• Olivia de Havilland, Hollywood icon and ‘Gone With the Wind’ star, dead at 104

    Olivia de Havilland, Hollywood icon and ‘Gone With the Wind’ star, dead at 104

    Hollywood icon Olivia de Havilland — the Oscar-winning star of classics including “Gone With the Wind” and “The Adventures of Robin Hood” — died Sunday, according to her rep. She was 104. The two-time Academy Award-winning actress died peacefully from natural causes at the home in her home in Paris, France where she had lived …
  • Johnny Depp’s lawyers say Amber Heard may have attacked her sister

    Johnny Depp’s lawyers say Amber Heard may have attacked her sister

    Amber Heard may have once attacked her sister — and there’s video to prove it, Johnny Depp’s lawyers claimed Friday in a bombshell twist at his London libel trial. Depp’s lawyer David Sherborne notified the court that his team had received footage Thursday night showing Heard’s sister Whitney Henriquez with bruises on her face and …
  • ‘McFarland USA’ actor Johnny Ortiz charged with attempted murder

    ‘McFarland USA’ actor Johnny Ortiz charged with attempted murder

    Actor Johnny Ortiz has been charged with attempted murder, according to a report. The actor, who starred alongside Kevin Costner in “McFarland USA,”  has been held on $1,120,000 bond since his arrest in May, TMZ reported. Ortiz and another man, Armando Miguel Navarro, allegedly tried to kill Brian Duke “for the benefit of … a …
  • We may not see any summer blockbusters in 2020

    We may not see any summer blockbusters in 2020

    It’s the middle of summer, and despite the world being in a pandemic, plenty of warm-weather activities have returned: picnics, Frisbee and even swimming are allowed in many states. But what of the summer blockbuster? Our cinematic escape in which supercharged air conditioning, a spaceship and Will Smith save us from the scorching heat? The …
  • Federal judge rejects proposed global settlement against Weinstein

    Federal judge rejects proposed global settlement against Weinstein

    A federal judge Tuesday rejected a proposed global settlement against Harvey Weinstein over concerns that his accusers’ claims are too disparate for a class action. “Women who have been raped are entitled to a much greater recovery than women who just met Harvey Weinstein,” ruled U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein during a hearing in Manhattan …
  • Four charged with murder of Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke

    Four charged with murder of Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke

    Two men and two teens have been charged with killing Brooklyn-born rapper Pop Smoke during a home-invasion robbery in Los Angeles in February, officials announced Monday. Corey Walker, 19, and Keandre Rodgers, 18, were hit with one count each of murder and robbery for the Feb. 19 slaying of the artist, whose real name was …
  • Hospitals are replacing doctors with Hollywood celebrities doling out advice

    Hospitals are replacing doctors with Hollywood celebrities doling out advice

    Hospitals across the country are trying a new tactic to combat COVID-19: replacing medical doctors with Hollywood celebrities doling out advice. The Hollywood celebrities will simply lecture patients with their vast knowledge from their acting careers, tell them to do better, or sing “Imagine” for really bad diseases. Hundreds of thousands of doctors were informed …
  • An A.I. robot named Erica was cast in the lead role of a $70M sci-fi film

    An A.I. robot named Erica was cast in the lead role of a $70M sci-fi film

    As if the world wasn’t getting dystopian enough. An enterprising sci-fi film crew has devised an ingenious way to shoot their film while circumventing coronavirus concerns — by casting a real-life A.I. robot named Erica. The move marks the first time a movie will star an artificially intelligent actor, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “She …
  • Hollywood legend Veronica Lake wrote she ‘had to get out’ before her tragic death

    Hollywood legend Veronica Lake wrote she ‘had to get out’ before her tragic death

    Veronica Lake, a screen siren who captivated audiences in the 1940s, had no qualms about leaving Hollywood behind. In the recently republished memoir titled “Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake,” the actress insisted she turned her back on Hollywood, Closer Weekly reported on Monday. “I had to get out,” the star wrote, as reported by …
  • Legal brawl gets ugly between Hollywood producers Roy Lee, John Powers Middleton

    Legal brawl gets ugly between Hollywood producers Roy Lee, John Powers Middleton

    An already contentious financial spat between two hotshot Hollywood producers just got uglier. John Powers Middleton, producer of Oscar-winning movies “Manchester by the Sea” and “The Disaster Artists,” filed a fresh batch of legal papers on Wednesday against his estranged business partner Roy Lee, accusing the horror flick producer of freely indulging in drugs and …