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Contest to pick Ed Sheeran opener launches amid Macklemore turmoil, users flood site with fake entries. via: EW Ed Sheeran is looking for a new opening act — and he probably won’t like a lot of the applicants. Guitar Center staged a contest for musically inclined fans that will allow one lucky winner to open for the “Thinking Out Loud” singer at his concert in Mexico City on Dec. 11. The “Open for Legends” contest launched on Monday, Sept. 14 — the same day Macklemore was dro

In the afterglow of Brand New Day, Sony is going all-in on their release of Resident Evil, the reboot of the popular video game franchise from white-hot director Zach Cregger, whose Barbarian ($40.8M domestic) and Weapons ($151.57M domestic) lit a fire for original horror content. Although this is not an original, it is an entirely new vision divorced from the Milla Jovovich series, which made $1.27B WW while still taking place within Raccoon City. Headlined by Weapons‘ Austi

Matthew Lillard confessed he was “embarrassed” to appear in “Scream 7” because he was on the “wrong side of history” after Melissa Barrera was infamously fired. via: EW The actor, who starred as OG Ghostface Stu Macher in the original 1996 slasher and returned for the seventh entry, was candid about his complex feelings during a Tuesday night Q&A session for a Scream 30th anniversary screening. Lillard was taking questions from the audience when one fan asked about the diffic

Pop icon Madonna is set to turn the VMA stage into her very own Danceteria as she has been officially announced as the opening performance of the upcoming broadcast via: Rolling Stone Madonna has been present at the MTV Video Music Awards in some form or fashion since she performed “Like a Virgin” at the very first show in 1984. Generations of new pop starlets have referenced her most iconic looks on the red carpet, or paid homage to her infamous Britney Spears and Christina

Throughout their 11-year marriage, Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker talked openly about their sex life. But now that they’re divorced, she wants him to abstain from spilling any more X-rated details. via: Page Six Kandi Burruss is calling out her ex-husband, Todd Tucker, for “sensationalizing” their sex life after he revealed they had threesomes throughout “most of” their 11-year marriage. The former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast member addressed his decision to share intima

The very handsome Michael B. Jordan is gracing the cover of Vogue's October 2026 issue. via: Out At nearly 40 years old, the handsome actor is in the prime of his life after winning the Oscar for his dual performance as twin brothers Smoke and Stack in the 2025 film Sinners. Now, Jordan is posing on the cover of Vogue by showing a bit of skin as he lays on a couch and in a bathtub outside. As part of the interview, the star admits that he's fully in "work mode" by serving as

A cause of death has been determined for drag performer Heklina, almost four years after London police dropped the ball in her investigation. via: Attitude More than three years after Heklina was found dead at a flat in Soho, London, on 3 April 2023, the cause of death of the San Francisco drag performer has been confirmed. The Metropolitan Police has concluded that she died from acute mixed drug toxicity – months after friends and fans of Heklina criticised the Met for what

Rosie O’Donnell is joining “The Rocky Horror Show.” via: EW Playbill announced on Wednesday that for a nearly two-week stint next month, O’Donnell will play the Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway. Tony nominee Rachel Dratch, who has been playing the role since the show kicked off previews in March, will be taking a brief hiatus from the stage. O’Donnell will take over on Oct. 6 with Dratch returning on Oct. 20. “Could not be more thrilled #broadway is the place sho

Hannah Einbinder has taken a playful swipe at Ed Sheeran in an Instagram Story, joking that she hopes he gets a “REALLY bad sun burn” on top of a post about his reported net worth. via: EW Following the singer’s statements about Macklemore being dropped from his Loop tour, Einbinder shared a pointed message to the British musician. “Ed Sheeran i say this as a ginger. i hope you get a REALLY bad sun burn [sic] the kind on the back of your entire body where it hurts to lie down

All hail Peter Parker. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has notched a heroic box office milestone, overtaking 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” as the highest-grossing domestic release of all time. via: THR Sony Pictures‘ spectacularly successful superhero blockbuster has become the highest-grossing title on the all-time North American chart with $936.773 million. The new domestic champion hit the top spot after 47 days of release, surpassing the previous record of $936.6 mill

Controversial R&B singer Chris Brown took a swipe at the Texas state lawmaker who apologized after honoring him during the Dallas-area stop of his tour with Usher. via: WFAA When Brown and Usher stopped in Arlington this weekend, Jones and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) went on stage to present the two artists with a Congressional Record recognition. The move made headlines due to Brown's history of domestic violence. In 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting his former g

30 years in, and The View has no plans on slowing down. via: Variety Viewers are still taking a little time to enjoy ABC’s “The View.” The daytime talker, which has been in the crosshairs of the Trump Administration’s FCC, averaged 2.518 million total viewers when it returned for Season 30 last week — up 8% from last year’s audience (2.324 million) and posting the show’s largest overall premiere week audience in six years (since the 2020-2021 TV season). “The View” also attra

Porn star Christian Styles' death was caused by heavy drinking and kratom use ... which is called "gas station heroin" . via: Out Styles, whose real name was Zachary Christian Jaghab, died on August 20 due to alcohol and mitragynine toxicity, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner autopsy obtained by People. A toxicology report found that he had a blood alcohol content of 0.168% and a blood mitragynine level of 87 ng/mL. Mitragynine is the active chemical compound in

More than two years after Deundray Cottrell disappeared following a Fourth of July celebration at his sister's Birmingham home, a former partner has been arrested and charged with his murder. via: AL.com It has been more than two years since a beloved Atlanta doctoral student and dancer was found strangled to death inside a Birmingham shed two days after he vanished during a family Fourth of July celebration. The grieving family of 31-year-old Deundray Cottrell has longed for

Gay adult content creator Riccardo Staudt, known online as Noah Segsy, has died aged 22 after being found unconscious in a swimming pool in Cyprus. via: Out The adult content creator’s death was unknown until a young tourist was pulled out of a swimming pool and later identified as Staudt, the Daily Star reports. After mysteriously drowning in a shallow pool in an apartment complex in Paralimni, Cyprus, Staudt was pulled out, and emergency services were contacted around 9:20

Sunny Hostin is defending her decision to license her books to be adapted into movies via AI. via: Deadline Sunny Hostin received pushback from her co-hosts on The View as she defended the use of AI in Hollywood. Hostin, who recently licensed her name and likeness to AI company Fountain 0, argued that generative AI should be considered a “new art form,” noting that it can help the entertainment industry show more Black and Brown representation. “I partnered with this company

Kim Zolciak isn’t the only one facing lingering debt after her son Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr.’s escalating legal troubles. via: Page Six Kroy Biermann has been ordered to pay a $64,000 gambling debt after his son KJ was granted a $200,000 bond in the 15-year-old’s sexual battery and sodomy case. Biermann’s debt is in connection with a trip to the Bahamas that he took in November 2021, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly. The former NFL athlete defaulted, so he comp

Practical Magic 2 has conjured up a solid opening weekend at the box office! via: EW After nine weeks of undisputed dominance, The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day have fallen to a witchy new foe. But Practical Magic 2’s spell over the box office may not have been cast to last. Director Susanne Bier and co-writers Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett, and Kelly Marcel’s spellbinding sequel to the 1998 classic directed by Griffin Dunne and written by Goldsman, Robin Swicord,

Alan Ritchson and his wife Catherine Ritchson are splitting after two decades of marriage. via: Page Six “Reacher” star Alan Ritchson quietly filed for divorce from his wife, Catherine, a full eight months before it was revealed that they were parting ways after 20 years of marriage. According to records obtained by Page Six, the actor filed the paperwork in Williamson County, Tennessee, in December 2025. Ritchson and Catherine, however, waited to announce their split until S

Here's the thing. You finish a great new show, you get emotionally invested, and then… crickets. By the time Season 2 rolls around two or three years later, you’ve completely forgotten who half the characters are, let alone what they were doing. via: Total Film In the prestige TV streaming era, it's not uncommon for new seasons of the biggest shows to take upwards of two years to hit screens. And a new report has confirmed what we all knew deep down: lengthy delays between ne