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Bill Maher Says Sports is One of the Last Industries that Hasn’t “Fallen to Nepotism”
Bill Maher isn’t holding back on his take on the nepo baby debate. During Real Time on Friday night, the comedian shared his thoughts on the highly discussed topic across social media, with stars like Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Hanks, Maude Apatow, Gwyneth Paltrow and O’Shea Jackson Jr. previously weighing in. “Enjoy the good life, nepos. […]
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Announces Son Nick’s Death After Cancer Battle
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s eldest son, Nick Lloyd Webber, has died following an 18-month-long battle with gastric cancer. He was 43. The legendary theatrical composer announced the news Saturday, stating that his son had died earlier that day in Basingstoke, a town in England. On Thursday, Lloyd Webber posted to Instagram that Nick had been checked […]
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Gina Prince-Bythewood to Be Honored at Black Business Association Salute to Black Women Event
Gina Prince-Bythewood will receive the Pinnacle of Excellence Award at the Black Business Association’s 2023 Salute to Black Women business conference. Prince-Bythewood will be recognized not only for her award-winning directing, writing and producing but also for her decades-long career and philanthropic efforts, one of which includes funding a scholarship for Black students in UCLA’s […]
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Jeremy Renner Says Snowplow Involved in New Year’s Day Accident Is “Finally Making Her Way Back Home”
Jeremy Renner says the snowplow that ran over him, leaving him seriously injured in a New Year’s Day accident, is “finally making her way back home!” The Avengers actor shared the update in an Instagram story Thursday, with a photo of the engine-powered snow-clearing vehicle being unloaded from a truck bed. He followed up with […]
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Gwyneth Paltrow Grilled on Witness Stand in Ski Crash Trial
Gwyneth Paltrow took the witness stand Friday in the civil trial that has pitted the Oscar winner against a retired optometrist with whom she collided during a ski trip in 2016. A 76-year-old optometrist, Dr. Terry Sanderson, has accused the actress and wellness guru of a hit-and-run crash — slamming into him while skiing on […]
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Says His Son Has Been Checked Into Hospice Care After His “Ghastly” Cancer Diagnosis
Andrew Lloyd Webber has provided an update on his son’s condition after announcing he was “critically ill” from an 18-month-long battle with gastric cancer. On Thursday, Webber posted on his Instagram that his eldest son, Nick, had been checked into hospice care after being diagnosed with pneumonia as a result of his illness. “I want […]
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Mahfouz Doss, Former HFPA President, Dies at 97
Mahfouz Doss, an Egyptian journalist and former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has died. He was 97. “We are incredibly saddened at the passing of Mahfouz Doss,” Helen Hoehne, current president of the HFPA, said Thursday in a statement. “He was a true pioneer of the HFPA, having joined the association in 1959 […]
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Christina Applegate Slams Candace Owens’ Criticism of Underwear Ad Featuring Model in Wheelchair: “My Rage Is Keeping Me Awake”
Christina Applegate is shutting down conservative commentator Candace Owens following her criticism of an underwear ad featuring a model in a wheelchair. A clip from a recent episode of Owens’ Daily Wire show sparked outrage across social media this week when she blasted a 2022 campaign for Kim Kardashian’s Skims clothing line that included a model […]
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Justin Roiland Domestic Violence Charges Dismissed by Orange County District Attorney
Justin Roiland, the Rick and Morty co-creator whose animation empire came crashing down in the wake of domestic violence charges being leveled against him in Orange County, has been cleared of those charges. “This case was dismissed as a result of insufficient evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Orange County District […]
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Mindy Kaling, Bruce Springsteen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Among Honorees of White House’s National Medals of Arts
Mindy Kaling, Bruce Springsteen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gladys Knight and Vera Wang are among those receiving the White House’s 2021 National Medals of Arts and Humanities. The medals will be presented by President Joe Biden during an East Room ceremony on Tuesday, which was initially postponed due to the pandemic. First lady Jill Biden will also […]
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Adam Sandler’s Starry Friends Toast His Comic Legacy as He Receives Mark Twain Humor Prize
While some may be bewildered at the decision to honor a sweatpants-wearing hooligan like Adam Sandler with an award as prestigious as the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, you would be hard-pressed to argue that he didn’t deserve it. The comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician has more than 80 movies and seven albums […]
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Chuck Lorre Donates $30M to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for New School (Exclusive)
The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles will be getting a new school thanks to a $30 million donation from Chuck Lorre. The veteran TV creator and showrunner, known for such hits as Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon, and his Chuck Lorre Family Foundation gifted the funds to […]
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Demi Moore Posts Video of Bruce Willis Celebrating 68th Birthday With His Family
Bruce Willis’ family wished the actor a happy 68th birthday in separate Instagram posts Sunday. His ex-wife Demi Moore posted a video of Willis celebrating with Moore, current wife Emma Heming Willis, his daughters and other family members. The video shows the family singing “Happy Birthday” to Willis — who was diagnosed with a form […]
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Jason Ritter Jokes His First Hollywood Job Was a “Full-on Nepotism Hire” Thanks to His Dad John Ritter
Jason Ritter is getting candid about being a nepotism baby. While appearing on Thursday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, the Parenthood actor credits his first acting job as a child, voicing the Little Acorn in the cartoon The Real Story of O Christmas Tree, to his father, the late John Ritter. “I will say, […]
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Says His Son Is Critically Ill, Will Miss ‘Bad Cinderella’ Broadway Opening
The Phantom of the Opera composer Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed his eldest son, Nicholas Lloyd Webber, is critically ill with gastric cancer. “I am absolutely devastated to say that my eldest son Nick is critically ill,” the Oscar-winning composer shared in a statement on Saturday. “As my friends and family know, he has been fighting […]
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Lance Reddick’s Wife Stephanie Reddick Remembers Him Following Death: “Taken From Us Far Too Soon”
Lance Reddick’s wife Stephanie Reddick is remembering her husband a day after his death. The actor, known for his roles in several projects including John Wick, The Wire, Fringe, Bosch, Lost and the HBO series Oz, died “suddenly … from natural causes” Friday morning, his publicist Mia Hansen told The Hollywood Reporter. Stephanie took to social media Saturday to […]
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