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EXCLUSIVE: Meryl Streep says that a meeting is "imminent" where she'll hear about the proposals for her to return for a third helping of Mamma Mia! The acting legend, honored with an Honorary Palme d'Or at an emotional presentation Tuesday night during the Cannes Film Festival’s opening ceremony the…

The spring sun blazed down on London's Royal Festival Hall for the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday and the conditions were right for Baby Reindeer to bask in its success.  Richard Gadd's dazzling "true story" of his experience with an alleged stalker won't be eligible for prizes until next year, but he…

The loudest voice in Hollywood last week belonged to Haim Saban. "Bad . . . Bad . . . bad decision, on all levels," he roared, in an email to President Joseph Biden, sent via White House aides, denouncing the Administration's announced plan to withhold bombs and artillery shells from Israel if it proceeds…

It was Aloha ʻAuinalā and Aloha Ahiahi for the cast of NCIS: Hawai’i on Friday evening, as they gathered on a local beach to join in gratitude for the show’s three-year run. Vanessa Lachey (who starred as Jane Tennant), Tori Anderson (Kate), and Jason Antoon (Ernie) and his wife Seana Kofoed (Dr…

Bert Kreischer made a joke involving his bag of nicotine patches during The Tom Brady Roast. Then it morphed into an accusation about cocaine, he told Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday, taking things into dangerous territory. Kreischer had nicotine patches in a can in his pocket, but he was informed by the…

Eric Schlosser knows food. Not in the way Bobby Flay or Giada De Laurentiis does, but in a scholarly manner that knows its affects on the health of anyone who eats. The author of the classic study Fast Food Nation and an EP on several films, Schlosser came to Bill Maher’s Friday Real Time as a…

During his Thursday appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Ryan Gosling dug deep and answered some questions from the host that normally wouldn’t be revealed. Included in that was a query on whether he had ever asked someone else for an autograph. “The first person I asked was The…

Kristin Stewart is bitterly calling out Hollywood phoniness. In a cover interview for Porter magazine, the actress claimed a select group of women are the go-to in the studio world, and that more change is needed. "[There's a] thinking that we can check these little boxes, and then do away…

Freya Allan feels empathy for the uncomfortable place Liam Hemsworth is in as he takes over the lead role in The Witcher. Hemsworth was named as the replacement for Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia on The Witcher in October 2022, and there still is some grumbling among the hardcore fans. Cavill’s…

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver almost indentured himself to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. A few months ago, he made Thomas an offer: if he would resign, Oliver would give him $1 million a year until one of them died, plus a new motor home. He gave Thomas 30 days to accept. Thomas…

Two weeks from today, finally, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open its new permanent exhibition, Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital. For many, it amounts to an act of completion. A Hollywood film museum without a special tribute to Jewish roots has felt for the…

Robin Williams had a bit of Mrs. Doubtfire in him even when the cameras weren’t on. Lisa Jakub, who played one of Mrs. Doubtfire’s charges in the 1993 film, recalled a moment when the late comedian stuck up for her. While playing Lydia Hillard on the set of Mrs. Doubtfire, the actress was still…