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A 2024 Anthony Fantano video, improbably enough, is back in the conversation this week. via: Variety On Sunday evening, after music critic/content creator Anthony Fantano made a snarky comment about his review of Halsey’s album “The Great Impersonator,” the pop singer took to Twitter to quote-tweet him and unload on “The Needle Drop” host, writing, “I’m certain my least memorable song will be remembered more fondly and for more time than anything you ever do with your life wi

Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers, Predator: Badlands) is headed back into the world of animation for horror-comedy Freddy the 13th for Paramount Animation. via: Deadline Paramount Animation has announced an untitled Dan Trachtenberg animated comedy horror based on the graphic novel Freddy the 13th by Yehudi Mercado. The project announcement comes four months after the 10 Cloverfield Lane and Predator: Badlands director Trachtenberg signed a three-year produ

It's official: After the big screen return of He-Man in Masters of the Universe, another major studio is working on an iconic fantasy property from the same era. via: The Playlist The 1985 animated series “ThunderCats” has had a bit of a revival in the last 15 years with a reimagining series in 2011 at Cartoon Network and in 2020 there was the short-lived “ThunderCats Roar,” that attempted to make a more silly version taking cues from more modern shows (felt like “Adventure T

Pride Month is here, and with it comes a renewed opportunity to celebrate the creativity, resilience, and joy of the LGBTQIA2+ community. From the ballroom scene to mainstream artists, queer people have always been at the forefront of culture; pushing boundaries, challenging norms, and inspiring the world to live more authentically. via: Out Look no further, the twink takeover is here! Every few months, Pornhub posts the spicy data that breaks down all of the naughty content

The Rolling Stones have been rocking it for more than 60 years. That's a long time. So, it shouldn't be surprising that the band's touring days may be over, but it's still sad for fans who want to catch them live. via: Rolling Stone Keith Richards isn’t sure that he’s up to future Rolling Stones tours, but that doesn’t mean the band won’t play live again. With the band’s new album, Foreign Tongues, due July 10, the Stones guitarist raised the idea of the band playing residenc

Madonna has opened up about the collapse of her long-running Universal biopic, revealing that a dispute over the budget brought the project to a halt. via: Variety Madonna revealed to Interview magazine that a falling out with Universal Pictures is the reason her movie biopic never went into production. The studio won a multi-studio auction in 2021 to make a film about Madonna’s life, with the pop icon on board to co-write and direct the movie. Screenwriters such as Diablo Co

Carly Rae Jepsen is back with her first new, full-length album since 2022's The Loneliest Time. via: Variety Carly Rae Jepsen has announced a 24-track double album titled “Day and Night,” releasing September 18 via Interscope Records. The album will be divided into “Day” and “Night” sections, each of which will have 12 songs. According to a release, “Day” is “organic and raw, with live instrumentation and hints of ’70s-inspired psychedelic pop.” “Night” is “exploratory and in

Bebe Rexha has told fans to stop pitting female artists against each other after being told Olivia Rodrigo "outsold" her. via: Billboard The singer recently pushed back after a social media user attempted to compare her commercial success to Olivia Rodrigo’s, whose third studio album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and shattered streaming records. The exchange began after Rexha shared a heartfelt tribute to late artist Oliver Tr

Liam Payne's young son is the sole Beneficiary of the legendary singer's estate ... and now we know how many millions the 9-year-old has coming to him. via: The Tab The huge sum of money Liam Payne left his son Bear has been revealed in new court documents. Liam died aged 31, when he fell from the third floor of a hotel in 2024. His son Bear is now nine-years-old, and is the sole beneficiary of the singer’s £21million fortune, as agreed in the High Court. Probate documents ha

Olivia Rodrigo achieves her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as her third studio release, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, launches atop the list dated June 27. The set bows with 485,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending June 18, according to Luminate — marking Rodrigo’s biggest week ever by units, and the largest week of 2026 for any album by a soloist. via: Rolling Stone Olivia Rodrigo‘s new album, You Seem Pretty Sa

ABC is asking viewers to help defend its local stations and “The View” as Disney’s fight with the Trump regime moves into a new public phase. via: Variety In a new campaign that launched Monday, the entertainment conglomerate urged the audience tuning into “The View” to offer public comment as the company grapples with unorthodox pressure from the Trump regime. The Federal Communications Commission, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, ordered Disney to file for renewals for eight o

After he finishes waging an intergalactic holy war in Dune 3, Timothée Chalamet will be joining Selena Gomez in “Not Alone,” a new alien-themed animated film from Illumination, the studio behind huge franchises like “Despicable Me” and “Super Mario Bros.” via: Rolling Stone The film was announced Monday, June 22, though in classic Chalamet fashion, he made sure to stoke some interest with a cryptic Instagram teaser last night: “New movies announcement tmrw :)” he wrote alongs

Clive Davis, the executive who steered Columbia, Arista and J Records to the pinnacle of the pop music business, died Monday at his Manhattan home. He was 94. via: Rolling Stone Clive Davis, the music executive who founded Arista Records and J Records and helped shape the careers of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana, Janis Joplin, Alicia Keys, Carrie Underwood and many others, died on Monday at his home in New York City. He was 94. His death

Jimmy Kimmel announced comedian Rosie O’Donnell will be temporarily taking over his late-night show as he steps back for a two-month sabbatical. via: EW "I will be taking the next two months off — this time voluntarily," Kimmel said in Thursday's monologue on the show, a cheeky reference to ABC pulling the talk show from the air for six days in September. The late-night host went on to list several of the entertainers who will step in for hosting duties over the course of the

Britney Spears is getting candid about her desire to expand her family amid her recent legal troubles. via: Page Six Britney Spears said she wants another child in an Instagram post on Father’s Day Sunday. The pop star, 44, posted a video of herself dancing in a yellow slip dress and black boots while holding a tiny guitar. Spears was in danger of a wardrobe malfunction as she danced, one strap of her dress falling off as she gyrated with a fedora hat on. Spears also wore a b

It is the question people have been asking for years... Why did Zendaya, one of Hollywood's most gorgeous and successful actresses, pick diminutive and 'slightly wimpy' British star Tom Holland as her soulmate? via: Page Six The “Euphoria” actress was said to have fallen “hard for” Holland after witnessing his fishnet-clad, rain-soaked 2017 drag performance of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” during an episode of “Lip Sync Battle,” according to a source for the Mail on Sunday. The inside

Tyler Perry is pushing back against claims that he attempted to avoid questions about his sexual orientation as part of an ongoing legal dispute involving allegations of sexual misconduct. via: The Grio Tyler Perry is pushing back against a new claim in the ongoing $77 million sexual assault lawsuit filed by actor Mario Rodriguez, and this latest dispute is not just about the allegations themselves. It is about what Perry can — or should — be asked under oath. According to TM

Attorneys for Luigi Mangione are withdrawing his psychiatric defense in the state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, documents filed Thursday show. via: Rolling Stone Luigi Mangione’s defense team filed a notice on Thursday to the New York state judge in his murder case, saying they are withdrawing their intent to argue a psychiatric defense. This comes only one day after Judge Gregory Carro unsealed the defense team’s notice,

Famke Janssen played Jean Grey in five of 20th Century Fox's X-Men movies, but the actress remains adamant that she won't be back for Avengers: Doomsday and was never actually asked. via: Variety Famke Janssen said during a recent conversation with Nerdtropolis at Spacecon 2026 that Marvel “made a mistake” by not bringing her back as Jean Grey for December’s “Avengers: Doomsday.” “I am so bad at keeping secrets that I always say to everyone I’m the worst actor in the world. I

SZA is not a fan of AI music at all, and the singer let it be known in an Instagram Stories post where she called out the musicians who support it. via: Variety SZA took to Instagram on Saturday to slam artists using AI music generators such as Suno, alleging producer Diplo had equity in the company and was trying to train it on “the best and brightest black minds of writers and producers.” “We make up 13% of the American population yet influence the world w our sound and per