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Mariah Carey’s beloved “It’s Time” tradition—the annual declaration that the holiday season has arrived—struck a sour note this year. The pop icon’s Nov. 1 announcement, long a festive staple for fans, has sparked debate after doubling as a promotional spot for Sephora. via: EW On Saturday, Nov. 1, the "Queen of Christmas," as is tradition, released a video signaling that the holiday season has officially begun. For years, the "All I Want for Christmas Is You" singer's festiv

After a decade on the TV drama Smallville—and years of cable news and documentary stories about her abusive role in the destructive cult NXIVM—Allison Mack doesn’t want to be on camera anymore. Instead, she’s telling her own story for the first time through a podcast. via: CBM As Chloe Sullivan, Allison Mack was a huge part of Smallville. While it's unlikely that she'd have gone on to do much more than the odd TV role, the actress would have surely been popular on the convent

The Hollywood Reporter’s review of Predator: Badlands has fans raising eyebrows, calling the film “a deft, disarmingly kindhearted franchise entry” and even declaring, “This Predator is queer and we should say it.” via: CBM Dan Trachtenberg's Predator: Badlands is now playing in theaters, and while the movie received positive reviews from critics and seems to be going over pretty well with general audiences so far (it broke franchise box office records over the weekend), some

Justice Smith has credited his trans siblings for helping him accept his role in I Saw the TV Glow, revealing he questioned whether he was the right person to play a transgender character. via: Deadline Following the profound impact of last year’s I Saw the TV Glow on LGBTQ audiences, Justice Smith is sharing some insight into his casting. The actor noted that he’s “really passionate” about transgender people being able to play trans roles and tell their own stories onscreen,

Gilmore Girls will never stop debating which of Rory’s boyfriends was the best. via: Deadline Jared Padalecki — who portrays Dean Forester, Rory’s first boyfriend notable for their puppy love relationship and, in later seasons, marital infidelity — and Matt Czuchry — a fellow Yale classmate who plays Rory’s most serious partner and failed fiancé — opened up about their thoughts during a reunion for People‘s Sexiest Man Alive issue, under the banner “Hotties from the Aughties.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates who feared the conservative court might be ready to revisit the decade-old decision. via: NBC News Without comment, the justices rejected an appeal brought by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses because of her

Jeremy Renner has responded to the allegations that he once threatened to call ICE on his Chinese film partner, Yi Zhou. via: Variety “The allegations being made are totally inaccurate and untrue,” a rep for Renner told Variety. Renner’s lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for further comment. Zhou, 37, first levied claims against Renner on Monday with a series of Instagram posts, including the hashtags “#Cancel” and “#CancelJeremyRenner.” Zhou claims she began d

When it comes to the box office, that Predator do hunt. via: Variety “Predator: Badlands” is this weekend’s apex predator at the box office, collecting a better-than-expected $40 million in its domestic debut. Those ticket sales were enough to cement a franchise record, overtaking 2004’s “Alien vs. Predator” ($38 million, not adjusted for inflation) as the biggest opening weekend in the long-running property. The sci-fi series ignited with 1987’s “Predator,” starring Arnold S

A new report has suggested that the MCU's Avengers: Doomsday movie will heavily focus on Scott Summers and his family. via: CBM 20th Century Fox's X-Men franchise introduced a lot of characters over the years, and while the likes of Charles Xavier and Magneto did claim the spotlight in the later movies, the focus usually found its way back to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. Logan was by far the most popular character among general audiences, but comic book fans have been waiting fo

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is returning for Season 15, and this time, the drama isn’t just about diamonds, it’s about identity. In a new trailer released November 4, longtime cast member Kyle Richards appears to address long-swirling rumors about her sexuality, telling fellow housewife Bozoma “Boz” Saint John, “I could go Brad, I could go Angelina.” via: Out In the RHOBH season 15 trailer, Richards, who has been tight-lipped about her love life since her split with

Raven-Symoné recently stopped by the Hate to Break it to Ya podcast, hosted by Jamie Kennedy, and talked about Bill Cosby's "horrific" sexual assault allegations. via: Us Weekly “Separate the creator from the creation, and that’s just where I live,” Symoné, 39, said on the Monday, November 3, episode of the “Hate to Break It to Ya” podcast. “The creation changed America [and] changed television.” Cosby, 88, conceived his eponymous The Cosby Show in the 1980s, which ran for ei

After Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour put on a united front on the Stranger Things world premiere red carpet, the show's executive producer Shawn Levy is shutting down reports that there is bad blood between the two actors. via: Page Six “Stranger Things” executive producer Shawn Levy railed against “inaccurate” headlines after reports surfaced that Millie Bobby Brown accused co-star David Harbour of bullying and harassment. Levy addressed Brown’s allegations for the fir

Kim Kardashian is keeping up with negative reviews of “All’s Fair.” via: Variety In the carousel post on Instagram , Kardashian included screenshots of posts on Twitter both criticizing and praising the show, including one that read, “Some of the worst acting I’ve ever seen in my life alongside the most predictable storylines and the most ridiculous styling. I’m obsessed I need 14 seasons.” “Have you tuned in to the most critically acclaimed show of the year!?!?!?” Kardashian

Katy Perry is roaring forth with a new era of music. via: Page Six The 41-year-old singer — who split from Orlando Bloom, 48, in June after nearly a decade together — dropped her new song and its music video on Thursday. The lyrics and video appear to give a glimpse into the end of her relationship with Bloom. “Hand to God, I promise I tried / There’s no stone left unturned,” she sings. “It’s not what you did / It’s what you didn’t / You were there, but you weren’t.” “Got so

Marvel star Jeremy Renner has been accused of threatening to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement on his Chinese filmmaking partner after she confronted him about alleged sexual misconduct. via: Page Six Yi Zhou — who directed the documentary “Chronicles of Disney” and the animated movie “Stardust Future: Stars and Scars,” both starring Renner — initially made her allegations via Instagram. “Mr. Renner first contacted me directly in June, sending personal and intimate pho

Diddy's sobriety journey took a detour in lockup this week, because according to reports the disgraced mogul was caught drinking behind bars and got in some trouble with prison officials. via: Page Six The music mogul has been in “trouble with prison officials” at Fort Dix for consuming “homemade alcohol,” sources told TMZ on Friday. The outlet reported that the DIY recipe he was caught drinking involves sugar, Fanta soda and apples, which are mixed and fermented for two week

The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards have been revealed, and as always, there is a lot to sort through here for music fans. Some major acts are nowhere to be seen, while others got just the right recognition. Figuring out which is which, and celebrating or frowning accordingly, is half the fun of Grammy nominations day. So let’s get to it! via: People Despite earning major chart successes this year, stars like Lorde, Gracie Abrams and Megan Moroney didn't receive any n

The 2026 Grammy Award nominations have been unveiled for all 95 categories, and the list is packed with big names. via: Rolling Stone Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, and Lady Gaga lead the pack as the nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards were announced today. After winning Song and Record of the Year for “Not Like Us” earlier this year, Lamar led all nominees for 2026 with nine, including Album of the Year for GNX. He’ll also compete for Song and Record of the Year again, th

As GLAAD releases the 20th anniversary edition of its ‘Where We Are on TV’ report, LGBTQ representation appears to be at a pace of two steps forward, three steps back. via: The Wrap According to the report, which tracked regular and recurring LGBTQ+ characters that appeared during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return due to se

In an interview teasing Season 15, Hilton made it clear to Variety that she’s not the source of the drama this time around — but that doesn’t mean things aren’t going off the rails. via: Variety Even so, she warns, “It’s pretty brutal.” “There’s no Kathy Hilton drama,” she continued. “I’m not really dramatic. All that drama makes me really sad. They’re all just very comfortable in saying whatever they want and that’s what makes it brutal.” I caught up with the Hilton matriarc