6 'Pretty Little Liars' Stars Have Become Parents Over the Years, & 2 Shared Big News in 2023!

Benny Safdie got his start in Hollywood as a director alongside his brother Josh, but now they’ve gone their separate ways.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor From Hollywood strikes to the ascent of AI to sinking stock prices, 2023 was a topsy-turvy year for media and entertainment. Cynthia Littleton and Andrew Wallenstein, hosts of Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” discuss the highs and lows of the past year on the latest episode.

The Twilight film franchise, based on author Stephenie Meyer‘s novels, helped lay the groundwork for a new generation of teen fantasy blockbusters.

Lucy Hale hasn’t had a drink of alcohol in two years and she’s sharing an inspiring message with fans while celebrating her sobriety.

So many of Nicholas Sparks‘ books have been turned into movies, but The Notebook is arguably the the most popular to get a big screen adaptation.

Austin Butler landed a highly coveted role in Hollywood when he was cast to bring Elvis Presley to life in Baz Luhrmann‘s biopic Elvis, and he faced stiff competition to book the Oscar-nominated role.

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Robert Pattinson landed a star-making role playing Edward Cullen in the Twilight franchise. However, he almost wasn’t cast over concerns he wasn’t attractive enough for the part.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves McConaughey are one of the most fan-favorite couples in Hollywood. The pair tied the knot in 2012 and welcomed three kids, 15-year-old Levi, 13-year-old Vida, and 10-year-old Livingston.MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND CAMILA ALVES ASK FANS TO BE ‘RESPECTFUL’ TO SON LEVI MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND CAMILA ALVES GO PANTLESS FOR THE LAUNCH OF THEIR TEQUILA BRANDMATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY’S SON LEVI SHARES INSIGHT INTO HIS ROLE AS A FATHERThe actor and the Brazilian model are known for preferring to keep their personal life private. However, they have shared a glimpse of their family life on some occasions.

Nearly 20 years after its release, Mean Girls remains a classic teen movie that viewers continue to reference. It’s just that fetch!

The Vampire Diaries spawned a super popular, fan-favorite franchise of shows on The CW!

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It appears there was some drama going on behind the scenes of Jeopardy! when Mayim Bialik got fired!

Oppenheimer”).During the simultaneous Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America strikes, the sagging box office was boosted, like NFL ratings and the economy of East Rutherford, New Jersey, by Taylor Swift.Marvel Studios, which used to be the surest thing in Hollywood, began to underperform (“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”) and then downright flop (“The Marvels”).And DC was revealed to actually stand for Dud Central, with all of the studio’s comic-book films of 2023 (“Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” “The Flash” and “Blue Beetle”) turning out to be financial failures.In a win for Gen Z, studio execs determined Zendaya’s star wattage is so huge now that two of her movies — “Dune: Part 2” and “Challengers” — were delayed a year due to the strikes, so she can promote them to her hoards of fans. And baby boomers were dinged by the big-time tanking of the nostalgic “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” starring a now 81-year-old Harrison Ford who schlepped around New York and Europe.Despite all the madness — and a sea of schlock — some excellent films hit theaters this year.

Rob Kazinsky looks almost unrecognisable from his days in EastEnders, years after quitting the BBC soap to launch his career in the US.The former soapstar, now 40, left fans shocked as he shared a selfie to Instagram, which saw him sporting a beard and moustache, a rather different look to his days as Sean Slater. Since leaving the soap he has also had a change of hairstyle and has started wearing glasses, something he bemoaned in the new snap posted to his Instagram Story. Adding text to the photo, he wrote: "I have to wear glasses now.

Bridesmaids made history when it premiered, and it’s in large part down to the movie’s incredibly talented cast of stars.

The Hunger Games movies, adapted from Suzanne Collins‘ dystopian novels, are popular enough in 2023 that a prequel movie called The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes just premiered in theaters!

One Direction is undeniably one of the biggest boy bands of all time, and that is reflected in each member’s very impressive net worth!

Zac Efron is being honored!