trainspotting” filmmaker Danny Boyle, “Ink” is an adaptation of James Graham’s acclaimed play, which dramatizes Murdoch’s 1969 acquisition of the daily newspaper “The […]
Detective says D4vd ordered chain saws, body bags in hearing to decide if singer should go to trial
LOS ANGELES | Singer D4vd ordered a body bag, chain saws, an inflatable pool and a shovel online in the days after the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a homicide detective testified Tuesday. Prosecutors say D4vd, a 21-year-old whose legal name is David Burke, used the items to dismember Rivas Hernandez’s body after he […]
Luke Skywalker’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ lightsaber with severed hand attached auctioned for $3.75M
LOS ANGELES | A lightsaber with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” has sold for $3.75 million at auction. Heritage Auctions announced the results of its Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction on Monday. The lightsaber, used onscreen by Mark Hamill in the climactic Cloud City fight where Darth Vader declares “I am […]
The Tate brothers fight extradition to the UK where they face rape and sex trafficking charges
MIAMI | Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, their lawyer said Monday, suggesting their arrest in Miami was politically motivated without explaining why. The Tates appeared in federal court Monday for the first time since their arrest […]