Saturday, June 22, 2024
Tom Cruise was among the celebrities who attended the second night of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in London. The “Mission: Impossible” star was greeted enthusiastically by with offers of Swift’s signature friendship bracelets before he joined Greta Gerwig, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Hugh Grant and other stars. | Tom Cruise exchanging friendship bracelets at today's show! #LondonTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/55UVeXFhLC — The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) June 22, 2024 Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce was among those in attendance, alongside his brother Jason and sister-in-law Kylie. Much to the delight of fans, the VIPs — including Cruise himself — were filmed dancing to Swift’s…
Saturday, June 22, 2024
In his first show since his DUI arrest in New York, Justin Timberlake expressed appreciation for support from his fans and alluded to that arrest in remarks during his concert Friday night in Chicago. “We’ve been together through ups and downs, lefts and rights. It’s been a tough week, but you’re here and I’m here, and nothing can change this moment right now,” the singer said. “I know sometimes I’m hard to love, but you keep on loving me and I love you right back.” Timberlake then performed his song “Selfish.” Watch a clip of his remarks below: Justin Timberlake’s…
Friday, June 21, 2024
“Perfect Match” Season 2 has crowned its winning couple after a tumultuous season of romance and betrayal. The finale of the Netflix competition series tallied up votes from all of its contestants, who selected which final five pairings they considered to be the most compatible. Winning by just one vote, the winners were named as Christine Obanor and Nigel Jones. Obanor and Jones, who matched up after their date on Episode 10 won an all-expenses-paid vacation to keep deepening their connection. (No, they don’t receive any additional cash prize.) The finale revealed that the couple traveled to Thailand together. The winners were…
Thursday, June 20, 2024
CANNES – A new study on the use of artificial intelligence in the arts found that 81% of creatives believe AI will benefit their work, but a majority 71% agreed that regulation of the new technology is a primary concern. The study, titled “AI Takes Center Stage: The Real-Time Impact of AI in Creative Media & Marketing,” polled 500 creative professionals and was presented Thursday at Cannes Lions by United Talent Agency‘s research and strategy division, UTA IQ. AI continued to be a major topic at this year’s Cannes Lions advertising fest after it made its debut at the 2023…
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Jimmy Kimmel pretended to agree with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” contending that maybe the conservative commentator’s ideas about performance enhancing drugs at the first Biden-Trump debate might be true. But after arguing that Donald Trump should be tested “for Adderall, and Cialis,” Kimmel switched rejected the idea that there’s any such thing as “a ‘magic debate pill’.” “It’s all nuts. It’s just nuttiness,” he said. President Joe Biden is set to debate Trump on June 27, as Kimmel noted during his monologue on Tuesday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” And, Kimmel noted, Fox News personalities…
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Over the weekend, a reporter posted video, taken at a Democratic fundraiser, of Joe Biden and suggested the video showed him freezing up on stage and having to be led off by Barack Obama. The video was then widely shared by various right wing groups as apparent proof Biden is on a serious age-related decline. Since then the White House has denied that the President froze on stage, and on Monday night the denial was backed up by an eye witness: Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted the fundraiser. And after refuting the story, Kimmel rebutted it further with video of Donald…
Monday, June 17, 2024
“Book Club” meets “Bridesmaids” in the new summer comedy “The Fabulous Four,” starring Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph. Four lifelong friends travel to Key West to get the gang back together again, but there’s a twist: Marilyn, played by Midler, is getting married. The new female-driven comedy brings friendship and laughter to an unforgettable bachelorette trip. The trailer for the highly anticipated film dropped Sunday ahead of a July 26 release date from Bleecker Street. Watch it above. The trailer shows Marilyn asking her college friends to be bridesmaids for her second marriage, only two months…
Sunday, June 16, 2024
Joe Biden told voters who are worried about the Supreme Court reversing more protections to “elect me,” because Donald Trump will “appoint two more judges who fly flags upside down,” referring to Samuel Alito’s recent flag flap. Biden promised that, if re-elected, he would protect IVF and contraception, issues the right-skewing Court might next be targeting. “Not on my watch,” he said firmly, to thunderous applause. After intros from George Clooney and Julia Roberts, the President took the stage along with former-Commander-in-Chief Barack Obama Saturday night at LA’s Peacock Theater: The fundraiser brought in more than $28 million, according to…
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Hollywood Teamsters 399 has concluded its first week of contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, as it is negotiating alongside the Basic Crafts unions for the first time ever. In a memo sent to members, Teamsters says that it has exchanged proposals with the AMPTP for both for the ‘Black Book’ Agreement, as well as its Location Manager Agreement. Rank-and-file members of the union from its steering committees were also present in negotiations. In a statement, Teamsters 399 President Lindsey Dougherty noted that another major topic of talks with the AMPTP was the California Film/TV…
Friday, June 14, 2024
An Arizona firearms dealer who planned to incite a race war ahead of the 2024 election was indicted on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime and possession of an unregistered firearm on Tuesday after being stopped from carrying out a mass shooting at Bad Bunny’s Atlanta concert last month. Mark Adams Prieto was exposed by an undercover agent he sold weapons to between January and May of this year, the Arizona District Attorney’s office said in a press release Tuesday. Law enforcement stopped Prieto on May 14 while he was driving east…