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Tonight on “The Voice,” the Battles continued with coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani pitting two of their 14 acts against each other in head-to-head match-ups. In this round of the competition, only one of the battling artists advances as a member of their team while the other is eliminated… unless another coach uses a steal to save them and bring the artist over to their team. Michael and Gwen both used their first of two steal options during “The Battles Premiere” on October 21 and Reba used her first one in “The Battles Part 2” on October 22.

“The Battles Part 3” began with what became the best performance of the round so far. Reba pit her four chair turn artist Danny Joseph against single chair turn artist Deon Jones for a goosebumps-giving rendition of “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.” In the rehearsal space, Reba...

The good news: None of the eliminations on Night 3 of The Voice’s Season 26 Battles were as upsetting as Mark Shiiba’s. The bad news: One of them came close. Real close. Read on, and we’ll discuss all of Tuesday’s performances and the cut that hurt the most.

Team Reba: Danny Joseph (Grade: A) defeated Deon Jones (Grade: A+) on “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” — Deon stolen by Gwen | I’ve got one word for this Battle: [Bleeeeep]! As you’d expect him to be on James Brown’s classic, Danny was spectacular, so full of passion,...

In “Brothers,” Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage play adult twins who’ve been criminal accomplices ever since their jewelry-heisting mom abandoned them as kids.

You hear the pitch for director Max Barbakow’s follow-up to his 2020 Sundance phenom “Palm Springs” and brace yourself for the possibility that the two actors’ mismatched appearances will be the source of the laughs. Screenwriters Macon Blair (“The Toxic Avenger”) and Etan Cohen ( “Tropic Thunder”) have credits that suggest as much, while Hollywood has a history of turning out “high-concept” comedies like “Stuck on You” and “Twins,” for those old enough to remember the ’80s flick in which Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito played long-separated (and far-from-identical) siblings.

It comes as a relief to find that the gap in stature between Moke (Brolin) and Jady (Dinklage) is not at all the difference that “Brothers” intends to focus on. Rather, it’s their mild-versus-wild personalities and...

Say it with me: Sporkinfeesten. Have you got that? No? Don’t worry; eventually, it’ll roll right off your tongue. Bobby Farrelly, co-director of Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, There’s Something About Mary, and the director of 2023’s feelgood sports comedy Champions, is packing his bags for Sporkinfeesten, a family vacation comedy at Amazon MGM. Sporkinfeesten, based on a spec script by Aaron and Will Eisenberg, is based on a true story about “finding your roots.”

Plot details remain a mystery, but it’s Farrelly’s next project after wrapping production on Dear Santa, starring Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howrey, and Post Malone about a young boy who, in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and it to Stan instead.

Farrelly is behind some of Hollywood’s most outrageous comedies, including Me, Myself & Irene, Shallow Hal, Stuck on You, Fever Pitch, Dumb and Dumber To,...

Ben Affleck and his longtime friend Matt Damon have vastly different lives when it comes to marriage. Damon’s marriage has been completely free of celebrity scandal, so it’s easy to see why Affleck feels a certain way about it.

How Ben Affleck admires Matt Damon’s marriage Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Gary Miller/WireImage

Damon always considered himself very fortunate that he and Luciana Barroso didn’t have to endure the same kind of attention that Affleck and his girlfriends did. Damon famously met his wife Lucy while filming the comedy Stuck On You. But his meeting with Barroso, who was a bartender at the time, was the stuff of a romantic comedy all on its own.

Damon was at Barroso’s bar when people started to notice him. The actor wanted a place to hide for a bit, so Barroso offered him some refuge from all the attention.

Actor Matt Damon is known for his roles in films like Good Will Hunting and Jason Bourne. The actor co-wrote the screenplay for the former with his friend and creative partner Ben Affleck, and won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, which propelled the duo to global stardom. Since then, the two friends have collaborated frequently and have successful careers of their own.

In 2005, Damon married Luciana Barroso Damon in a private ceremony in Manhattan. The two have been together ever since and reportedly met in Miami in 2003. Damon and Barroso share four daughters, with one being from Barroso’s previous marriage.

How did Matt Damon meet his wife Luciana Barroso Damon? Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso Damon at the Oscars Red Carpet | Credits: YouTube/MaximoTV

By 2003, Matt Damon had already become a rising star in Hollywood. The actor had won an Oscar for the screenplay of Good Will Hunting...

Matt Damon didn’t know how long he’d be playing Jason Bourne for. But a lot changed in his life throughout the original Bourne trilogy, including him getting family.

How Matt Damon’s family influenced his preparation for ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ Matt Damon | Axel Schmidt / Getty Images

Damon once asserted that he had no idea how long the Bourne movies were going to last. Speaking with BBC, Damon revealed that he didn’t sign for several movies at once when he was cast in The Bourne Identity. He didn’t even know if there would be a franchise.

“There were a lot of things that could have happened,” Damon once told him. “But we always said after the first one that we’d do another one if it wasn’t just a cynical money grabber; if we could actually make a movie that we felt was as good as...

Jay Leno is known for two things: hosting The Tonight Show and preventing other people from hosting The Tonight Show. Okay, three things if you count repeatedly crashing vintage motor vehicles. The point is, Leno isn’t generally known for being a great actor, even despite the fact that, in his pre-talk show days, he literally starred in a Rush Hour-esque action-comedy with Pat Morita. It wasn’t good.

Leno later admitted that his only starring vehicle, Collision Course, was “terrible” and the clunky process put him off of film acting entirely.

But despite that disastrous experience, Leno was apparently still game to co-star in an upcoming movie. And it’s a drama. About The Beatles. Seriously.

Midas Man tells the story of Brian Epstein, who famously discovered and managed Liverpool’s Fab Four before tragically dying at the age of 32. The promising film stars legit dramatic actors like Eddie Marsan,...

Remember Tom Brady? That guy who starred in all those commercials for the Hertz car rental company that show up every time you try to watch something on YouTube? It appears people haven't taken too kindly to Brady mocking Tom Cruise's infamous talk show couch-jumping in those ads, which is valid. I mean, really, there are so many fun ways to mock our Boomer Short King in 2024, and the best you can come up with is a joke that was already tired when the "Scary Movie" franchise did it with "Scary Movie 4" back in 2006?

Brady's antics, along with some previous escapades that apparently involve him playing one of those sportsball games for a living, have since landed him in hot water with none other than "Lift" actor Kevin Hart. Gen X's own Short King is now set to host "The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady," a...

Conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell, subjects of several notable documentaries who pursued separate careers, interests and relationships during lives that defied medical expectations, died this month in Pennsylvania, according to funeral home officials. They were 62.

The twins, listed by Guinness World Records as the oldest living conjoined twins, died April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to obituaries posted by Leibensperger Funeral Homes of Hamburg. The cause of death was not detailed.

“When we were born, the doctors didn’t think we’d make 30, but we proved them wrong,” Lori said in an interview when they turned 50, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. George came out as transgender in 2007.

The twins, born Sept. 18, 1961, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, had distinct brains but were joined at the skull. George, who had spina bifida and was 4 inches shorter, was wheeled around by Lori on an adaptive wheeled stool. Despite each having...

Plot: After decades of lying about a fake friend named Ricky Stanicky, who they use as a get-out-of-jail-free card, three buddies are caught in a lie and have to produce a real version of their imaginary friend to their families. They hired an Atlantic City low-life (John Cena) to pretend to be Stanicky, but he enjoys playing the part so much that he refuses to leave town.

Review: For those who don’t know, for the last fourteen years, Ricky Stanicky was a red-hot script floating around Hollywood, with people as varied as Jim Carrey, James Franco, and Joaquin Phoenix set to play the lead role. Having placed on The Black List, the script by Jeff Bushell, Jason Decker, and David Occhino was in limbo for quite a while before Peter Farrelly and his frequent collaborators Pete Jones and Mike Cerrone took a stab at it, meaning the film now...

Everything you need to know about the new movie Ricky Stanicky is on the poster with its stark message plastered right across it: Warning! An R-rated Comedy. Oh, and the fact that it is directed and co-written by Peter Farrelly also tells you a lot. This is undeniably a return to the kinds of outrageous, raunchy, anything-goes style of comedy that made the Farrelly brand a household name with films like Dumb and Dumber, Shallow Hal, Kingpin, Stuck On You and the “Citizen Kane” of the genre, There’s Something About Mary. More recently Farrelly, who also managed to put heart in even the wildest of situations, took his career in a different direction with his wonderful and emotional Oscar-winning Green Book, as well as the terrific true story The Greatest Beer Run Ever which starred Zac Efron. The latter is now reunited with the filmmaker and the results are laugh-out-loud hilarious in Ricky Stanicky,...

Elvis has had a resurgence in popular culture with Baz Luhrmann's colorful fantasia "Elvis" about his dazzling star presence and complex relationship with Colonel Parker, and Sofia Coppola's incisive "Priscilla" which views him through a more critical lens, delving into the uneven power dynamics and manipulation that defined his marriage. 

But it was "Lilo & Stitch" that introduced Elvis to many millennial and Gen Z audiences. With its quirky alien characters and gorgeous watercolor backgrounds that illustrate the Hawaiian setting, "Lilo & Stitch" is one of the most unique Disney films. But what also makes "Lilo & Stitch" such a singular film is its soundtrack, particularly its inclusion of the crooning heartthrob from the 1950s, Elvis Presley. The adorable six-year-old Lilo overlooks any of Elvis' flaws and views him as a "model citizen" whom her naughty blue "puppy" Stitch can look up to.

Elvis did have a relationship with Hawaii,...

Before starring as Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” Jacob Elordi was only familiar with the King of Rock and Roll from Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch.”

During a recent appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,” Elordi sat down to discuss his role in the film, which centers on the life of Priscilla Presley (Cailee Spaeny) and her relationship with Elvis.

“The most I knew of Elvis was in ‘Lilo & Stitch,'” Elordi admitted. “Which is a lot, by the way.”

“Lilo & Stitch” follows Lilo (Daveigh Chase) and her friendship with an extraterrestrial creature she meets on the island of Hawaii, whom she names Stitch (Chris Sanders). Lilo, an avid Elvis Presley fan, teaches Stitch how to become a “model citizen” like the singer and, at one point, dresses Stitch up in a Presley-inspired ensemble. The 2002 animated film also features five of Presley’s hits,...

In 2023, an audio transcript filed in court in a lawsuit by Rudy Giuliani’s former assistant revealed that the former New York City mayor has a problem with a surprising person: Matt Damon. In a 2019 conversation, Giuliani rolled his eyes at the actor’s politics before making more personal digs. Here’s what he had to say about the Oscar winner.

Rudy Giuliani has a problem with Matt Damon

In a transcript submitted by Giuliani’s former assistant Noelle Dunphy, the politician struggled to name any celebrities who identify as Republicans.

“Ain’t too many,” he said, per Insider. “Brad — not Brad Pitt. The other guy that looks like him.”

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Dunphy asked if Giuliani was referring to Bradley Cooper — he wasn’t — before mentioning that Matt Damon is “very liberal.” In response, Giuliani called Damon a homophobic slur before taking a shot at his height.

Matt Damon is one of Hollywood’s most respected actors and a talent that every top director clamors to work with. Damon is the recipient of multiple awards and accolades, and after more than three decades in the film industry, he has his pick of movie roles.

However, one particular director that has Damon sitting up to take notice, with the veteran actor willing to drop other commitments for the chance at a role in one of his movies. In a recent interview, Damon opened up about his work with Christopher Nolan in the all-new film Oppenheimer, revealing that Nolan is part of a pact he made with his wife in couples therapy.

Matt Damon | Gary Gershoff/WireImage Matt Damon has been with his wife for decades

Damon is a well-established family man who has stayed with one partner for decades, defying the Hollywood stereotype. According to Et Online, Damon and his wife,...

Matt Damon considers himself fortunate regarding his creative and romantic partnerships.

In a recent interview with Sunday “Today“‘s Willie Geist, Damon, 52, expressed his belief that his ability to choose the right collaborators is one of his strengths.

He highlighted three significant partnerships in his life: his lifelong friendship with Ben Affleck, his marriage to his wife Luciana Barroso, and his work with Gary White at water.org.

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When asked which partnership takes priority, Damon humorously responded: “You’re supposed to divide your day up into thirds, so there’s no particular order, but obviously my wife.”

Damon’s family, including his wife and their daughters, have been by his side at movie premieres, showcasing their strong bond.

Damon and his wife met in 2003 during the filming of “Stuck on You” in Miami Beach,...

Lionel Richie has announced a list of North American tour dates for this summer. Earth, Wind & Fire will join him as special guests for all dates.

The Sing a Song All Night Long tour is scheduled to start on August 4 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. It will feature concert dates in major cities like Chicago, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Toronto and Atlanta before ending on September 15 in Los Angeles.

Lionel Richie Concert Tour Setlist

Richie rose to prominence in the 70s as the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores. He wrote and recorded the singles “Easy,” “Sail On” and “Still” with the group. In 1981, he wrote and produced the song “Endless Love,” a duet with Diana Ross that still is one of the top 20 bestselling singles of all time. During his solo career, Richie has won four Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year...

Matt Damon's family made a rare public appearance at the Los Angeles premiere of his film "Air" back in March. Ahead of the movie's April 5 release, the actor was joined by wife Luciana Barroso and their three daughters, Isabella, Gia, and Stella Damon. Although their oldest daughter, Alexia Barroso (whom Luciana welcomed in a previous marriage), wasn't with them, she has publicly supported the actor in the past by attending his other movie premieres.

Matt may be private when it comes to his personal life, but we do know a few details about his family, like the fact that Matt met his wife while filming 2003's "Stuck on You." At the time, Luciana was working at a bar in Miami. Matt and Luciana fell in love and got married in 2005. He and Luciana then went on to expand their family in the years to come.

In a December 2012 interview with Today,...

Bella Thorne has been on and off sets since the age of six years old, kicking off with the Farrelly Brothers’s Stuck On You, Entourage and The O.C., and then breaking out as a teenager on the Disney Channel show Shake It Up opposite Zendaya.

Nearly 20 years and some 130 credits later, the 25-year-old Game of Love and Divinity actress is now determined to make her mark behind the camera.

“Directing has always been something that I’ve just loved. When I’m on set, I’m behind the camera. I’m asking the Dp questions. I’m wondering, and that’s always been how it was for me since really, really young,” Thorne told Deadline at the Taormina Film Festival this week. Click on Related Link to watch full interview.

The actress and singer was at the festival to debut her short film Paint Her Red and also guest...

Matt Damon has been open about missing out on starring in the Avatar movies due to his commitment to the Bourne franchise, but now that James Cameron’s films have pulled in over $5.2 billion worldwide, he’s showing more regret than ever.

Entertainment Tonight met up with Matt Damon and actual Avatar star Zoe Saldaña, who plays Neytiri in the James Cameron movies, while the two are currently working on a project titled “Let’s Do Dinner” for Stella Artois. During the discussion, Damon called turning down Avatar–which would have netted him 10% of the movie’s box office–“the dumbest thing an actor ever did in the history of acting.” And this is the guy who starred in Stuck On You! Damon was up for Corporal Jake Sully, which ended up going to Sam Worthington.

While Saldaña isn’t exactly convinced Matt Damon’s career took a dive after brushing off Avatar,...

“American Idol” Season 21 is coming to an end Sunday, May 21 with Colin Stough, Iam Tongi and Megan Danielle battling it out to join the esteemed list of previous winners. After surviving auditions, Hollywood Week and the Final Judgement, judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie chose them as part of the Top 26.

Since then, America has voted by the millions to keep these three in the competition. They’ve participated in theme weeks including “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Night,” “Judge’s Song Contest,” “Alanis Morissette/Ed Sheeran Night” and “Disney Night” to reach this moment. So, who do You want to win it all? Vote in our poll below.

See ‘American Idol’ outrage! Fans say Wé Ani was robbed of spot in finale [Poll Results]

Colin Stough

Hometown: Amory, Ms

Occupation: Hvac Technician

Age: 19

Hollywood Showstopper: “Cold” by Chris Stapleton

Top 26: “Midnight Train to Memphis” by The SteelDrivers...

Like many other child stars, Bella Thorne got her start on the Disney Channel. But unlike some of her peers, Thorne managed to transition into more mature roles in movies and TV shows. Not all child actors become successful as adults, but she has proved that she has the talent and versatility to succeed in the entertainment industry.

With her striking looks and charming personality, Thorne has amassed a huge following of fans, who are always eager to see what she will do next. Here’s a look at what the 25-year-old has been doing since leaving Disney.

Bella Thorne gained prominence for her role as CeCe Jones on Disney’s ‘Shake It Up’ Bella Thorne visits The IMDb Portrait Studio at Acura Festival Village on Location at Sundance 2023 on January 21, 2023 in Park City, Utah. | Corey Nickols/Getty Images for IMDb

According to her IMDb profile, Thorne’s first film...

With its list of new releases for May 2023, Hulu is relying on an acclaimed original and a whole lotta FX.

The acclaimed original in question in The Great season 3. Premiering on May 12, this historical black comedy with continue the story of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and her pal Peter III (Nicholas Hoult). The other Hulu original series of note this month is The Clearing on May 24. Based on the best-selling crime novel In the Clearing this story will follow a story inspired by the real life events behind Australian cult “The Family.”

For its other TV options in May, Hulu is turning to its cable partner FX. Class of ’09, an FBI thriller starring Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry, premieres on May 10. That will be followed by The Secrets of Hillsong, a docuseries investigating the controversial church on May 20.

Hulu’s list of original movies this month is...

“The Great” returns to Hulu for Season 3 on May 12. Elle Fanning portrays Catherine the Great, desperate to turn Russia into an enlightened nation, while Nicholas Hoult plays Peter III, her libertine husband. Despite marital problems, including Catherine’s attempt to murder him, Peter now claims to be in love with his wife. The show, loosely based on history, takes a snarky, sexy, and irreverent ride through 18th-century Russia. Catherine was the longest-running female ruler in the nation’s history.

Check out “The Great” Season 3 trailer:

FX’s suspense thriller “Class of ’09” streams May 10 on Hulu. A class of FBI agents at three points in time face changes in the U.S. criminal justice system, which has been altered by AI. The series takes a deep dive into the nature of justice and the choices we make.

Watch the trailer for “Class of ‘09”:

Also returning to the Disney-owned...

Tonight on “American Idol,” the Top 20 contestants perform live, with overnight voting results revealing 10 Idol hopefuls who will continue. Judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie will choose two singers to round out the Top 12 competing to be the next American Idol. Emmy Award winner Ryan Seacrest hosts the reality TV competition series for the show’s sixth season on ABC and 21st overall.

See Everything to know about ‘American Idol’ Season 21: Finalists, judges and celebrity mentors

8:00 p.m. — Previously on “American Idol”! The Top 20 were revealed and performed for America’s vote. Viewers had until 9 a.m. Et/6 a.m. Pt Monday morning to vote for their favorite. Let’s find out who made the Top 12!

8:05 p.m. — Wé Ani is the first singer to advance to the Top 12. It’s fitting considering they made her wait all night on Sunday — she was the last...

Sofia Richie totally wins for coolest wedding entertainment. Not only did the 24-year-old model's father, iconic musician Lionel Richie, play the piano and sing while Sofia and her groom, music executive Elliot Grainge, danced during their April 22 wedding at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, but so did some other famous family members.

Sofia has shared snippets of video of her Chanel dress and from the entire wedding weekend on social media since saying "I do." A new video posted to TikTok on April 24 includes clips of Lionel's performance. Sofia's sister, Nicole Richie, introduces their father as "Lionel effing Richie" in the footage before video shows him playing his song "Stuck on You."

There's also footage of Sofia practicing her walk down the flower-lined aisle while her friends sing Stephen Sanchez's "Until I Found You" - a clip closely followed by one of the actual aisle walk...

Matt Damon is no stranger to turning down potentially lucrative film opportunities. But him rejecting Rescue Dawn was a special case, as he did so after seeking advice from his mother.

Matt Damon’s mom predicted her son’s acting career years ago Matt Damon | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Damon has been very open about his upbringing. Unlike some celebrities who were born into the business, Damon couldn’t have been raised further from Hollywood’s spotlight while growing up. He wasn’t exactly wealthy, but didn’t consider his family to be poor either.

“I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest of the world, that’s great wealth. As a parent, I think the question is, how do you raise any kid with a true understanding and context of what kind of life they have versus what kind of life other people have? It’s a constant...

Matt Damon is honouring his father with his latest ink. In a video, shared by tattoo artist, Winterstone, the “Air” actor recently got the word “Nomad” tattooed on his arm.

“Got to tattoo an idol of mine! Such a cool job to have great experiences like these. #mattdamon,” the artist wrote. “And Mr. Damon tattooed me! His first time tattooing! A small universe… aka a dot!”

The tattoo artist revealed that the ink, which appears on his arm pays tribute to his father’s boat and is also the Oscar-winning actor’s last name spelled backwards.

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“The tattoo has great meaning! For his late father We tattooed Nomad which was his fathers boat and also Says Damon backwards! Pretty rad tattoo with so much Meaning!

Exclusive: Jack Black and brothers Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the team behind the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal, look to be reuniting for the holidays — and bringing an infamous character along for the sleigh ride. Sources tell Deadline that Black is set to star in the Christmas comedy Dear Santa with Bobby Farrelly set to direct and Peter Farrelly on board to produce with Bobby and Jeremy Kramer.

The movie centers on a young boy who, in writing his yearly note to Santa, mixes up the letters and sends it to Satan instead. Black recently teased the project on social media when he posted a photo of him posing with Christmas decorations with no context — it got everyone talking about what it could be.

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The film also will star Robert Timothy Smith, with a supporting cast that includes Keegan-Michael Key,...

Elvis was a box office hit in 2022, but the king of rock has impacted the movie industry for decades. Elvis Presley was a Hollywood star, starring in over 30 movies that incorporated his music with comedy and romance. The Memphis singer continues to influence the film industry as his hit songs have been used to enhance memorable moments in movies.

Here are 5 of the best uses of Elvis Presley songs in movies ‘A Little Less Conversation’ – Ocean’s Eleven Elvis Presley | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Ocean’s Eleven is a heist thriller starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and Andy Garcia. “A Little Less Conversation” is used over various shots of Las Vegas before the crew meets to discuss the heist. However, the song’s use gave it new life, and it was later remixed by Junkie Xl, who got the 1968 song on the Billboard charts in the early 2000s.

The pitch for “Champions” is simple enough — a salty, washed-out basketball coach can only avoid jail time for a drunk driving charge by coaching a team of intellectually disabled adults, known as the Friends, and he learns to be a better person along the way — though the director behind it might give some people pause. Wait, Bobby Farrelly? Like, “Dumb and Dumber” and “There’s Something About Mary” and “Stuck on You” Bobby Farrelly? The very same.

Four years after his brother (and frequent collaborator) Peter Farrelly won Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for his “Green Book,” Bobby is offering up his own, slightly unexpected new feature. Based on the Spanish film “Campeones,” Farrelly’s “Champions” casts his “Kingpin” star Woody Harrelson as said washed-out coach, who has to learn a few things when he starts working with a plucky gang of young adults with intellectual disabilities. It’s sweet and straightforward,...

Bobby Farrelly is back with something surprising in the latest from one half of The Farrelly Brothers – the fellas behind Stuck on You, There’s Something About Mary, Kingpin, and much more. His latest feature, Champions, is a movie with a massive heart. The story revolves around a disgraced coach, played by the highly charismatic Woody Harrelson, who is assigned a coaching job to a basketball team. Yet this team consists of a few “Champions” you may not expect. It’s funny and heartwarming, and it features a fantastic cast, from the players themselves to co-stars Cheech Marin and the lovely Kaitlin Olson.

I recently had the chance to chat with some of the fine folk behind this sweet film. First, Woody Harrelson is easily one of my favorite guys I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing. He’s always been kind and engaging with his answers. And when you put him and Kaitlin Olson together,...

Lionel Richie has one of the most beloved bodies of work of any musician. So when one of his lifelong admirers, Lenny Kravitz, inducted the Commodore into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Kravitz tried to convey who Richie is when the world isn’t watching.

Years ago, Richie visited Kravitz at his home in Miami for a jam session. It was their first meeting. Kravitz was anxious — which is, honestly, difficult to picture — and wanted everything to be perfect. Just as they were getting into a groove, his 93-year-old...

Isla Fisher (Wolf Like Me) and Greg Kinnear (Shining Vale) will topline the family comedy The Present, from director Christian Ditter (How to Be Single), which has entered production in Los Angeles.

In the film from Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios, a brilliant boy discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, then teaming up with his siblings to go back to the eve of their parents’ separation in hopes of changing the outcome. As their schemes become more elaborate, the siblings will learn about family bonds and what they can and can’t control. Fisher and Kinnear are playing the parents in search of reconciliation, with Easton Rocket Sweda (General Hospital), Shay Rudolph (The Baby-Sitters Club) and Mason Shea Joyce (Euphoria) portraying the siblings who just might be the only people who can make that happen.

Ross Butler (Shazam!) also stars in the film...

Giveon is fighting the truth because it’s the last thing he wants to hear — and boy, do we get it. On Thursday, Giveon marked his return with his first single of the year, “Lie Again.” In the accompanying video, he walks through the streets of Downtown Los Angeles as he sings about wanting a lover to just lie one more time.

“Don’t tell me baby, I’ve heard enough,” he sings. “I told you I don’t want the truth.”

By the end of the Adrian Martinez-directed video,...

During the first live coast-to-coast episode of “American Idol” Season 20, the Top 14 singers performed, but only 11 received enough votes from America to advance to the next round. The three performers who were eliminated on live television were pop artist Allegra Miles, rock star Ava Maybee and country crooner Dan Marshall. Of this talented trio, who do You think was most robbed of a spot in the Top 11? Vote in our eliminated “American Idol” Top 14 singers poll below and then defend your choice down in the comments section.

After all 14 singers performed on the big stage, host Ryan Seacrest announced which 11 earned enough viewer votes to remain in the competition. In no particular order, the following artists all heard good news on Sunday night: Leah Marlene, HunterGirl, Jay, Fritz Hager, Nicolina, Noah Thompson, Christian Guardino, Lady K, Emyrson Flora, Mike Parker and Tristen Gressett.

The next episode, airing Monday, April 25, will...

“American Idol” continued with the 13th episode of Season 20 on Monday, April 18. This installment of the ABC reality TV competition saw the Top 14 revealed. 10 were voted through by American before judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie chose four more to round out the field. By the end of the night, six artists were sent home: Cameron Whitcomb, Cadence Baker, Elli Rowe, Katyrah Love and Sage.

Along with exciting results, each artist sang once again. So who was the best from Monday night? And have they continued to improve each week? Below I rank each hopeful from the least impressive (but with room to grow) to a possible Season 20 frontrunner.

See Meet the Top 24 “American Idol” finalists for Season 20

14. Emyrson Flora (“Love in the Dark”by Adele): Tackling an Adele song on any show is a risky move since you have to be perfect. Some notes sounded a bit pitchy here and there,...

“American Idol” continues on April 18 for its fifth season on ABC and 20th overall. As always, Ryan Seacrest hosts the reality TV competition series while country superstar Luke Bryan, pop princess Katy Perry and Oscar-winning singer/songwriter Lionel Richie make up the judging panel. In this episode, the Top 10 vote-getters are revealed before the judges choose four more to round out the Top 14 this season.

See Meet the Top 24 finalists competing for America’s vote [Photos]

This season the judges embark on yet another nationwide search for America’s next singing sensation. Auditions were held in Nashville, Tennessee, Austin, Texas and Los Angeles, California. If given a golden ticket, hopeful idols advanced to the Hollywood round. In a new twist this season, three contestants were given a Platinum Ticket, which allowed them to skip the first phase of Hollywood week. Kenedi Anderson withdrew from the competition, but HunterGirl and Jay still remain.

Imagine recording a song only to discover that Rihanna wants to sample it. Well, if you're actor Greg Kinnear, that's exactly what happened!  While chatting with Kelly Clarkson on her talk show on Friday, March 4, the Little Miss Sunshine star recounted the incredible way that his cover of Billy Stewarts' "Summertime" ended up getting sampled by Rihanna for her 2011 song "Cockiness."  "I did a movie with Matt Damon about these conjoined twins back when everyone in Hollywood was making movies about conjoined twins," Greg shared, referencing the 2003 film Stuck On You. "It was this comedy. The Farrelly brothers did...

Madison Avenue used the nation’s biggest media event to tell consumers of massive, destabilizing changes coming soon — but in a good way.

General Motors, one of the nation’s most staid corporations, put its marketing heft behind a fleet of electric vehicles, using revivals of media favorites like “Austin Powers” and “The Sopranos.” Verizon touted quickening telecommunications service by reviving Jim Carrey in his role as “The Cable Guy” and T-Mobile pressed viewers to think about 5G by showing Dolly Parton with a phone pressed close to her chest. Rocket Mortgage dressed its digital service in bright Barbie overtones along with the familiar site of Anna Kendrick. Uber Eats pushed people at home to consider its service for cosmetics, diapers, and odd-smelling candles — not just groceries.

Viewers got to hear about cryptocurrency exchanges, online sports betting, and medical technology. One ad, from Vroom, touted its ability to help people...

Exclusive: Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Woody Harrelson, Emmy nominee Kaitlin Olson, Grammy nominee Cheech Marin and Matt Cook will lead Champions, a recently-wrapped film that Bobby Farrelly directed for Focus Features and Gold Circle Entertainment.

Champions is based on the Goya Award winning Spanish film Campeones, which Universal Pictures International released in 2018. It centers on a stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach who is forced to coach a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service. Actors with intellectual disabilities rounding out the cast to ensure authenticity in the storytelling include Madison Tevlin, Joshua Felder, Kevin Iannucci, Ashton Gunning, Matthew Von Der Ahe, Tom Sinclair, James Day Keith, Alex Hintz, Casey Metcalfe, Bradley Edens and Champ Pederson.

Amazon Prime Video’s epic The Lord of the Rings series won’t arrive until 2022. Thankfully, with its list of new releases for November 2021, Amazon has a pretty major fantasy adaptation to hold us over.

The Wheel of Time is set to premiere on Nov. 19 and will bring Robert Jordan’s massive fantasy universe to life. Rosamund Pike stars as Moiraine, a powerful magic-user who guides five young people on a perilous journey around the world. One of them just might be the reincarnation of the Dragon, a powerful entity who could save the world…or destroy it.

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In addition to that bit of fantasy fun, Amazon Prime also has some other TV options this month. Lesbian dating show Tampa Baes (Nov.

Two handwritten Beatles setlists from the group’s early days are being auctioned off by Bonham’s on October 28th. Only eight such setlists are known to exist, making them highly coveted by collectors. Each one is estimated to sell for $150,000 to $250,000.

The first one comes from a show at Liscard, England’s Grosvenor Ballroom in the spring of 1960. It was written by Paul McCartney and mainly includes covers like Elvis Presley’s “Stuck on You,” Chuck Berry’s “Little Queenie,” Little Richard’s “Lucille,” and Buddy Holly’s “Words of Love,...

Actors are by definition illusionists, and Matt Damon’s illusion is cracking. Long known as the “nice guy” of the Affleck/Damon duo, Damon’s boyish good looks and everyman versatility made him the perfect container for characters ranging from heroic to goofy to sinister. As revealed in a recent interview in which he admitted to casually using “the f slur” as recently as “months ago,” Damon’s everyman has a side that’s more in line with the common man of Trump’s America.

Following an interview with the UK’s Sunday Times, Damon received swift backlash for what he clearly deemed a harmless, if not positive, anecdote.

“The word that my daughter calls the ‘f-slur for a homosexual’ was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application,” Damon told the Times. “I made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter. She left the table.

GLAAD has responded to Matt Damon’s latest statement on his use of the “f-slur,” following backlash from a recent article.

“The conversations that have arisen after Matt Damon’s original interview and subsequent remarks today are an important reminder that this word, or any word that aims to disparage and disrespect LGBTQ people, has no place in mainstream media, social media, classrooms, workplaces, and beyond,” Anthony Allen Ramos, GLAAD’s Head of Talent, wrote in the statement. “There needs to be accountability at a time when anti-lgbtq slurs remain...

On Monday, Matt Damon tried to address a story he allegedly told a reporter, published in the Sunday Times of London this weekend, which involved the use of a pejorative term for gay people.

“During a recent interview, I recalled a discussion I had with my daughter where I attempted to contextualize for her the progress that has been made – though by no means completed – since I was growing up in Boston and, as a child, heard the word ‘f*g’ used on the street before I knew what it even referred to. I explained that that word was used constantly and casually and was even a line of dialogue in a movie of mine as recently as 2003; she in turn expressed incredulity that there could ever have been a time where that word was used unthinkingly. To my admiration and pride, she was extremely articulate about the extent to...

Matt Damon is insisting that he has never used the “f-slur” following backlash from a recent interview.

In an article posted by the U.K.’s Sunday Times, the “Stillwater” star was quoted saying he had stopped using the offensive term “months ago” when his daughter wrote him a “treatise” on “how that word is dangerous.”

But in a statement to Variety, Damon said that he has never used the word in his “personal life” and does not “use slurs of any kind.” He also affirmed that he understands why the interview “led many to assume the worst.”

“During a recent interview, I recalled a discussion I had with my daughter where I attempted to contextualize for her the progress that has been made – though by no means completed – since I was growing up in Boston and, as a child, heard the word ‘f*g’ used on the street before...

Matt Damon said in a new interview that he stopped using what his daughter calls “the f-slur for a homosexual” after she wrote him a treatise explaining “how that word is dangerous.”

In an article posted by the Sunday Times, the “Stillwater” actor was discussing “changes in modern masculinity” when he launched into a story about why he stopped using the offensive term, which he says “was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application.”

“I made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter,” Damon told the Times. “She left the table. I said, ‘Come on, that’s a joke! I say it in the movie Stuck on You!’ She went to her room and wrote a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is dangerous. I said, ‘I retire the f-slur!’ I understood.”

During the interview, Damon also reflected on a...

Matt Damon bizarrely admitted in a new interview that he only recently stopped using the “the f-slur for a homosexual” after his daughter wrote a “treatise” on why using the word to refer to people, gay or otherwise, is unacceptable.

After confessing this in an interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times to promote his new movie “Stillwater,” Damon was the target of many memes as well as pointed criticism as many people online questioned both why he decided to share this information — and also why he was still using such a derogatory term in 2021.

The Boston-born leading man said the “f-slur for a homosexual” was “commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application.”

The word has always been a slur and unacceptable to use even in a joking fashion, but it’s definitely odd that Damon decided to own up to his apparently frequent use of it in private.