LOS ANGELES – Jurors have deliberated for more than a week without reaching a verdict in the rape retrial of “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson, and will have to return and resume talks after the long holiday weekend. The Los Angeles County jury of seven women and five men went home Friday without reaching … Read more
Greeted with a standing ovation at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, James Hong could easily have just basked in the applause and moved on. But for the 94-year-old, the mostly Asian cast of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” winning best cast seemed like an opportunity for a stark reminder that Hollywood wasn’t always so open. … Read more
NEW YORK – CBS claimed the distinction of most-watched television network for the 15th straight year, even as those bragging rights don’t mean what they used to. The network averaged just under 6 million viewers on a typical moment in prime time for the season that just concluded, the Nielsen company said on Friday. NBC … Read more
CANNES – Molly Manning Walker was still bleary-eyed from six months in the editing suite rushing to finish her first feature film when she arrived at the Cannes Film Festival. “It’s nice to have a deadline,” Walker, 29, said while sipping an espresso. “I work best with chaos.” Six weeks earlier, Walker had just gotten … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Singer-songwriter Tyler Hubbard was fully prepared to hang up his boots so to speak when his duo partner in Florida Georgia Line, Brian Kelley, said he wanted to go solo. The pair had been together more than a decade, and whether you were a fan of their bro country sound or not, … Read more
NEW YORK – Taylor Swift has been breaking records and delighting fans on the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour, a splashy celebration of her career and new releases since the pandemic. It’s become a notoriously tough ticket to get. But on the second floor of the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New … Read more
MELBOURNE – Tina Turner’s death is being mourned around the world. But in Australia, many people felt a special connection to the singer. Australia holds the world record for the most number of people to dance to her song “Nutbush City Limits,” and Turner became the face of rugby league for a generation of Australians … Read more