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Country singer Kelsea Ballerini and her  star boyfriend, Chase Stokes, have been a fan-favorite couple over the last few months. Stokes has been spotted at several stops on Ballerini's  tour and went viral for filming her performance at the CMT Awards — leading online commentators to dub him the ultimate «golden retriever» boyfriend. More than just his shaggy, sandy-blonde hair and upbeat attitude,  defines a golden retriever boyfriend as “a significant other that is easygoing and makes it fairly simple to maintain a happy and fulfilling relationship.«Stokes walked the red carpet at Netflix's Tudum: A Global Fan Event, held in São Paulo, Brazil, where he spoke with ET's Denny Directo about his new title. »I'll take the job, I'll take it," Stokes said. He even shared how the nickname is especially fitting because his dog, Milo, is a golden retriever and German shepherd mix. When asked about supporting Ballerini, Stokes gushed over his «talented» girlfriend, saying, «Oh my gosh, she seriously is the best human being on planet Earth and she's so damn talented.» Stokes noted that even while he's down in Brazil, he has managed to watch parts of her recent concert.

Kourtney Kardashian may have the kind of jet-setting lifestyle some can only dream of, but there’s no need to be green with envy — when you can be green with her favorite matcha-based product instead.

Kourtney Kardashian has announced she is expecting a child with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. The 44-year-old, who rose to fame alongside her sisters on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, broke the news to her husband as he performed on stage at his concert by holding up a huge sign reading: "Travis I'm pregnant". She later confirmed the news to her followers on Instagram by sharing a video of the surprise reveal.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker, who have revealed she's pregnant and expecting their first child together!The Kardashians couple, who got married last year, took to Instagram to share that after struggling to conceive, Kourt is officially pregnant. This is the best news ever. In a video from a Blink-182 gig, where Travis plays the drums, Kourtney jumped around in the audience holding up a 'TRAVIS I'M PREGNANT' banner, and honestly, it's made our weekend.

Kevin Costner’s estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner, claimed that the actor has no “legal” right to kick her — and their three children — out of the family’s longtime home.  

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Wild Kingdom” is roaring its way back onto NBC more than 60 years after it first debuted on the broadcast network. The iconic wildlife show will return to the Comcast-owned broadcaster this fall in a new iteration produced by Hearst Media Production Group in partnership with the original show’s sponsor, Mutual of Omaha. Titled “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom: Protecting the Wild,” the new version will be hosted by wildlife expert and “Wild Kingdom” alum Peter Gros, who first appeared on a version of the series in 1985 alongside then-host Jim Fowler. Fowler was the second expert to host “Wild Kingdom,” taking over for the show’s original narrator, zoologist Marlin Perkins, after acting as Perkins’ sidekick from the start.

EXCLUSIVE: Nina Hoss (Tár) and Nicholas Pinnock (For Life) have closed deals to join the new film Hedda from MGM’s Orion Pictures. While details as to their roles haven’t been disclosed, they join an ensemble that also includes Tessa Thompson, Callum Turner and Eve Hewson, as previously announced.

NBC is revisiting Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom with a new iteration of the iconic wildlife show set for premiere this fall.

Keep calm and carry on, advises the Internal Revenue Service. That’s after thousands of Californians were thrown into a panic this week when presented with demands that they pay their taxes owed in the next three weeks.

Neil Young has announced a tour of the West Coast of the US, his first tour in four years, at which he will play songs rarely or never aired live before.The solo acoustic tour will begin next month with 13 gigs currently announced, and as Rolling Stone reports, Young shared the news with paid subscribers of his Neil Young Archives website on a Zoom call this week (June 7).On the call, he revealed that he will be playing around 15 songs that he has rarely or never played live before.“I don’t want to come back and do the same songs again,” he said. “I’ll feel like I was on some sort of carnival ride.

family for over a decade, and is opening up about his career and the organization that has allowed him to be what and who he has always wanted to be.«I just always knew that I wanted to not just work in entertainment, but I wanted to work in entertainment news,» Directo tells ET. «I found a job and a career that aligns with both my passions and my personality.»Directo's personality (and outfits) shine as he has built a career talking to some of the most famous names in entertainment while covering some of the biggest events in the business.Last year, after almost 13 years at ET, Directo was promoted to full-time correspondent.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's daughter, Princess Lilibet of Sussex, marks her 2nd birthday today (Sunday, May 4). King Charles' granddaughter was born at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California on June 4, 2021 and is the younger sister of Prince Archie, 4. Initially styled as Lilibet Diana Mountbatten Windsor, it was confirmed in 2023 that she and her elder brother would use princely titles as their parents did not want to deny them their "birth right".

Kevin Costner is taking the phrase “go big, or go home” very literally.

Prince Harry, 38, and 41-year-old Meghan Markle’s youngest child, daughter Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Winsdor, turned two – and according to a royal expert, her party will be an “all-American affair.”“I would expect to see a sprinkling of celebrities and a laid-back party, which hopefully will include some other toddlers,” royal expert and journalist Jennie Bond told OK! Magazine UK, according to The Daily Mail.

Superbad actor Jonah Hill is a father! The 39-year-old and his girlfriend Olivia Miller recently welcomed their first baby, his reps confirmed. The news comes after his sister Beanie Feldstein married her longtime girlfriend Bonnie-Chance Roberts on May 20, although Jonah did not appear in any pictures.  Olivia, a co-founder of online vintage site Chasseresse with her sister Raychel Roberts, was pictured with a baby bump earlier in March as she went shopping in Los Angeles.

Gwyneth Paltrow joined Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for a surprise outing last week. The 50-year-old actress and her husband Brad Falchuk, 52, stepped out for a dinner date with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as well as Cameron Diaz and her husband Benji Madden in Montecito, California, according to reports. "Meghan, Prince Harry, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Falchuk, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden all enjoyed dinner at Sushi by Scratch Restaurants: Montecito on Friday, May 12," a source told Entertainment Tonight.

Katy Perry has revealed that she wants to collaborate Ice Spice in the near future.The ‘Roar‘ singer is currently in the midst of her ‘Play’ residency at The Theatre in the Resorts World casino in Las Vegas. She has also been a judge on American Idol for six years.On Sunday (May 21), in an interview with Buzzfeed, the Santa Barbara star was asked what up-and-coming artist she would want to collaborate with.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are celebrating five years of marriage and remain "wildly in love" – but there is one thing which bothers the pair, an expert has told OK!. The Due and Duchess of Sussex now live in California with their children, Prince Archie, four, and Princess Lilibet, 23 months and in recent weeks, fans have seen more of the couple than usual as they've attended a red carpet event and enjoyed date nights in LA.

It’s a spring afternoon, high up in the mountains of Moab, Utah, and Kevin Costner looks up at the sky. Rough weather is starting to roll in and he needs to get back to work and bank some more scenes. After all, it’s coming out of his pocket. The project is called Horizon, the first of four films set in the pre- and post-Civil War expansion of the American West. It is his most sprawling epic since Dances With Wolves, which he also part-funded, and which brought him seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

A citizens arrest was made at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's California home, Fox News Digital can confirm. Kevin Garcia Valdovinos, 29, was caught lurking outside the Duke and Duchess' Montecito mansion early Monday morning by the royals' private security, according to the Santa Barbara Sheriff's office. At 2:11 a.m.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle allegedly experienced a scary disruption at their Montecito family home on Monday, TMZ have reported.  A man was arrested after he was seen lurking outside the gates of their private estate. It is believed that the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office was notified of the potential security breach around 2am.

Duke and Duchess of Sussex's California mansion in the early hours of Monday morning, police said.  Kevin Garcia Valdovinos, 29, was arrested for stalking when the couple’s security team spotted the man near their home in Montecito around 2am on Monday. It is unclear whether the Duke and Duchess and their two children, Prince Archie, four, and Princess Lilibet, one, were at home at the time of the incident.

. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were apparently being chased by paparazzi, also in vehicles, following the Women of Vision Awards at New York’s Ziegfeld Ballroom, which the couple attended alongside Markle's mother, Doria Ragland.“This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers,” a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess said in a statement.

according to TMZ.There’s no indication if Prince Harry, Markle, or either of their two children — Archie, 4, or Lilibet, 1, — were home at the time of the arrest.  Markle was in New York City on Tuesday evening alongside Harry and her mother Doria for the Ms.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dined out on sushi with a few A-listers over the weekend, including Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow and more. An eyewitness tells ET, «Meghan, Prince Harry, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Falchuk, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden all enjoyed dinner at Sushi by Scratch Restaurants: Montecito on Friday, May 12.»The outing comes just days after Harry returned to the couple's Santa Barbara home following a short trip to England for his father, King Charles III's, coronation, on May 6. For the occasion, the duke was in and out of his home country of the U.K.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker celebrated their official one-year wedding anniversary on Monday, commemorating a year since they signed their marriage license at a Santa Barbara courthouse after unofficially tying the knot in Las Vegas. Both Kourtney and Travis marked the milestone with a video montage of the ceremony. «One year, forever to go,» they both captioned the video, posted to each of their Instagram accounts, set to «Tired of Being Alone» by Al Green.

Prince Harry's sweet gesture to his wife Meghan reportedly left her 'dazzling' on their recent outing in the US for a date night, where the couple were joined by other star-studded celebs such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diaz.

Meghan Markle showcased a new Kate Middleton-inspired hairstyle as she met with American students.

on May 6, which Harry attended solo. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex ventured out near their home in Montecito, California, to speak with teens in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Per a statement shared on Monday, May 15, and visited AHA! Santa Barbara, a local youth group, “to learn firsthand about this generation’s experiences with social media and societal pressures, and how it affects their mental well-being.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped out for a great cause!On Monday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Archewell website shared a series of pictures from the couple's latest outing in support of Mental Health Awareness Month.According to the site, Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, met with the youth group AHA! Santa Barbara, where they discussed the ways that social media has an effect on the daily mental health of teens. In pictures posted on the site, Harry and Meghan are all smiles as they pose with a group of teens.

Happy to be home! Prince Harry enjoyed a romantic night out with wife Meghan Markle after returning to California from father King Charles III’s coronation.  

"I Crashed My Airplane."Based on the circumstances of the crash, investigators and aviation experts were suspicious from the beginning. "I'll happily say I did not purposely crash my plane for views on YouTube. Given my background I could see why people would think that," he told the New York Times in January 2022.

Meghan Markle was seen enjoying a hike with her close pals in California on Sunday, in the first picture to emerge after she opted not to attend King Charles' Coronation in London with her husband Prince Harry. The Duchess of Sussex, 41, looked relaxed as she headed on the walk with longtime friends Markus Anderson and Heather Dorak in Santa Barbara on 7 May, following Harry's very brief trip to the UK on Saturday to watch his father Charles and step-mother Camilla's crowning in London. Meghan, who remained in California with children Archie, four, and Lilibet, one, during the Coronation, cut a casual figure in navy leggings and a T-shirt, with her favourite J.

Kevin Costner reportedly “knew” his wife Christine Kostner was not happy, and a source is opening up about a rumored contributing factor to their breakup.

Icon alert! Jennifer Coolidge was awarded the Comedic Genius Award at the 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards.