Brandy Norwood and Heather Graham star in the Netflix film “Best. Christmas. Ever.” They play frenemies "who, by a twist of fate, end up stuck together for the holidays." "Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie's snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend's life can't possibly be that perfect," an official synopsis reads. The movie hits Netflix on November 16.

A Post Malone-Bob Dylan collab was once in the works but got shelved by Dylan’s team. Music producer Michael Cash lifted the lid on the would-be song in a new interview with Rolling Stone. He said he came up with the idea and reached out to Dylan’s longtime rep Jeff Rosen. After Rosen gave the project the green light, he sent over lyrics for track “Be Not Deceived” written by Dylan. Malone, a huge fan of the singer-songwriter, was “literally in tears,” remembered Cash. “It was talking about a loss of innocence,” the producer said of the song. “And what people are going through — disfranchised, kind of leaderless masses of children with no parent or guardian or shepherd or anything. It talked about going out and making your own way. And when you read it, honestly, it’s poetry. It’s beautiful.” After work got underway to record the song, it stalled half way through when Malone had to take off, and then never committed to returning to the project. Cash hopes that one day the project will get finished and see the light of day.

Ellen DeGeneres is once again the victim of a short-lived death hoax that began trending on X yesterday. Social media was in a frenzy after a string of tweets were posted claiming that the star had died. Well, Ellen is alive. “I just realized Ellen Degeneres isn't dead,” one user said on X. Another person tweeted: “Why did I think Ellen was dead?”

50 Cent has postponed his Phoenix, Arizona show after learning dangerous temperatures would be afflicting the area. The rapper announced his August 28 show had been pushed back after an excessive heat warning went into effect and forecast a high of 116 degrees. 50 broke the news to fans via Instagram on Monday. The show was set to occur at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix and was the latest stop in his Final Lap tour. One fan responded to the news by writing: “116 degrees is nothing to us in Arizona.”

Martha Stewart posted a pic of herself on social media enjoying a cocktail aboard a luxury cruise traveling to Greenland from Iceland. "We actually captured a small iceberg for our cocktails tonight," Stewart wrote in her caption. She also shared a photo of a huge piece of ice sitting on a black cart, presumably the ice she was referring to being used her drink. The rest of the post featured photos of glaciers and beautiful scenery from her journey and concluded with a pic of the star in cold-weather gear on the deck of the ship. Well, of course, Martha’s post received backlash from her followers who felt her comments ignored the climate crisis. "Martha the ice caps are melting don’t put them in your drink," wrote one person. "I generally love Martha and the excesses of her life because she's about beautiful gardens, homes, and food, but wealthy white people drinking their iceberg cocktails while the planet is in flames is a bit tone deaf," shared another.

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver are launching a limited podcast series about their experiences navigating the writers and actors strike. The group are launching Strike Force Five on Spotify. The proceeds from the show, which launches on August 30 and is sponsored by Mint Mobile and Diageo, will go to out-of-work late-night staff from their shows. The series will run for at least 12 weeks with all hosts participating in each episode and rotating who leads the conversation.

Eminem told 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping to his tunes on the campaign trail. The rapper reached out to the music licenser BMI and asked that the Ramaswamy campaign's license to use his music be revoked. In a letter dated August 23, a rep for BMI informed the campaign's lawyer that the label had “received communications from Marshall B. Mathers, III, professionally known as Eminem, objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign's use of Eminem's musical compositions (the "Eminem Works") and requesting that BMI remove all Eminem Works from the Agreement.” The correspondence goes on to say that “this letter serves as notice that the Eminem Works are excluded from the Agreement effective immediately.” Ramaswamy rapped Eminem's Lose Yourself 11 days before the letter was sent, at the Iowa State Fair, entertaining an early morning crowd gathered to hear him speak alongside Iowa's Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.

Shakira will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV VMAs. The show will take place on Tuesday, September 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Shakira is already a four-time VMAs winner and is nominated this year for four Moon Person trophies including Best Collaboration, Best Latin and Artist of the Year.

Barbie just hit $1.342 billion at the worldwide box office, according to The Hollywood Reporter, cementing its status as Warner Bros.' highest-earning theatrical release of all time, not adjusted for inflation. Barbie passed Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, which previously held the title as the studio's biggest release after its 2011 premiere, raking up a total of $1.341 billion in theaters globally.

Steve Harvey took to social media to apologize to his fans after an employee posted a tweet from the star’s official Twitter page that asked users to name a comedian they “don’t find funny at all.” “Somebody that works for me on my Twitter put a statement out that was totally negative,” he began in a video posted to X on Friday. “I gotta take responsibility for it ’cause they work for me, but the engagement was talking about, ‘name a comedian you don’t think is funny.’” He asked, “Why would I do something like that? That don’t even make no damn sense.” Steve added that he would never tweet anything like that because his “whole brand is to be motivational.” “You don’t know where these young people at in they career, man,” he added. “They could be coming up or anything. I’m all about positivity. I would’ve never done nothing like that.” “I’m so pissed off right now, man,” Steve continued. “Talking about, ‘I was trying to get some engagement.’ Okay … you trying to get some employment, too. My bad, y’all. Now I gotta come on here and doing a damn selfie. So here it is: I’m sorry. My bad, y’all. Won’t happen again, though.”

Gran Turismo - starring Orlando Bloom and David Harbour - is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $17.3 million over the weekend.

Here’s the rest of the top 10:
2. Barbie - $17.1 million
3. Blue Beetle - $12.8 million
4. Oppenheimer - $9 million
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - $6.1 million
6. Meg 2: The Trench - $5.1 million
7. Strays - $4.7 million
8. Retribution - $3.3 million
9. The Hill - $2.5 million
10. Haunted Mansion - $2.1 million

Bob Barker, the legendary host of The Price Is Right, has died at the age of 99. He died of natural causes in his Hollywood Hills home last week, Roger Neal — who was Barker’s publicist from 1987 until 1994, and again from 2020 — announced Saturday on behalf of Barker's girlfriend, Nancy Burnet. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker, has left us," Neal said in a statement. “I am so proud of the trailblazing work Barker, and I did together to expose the cruelty to animals in the entertainment industry and including working to improve the plight of abused and exploited animals in the United States and internationally," Burnet added in her own. "We were great friends over these 40 yrs. He will be missed.”

Gordon Ramsay has launched his first line of frozen food, By Chef Ramsay. Sold only at Walmart, the entrées range in cuisine but all lean towards comfort food classics, like lasagna and shepherd’s pie. “I’m elated to bring my favorite dishes into homes across the country,” said Ramsay. “It thrills me that these dishes are so widely available for anyone to experience, and I hope they inspire the home chef in everyone.” Each of the eight different meals in the line, all of which can be reheated in minutes, "represent a special part of my personal culinary journey," adds Ramsay. All eight dinner options are available now at Walmarts nationwide.

“Barbie” is officially the highest-grossing movie of the year in North America. The movie has generated $575.4 million at the domestic box office, overtaking the previous champ, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which has brought in $574 million domestically. “Barbie” has grossed $1.3 billion globally and will soon surpass “Mario” (with $1.35 billion globally) as the biggest worldwide release of 2023 as well.

Donald Trump turned himself in to authorities in Fulton County, GA yesterday. The process included his mugshot. The booking photo, released by the Fulton County Sheriff, spread quickly on social media, as did those in others charged in the indictment. Trump and 18 others are charged in an alleged scheme to reverse the 2020 election results in Georgia, a state that went for Joe Biden. Trump was arrested and booked as inmate No. P01135909. He was listed as 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds.

A Minneapolis security guard who went viral for singing during a Taylor Swift concert says he was fired for asking fans to take photos of him, even though he says he was doing his job. Calvin Denker was seen singing Cruel Summer while working for security company BEST in June by a fan close to the stage, who posted the clip on TikTok - which he reacted to. It was in his reaction that he revealed he had passed notes to those in front of him asking to be sent any photos he found his way into, which proved to be the deciding factor for his employers. In an update, he revealed: “Long story short I was fired for it. My former security company said they had a rule against taking photos with any of the performers. The main issue that they had was with my follow-up video where I said that I handed out pieces of paper to ask to be sent any photos that I made my way in to.”

Kevin Hart will have to use a wheelchair for the foreseeable future after he tore multiple muscles while in a footrace against former NFL running back Stevan Ridley. On Instagram yesterday, Kevin detailed his physical damage in the race against Ridley, who played for eight seasons in the NFL, four of them alongside Tom Brady on the New England Patriots. Kevin said: “I can't walk ... sit my a** down. I blew all my s*** - tore my lower abdomen and my abductors are torn. I don't even know what that is, but I tore them.” Hart reluctantly admitted that his age was catching up to him physically. “Ladies and gentlemen, the age of 40 is real,” he said. “To all my men and women out there that are 40 years old and above, it's not a game - respect that age. Respect that age, or that age will make you respect it - I was just forced to respect it.”

Kevin Costner's estranged wife Christine Baumgartner is saying the actor has been withholding his financial records amid their ongoing divorce. Baumgartner, who on May 1 filed for divorce from the actor, said in legal documents Monday that Costner has withheld documents in the case. Baumgartner has been asking for docs detailing his future endeavors and anticipated income in projects such as his forthcoming film series Horizon. Baumgartner, a handbag designer, requested the court order Costner to share the documents requested. Baumgartner's legal team said Costner has been stonewalling them in regards to sharing pertinent info with a child support hearing scheduled for next week, and one in November that will scrutinize the premarital agreement in the case.

In a new Forbes interview, 50 Cent questioned Nick Cannon’s decision to father 12 kids with six different women over the past 12 years. “If I had Nick Cannon’s 12 kids or s—t like that, you could put them all in a bedroom. Everybody’s here. If it means putting everybody together, then it would make sense,” the rapper said when discussing why he prefers a more modest home to having a huge house. “But I’m not going to have kids like that. I don’t want the responsibility of that many women that you got to deal with emotionally, especially after they don’t feel like your friend anymore. That’s too much. I don’t know what the f—k is wrong with Nick Cannon.”

Yesterday, Paramount+ released a teaser for its Frasier revival. The revival premieres Oct. 12. The teaser has a new animated rendition of the Frasier opening with the "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs" theme song. Text reads, "No more callers. All new hang ups. Oh, what fresh start is this?" Instead of the traditional closing, "Frasier has left the building," the theme now sings, "Fraser has re-entered the building." Frasier spun off from Cheers with Kelsey Grammer's psychiatrist moving to Seattle to be with his family and host a radio call-in program. In the revival, Frasier moves back to Boston. David Hyde Pierce, who played Frasier's brother, Niles, is not returning. Niles presumably still lives in Seattle.

A major Hollywood studio has reintroduced Covid mask mandates amid fears about rising virus rates and a new highly mutated variant. Lionsgate is asking staff to wear face coverings again at its flagship office in Santa Monica, California, after several employees tested positive. They’re also strongly urging employees to test themselves before coming to their desks — and to alert managers if they test positive or have any symptoms of the virus. The company employs up to 5,000 people. They said the rules would be in place until further notice.

Sandra Bullock is planning to say her final goodbye to the man she called the “love of her life” in a place that held special meaning for them both. Insiders say the actress is considering returning to the Three Bees in the Bahamas to scatter Bryan Randall's ashes in the sea. Randall died earlier this month after secretly suffering from ALS for years. It was at this luxury resort on Harbor Island that she and Randall exchanged “vows” in 2017, just three years before his diagnosis with ALS.

A source confirmed to Entertainment Weekly yesterday that Ariana Grande has parted ways with manager Scooter Braun, after signing with the mogul back in 2013. The two first started working together on Grande's first album, Yours Truly, which marks its 10th anniversary next week. The split was first reported by Puck News co-founder Matt Belloni on social media.

Justin Timberlake stars in the upcoming thriller Reptile, which dropped its first trailer yesterday. In the film, Benicio Del Toro stars as a hardened detective who attempts to solve the brutal murder of a young real estate agent but, by doing so, “dismantles the illusions in his own life.” Also starring in the movie is Alicia Silverstone. Reptile will hit select theaters on Sept. 29 before debuting on Netflix on Oct. 6.

Alice Cooper, who has for eight years played in the band Hollywood Vampires with Johnny Depp, told the UK’s Times newspaper that he once told Depp: “’I have a great idea. You and Amber do a remake of The War of the Roses. Who wouldn’t go and see that?’” According to Cooper, Depp laughed at the idea of reprising the 1989 movie, in which married couple played by Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner battled with each other, although Cooper added that his friend has always tried to dodge the attention his personal life generates: “Johnny is a good guitarist and in a way he would have been happiest doing that, playing side of stage in a band and not having to deal with the level of attention he gets. He just happens to be a really good actor. He has never seen a single one of his movies.”

Blue Beetle is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $25.4 million over the weekend.

Here’s the rest of the top 10:
2. Barbie - $21.5 million
3. Oppenheimer - $10.6 million
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - $8.4 million
5. Strays - $8.3 million
6. Meg 2: The Trench - $6.7 million
7. Talk to Me - $3.2 million
8. Haunted Mansion - $3 million
9. Mission: Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One - $2.7 million
10. The Last Voyage of the Demeter - $2.5 million

The son of the original “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs” director slammed Disney’s forthcoming live-action remake of the film as a “pathetic” do-over that would have his father and Walt Disney “turning in their graves.” David Hand, whose father by the same name directed the 1937 fairytale animation, told the Telegraph that Walt Disney Studios’ upcoming adaptation — which has already been blasted for being “politically correct” after leaked images showed the seven dwarfs reimagined as “magical creatures” of all sizes and genders — is “insulting” and “woke.” “I mean, it’s a whole different concept, and I just totally disagree with it, and I know my dad and Walt would also very much disagree with it,” he told the Telegraph. Studio bosses have “destroyed” his father’s creation,” said 91-year-old Hand.

Coldplay are being sued by their former manager Dave Holmes over a contractual dispute. The band - frontman Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion - are said to have secretly parted ways with Dave 12 months ago, after working together for 22 years. He worked with Coldplay for almost all of their career, beginning as their manager in 2001 after Phil Harvey stepped down and took on the role as creative director instead. Dave has reportedly now filed a lawsuit in the UK, with Coldplay's spokesperson confirming the news to Variety. Their first manager, Phil, as well as Mandi Frost and Arlene Moon, who worked alongside Dave for many years, have now taken control.

Sam Asghari, husband of Britney Spears, has filed for divorce after a marriage of 14 months. His petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday cites "irreconcilable differences" and puts the date of separation at July 28.

Sam Asghari is telling people he believes Britney Spears cheated on him with a staff member at her house, and engaged in other inappropriate sexual conduct as well, sources told TMZ. Sources with direct knowledge told TMZ that Sam has claimed Britney asked at least one staffer to shoot video of her naked. Not only that, Sam believes she hooked up with at least one of the male staff members working at her home.

Michael Lewis, the author of The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, the book that inspired the movie The Blind Side, is blaming Hollywood for the rift over money between ex-NFL lineman Michael Oher and his former guardians, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy. Lewis made that contention in an interview published yesterday in The Washington Post. “Everybody should be mad at the Hollywood studio system,” Lewis said. “Michael Oher should join the writers’ strike. It’s outrageous how Hollywood accounting works. But the money is not in the Tuohys’ pockets.” In a petition filed Monday in Tennessee court, Oher said the Tuohys tricked him into a conservatorship to obtain legal authority to make business deals in his name. Oher claimed the Tuohys and their two birth children each received $225,000 plus 2.5% of the movie’s net proceeds, while he received nothing. Lewis, a childhood friend of Sean Tuohy’s, said the Tuohys received around $350,000 each from movie profits after agent fees and taxes. He claimed the Tuohys planned to share royalties among the family members, including Oher, but Oher declined them. “What I feel really sad about is I watched the whole thing up close,” Lewis said. “They showered him with resources and love. That he’s suspicious of them is breathtaking. The state of mind one has to be in to do that — I feel sad for him.”

An independent forensic report has concluded that Alec Baldwin likely pulled the trigger on the set of his film "Rust," and the gun functioned as intended without any malfunction. The report was carried out by firearms examiner Lucien C. Haag from Forensic Science Services and was commissioned by special prosecutors Kari T. Morrissey and Jason J. Lewis. This report was recently submitted in a legal filing by the defense team of Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the 26-year-old armorer on the film, who faces charges of evidence tampering and involuntary manslaughter. Gutierrez Reed has entered a plea of not guilty in relation to the shooting incident that led to the death of the film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and the injury of director Joel Souza in 2021. Previously, Alec Baldwin faced charges of involuntary manslaughter; however, these charges were dropped in April after prosecutors found evidence indicating that the firearm had been altered in a way that increased the risk of accidental discharge. The new findings presented in this report have raised the possibility of refiling charges against Baldwin.

Disney CEO Bob Iger has reignited speculation that he intends to sell the entertainment company to Apple — following last week's earnings call. Iger told shareholders that the company is debating a variety of strategic options for how to deal with its current ownership of old school television network ABC and cable networks like FX and National Geographic. Iger went even further on CNBC, suggesting that, in the age of cord-cutting, these legacy TV channels “may not be core to Disney.” That would leave a streamlined Disney holding just the cherished characters and intellectual property that Apple would want for its platforms: Marvel superheroes, Disney princesses, Pixar's creations and the entire Star Wars galaxy.

On Tuesday “Barbie” topped $537 million, making it the highest-grossing domestic movie in Warner Bros. Discovery’s 100-year history. The flick surpassed Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight,” which generated $536 million in 2008, for the title. “Barbie” has collected more than $1.2 billion at the global box office since its July 21 release. It is the first billion-dollar film for the newly minted Warner Bros. Discovery, the result of the Warner Media and Discover merger in 2022, and only the second movie released in 2023 to do so. Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” has topped $1.3 billion since its April debut.

A new poll out of Emerson College in New Hampshire still shows Donald Trump with a big lead in the first-in-the-nation GOP primary. But there’s a big change to the second spot in the poll; Chris Christie has overtaken Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. While the competition remains not-even-close (Trump maintains a wide 40-point lead as the GOP frontrunner with the support of 49 percent of Republican Primary voters in New Hampshire) it’s notable that not only has Christie jumped ahead of DeSantis — who is now polling in the single digits. Christie still has a long way to go to catch Trump, as he only edged out DeSantis at 9 percent.

A new Arizona State University course is digging in on what psychologists can learn from Taylor Swift’s career. The course, called Psychology of Taylor Swift — Advanced Topics of Social Psychology, is being offered this fall and will be taught by PhD student Alexandra Wormley. “The course is basically using Taylor Swift as a semester-long example of different phenomena — gossip, relationships, revenge,” she said, emphasizing that “the class is not a seminar on how much we like or dislike her — we want to be able to learn about psychology.” She said she’ll be connecting themes from Swift’s various albums to psychology.

Sandra Bullock has received some hate in the wake of new claims made by former NFL star Michael Oher, who inspired Bullock’s 2009 movie “The Blind Side.” Oher alleged in court documents this week that guardians Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never actually adopted him, but still profited from his success. The movie was adapted from the 2006 book “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.” It tells the story of Oher, one of thirteen children born to a drug-addicted mother, and his rise to football stardom after being taken in by the seemingly generous Tuohy family. Some people are rushing to judgment on social media, insisting that Bullock, grieving over the recent death of partner Bryan Randall, is somehow complicit in the dust-up. “Sandra Bullock should give her Oscar back,” slammed sports broadcaster Brandon Walker on X. “She knows she didn’t deserve that s – – t!” “Sandra Bullock yelled ‘run the dang ball’ a couple times and had the academy trembling on their hands and knees,” another person wrote. “For some reason, the whole blind side was fake thing makes me just hate Sandra Bullock,” stated another person.

A publicist for Kanye West was charged in the Donald Trump indictment after being found tied to intimidation of election workers. Trevian Kutti was charged for allegedly pressuring Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman in January of 2021. She went to the Georgia election worker's home to persuade her into admitting baseless election fraud accusations - or face arrest within 48 hours, prosecutors claimed. She introduced herself as a “crisis manager” who was sent by a “high-profile individual,” to manage crises. The 62-year-old election volunteer said Kutti arrived unexpectedly at her door and introduced herself but didn't say she worked for Kanye.

Barbie star Margot Robbie is set to make $50 million in salary and bonuses from the movie - after the movie sailed past over $1 billion in worldwide box office gross. Robbie will take home the huge paycheck in salary and box office bonus, having also produced the film through her production company, LuckyChap Entertainment.

Former NFL star Michael Oher's supposed adoptive parents, made famous by the movie “The Blind Side,” are facing his legal petition. Oher claims they deceived him into signing a document that granted them conservatorship for profit. Despite being portrayed as his adoptive parents, Oher asserts that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy used him to acquire wealth. He filed a 14-page petition in Tennessee, stating the central theme of the movie was false. Oher alleges that the conservatorship allowed the Tuohy family to secure a deal for royalties from the movie, leaving him without any earnings. He seeks to end the conservatorship, prevent the use of his name and likeness, and demands a full accounting of the money earned through him. The Blind Side, a Michael Lewis book that became the basis for an Oscar-winning movie, grossed $309 million. Sandra Bullock played Leigh Ann in the movie.

Barbie is the No. 1 movie in North America for a fourth consecutive weekend, earning an additional $33.7 million.

Here’s the rest of the top 10:
2. Oppenheimer - $18.8 million
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - $15.8 million
4. Meg 2: The Trench - $12.7 million
5. The Last Voyage of the Demeter - $6.5 million
6. The Haunted Mansion - $5.6 million
7. Talk to Me - $5.1 million
8. Sound of Freedom - $4.8 million
9. Mission: Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One - $4.7 million
10. Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny - $899,000

“Shazam” star Zachary Levi is causing a stink with his comments about Hollywood. He was at a fan event where he called out the film industry for the “garbage” content they output. “I personally feel like the amount of content that comes out of Hollywood that is garbage — they don’t care enough to actually make it great for you guys. They don’t,” Levi said during the Chicago Fan Expo over the weekend while voicing support for the writers and actors on strike. He continued, “How many times do you watch a trailer and go, ‘Oh my god, this looks so cool!’ Then you go to the movie and it’s like, ‘This was what I get?’ They know that once you’ve already bought the ticket and you’re in the seat, they’ve got your money. And the only way for us to change any of it is to not go to the garbage. We have to actively not choose the garbage. It’ll help. It’ll help a lot.”

Universal Pictures will re-release Jurassic Park back into theaters in honor of the movie's 30th anniversary. Starting Aug. 25, the 3D version of the adventure blockbuster will screen in theaters across North America. "There's truly no better way to see Jurassic Park than on the big screen," Jim Orr, president of domestic theatrical distribution for Universal Pictures, said in a statement Friday. The original movie starred Sam Neill and Laura Dern as paleontologists Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler, who, along with mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), are invited to tour an island theme park, but are forced to run for their lives when cloned dinosaurs from prehistoric DNA at the behest of billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) -- get loose.

Taylor Swift has announced that her next album, 1989 (Taylor's Version,) will be released on Oct. 27. "Surprise!! 1989 (Taylor's Version) is on its way to you! The 1989 album changed my life in countless ways, and it fills me with such excitement to announce that my version of it will be out October 27th," Swift tweeted early yesterday. "To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I've ever done because the 5 From The Vault tracks are so insane. I can't believe they were ever left behind. But not for long!" The original version of the album went on sale Oct. 27, 2014.

Woody Harrelson appears to have endorsed long-shot Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr in a selfie alongside the candidate's actress wife Cheryl Hines. Woody wore a blue “Kennedy 2024” cap in the picture with his Wilson co-star posted yesterday.

Adam Sandler and the rest of his family (his real family) star in Netflix’s “You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah,” streaming Aug. 25 on the platform. The movie is an adaptation of Fiona Rosenbloom’s coming-of-age novel of the same name. Stacy Friedman and Lydia Katz have been best friends for quite some time, modernly navigating the stressors of middle school life. Stacy is busy planning her bat mitzvah and ogling over her crush, Andy Goldfarb. However, Lydia ends up stealing Stacy’s crush from her, forcing the two best friends to have a fallout. Sandler’s daughter Sunny stars in the lead role as Stacy, while his eldest daughter Sadie also appears in the film. Idina Menzel plays his wife in the film.

Lady Gaga's father has led the charge against hundreds of migrants who have taken over his New York City neighborhood. He claims they are abusing residents. Gaga’s dad, Joe Germanotta, lives in The Pythian on the Upper West Side - and just down the street, the city transformed the Stratford Arms Hotel into a shelter for 500 migrants. He’s claiming that the streets have been overrun with partying, prostitution, and reckless behavior because of the new neighbors. He told the New York Post: “There's now 500 migrants living in that dormitory. That's when all the mayhem began. Hookers are coming and going. In the mornings, you see prostitutes coming out of the building. The worst part's at night. The noise. It starts at about 10 o'clock, and it'll go until 4 in the morning. Playing music and racing their motocross and motorbikes up and down the streets.” He said that none of the UWS residents were given any notice about the migrant shelter - and trash and needles now litter the once-clean sidewalks.

Olivia Newton-John's daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, said her mom made an appearance two weeks after her death. The Grease star died on August 8, 2022 at the age of 73, following a long battle with breast cancer, and seemingly appeared to her 37-year-old daughter as a blue orb two weeks later. Chloe made the admission to People magazine on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of her mom’s death. "Two weeks after she passed my phone accidentally took a picture of my dog, and there floating by his head was a little blue orb, the same color as this," she told the publication while touching an aquamarine necklace that once belonged to her mom. "Mom and I had talked years back," Chloe continued. "We'd watch these paranormal shows, and I'd say, 'You gotta show up for me.' And she was like, 'I'll show up as one of those orb things.'"

Author John Green criticized an Indiana library system after it pulled his novel The Fault in Our Stars from shelves in its Young Adult section. Green spoke out against the Hamilton East Public Library Board of Trustees' decision to move the book, along with hundreds of other books, to a different section of its libraries in Fisher, Indiana and Noblesville, Indiana. The new policy targets books that are considered not "age-appropriate." "The Fault in Our Stars was removed from the YA section in the suburbs of Indianapolis and is now considered a 'book for adults.' This is ludicrous. It is about teenagers and I wrote it for teenagers. Teenagers are not harmed by reading TFIOS. This is such an embarrassment to the city of @FishersIN," Green wrote. He continued: "I only have a small voice in these decisions, of course, but you won’t catch me alive or dead in Fishers, Indiana until these ridiculous policies are revoked." Green’s book was relocated from the teen to the general section of the library "based on criteria included in the Board-approved Hamilton East Public Library Collection Development Policy," Hamilton East Public Library said in a statement. "This policy also includes a process for patrons to object to the placement of any item in the collection." Green’s book is the story of a teenage cancer patient who meets and falls in love with a teen from her cancer support group. The 2012 book was later adapted into a movie starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort. It has sold more than 23 million copies worldwide.

Ireland said farewell to Sinéad O’Connor. Yesterday, friends, family, and fans honored the life of O’Connor, who died on July 26. A procession passed through her home of Bray, County Wicklow, where thousands paid their respects to the singer before she was laid to rest. After a private funeral, her cortège proceeded through the seaside town where she lived. Many in tears lined the streets and played her music, as well as that of her hero, Bob Marley.

Nominations for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were announced yesterday. The show will broadcast live on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The show’s host has not yet been announced.

NOMINEES

VIDEO OF THE YEAR, Presented by Burger King
Doja Cat – “Attention” – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records
Miley Cyrus – “Flowers” – Columbia Records
Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl” – Republic Records
Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire” – Geffen Records
Sam Smith, Kim Petras – “Unholy” – Capitol Records
SZA – “Kill Bill” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records
Doja Cat – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records
KAROL G – Interscope Records
Nicki Minaj – Republic Records
Shakira – Sony Music US Latin
Taylor Swift – Republic Records

SONG OF THE YEAR
Miley Cyrus – “Flowers” – Columbia Records
Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire” – Geffen Records
Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down” – Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World Entertainment / SMG Music / Interscope Records
Sam Smith, Kim Petras – “Unholy” – Capitol Records
Steve Lacy – “Bad Habit” – L-M Records / RCA Records
SZA – “Kill Bill” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records Records
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records

BEST NEW ARTIST
GloRilla – CMG / Interscope Records
Ice Spice – 10K Projects / Capitol Records
Kaliii – Atlantic Records
Peso Pluma – Double P Records
PinkPantheress – 300 Entertainment
Reneé Rapp – Interscope Records

PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
August 2022: Saucy Santana – “Booty” – Arena Records / RCA Records
September 2022: Stephen Sanchez – “Until I Found You” – Mercury Records / Republic Records
October 2022: JVKE – “golden hour” – AWAL
November 2022: Flo Milli – “Conceited” – ’94 Sounds / RCA Records
December 2022: Reneé Rapp – “Colorado” – Interscope Records
January 2023: Sam Ryder – “All The Way Over” – Elektra Entertainment
February 2023: Armani White – “GOATED” – Def Jam
March 2023: FLETCHER – “Becky’s So Hot” – Capitol Records
April 2023: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Sugar Rush Ride” – BIGHIT MUSIC / Republic Records
May 2023: Ice Spice – “Princess Diana” – Heavy On It / 10K Projects / Capitol Records
June 2023: FLO – “Losing You” – Uptown/Republic Records
July 2023: Lauren Spencer Smith – “That Part” – Island Records

BEST COLLABORATION
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – “I’m Good (Blue)” – Warner Records
Post Malone, Doja Cat – “I Like You (A Happier Song)” – Mercury Records / Republic Records
Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami – “Gotta Move On” – Motown Records
KAROL G, Shakira – “TQG” – Universal Music Latino
Metro Boomin with The Weeknd, 21 Savage, and Diddy – “Creepin’ (Remix)” – Boominati / Republic Records
Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down” – Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World Entertainment / SMG Music / Interscope Records

BEST POP
Demi Lovato – “Swine” – Island Records
Dua Lipa – “Dance The Night (From Barbie The Album)” – Atlantic Records Ed Sheeran – “Eyes Closed” – Atlantic Records
Miley Cyrus – “Flowers” – Columbia Records
Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire” – Geffen Records
P!NK – “TRUSTFALL” – RCA Records
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records

BEST HIP-HOP
Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami – “Gotta Move On” – Motown Records
DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby – “STAYING ALIVE” – We The Best / Epic Records
GloRilla & Cardi B – “Tomorrow 2” – CMG / Interscope Records
Lil Uzi Vert – “Just Wanna Rock” – Atlantic Records / Generation Now
Lil Wayne ft. Swizz Beatz & DMX – “Kant Nobody” – Young Money Records
Metro Boomin ft Future – “Superhero (Heroes and Villains)” – Boominati / Republic Records
Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl” – Republic Records

BEST R&B
Alicia Keys ft. Lucky Daye – “Stay” – RCA Records
Chlöe ft. Chris Brown – “How Does It Feel” – Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia
Metro Boomin with The Weeknd, 21 Savage, and Diddy – “Creepin’ (Remix)” – Boominati / Republic Records
SZA – “Shirt” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records
Toosii – “Favorite Song” – South Coast Music Group / Capitol Records
Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj – “Love In The Way” – Empire Distribution

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Blink-182 – “EDGING” – Columbia Records
boygenius – “the film” – Interscope Records
Fall Out Boy – “Hold Me Like A Grudge” – Fueled By Ramen
Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste – “Candy Necklace” – Interscope Records
Paramore – “This Is Why” – Atlantic Records
Thirty Seconds To Mars – “Stuck” – Concord Records / Concord

BEST ROCK
Foo Fighters – “The Teacher” – RCA Records
Linkin Park – “Lost (Original Version)” – Warner Records
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Tippa My Tongue” – Warner Records
Måneskin – “THE LONELIEST” – Arista Records
Metallica – “Lux Æterna” – Blackened Recordings
Muse – “You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween” – Warner Records

BEST LATIN
Anitta – “Funk Rave” – Republic Records
Bad Bunny – “WHERE SHE GOES” – Rimas Entertainment
Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma – “Ella Baila Sola” – DEL Records, Inc. / Prajin Parlay, Inc. Grupo Frontera Bad Bunny – “un x100to” – Rimas Entertainment
KAROL G, Shakira – “TQG” – Universal Music Latino
ROSALÍA – “DESPECHÁ” – Columbia Records
Shakira – “Acróstico” – Sony Music US Latin

BEST K-POP
aespa – “Girls” – SM ENTERTAINMENT Co., Ltd.
BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom” – YG Entertainment / Interscope Records
FIFTY FIFTY – “Cupid” – ATTRAKT / Warner Records
SEVENTEEN – “Super” – HYBE / Geffen Records
Stray Kids – “S-Class” – JYP / Republic
TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Sugar Rush Ride” – BIGHIT MUSIC / Republic Records

BEST AFROBEATS
Ayra Starr – “Rush” – Mavin Global Holdings
Burna Boy – “It’s Plenty” – Atlantic Records / Spaceship Entertainment Ltd
Davido ft. Musa Keys – “UNAVAILABLE” – Sony Music U.K. / RCA Records
Fireboy DML & Asake – ”Bandana” – Empire Distribution
Libianca – “People” – Sony Music U.K. / RCA Records
Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down” – Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World Entertainment / SMG Music / Interscope Records
Wizkid ft Ayra Starr– “2 Sugar” – Starboy / RCA Records

VIDEO FOR GOOD
Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You (Orchestral) – NETFLIX
Bad Bunny – “El Apagón – Aquí Vive Gente” – Rimas Entertainment
Demi Lovato – “Swine” – Island Records
Dove Cameron – “Breakfast” – Columbia Records
Imagine Dragons – “Crushed” – KIDinaKORNER / Interscope Records
Maluma – “La Reina” – Sony Music US Latin

BEST DIRECTION
Doja Cat – “Attention” – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records – Directed by Tanu Muiño
Drake – “Falling Back” – OVO/Republic Records – Director X (Julien Christian Lutz)
Kendrick Lamar – “Count Me Out” – pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records – Directed by Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar
Megan Thee Stallion – “Her” – 300 Entertainment – Directed by Colin Tilley
Sam Smith, Kim Petras – “Unholy” – Capitol Records – Directed by Floria Sigismondi
SZA – “Kill Bill” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records – Directed by Christian Breslauer
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records – Directed by Taylor Swift

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adele – “I Drink Wine” – Columbia Records – Cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra
Ed Sheeran – “Eyes Closed” – Atlantic Records – Cinematography by Natasha Baier
Janelle Monae – “Lipstick Lover” – Atlantic Records – Cinematography by Allison Anderson
Kendrick Lamar – “Count Me Out” – pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records 0 Cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra
Miley Cyrus – “Flowers” – Columbia Records – Cinematography by Marcell Rev
Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire” – Geffen Records – Cinematography by Russ Fraser
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records – Cinematography by Rina Yang

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Fall Out Boy – “Love From The Other Side” – Fueled By Ramen – Visual Effects by Thomas Bailey and Josh Shaffner
Harry Styles – “Music For A Sushi Restaurant” – Columbia Records – Visual Effects by Chelsea Delfino and Black Kite Studios
Melanie Martinez – “VOID” – Atlantic Records – Visual Effects by Carbon
Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl” – Republic Records – Visual Effects by Max Colt and Sergio Mashevskyi
Sam Smith, Kim Petras – “Unholy” – Capitol Records – Visual Effects by Max Colt / FRENDER
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records – Visual Effects by Parliament

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom” – YG Entertainment / Interscope Records – Choreography by Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung (YGX), Taryn Cheng (YGX)
Dua Lipa – “Dance The Night (From Barbie The Album)” – Atlantic Records – Choreography by Charm LaDonna
Jonas Brothers – “Waffle House” – Republic Records – Choreography by Jerry Reece
Megan Thee Stallion – “Her” – 300 Entertainment – Choreography by Sean Bankhead
Panic! At The Disco – “Middle Of A Breakup” – Fueled By Ramen – Choreography by Monika Felice Smith
Sam Smith, Kim Petras – “Unholy” – Capitol Records – Choreography by (LA)HORDE – Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel

BEST ART DIRECTION
boygenius – “the film” – Interscope Records – Art Direction by Jen Dunlap
BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom” – YG Entertainment / Interscope Records – Art Direction by Seo Hyun Seung (GIGANT)
Doja Cat – “Attention” – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records – Art Direction by Spencer Graves
Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste – “Candy Necklace” – Interscope Records – Art Direction by Brandon Mendez
Megan Thee Stallion – “Her” – 300 Entertainment – Art Direction by Niko Philipides
SZA – “Shirt” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records – Art Direction by Kate Bunch

BEST EDITING
BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom” – YG Entertainment / Interscope Records – Editing by Seo Hyun Seung (GIGANT)
Kendrick Lamar – “Rich Spirit” – pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records – Edited by Grason Caldwell
Miley Cyrus – “River” – Columbia Records – Edited by Brandan Walter
Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire” – Geffen Records – Edited by Sofia Kerpan and David Checel
SZA – “Kill Bill” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records – Edited by Luis Caraza Peimbert
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records – Edited by Chancler Hayne

Bill Maher took to Twitter (or X) on Monday to tell his followers that he had seen “Barbie” and promised a “review” to follow. Yesterday, Maher gave that review - kind of.

Here’s his full review:
Spoiler alert, Barbie fights the Patriarchy. Right up to the Mattel board who created her, consisting of 12 white men! The Patriarchy! Except there’s a Mattel board in real life, and it’s 7 men and 5 women. OK, not perfect even-steven, but not the way the board IN THE MOVIE – which takes place in 2023 – is portrayed. And not really any longer deserving of the word “patriarchy.” Yes, there was one, and remnants of it remain – but this movie is so 2000-LATE. At one point the Barbies have to win over the Kens, and they are told to do it by pretending to act helpless and not know how to do stuff. Helen Gurley Brown called, she wants her premise back. Yes, that WAS a thing. I saw “Barbie” with a woman in her 30s who said, “I don’t know a single woman of any age who would act like that today.” I know, I know, ‘How could I know about the patriarchy, I AM a man!’ That argument is so old and so silly. Of course, none of us can know exactly what others go through life, but I can see the world around me, and I can read data. The real Mattel board is a pretty close mirror of the country, where 45% of the 449 board seats filled last year in Fortune 500 companies were women. Truth is, I’m not the one who’s out of step – I’m living in the year we’re living in. Barbie is fun, I enjoyed it – but it IS a #ZombieLie. And people who don’t go along with zombie lies did not take some red pill – just staying true to CURRENT reality. Let’s live in the year we’re living in! Hi Ken!!!

Kelly Clarkson is getting ready to leave Los Angeles; moving trucks were seen at her Toluca Lake, California home yesterday. Kelly is saying goodbye to the mansion she bought for $5.4 million after divorcing her ex-hubby, Brandon Blackstock, in 2021. Kelly revealed back in May that she and their two children were heading to the East Coast as they needed a fresh start. She also confirmed that she would be moving her daytime talk show to New York City.

Adam Devine has a theory about the effect that Marvel films had on the general audience and said that “superhero movies ruined comedies.” On This Past Weekend with Theo Von, Devine talked about the quality of comedies in Hollywood. He said that although TV comedies are still good, he can’t say the same about movie comedies. “My theory is I think, I think like Marvel ruined it,” Devine said. “I feel like superhero movies kind of ruined comedies. Because people go to the theater and you expect to watch something that costs $200 million to make and comedy movies aren’t that.” He noted that moviegoers are stuck in a predicament about where to spend their money opting for a bigger budget production where you get more bang for your buck.

Sandra Bullock's longtime partner Bryan Randall died over the weekend. He was 57. His family released the following statement: "It is with great sadness that we share that on Aug. 5, Bryan Randall passed away peacefully after a three-year battle with ALS. Bryan chose early to keep his journey with ALS private and those of us who cared for him did our best to honor his request." "We are immensely grateful to the tireless doctors who navigated the landscape of this illness with us and to the astounding nurses who became our roommates, often sacrificing their own families to be with ours," his family added. Bullock first met Randall, a model-turned-photographer, when he photographed her son Louis's birthday back in 2015. They took their relationship more public later that year, including an appearance at Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux's wedding.