Turner's media moves reshaped sports and pro wrestling

 

ATLANTA — Ted Turner, the media executive who bought the Atlanta Braves in the 1970s and later rebranded a wrestling company as World Championship Wrestling, died Wednesday. He used the TBS superstation and TNT to broadcast sports and wrestling nationally; WCW outpaced the World Wrestling Federation in television ratings for...

Chopra and Bloom set to lead survival thriller Reset

 

Los Angeles — On May 7, Priyanka Chopra and Orlando Bloom were announced as the leads of Reset, a survival thriller directed by Matt Smukler. The report states production will begin in August and that the screenplay is by Jordan Rawlins; casting and production credits were confirmed by Deadline and...

Lively and Baldoni Reach Confidential Settlement Avoiding Trial

 

United States: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni announced on Monday that they have reached a confidential settlement resolving a lawsuit related to the production of the film It Ends With Us, avoiding a federal jury trial that had been scheduled to begin in Manhattan later this month. The agreement was...

Gabriella Pizzolo Credits Natalie Portman For Psychology Degree

 

Los Angeles: Actress Gabriella Pizzolo, 23, said on May 3 that Natalie Portman inspired her to pursue a degree in psychology, noting she holds degrees in psychology and music and that she discussed balancing studies with acting while attending the Broadway premiere of Beaches this week; she is best known...

Post Malone Delays Tour, Cancels Early Stadium Shows

 

Birmingham — Post Malone canceled his Protective Stadium concert Friday, announcing via an Instagram story that he will delay the start of his 'Big Ass Stadium Tour' to finish new music; the tour had been scheduled to begin May 13 in El Paso and included early dates such as May...

Oscar Statuette Barred at JFK, Later Found Frankfurt

 

New York: Russian filmmaker Pasha Talankin, co-director and subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, lost his Oscar statuette after security at John F. Kennedy International Airport barred him from carrying it into the cabin on Wednesday. Officials cited concerns about the statuette's weight of about 3.8...

Sydney teen publicly distances from father online

 

Los Angeles, United States – A reported rift within Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s family has become more visible after their 17-year-old daughter, Sunday Rose, unfollowed her father on Instagram on April 28, 2026, according to social media monitoring. The move comes in the wake of the couple’s 2025 divorce,...

United States actor Barry Keoghan denies cheating allegations

 

Barry Keoghan has publicly addressed long-running cheating allegations for the first time, speaking on the April 28, 2026 episode of the “Friends Keep Secrets” podcast hosted by Benny Blanco, Lil Dicky, and Kristin Batalucco. The Irish-born, Oscar-nominated actor described how rumors that he was unfaithful to singer Sabrina Carpenter, which...

Kimmel joke prompts firing calls after WHCA shooting

 

Washington — On April 23, television host Jimmy Kimmel aired a parody monologue in which he joked that First Lady Melania Trump had "a glow like an expectant widow." The segment preceded the White House Correspondents' Dinner two days later, where a gunman opened fire in the lobby on April...

Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz Confirm Private Engagement

 

Los Angeles: Singer Harry Styles and actress Zoe Kravitz privately exchanged rings and informed a small circle of friends about their engagement on April 28, according to multiple entertainment outlets. The pair, first publicly linked in August 2025 in Rome, were photographed in London with Kravitz wearing a prominent ring...