Roger Corman, the Oscar-winning “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as Little Shop of Horrors and Attack of the Crab Monsters and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98. Corman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, his daughter …
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John Krasinski shared that he has handed over the Mother’s Day reigns to his daughters to celebrate his wife and their mother, actress Emily Blunt. On an appearance on the Tonight Show, The Office The star revealed he lets Hazel, 10 and Violet, seven, “run the show”. “It’s a lot of, like, ‘Dad, we got …
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Switzerland’s Nemo won a chaotic and politically fraught Eurovision Song Contesttriumphing in a competition in Sweden that was upstaged by controversy and booing over the presence of Israel. The typically jovial event – one of the most-watched in the world’s cultural calendar – descended into turmoil in recent days, as organizers tried and failed to …
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On a small platform between the luxury train’s dining car and the next carriage, Grace Kelly paused for a conversation with a famous stranger. It was the evening of May 4, 1955 and Kelly, a future Hollywood icon, was walking back to her quarters when Hollywood film legend Olivia de Havilland approached her with an …
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The annual Cannes Film Festival enters its 78th year in 2024. It’s been the French backdrop of Hollywood’s greatest stars and films for close to a century. After the inaugural festival in 1946, countless film icons have graced the red carpet on the French Riviera to celebrate the most prestigious cinematic art of the year. …
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If you were a child growing up in Australia any time between 1965 and 2009, chances are you were a fan of the fictional TV character Humphrey B. Bear. Despite being canceled twice, the show that made Humphrey a household name, Here’s Humphrey, ran for a staggering 40 seasons and produced more than 3000 episodes. …
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History-making New Zealand actor James Laurenson, known for his roles on The Crown and Coronation Streethas died aged 84. His death was reported by multiple UK outlets today, with The Telegraph UK reporting that he passed on April 18. The actor was born in New Zealand and studied at Canterbury University College in Christchurch before …
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While on vacation in Copenhagen, we came across a poster advertising a performance with Charles Esten of Nashville and Outer Banks fame. It was happening that very night, so we finished up our sightseeing, bought a ticket online, rushed over to the venue and walked into the DR Koncerthuset right as he stepped on stage. …
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Beloved Hollywood entertainment reporter Sam Rubin has died at age 64. He died from a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles on Friday (local time). A long-time reporter for Nine’s Today and Today ExtraNine’s Entertainment Reporter Richard Wilkins gave an emotional tribute to his long-time friend and colleague. “The entertainment world has really …
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The 1980s film The Shiningdirected by Stanley Kubrick and starring a young Jack Nicholsonhas become a cult classic of the horror genre in recent years. Loved by horror fans the world over, It’s based on acclaimed author Stephen King’s 1977 book of the same name. But at the time of the release of the film, …
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