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Report: Foxx Brouhaha Began With a Phallic Laser Pointer

Actor's fight at Beverly Hills eatery was reportedly with crew from Jackass production firm

(Newser) - More details are emerging on the Friday night altercation in Beverly Hills that injured Jamie Foxx, with sources telling TMZ that the beef at Mr. Chow restaurant was between the actor/comedian and crew members of Dickhouse Productions—the production firm behind the Jackass movie franchise. According to witnesses, that crew...

'Forever Begins Now' for Selena Gomez

Actor-singer, 32, announces she's engaged to 36-year-old music producer Benny Blanco

(Newser) - Selena Gomez: singer, actor, soon-to-be spouse. Late Wednesday, the Only Murders in the Building star announced online that she's engaged to music producer Benny Blanco, her beau of more than a year, reports Page Six . "Forever begins now," the 32-year-old star wrote on Instagram , showing off her...

Jim Carrey's Retirement Plans Derailed: 'I Need the Money'

'I bought a lot of stuff,' he says of why he took on latest role, in Sonic the Hedgehog 3

(Newser) - More than two years ago, Jim Carrey apparently retired from acting , vowing that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 would likely be his last movie. "If the angels bring some sort of script that's written in gold ink that says to me that it's going to be really important...

J-Pop Star Found Dead in Bathtub
J-Pop Icon Found
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Dec 6, 2024 10:00 AM CST

J-Pop Icon Found Dead in Bathtub

Singer and actor Miho Nakayama dead at 54

(Newser) - Miho Nakayama, a Japanese teen idol of the 1980s who went on to become an award-winning actor, died Friday, shocking her management and fans. The 54-year-old was found dead in a bathtub at her Tokyo home on Friday by an acquaintance who went to investigate after Nakayama failed to show...

Actor's Resume Includes Police Woman, First Twilight Zone

Earl Holliman appeared in films including Giant and The Rainmaker

(Newser) - Earl Holliman, whose more than 100 film and TV roles included the first episode of The Twilight Zone, has died. He was 96. Holliman's husband, Craig Curtis, said the actor died Monday at his home in Los Angeles, the New York Times reports. Beginning in the early 1950s, Holliman...

Stage Actor Died 'Doing What He Loved Most'

Canadian Julien Arnold died during a production of A Christmas Carol in Edmonton

(Newser) - A beloved Canadian stage actor was performing in a play of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol on Sunday when he apparently died during the show. Julien Arnold, who had two roles in the play showing at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, including that of a ghost, suffered a medical emergency...

Convicted Marvel Actor Now Sued by Ex-Girlfriend
Ex of Convicted
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Nov 23, 2024 7:00 AM CST

Ex of Convicted Marvel Actor Drops Suit

Lawyer for Grace Jabbari said the case was 'favorably settled'

(Newser) - An assault and defamation lawsuit filed against Marvel actor Jonathan Majors by his ex has been ditched. The AP reports that the legal teams for both Majors and former girlfriend Grace Jabbari on Thursday gave the OK to dismiss the case with prejudice, per a joint filing in Manhattan federal...

Denzel on Booze: 'I've Done a Lot of Damage to the Body'

Oscar-winning actor reveals to Esquire how wine became his 'thing,' until he quit a decade ago

(Newser) - Toward the start of his new stream-of-consciousness essay in Esquire that details "the moments that mattered and the experiences that made him," Oscar-winner Denzel Washington notes he "wasn't big" on alcohol as a youth. That changed down the road. The 69-year-old Training Day and Gladiator II...

John Mulaney on His Life: It's 'Like a Tornado Picked Me Up'

Comedian talks with GQ about stormy past few years, from drugs to life with Olivia Munn, kids

(Newser) - "Once such a consummate urbanite that you half expected to see a pigeon on his head and his pockets stuffed with takeout menus, today he looks every inch a suburban dad, in his white lace-up Vans, olive jeans, long-sleeve shirt." That's how Brett Martin describes John Mulaney...

Dave Coulier Has 'Very Aggressive' Cancer

Full House star diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma is now undergoing chemo

(Newser) - Just weeks ago, Dave Coulier learned he has cancer—"very aggressive" cancer. Last month, the 65-year-old Full House star was experiencing an upper respiratory infection that caused his lymph nodes to swell, per People . Then, a lymph node in his groin suddenly grew to the size of a golf...

K-Drama Star Song Jae-lim Found Dead
K-Drama Star
Song Jae-lim
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Nov 13, 2024 11:05 AM CST

K-Drama Star Song Jae-lim Found Dead

Seoul police say there was a note found in the 39-year-old's apartment

(Newser) - Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor and former model, was found dead in Seoul on Tuesday. The 39-year-old's body was discovered in his apartment by a friend who planned to have lunch with him, CNN reports. Police in the city's Seongdong district said there was no evidence of...

He Played One of the Scariest Characters on the Big Screen

Actor Tony Todd, known for playing title role in horror film Candyman , has died at 69

(Newser) - Tony Todd, the actor best known for his roles in Candyman, The Crow, and Final Destination, has died at the age of 69. Rep Jeff Goldberg tells TMZ that Todd, who had more than 240 movie and TV credits to his name over a 40-year career, died of natural causes...

Saoirse Ronan: That Viral Moment Is 'Really Telling'

Actor says in a new interview that the reaction has been 'wild,' but she wants viewers to give it context

(Newser) - On Friday, Saoirse Ronan made waves on The Graham Norton Show when she took issue with actor Paul Mescal's self-defense joke, saying, "That's what girls have to think about all the time. Am I right, ladies?" On Virgin Radio UK on Wednesday, Ronan addressed the moment that...

Looks Like Magic Mike Star Is Back on the Market

Channing Tatum's engagement to actor/director Zoe Kravitz is over, sources tell People

(Newser) - The Halloween season has had its ups and downs over the years for Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz. In 2021, that was when the two went "Instagram official" on their relationship, and late October of last year is when the Magic Mike star popped the question to his Batman...

Laurence Olivier's Nose Will Soon Be Up for Grabs

The prosthetic one he donned for 1955's Richard III is headed for the auction block

(Newser) - The prosthetic schnoz that Laurence Olivier donned to play the title role in 1955's Richard III is so famous that it's appeared on lists of "best/worst fake noses in cinema history." Now, the costume nose is headed for the auction block next month, part of a...

Cochise From The Warriors Is Dead at 75
Cochise From The Warriors
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Oct 28, 2024 1:55 PM CDT

Cochise From The Warriors Is Dead at 75

Actor David Harris starred in the cult hit about street gangs

(Newser) - David Harris might not be a household acting name, but lots of people might know him for what turned out to be his biggest role: playing Cochise in the 1979 film The Warriors . Harris, 75, died Friday of cancer at his home in New York City, reports the New York ...

TV's 'Tarzan' Dies 5 Years After Wife's Murder
TV's 'Tarzan'
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Oct 24, 2024 6:37 AM CDT

TV's 'Tarzan' Dies 5 Years After Wife's Murder

Ron Ely, who also lost a son in 2019, died last month at age 86, family says

(Newser) - Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series Tarzan, has died at age 86. Ely's daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told the AP on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California. While Ron Ely was...

Francesca Eastwood Arrested in Beverly Hills

Clint Eastwood's actor daughter, 31, was booked on felony domestic violence charges

(Newser) - Francesca Eastwood, daughter of famed actor/director Clint Eastwood and Titanic actor Frances Fisher, was arrested over the weekend, accused of domestic violence. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that the 31-year-old Fargo and Twin Peaks actor was driving with her boyfriend on Saturday night in Beverly Hills when things first got...

Actor Calls Out 'Appropriation' of 'Distinctly Asian' Drink

Simu Liu's criticism of Quebec brand Bobba sparks death threats, harassment

(Newser) - Actor Simu Liu took to social media this week to announce he does not support online harassment after his criticisms of a bubble tea company led to threats against its owners. Liu (Barbie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) appeared as a guest investor on Thursday's episode...

Guess Who's Not Retired Anymore?
Guess Who's
Not Retired
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Oct 2, 2024 9:40 AM CDT

Guess Who's Not Retired Anymore?

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is back after 7-year hiatus to appear in Anemone , directed by son Ronan

(Newser) - If an actor claims they're retiring, do they actually really mean it? That's a nay for Daniel Day-Lewis, the Academy Award-winning thespian who announced seven years ago , at age 60, that he was leaving the biz. He's now apparently retracting that decision, with a new movie in...

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