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Andy Cohen is defending his babysitting budget after a fellow Bravo personality suggested he was underpaying. via: Pink News Andy Cohen has been branded “cheap” after revealing he pays $30 an hour for his babysitter. Speaking on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live, he told Jeff Lewis that he pays his 23-year-old babysitter $30 an hour for childcare. The Real Housewives reunion host, reportedly estimated to be worth around $50million, is dad to son Benjamin, seven, and daughter Lucy, f

Christopher Abbott felt a bit humbled by his reveal as Professor X at D23 last month. The “Girls” and “East of Eden” star will take on the iconic role in Marvel’s upcoming “X-Men” reboot, which is set to release in May 2028. via: CBM Heading into last month's D23 event in Anaheim, Christopher Abbott (Wolf Man), Tom Pelphrey (Iron Fist), and Bill Skarsgård (It: Welcome to Derry) were named as frontrunners for the role of Professor X in Marvel Studios' X-Men reboot. Pelphrey ha

LCD Soundsystem have confirmed a 2026 NYC residency taking place throughout the holiday season. via: Variety LCD Soundsystem will continue their nearly ten-year tradition of NYC year-ending residencies with 12 shows over three weekends, beginning November 19-22 at Knockdown Center in Queens, continuing with a November 30-December 3 return to Brooklyn Steel, and concluding with four more shows December 10-13 at Knockdown Center. This year’s four-night run at Brooklyn Steel wil

Danny Boyle is once again insisting the third 28 Years Later movie will get made. He just can’t say when. via: Variety “‘28 Years 3,’ or whatever it ends up being called, will get made because people keep asking about it. Quite when I’m not sure, but there’s a script – a very good script by Alex Garland,” he said. And it will feature Cillian Murphy. “[It will have] a lot of Cillian Murphy in it. Whether he’ll take his kit off anymore, that I don’t know. He’s got the Oscar now

Since her comeback in late 2025, Hilary Duff has fueled major millennial nostalgia. Millennial nostalgia is at an all-time high anyway, with the 2000s now being 25 years in the past. As we navigate our adulthoods, we’re not afraid to admit our nostalgia like prior generations. When major pop stars like Hilary Duff return, we’re there for her. Shortly after announcing that she is expanding her Lucky Me tour with 35 more dates, Hilary Duff is set to receive the Outstanding Pop

Lil Nas X is paying tribute to his late mother Tameka Hill ahead of the release of his new single. via: Billboard Lil Nas X has been keeping a low profile since revealing in June that he’d been in rehab “for a few months” after the “Montero” rapper said he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and entered a facility for mental health support. On Wednesday (Sept. 30), the 27-year-old MC shared a moving video in which he gets some emotional, loving support from his late mother, T

Queer dating app Jack'd is getting into the movie making business. via: Variety Jack’d, the largest dating app for queer people of color in the United States, is launching the inaugural Jack’d Film Festival, a showcase and competition celebrating original films by queer creators with a particular focus on films that center the experiences, stories and/or perspectives of queer people of color. TS Madison (“Outlaws With TS Madison” podcast, “Beauty in Black,” “RuPaul’s Drag Rac

Madonna's return to the MTV Video Music Awards was supposed to look like another victory lap. Instead, the 68-year-old walked away with seven trophies while also raising concerns about what comes next. via: The Tab 23 years after she snogged Britney Spears, Madonna returned to the VMAs to perform a medley of songs alongside Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter. The energy-packed performance allegedly left the icon with an urge to get back on the road and tour Confessions II. Mado

Madonna and Taylor Swift reportedly had MTV bosses jumping through hoops at the VMAs, with strict photo rules and carefully timed appearances behind their glittering night. via: The Sun The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards returned Sunday night with high expectations – Snoop Dogg at the helm as host and a handful of genuine megastars, including Taylor Swift and Madonna, on hand. But besides a select few huge names, the lackluster talent list left viewers, and seemingly Paramount h

What has been buzzed about is becoming a reality: Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence is starring in Zach Cregger‘s next movie The Flood at Warner Bros’ New Line Cinema. The pic has a release date of August 11, 2028. via: THR Jennifer Lawrence will star in Zach Cregger’s sci-fi thriller The Flood. Warner Bros.’ New Line division is behind the movie, having picked up the project out of turnaround from Netflix earlier this year. New Line was the studio that made Cregger’s breakout O

Sunny Hostin is out on an island over the Cornell gang-rape case ... defending the seven accused frat bros and questioning how the story is being reported. via: EW The View cohosts have weighed in on the ongoing alleged Cornell University sexual assault case that has ignited an impassioned dialogue about women’s safety on college campuses and beyond. After New York District Attorney Matthew Van Houten announced Monday that “the case will be prosecuted in the most objective an

HBO chief Casey Bloys is poised to take the reins of all of Paramount and Warner Bros. streaming operations once the two companies merge. On Tuesday, Cindy Holland announced she was stepping down from her role running Paramount+ and other direct to consumer streamers under the Paramount umbrella. via: Deadline One of the biggest executive suite questions about Paramount following its pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — who will lead streaming — may have been answe

Sylvester Stallone may be known for playing tough-as-nails characters in classics like Rocky, First Blood, and Rambo, but apparently, the actor isn’t shy about getting sentimental about his real life. via: Page Six Sylvester Stallone was out on the links when he found out his mother, the eccentric Jackie Stallone, had died. “I was playing golf and someone called, ‘Your mother’s dead,’” Stallone told me. He didn’t go to the funeral. “No. .. Now you’re getting the scoop,” he sa

The cast of Saved by the Bell is remembering their dear principal. via: Rolling Stone The surviving cast members of Saved by the Bell are paying tribute to actor Dennis Haskins, who played the high school sitcom’s beleaguered principal, Mr. Belding. News of Haskins’ death at age 75 broke Tuesday, though a cause of death is not yet public. “[I’m] heartbroken to hear about my old friend Dennis Haskins,” actor Mario Lopez, who played the jock, A.C. Slater, wrote on social media.

A woman accused of spraying bullets at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s home, hitting a trailer the celebrity couple was inside and a nursery their kids were in, was found mentally competent by a judge on Tuesday to stand trial. via: Rolling Stone The woman accused of firing 20 rounds from an AR-15-style rifle at Rihanna’s Los Angeles home, allegedly striking an exterior wall of a nursery and the windshield of an Airstream trailer occupied by the singer and her partner, A$AP Rocky, h

Slipknot fans have hit out at the band’s decision to recruit Marilyn Manson as support for dates on their newly announced 2027 ‘(sic)est Stadium Tour’. via: The Independent Manson is currently scheduled to join the band’s 2027 tour, which was announced Monday, for their run of dates in South America, as well as their concert at London’s Wembley Stadium. However, fans of the masked metal band are now boycotting the shows over past abuse allegations against Manson. His ex, Evan

The US Federal Trade Commission and seven states can proceed with their consumer protection lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its Ticketmaster subsidiary over large-scale ticket resale operations, a federal court ruled. via: Billboard A judge says Ticketmaster can be sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly enabling mass-scale ticket reselling on its secondary market. A Monday (Sept. 28) court order, obtained and first reported by Billboard, d

A California judge signaled on September 24th that he was on the verge of sharply reducing the $12.9 million in damages that a jury awarded to a housekeeper who was mauled by a massive dog outside Chris Brown’s mansion in 2020. via: Billboard A judge has ruled that $13 million is an “excessive” number for Chris Brown to pay a former housekeeper who was mauled by a 200-pound dog at the R&B star’s home. In a Tuesday (Sept. 29) order, first obtained and reported by Billboard, Lo

Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky's baby is a girl named Rose. via: Billboard Lady Gaga and her fiancé Michael Polansky have reportedly welcomed a baby girl named Rose Bean Polansky, according to a birth certificate obtained by TMZ. The couple’s daughter was born on June 9 in Los Angeles. Billboard has reached out to Gaga’s reps for confirmation. While Gaga and Polansky have yet to publicly comment on their daughter’s name, Rose seems to have a very sweet connection to Gaga’s pe

Miley Cyrus has scored her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 in over a decade with her latest, “Bass Persuades.” via: Rolling Stone Miley’s 10th studio album, Bass Persuades, finds the singer topping the Billboard 200 for the first time in more than a decade. It debuts with 61,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States, the week ending Sept. 24, according to Luminate as Billboard reports. Bass Persuades is her sixth album to top the albums chart, and the firs