It’s a tale as old as time and it’s back for more. Disney’s animated classic, “Beauty and the Beast” is being turned into an eight-episode musical series for the Disney+ streaming network. The series is a prequel to the 2017 live-action film and will tell the story before Belle and the Beast fell in love.…… More
“The Devil Wears Prada” just wouldn’t be the same without Anne Hathaway. But Hathaway, who played the lead role of Andy Sachs, a wide-eyed assistant to Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly at a high-fashion glossy magazine, almost wasn’t cast. In a 15th anniverary oral history of the movie, the cast told Entertainment Weekly some behind-the-scenes secrets…… More
Actress Lisa Banes, who appeared in numerous television series and films like “Gone Girl,” died Monday after suffering injuries sustained from being hit by a scooter in New York City earlier this month, the NYPD and a law enforcement official told CNN Tuesday. She was 65. Banes suffered severe head trauma after being struck by…… More
Shortly after Chrissy Teigen released a lengthy statement Monday about being a “troll,” one of her alleged targets came forward to talk about the damage he says has been done. “Project Runway” contestant Michael Costello posted a statement on his verified Instagram account saying he “wanted to kill myself and I still am traumatized, depressed,…… More
We don’t know much about Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for a reason. In a rare interview with i-D, Mary-Kate Olsen says she and her twin are “discreet people — that’s how we were raised.” That’s a bit of an understatement. The former child stars of “Full House,” who went on to build a media empire…… More
Roger Waters, a founding member of Pink Floyd, says he turned down Facebook after the company asked permission to use a song for an Instagram ad. According to a report by Rolling Stone, Waters told press at a recent pro-Julian Assange event that the company wanted to use the 1979 classic “Another Brick in the…… More
It’s not like Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake set out to keep their second child a secret. The actress talked about the pregnancy with their now 11-month-old son Phineas during a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast. Biel told Shepard she had “a secret Covid baby.” “It wasn’t like it was supposed to…… More
Lin-Manuel Miranda is asking for some paciencia y fe, saying in a note posted to social media on Monday that he will do better representing Afro-Latinos in his future projects. Miranda’s statements come days after “In The Heights,” a musical about a vibrant and diverse Latinx community in New York City, was released in theaters.…… More
Chrissy Teigen’s apology to Courtney Stodden for trolling apparently was just the tip of the iceberg. On Monday Teigen shared a lengthy Medium piece she wrote in which she talks about her “VERY humbling few weeks.” “I know I’ve been quiet, and lord knows you don’t want to hear about me, but I want you…… More
Riz Ahmed is putting his money where his heart is. The Academy Award-nominated actor is one of the backers of a new study which looks at the representation of Muslims in Hollywood. Ahmed partnered with advocacy organization Pillars Fund and the Ford Foundation to sponsor the study “Missing & Maligned: The Reality of Muslims in…… More
