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Lola Tung taped her audition for the lead role in The Summer I Turned Pretty, Isabel “Belly” Conklin, at the suggestion of her new manager. At the time, the freshman Carnegie Mellon acting major was focused on her schoolwork; she hadn’t even read the best-selling Jenny Han book on which the series is based. She

View gallery Image Credit: Laurent VU/SIPA/Shutterstock Demi Moore celebrated her new romance with a trip to France! The Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle‘ star, 59, took to her Instagram on Wednesday, June 15 to share an adorable photo album of her excursion to the French Open with her new beau, Daniel Humm, 46. The couple

View gallery Image Credit: Broadimage/Shutterstock Matthew McConaughey attempted to get in some rest and relaxation after his impassioned speech at the White House calling for gun law reforms in the wake of the shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. The 52-year-old Oscar winner was joined by his gorgeous wife Camila Alves in Greece as

Fans of pop superstar Beyoncé are hoping they will be Crazy in Love with what is expected to be the singer’s seventh studio album, titled Renaissance. In an announcement made across the artist’s social media accounts and various streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal, the artist shared the words “act i … RENAISSANCE”

View gallery Image Credit: DGP/ImageSPACE/Shutterstock Tom Hanks, 65, has a unique perspective about his Oscar-winning performance in 1993’s Philadelphia. In an interview with The New York Times Magazine, the acclaimed actor admitted that he couldn’t play the role of Andy Beckett, an openly gay lawyer battling AIDS, today. “And rightly so,” Tom told the publication. “The

View gallery Image Credit: ROMA / MEGA Charlie Sheen, 56, is best known as a successful actor, but he’s also, more importantly, a doting father of five. The busy dad has welcomed three daughters and two sons over the course of one relationship and two marriages, and has often gushed over them during public appearances

Prolific novelist James Patterson issued a public apology Tuesday after comments he made during a newspaper interview drew fierce criticism. In an article published Sunday by The Sunday Times, Patterson speaks about how white male writers are victims of “racism,” especially older white men. Patterson expressed concern “that it is hard for white men to

View gallery Image Credit: BACKGRID Khloe Kardashian sobbed uncontrollably during the season finale of The Kardashians after processing the fact that her partner, Tristan Thompson, had cheated on her again. Kim Kardashian broke the news about Tristan’s paternity lawsuit, where he admitted to having sexual intercourse with another woman, to Khloe over the phone. After getting over the shock

Hailey Bieber wants fans to know that her husband, Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, is doing just fine following his Ramsay Hunt syndrome diagnosis. Hailey, 25, appeared on Good Morning America (GMA) Wednesday and shared that Justin, 28, is “doing really well.” Read more: Justin Bieber says he has facial paralysis due to Ramsay Hunt

[embedded content] Kandi Burruss, 46, has spoken out about June 12’s episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, during which Marlo Hampton, 44, called her a “ho” who slept around for “free” and viciously criticized her. “[Marlo] started bringing up my past and tried to figure out people that I’ve dated or whatever she had to

Legal arguments in a civil case against Bill Cosby came to a close on Wednesday with his attorney telling jurors they should not believe his accuser’s claim that the comedian sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. Cosby lawyer Jennifer Bonjean said plaintiff Judy Huth “did not tell the truth about a number

Sean Avery grinned and punched the air as he left a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday morning. “What a day,” the former New York Rangers player announced to reporters. “What a great day. New York City tax dollars at work.” Avery, a Canadian who now lives in California, had just finished the first day of his

View gallery Image Credit: Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock Andie MacDowell, 64,  “really likes” her natural gray hair. The actress, who recently started letting her lighter tresses grow out for the world to see, admitted she is “happier” now that she’s embracing the aging process and is glad she’s letting herself “experience” it for what it is, in

Fans of the Netflix original Squid Game no longer have to wonder how they would fare in the series’ many challenges. The streaming platform announced a new reality show on Tuesday, entitled Squid Game: The Challenge, a real-life version of the games — though Netflix noted it is not life or death at stake in

View gallery Image Credit: Vasquez-Max Lopes / BACKGRID If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. More AboutJennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez is always rocking some sort of stylish fitness outfit and that’s exactly what she did when she hit the gym in

Ryan Gosling is looking very plastic and fantastic in his debut photo as a Ken doll. Warner Bros. shared a photo of the Canadian actor to social media Wednesday, and with his pronounced six-pack, bleach-blonde hair and deep spray tan, there’s no denying that Gosling is a perfect doppelgänger for the Mattel hunk. #BARBIEJuly 21,

While it’s usually daughters who raid their mom’s closets, Carole Middleton dipped into her royal daughter’s wardrobe to find her latest look. The Party Pieces founder attended the first day of the Royal Ascot on Tuesday in a pink shirt dress previously worn by Kate Middleton. She was joined at the event by her husband

View gallery Image Credit: Sela Shiloni I Love That For You let Beth Ann find out about Joanna’s cancer secret in the penultimate episode, and Beth Ann made sure that Joanna knew it. Beth Ann confronted Joanna in the dressing room about not actually having cancer anymore, and Joanna begged Beth Ann to just go

Amber Heard said she is fearful of further lawsuits from her ex-husband Johnny Depp, especially as she continues to speak out publicly following their heavily publicized defamation trial. Two weeks after a jury in Fairfax, Va., ruled that Heard, 36, had defamed Depp, 58, the Aquaman actor appeared on NBC’s Today Show, where she was

What does it take to sell a skin-care brand at this moment of peak saturation? Is it a celebrity face or the aspirational girl-next-door type? Sleek packaging or tried-and-true ingredients? Campaign imagery with a dollop of sex appeal or a TikTok talking head? You could say that Hailey Bieber is aiming for all of the

View gallery Image Credit: Agf/Shutterstock Amber Heard admitted that the love for her ex-husband Johnny Depp hasn’t gone away, even after their defamation trial ended in his favor. During her upcoming interview with Savannah Guthrie, the 36-year-old actress explained that she doesn’t harbor bad feelings toward Johnny, 58, when the journalist asked if a statement that she made pre-trial about

View gallery Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Adam Nadel/AP/Shutterstock Jada Pinkett Smith is known for being one half of one Hollywood’s most famous marriages, with controversial Oscar winner Will Smith. She’s also famous for her Red Table Talk tv show. What’s less known, however, is that she had a relationship with legendary late rapper Tupac Shakur. The Bad

Ice Cube (birth name O’Shea Jackson) is one of the most iconic rappers of all time. The 52-year-old star first catapulted into the spotlight alongside Eazy-E and Dr. Dre in the group N.W.A after they released their legendary 1998 album Straight Outta Compton. He then enjoyed a successful solo career as well, dropping hits like 1992’s

Toby Marlow, the first nonbinary composer-lyricist to win a Tony Award for best score for their show Six, pulled their glamorous look together for the evening with a little help from Anna Wintour. Marlow tells Vanity Fair via email that as soon as they found out they would be attending this year’s Tonys, “I knew

View gallery Image Credit: Ouzounova / SplashNews.com Katie Holmes and Bobby Wooten are getting comfortable with their new relationship! The Dawson’s Creek alum, 43, and her musician boyfriend, 33, appeared at the Tribeca premiere of Alone Together on Tuesday at the SVA Theater in New York. At the event, Katie looked summer-ready in a white crochet maxi dress,

Margaret Ratliff only agreed to appear on camera two decades ago, for Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s documentary series The Staircase, under extreme circumstances. In 2001 the woman Ratliff called “mom,” Kathleen Peterson, was found dead at the bottom of a flight of stairs in the family’s Durham, North Carolina, home. Sixteen years prior, Ratliff’s birth mother,

View gallery Image Credit: Shutterstock Britney Spears took to Instagram on Tuesday to set the record straight about her brother Bryan Spears skipping her June 9th wedding to Sam Asghari! And according to the “Gimme More” songstress, her only brother wasn’t invited to begin with. “I got my happy on, ya’ll !!!” Brit wrote in