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‎Jelly Roll is opening up about his political beliefs after months of avoiding the subject publicly. ‎ ‎The singer-songwriter addressed his views Thursday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he has been serving as guest host during Jimmy Kimmel’s summer hiatus. His comments came after jokes about Donald Trump in an earlier monologue sparked backlash from some conservatives. ‎ ‎Jelly Roll clarifies his political views, regrets not speaking up at the 2026 Grammys and urges people to focus on compassion. ‎Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy ‎Jelly Roll said the reaction to his appearance had caused people to make assumptions about where he stands politically. ‎ ‎“It is funny that before this week everybody thought I was MAGA. And now they think I’m some sort of liberal snowflake,” he said. “Hosting Jimmy Kimmel’s show doesn’t mean I have all of Jimmy Kimmel’s politics. Sure, I lean left on some things, but like most folks I’m pretty down the middle.” ‎ ‎He also ...

‎Dolly Parton, the legendary singer-songwriter-actress whose extraordinary country music career expanded into pop music, film and television, died on Aug. 25. She was 80. ‎ ‎Her family did not release a cause of death, saying instead that she “died peacefully today in Nashville.” ‎ ‎Dolly Parton has died at 80 after a seven-decade career spanning country music, film, television, songwriting and philanthropy. ‎Getty Images ‎The announcement was made through Parton’s official Instagram account in a video from her nephew Bryan Seaver, speaking on behalf of the Parton family. ‎ ‎According to the family’s official obituary, “A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple ...

‎Sharna Burgess is officially returning to the ballroom for season 35 of ‘Dancing With the Stars’. Her comeback was announced on Good Morning America on Monday, confirming her return to the professional dancer lineup for the upcoming season. ‎ Sharna Burgess is returning to ‘Dancing With the Stars’ as a professional dancer for season 35 after five years away. ‎Disney/Maarten de Boer ‎The new season will mark Burgess’ first appearance on the series in five years. Her most recent season was season 30 in 2021, when she was partnered with her fiancé Brian Austin Green. ‎ ‎Burgess has a long history with the competition. She has competed in 14 seasons of Dancing and famously won season 27 alongside Bobby Brown. Her return had been widely speculated in recent months after she took part in several Dancing-related events and appearances, including DWTS Con. ‎ ‎With Burgess now confirmed, she becomes the second professional dancer from season 35 to be officially announced. Witney Ca...

‎Hayden Panettiere, the actress best known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, has died at the age of 36, her father, Skip Panettiere, told ABC News on Sunday. ‎ ‎“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen,” her father, Skip Panettiere, told ABC News in a statement. He also asked for privacy “as our family takes time to process this unimaginable loss.” ‎ Hayden Panettiere has died at 36, her father confirmed to ABC News, leaving behind a career spanning Heroes, Nashville and Scream. ‎Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images ‎ ‎The details around her death are unknown. ‎ ‎Panettiere's acting career included television, film and Lifetime projects. Her film credits included I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009), Scream 4 (2011) and Scream VI (2023), while she also starred in the 2011 Lifetim...

HBO’s Harry Potter series has added Nicholas Hoult to its Season 2 cast, with the actor set to play Professor Gilderoy Lockhart. ‎ ‎Hoult, known for Superman and The Great, will portray Lockhart, who arrives at Hogwarts during Harry’s (Dominic McLaughlin) second year as the school’s new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. ‎ Nicholas Hoult joins HBO’s Harry Potter series as Professor Gilderoy Lockhart for Season 2, adapting Chamber of Secrets. ‎Neilson Barnard/Getty Images ‎The character plays a major role in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second book in J.K. Rowling’s series and the source material for the show’s second season. Lockhart is famous throughout the wizarding world for his supposed heroic achievements. However, he is eventually exposed as a fraud who took credit for other people’s accomplishments after erasing portions of their memories. ‎ ‎Kenneth Branagh previously portrayed Gilderoy Lockhart in the 2002 film adaptation of Harry Potter and the...

‎The Season 3 finale of House of the Dragon takes Rhaenyra Targaryen’s story in a direction that significantly differs from George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood. The biggest change comes when Rhaenyra publicly reveals the Song of Ice and Fire prophecy to the people of King’s Landing. ‎ ‎Ryan Condal explains why Rhaenyra’s prophecy reveal differs from Fire and Blood and teases a bigger final season. ‎HBO ‎Throughout the finale, Rhaenyra displays some major Daenerys parallels as her pursuit of power turns increasingly violent. She orders the immediate execution of a faith leader who has become a political rival. Although her wider rampage remains bloodless, the moment is still presented as deeply unsettling. ‎ ‎Her most significant action, however, comes when she stands before the masses of King’s Landing and declares that the White Walkers are coming and that only she can stop them as the prophesied Prince Who Was Promised. ‎ ‎That revelation is not found in Fire and Blood, t...

‎The series finale of Starz’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan closes another chapter in the Power franchise, but Mekai Curtis’ time as the younger Kanan Stark is not quite over. With Kanan already known to survive into the original Power series, the finale instead focuses on the experiences that shape the character before Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s era. ‎ ‎Mekai Curtis discusses Kanan’s emotional journey, Raq’s death and how the ‘Raising Kanan’ finale sets up ‘Power: Origins.’ ‎Starz ‎One of the biggest moments comes with the death of Raquel “Raq” Thomas (Patina Miller), who is shot and killed by Jukebox (Hailey Kilgore). Raq had served as a surrogate mother to Juke, but Jukebox ultimately sought revenge for her father’s murder at Kanan’s hands. ‎ ‎At a diner, Jukebox tells Kanan that she killed his mother in an effort to remove everyone who cares about him from his life. According to Curtis, Kanan’s reaction represents his growing understanding of everything he has experienc...

‎The gators are coming back. ‎ ‎Paramount is returning to the world of Crawl with a new survival thriller starring Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd. Alexandre Aja, who directed the original 2019 film, is also returning to direct the sequel. ‎ ‎Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd will star in Paramount’s ‘Crawl’ sequel, with Alexandre Aja returning to direct the new survival thriller. ‎Fabien Kruszelnicki/Courtesy of Netflix ‎ ‎The upcoming feature is scheduled to enter production later this month in Hungary. ‎ ‎‘Crawl’ Sequel Moves the Action to New York ‎ ‎While the original Crawl was set during a Category 5 hurricane in Florida, the new film will take its gator-filled survival story to New York. ‎ ‎The sequel, which has been in development since at least 2024, centers on a city where gators appear in the streets and sewers after a hurricane hits. ‎ ‎The 2019 movie starred Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper as a daughter and father who become trapped inside a Florida home while being h...

‎Sydney Towle, a social media memoirist who built an audience of more than a million followers while documenting her life with cancer, died Wednesday at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. She was 26. ‎ ‎Sydney Towle, a social media memoirist who challenged assumptions about living with cancer, has died at 26 from complications of metastatic bile duct cancer. ‎Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The Business of Fashion ‎Her death was caused by complications of metastatic bile duct cancer and was announced through her social media channels. Earlier in the week, her family said she had entered hospice care. ‎ ‎Sydney Towle Turned Her Cancer Journey Into a Public Story ‎ ‎In 2023, Towle was living in Los Angeles after graduating from Dartmouth. She worked remotely in marketing, surfed, posted bikini selfies and shared dance-trend videos online. That changed after a bulge and burning sensation in her belly sent her to urgent care, where she was soon diagnosed with c...

‎Soulm8te is the kind of film that seems tailor-made for directors known for provocative thrillers like Paul Verhoeven, Brian De Palma or Adrian Lyne. With a screenplay from Joe Eszterhas, it could have leaned even further into its provocative premise. Instead, director Kate Dolan and co-writer Rafael Jordan craft a polished erotic thriller inspired by the slick, sensational films of the 1980s and 1990s, updating that formula for the artificial intelligence era with a dangerous android companion at its center. ‎ ‎Soulm8te delivers stylish AI-fueled thrills, strong performances and pulpy horror, but its satire lacks the bite needed to truly stand out. ‎Courtesy of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment ‎ ‎The movie blends sex, violence and cautionary themes about AI technology, even delivering a warning about the risks of enhanced vaginal grip. While it embraces its lurid premise, this android-driven Fatal Attraction rarely reaches the level of outrageous fun that its concept...

‎Ye, the rapper and fashion mogul formerly known as Kanye West, has reached an unconditional settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by his former assistant, Lauren Pisciotta, who accused him of multiple instances of sexual abuse and assault during the year she worked for him. ‎ ‎Ye has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by former assistant Lauren Pisciotta, with the case set to be withdrawn. ‎Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images ‎ ‎According to court documents, the civil lawsuit will be withdrawn within 45 days after the parties reached the settlement on July 23. The agreement was submitted to a Los Angeles court on Wednesday, although the terms of the settlement were not disclosed. ‎ ‎Pisciotta served as an assistant to the rapper and Yeezy mogul from 2021 to 2022. In her initial filing submitted in June 2024, she alleged that she was exposed to explicit materials during her employment, including text messages, pornographic photographs, videos and phone calls fr...

‎Netflix has renewed The Walking Dead, agreeing to pay $500 million to AMC Global Media for five years of rights to the original zombie franchise and all of its spinoffs. ‎ ‎The agreement is co-exclusive, allowing the franchise to also stream on AMC+ beginning next year. ‎ ‎Netflix renews The Walking Dead with a $500 million, five-year deal covering the original series and all six spinoffs. ‎AMC ‎As part of the deal, the 371 episodes of the original series and its six spinoffs will stream on Netflix across the U.S., where the show has been available on DVD and online since 2011, as well as in the UK, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, and other new territories. ‎ ‎The announcement was made Thursday morning ahead of AMC Global Media's second-quarter earnings results. ‎ ‎The agreement covers the original The Walking Dead along with: ‎ • ‎Fear the Walking Dead ‎• ‎The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon ‎• ‎The Walking Dead: Dead City ‎• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live ‎• ‎The Walki...

‎The Black Panther is returning to the big screen, with David Jonsson set to take on a major new role in Marvel’s “Black Panther 3.” ‎ ‎Jonsson has been cast as the new Black Panther and will portray Prince T’Challa II, the son of T’Challa. The third film in the franchise is scheduled to arrive in theaters on Dec. 15, 2028. ‎ ‎David Jonsson will play Prince T’Challa II in Black Panther 3, with Ryan Coogler returning to direct the Marvel sequel in December 2028. ‎Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney ‎“Black Panther 3” will follow Prince T’Challa II as he comes of age. The character was first introduced as a child in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” where he was revealed as the son of T’Challa and Nakia, played by Lupita Nyong’o. ‎ ‎Ryan Coogler is returning to direct the third installment. Leticia Wright will also reprise her role as Shuri, while Winston Duke is returning as M’Baku. The casting and release news was announced during Marvel’s Comic-Con Hall H panel. ‎ ‎Wright ...

‎Reacher star Alan Ritchson has once again taken aim at Donald Trump, launching into a fiery criticism of the president while discussing the Jeffrey Epstein files in a new interview. ‎ ‎Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Ritchson joked about his reputation for being a “loose cannon” when it comes to his choice of words. The outspoken actor said he believes he is simply expressing views that others should also be willing to voice. ‎ Alan Ritchson blasts Donald Trump over the Epstein files and renews his criticism of the president in a fiery podcast interview. ‎Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images ‎“I’m just saying the shit that everybody should say if they give a shit about humanity. Everybody else should feel like I feel,” Ritchson said. ‎ ‎The actor then turned his attention to the Epstein files and what he described as the slow release of information connected to Jeffrey Epstein, the infamous financier and convicted pedophile. Ritchson also referenced the president...

‎Netflix has renewed Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black for a fourth season, giving fans of the popular drama another chapter in the Bellarie family saga before Season 3 has even premiered. ‎ ‎The surprise renewal comes ahead of the debut of Season 3, which is expected to arrive later this year. When Netflix announced the Season 3 renewal in December, it was believed that the upcoming season would serve as the final installment of the Bellarie family story. ‎ Netflix renews Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black for Season 4 ahead of Season 3, extending the Bellarie family saga. ‎Quantrell Colbert/Netflix ‎That will no longer be the case, as creator, producer, writer and director Tyler Perry confirmed that the story has much more left to explore. ‎ ‎“Beauty in Black is back for season four and the Bellarie family’s story is far from finished,” said series creator, producer, writer and director Tyler Perry in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “There was so much more I wanted to explore a...

‎Kaylee Hottle, the deaf actress best known for playing Jia in two films from the Godzilla vs. Kong franchise, has died at the age of 18. ‎ ‎According to TMZ, Hottle died following a car crash on Tuesday morning in Maryland. Her father, Joshua Hottle, confirmed her death. Coming from an all-deaf family, he expressed his grief in a Facebook post using American Sign Language alongside the caption, “ I am taking a flight that I never would like to take. ” ‎ Kaylee Hottle, the deaf actress who played Jia in two Godzilla films, has died at 18 following a car crash in Maryland. ‎Getty Images ‎ ‎The Frederick County Sheriff's Office in Maryland said deputies and members of the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services responded at about 2:52 a.m. to a fatal single-vehicle crash involving a 1995 Honda Accord in Ijamsville, near Baltimore. ‎ ‎Authorities said a preliminary investigation found that a 19-year-old Frederick man drove off the right side of the two-lane r...

‎Starz has revealed an early teaser and first-look images for its upcoming Power prequel series, Power: Origins, giving fans their first glimpse of young versions of two iconic characters — Ghost and Tommy Egan. ‎ ‎Starz unveils first-look images and teaser for Power: Origins featuring young Ghost, Tommy Egan and Kanan. ‎STARZ ‎ ‎The new images introduce (young) Ghost, played by Spence Moore, and (young) Tommy Egan, portrayed by Charlie Mann. The series will also feature the return of MeKai Curtis as (young) Kanan. ‎ ‎Spence Moore as Ghost and Charlie Mann as Tommy in Power: Origins. ‎STARZ ‎ ‎Spence Moore as Ghost, Charlie Mann as Tommy, and Mekai Curtis as Kanan-Stark in Power: Origins. ‎STARZ ‎ ‎Released on Thursday, Starz described the preview as an “early teaser” for the latest addition to the Power franchise. Power: Origins serves as the direct sequel series to Power Book III: Raising Kanan, with Sascha Penn, who created and ran the writers roo...