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Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman, satirical musician and writer, dies at 79
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling
The Notebook director wants to apologize for saying Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling didn't get along on set
Gena Rowlands The Notebook
The Notebook star Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer's
THE NOTEBOOK, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, 2004
The Notebook turns 20: Director Nick Cassavetes and author Nicholas Sparks reflect on the film's lasting legacy
Must List collage of Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter; Lily Gladstone in Fancy Dance; Reece in America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Fancy Dance, Netflix's Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries, and Sabrina Carpenter top this week's Must List
Author Cassandra Clare and cover of her book Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare shares the cover and first details of The Ragpicker King
Split image of Debra Messing and Donald Trump
Donald Trump 'obsession' with Debra Messing revealed in new book: 'I always thought [she] was quite attractive'
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively in 'It Ends With Us'
Blake Lively and Colleen Hoover promise It Ends With Us movie is satisfying for fans of the book
Arden Cho as June, Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Iroh in season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Avatar: The Last Airbender star acted like a real-life Uncle Iroh to Dallas Liu: 'Whatever wisdom I could impart'
Michael Rainey Jr.
Michael Rainey Jr. is ‘still in shock’ after being groped on Twitch livestream: ‘I can’t take it lightly’
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy)
New Hunger Games movie based on just-announced Haymitch Abernathy novel coming in 2026
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Queer Asian authors Ryka Aoki, Vichet Chum, Justinian Huang talk 'spicy scenes' and authenticity in their work
Must List collage of Stephen Merchant in Outlaws; Shaboozey; Benedict Cumberbatch in Eric
The Outlaws, Eric, and Shaboozey top this week's Must List
Harry-Potter-covers
See how Harry Potter book covers have changed through the years
Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker; Darius Rucker Portrait
Darius Rucker on his new memoir Life's Too Short, lifting other country artists up, and loving Post Malone
Michael Richards
Michael Richards says his struggles with anger stem from 'unwantedness,' being a result of sexual assault
Richard M. Sherman
Richard Sherman, Oscar-winning 'A Spoonful of Sugar' and 'It's a Small World' songwriter, dies at 95
The Must List: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Evil, Stop Making Sense
Evil, Furiosa, and a killer Talking Heads tribute top this week’s Must List
Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro
Alfonso Cuarón thought Harry Potter offer was ‘really weird’ until Guillermo del Toro called him an ‘arrogant a--hole’
Michael Richards attends NDRC Food For Thought Benefit celebrating safe and sustainable eating on May 29, 2014 in Santa Monica, California.
Seinfeld star Michael Richards reveals cancer battle, 'probably would have been dead' in months without surgery
SUNNY HOSTIN, MEGHAN MCCAIN - THE VIEW - Monday, January 8, 2018
Sunny Hostin didn't know ex-View cohost Meghan McCain unfollowed her: 'Maybe she broke up with me'
SUNNY HOSTIN on THE VIEW, Summer On Highland Beach
Sunny Hostin says book exec said her beach novels about Black women would fail: 'They just didn’t get it'
Esmé Creed-Miles, Adrian Lester, Barry Sloane - The Sandman Season 2 Casting Annoucement
Netflix's The Sandman season 2 casts remaining Endless family members
Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Bertinelli taking 'mental health break' from social media because she's 'emotionally exhausted'
Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton in Bridgerton; Jeff Probst in Survivor; RuPaul in Drag Race
Bridgerton, Drag Race, and a Suvivor podcast top this week’s Must List
Power Book II: Ghost - Season 4 2024 Monet Tejada (Mary J. Blige)
Power Book II: Ghost star Mary J. Blige reveals Monet gets two blasts from the past in final season premiere
Ebon, Vanessa Kirby, Pedro Pascal, and Joseph Quinn for a story about their Fantastic Four group chat
Everything we know about Marvel’s Fantastic Four movie
Alice Munro in 2009
Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-winning short-story author, dies at 92
Chris Hemsworth and Martin Scorsese
Chris Hemsworth was bothered by Marvel criticism from Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola
Spring books
Hot Stuff: Spring 2024 romance novels bring sibling bonds to the forefront
'Batman: Caped Crusader' reveals first look at new animated Harley Quinn
Batman: Caped Crusader first look reveals Asian American Harley Quinn and ‘really weird’ Dark Knight
American actress Whoopi Goldberg poses for a portrait sitting in a chair in Los Angeles, California, March 1986
White hairdressers saw Whoopi Goldberg's dreads and asked ‘What are we supposed to do with this s---?’ 
WHOOPI GOLDBERG on The View
A maid found Whoopi Goldberg in hotel closet with coke covering her face: 'Cocaine started to kick my ass'
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Whoopi Goldberg attends the Behind The Scenes Beauty Anniversary Brunch at Harbor New York City on May 05, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Manoli Figetakis/Getty Images)58th ACADEMY AWARDS - Airdate: March 24, 1986. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) GERALDINE PAGE, WINNER BEST ACTRESS FOR 'THE TRIP TO THE BOUNTIFUL'
Whoopi Goldberg is happy she lost her first Oscar nomination to Geraldine Page: 'I was applauding like crazy'
Whoopi Goldberg, Marlon Brando
Whoopi Goldberg recalls inheriting land on Marlon Brando's island after his death in her new memoir
Host Whoopi Goldberg and guest Mike Nichols on "The View" in 2012.
Whoopi Goldberg shares why she 'couldn't stop crying' on The View after Mike Nichols died
Actress Faye Dunaway and Mara Hobel on the set of Paramount Pictures movie " Mommie Dearest" in 1981.
Faye Dunaway was reluctant to film the infamous Mommie Dearest wire hangers scene
Lynda Carter; Jeannie Epper
Lynda Carter pays tribute to Wonder Woman stuntwoman Jeannie Epper: 'I will miss you'
WONDER WOMAN, l-r: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, 2017
Chris Pine is 'stunned' that Wonder Woman 3 was axed
Patty Jenkins attends the 76th Directors Guild Of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton on February 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.
Patty Jenkins says Wonder Woman 3 is dead 'for the time being, easily forever,' gives Rogue Squadron update
Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine star in The Idea of You
The Idea of You author reacts to movie's ending changes: 'That's not the story I wanted to tell'
Kassius Nelson as Crystal Palace, Jayden Revri as Charles Rowland and George Rexstrew as Edwin Payne in episode 5 of DEAD BOY DETECTIVES.
Dead Boy Detectives stars highlight their favorite cases of the season
Robinne Lee Nicholas Galitzine
The Idea of You author regrets revealing Harry Styles as inspiration: 'It's unfortunate'
Daniel Radcliffe and J.K. Rowling
Daniel Radcliffe responds to J.K. Rowling's anti-trans rhetoric: 'It makes me really sad'
DEAD BOY DETECTIVES. (L to R) George Rexstrew as Edwin Payne and Jayden Revri as Charles Rowland in episode 1 of DEAD BOY DETECTIVES
How Dead Boy Detectives scored those The Sandman cameos
Author A.J. Jacobs and 'The Year of Living Constitutionally'
A.J. Jacobs reveals the 5 weirdest things about the Constitution
'The Great When' author Alan Moore
See the cover for Alan Moore's next novel, The Great When
Aliens vs. Avengers
Xenomorphs meet superheroes in Marvel's upcoming Aliens vs. Avengers comic
Sophie Kinsella
Confessions of a Shopaholic author Sophie Kinsella reveals battle with brain cancer since 2022
100 Years of Solitude
New One Hundred Years of Solitude teaser features one of literature's most iconic opening lines
Constance Wu and Henry Golding in "Crazy Rich Asians."
Crazy Rich Asians being turned into Broadway musical with director Jon M. Chu
1934- William Powell as Nick and Maureen O'Sullivan as Dorothy in a scene from "The Thin Man".
Pair drinks with The Thin Man, King Kong, and other pre-code greats in Forbidden Cocktails
Daniel Radcliffe, J.K. Rowling and Emma Watson attend the "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2" world premiere at Trafalgar Square on July 7, 2011 in London, England
J.K. Rowling says she won't forgive Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson for their trans support
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
Aang: The Last Airbender, the first animated movie in Avatar trilogy, will follow Aang as an adult
Daniel Aleman book I Might Be In Trouble
Read an exclusive excerpt from Daniel Aleman's I Might Be In Trouble
Avatar: The Last Airbender. Gordon Cormier as Aang in season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series swaps showrunners again ahead of season 2
X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN
Ed Piskor, comic artist and YouTube host, dies at 41
The Must List: X-Men '97, The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, Dragon's Dogma 2
Jerrod Carmichael, X-Men '97, and Dragon's Dogma 2 lead this week's Must List
Storm (voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith) in Marvel Animation's X-MEN '97.
X-Men '97 is poised to adapt a big Storm, Forge comic book arc
HOLES, Shia LaBeouf, Byron Cotton, Max Kasch, Miguel Castro, Jake M. Smith, Khleo Thomas, Brenden Jefferson, 2003
The cast of Holes: Where are they now?
Twilight (2008) ROBERT PATTINSON and KRISTEN STEWART
Twilight's Kristen Stewart gives her latest Edward Cullen take: 'I would have broken up with him immediately'
Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson in 'Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace'
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan battle pirates in exclusive Star Wars excerpt
Rebel Wilson, Sacha Baron Cohen
Rebel Wilson claims Sacha Baron Cohen is the 'a--hole' trying to block her memoir: 'I will not be silenced'