Wendy Williams did not appear on the final episode of The Wendy Williams Show

Wendy Williams did not appear on the final episode of The Wendy Williams Show

Wendy WilliamsPhoto: David Livingston (Getty Images) The Wendy Williams Show ended its complicated, controversial, sometimes baffling 13-year-run on TV this week—without an appearance from its complicated, controversial, sometimes baffling star. Wendy Williams, who’s been on a leave of absence from the series since 2021, reportedly exacerbated by a COVID-19 infection in September of that year, … Read more

Paul McCartney marks 80th birthday with Bruce Springsteen, 60,000 pals in New Jersey

Paul McCartney marks 80th birthday with Bruce Springsteen, 60,000 pals in New Jersey

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Hard to think of a better way for Paul McCartney to celebrate his 80th birthday than by singing “Glory Days” onstage with Bruce Springsteen or being serenaded by some 60,000 well-wishers. That’s right, the “cute Beatle” turns 80 on Saturday. It’s one of those cultural milestones that bring a sharp intake … Read more

‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ review: Emma Thompson shines in a grand showcase on Hulu

'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande' review: Emma Thompson shines in a grand showcase on Hulu

Thompson’s Nancy (not her real name) is introduced during her first meeting with a sex worker played by Daryl McCormack, Leo Grande (not his real name either), as she apprehensively and clearly ambivalently seeks to avail herself of his services. While he calmly seeks to reassure her, her biography gradually spills out, including the death … Read more

R.I.P. actor Tyler Sanders, from Amazon’s Just Add Magic: Mystery City

R.I.P. actor Tyler Sanders, from Amazon's Just Add Magic: Mystery City

Tyler Sanders, a former child actor who earned an Emmy nomination for his starring role on Amazon’s kids fantasy series Just Add Magic: Mystery City, has died. Sanders—whose other recent credits include single-episode appearances on The Rookie and Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star City—was 18; his death has been confirmed by his agent, per Deadline, with … Read more

Drake drops new album, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’

Drake drops new album, 'Honestly, Nevermind'

“Honestly, Nevermind” dropped at midnight and has begun its race up the charts. The album features Drake mostly singing instead of rapping. “I let my humbleness turn to numbness at times letting time go by knowing I got the endurance to catch it another time,” he wrote in an editor’s note on his Apple Music … Read more

Tom Hanks says ‘Philadelphia’ wouldn’t get made today with a straight actor in a gay role

Tom Hanks says 'Philadelphia' wouldn't get made today with a straight actor in a gay role

The “Elvis” actor reflected on the role in an interview this week with the New York Times’ David Marchese. The journalist asked Hanks about two of his most famous films — 1993’s “Philadelphia” and 1994’s “Forrest Gump,” in which he plays a character with undefined intellectual disabilities. Hanks called both films “timely movies, at the … Read more

Ana de Armas is uncanny as Marilyn Monroe in ‘BLONDE’

Ana de Armas is uncanny as Marilyn Monroe in 'BLONDE'

The actress embodies the iconic late star in a movie for Netflix titled, “BLONDE.” It takes viewers through the life of Monroe, starting from when she was a child. “‘BLONDE’ blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves,” a synopsis for the film states. The … Read more

‘Barbie’: Ryan Gosling’s Ken revealed in new photo

'Barbie': Ryan Gosling's Ken revealed in new photo

Thank goodness, then, for a snippet from the film that Warner Bros. released Wednesday on an unprepared public — a photo of one Ryan Gosling as Barbie’s tanned, toned and plastic boyfriend, Ken. (CNN and Warner Bros. Pictures share parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.) Gosling fans, cinephiles and casual Twitter users are having a visceral … Read more

Dakota Johnson in the trailer for Netflix’s Persuasion

Dakota Johnson in the trailer for Netflix's Persuasion

Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliott Image: Nick Wall/Netflix With the arrival of Netflix’s trailer for its adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Dakota Johnson proves she was always meant to lead a period piece, as she effortlessly melds into the romantic world. Johnson leads Persuasion as Anne Elliot, who finds herself caught between the demands of … Read more