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The Boys expands its Season 3 cast with the addition of The Americans and Proven Innocent actress Laurie Holden in a recurring role.

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Britney Spears is scheduled to speak during Wednesday’s hearing about the status of the conservatorship — but she’s already had plenty to say on the subject for years!

Remember that longing you felt after an episode of “Sex and the City” to shop at the characters’ favourite New York haunts and drink cosmopolitans at the same bars? Or that sense of wanderlust for the seaside cliffs of Ireland after watching “Game of Thrones?”

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have been sending their fans into a frenzy ever since they made their red carpet appearance together with daughter Stormi in New York. While there was much buzz that the former lovers were back together, Travis seemingly confirmed it at the event when he referred to Kylie as "Wifey" from the stage.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify has snapped up another player in the podcast space, announcing the acquisition of Podz, a startup that developed an auto-generated “audio newsfeed” for podcasts.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.New York-based Podz raised $2.5 million in seed funding led by venture-capital firm M13 along with Canaan Partners, Charge Ventures and Humbition, as well as investments from Katie Couric, Paris Hilton, and journalist Mara Schiavocampo.

Mariah Carey, 51, just threw it back to one of her best music videos ever! The New York native once again donned the prosthetics and costume from her “Obsessed” video as she took on TikTok‘s Wipe It Down challenge. The video opened with Mariah rocking a green face mask and a cozy pink robe (bedazzled with rhinestones) as she begins to clean her mirror.

Rita Moreno jumped to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s defence amid the “In the Heights” criticism, and now she’s clarifying her statements.

For A$AP Rocky, his new documentary is a chance to tell his truth, and he feels “truly blessed” to have the support of his celebrity friends and girlfriend, Rihanna.

A$AP Rocky, his new documentary is a chance to tell his truth, and he feels «truly blessed» to have the support of his celebrity friends and girlfriend,Rihanna.Rocky spoke with ET on the carpet ahead of premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Sunday, and he opened up about the film and his ladylove's appearance in it.When asked how important it was to have Rihanna's support for the doc, Rocky said it was «important having that support in real life, you know?»«It's amazing and I'm

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K.J. Yossman Some of the world’s biggest online media platforms including The New York Times, The Guardian and Le Monde, have been temporarily taken offline.

Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are in talks to star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who broke the Harvey Weinstein scandal, in “She Said” for Universal Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.“Unorthodox” director Maria Schrader will direct. Rebecca Lenkiewicz is writing the script.

New York’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production this summer of Merry Wives, a comedy adaptation by Jocelyn Bioh of the Bard’s Merry Wives of Windsor, will feature an all-Black cast including Jacob Ming-Trent (HBO’s Watchmen), Gbenga Akinnagbe (Broadway’s To Kill A Mockingbird) and Shola Adewusi (CBS’ Bob Hearts Abishola).

John Logan, the Oscar nominated screenwriter whose credits include working on James Bond pics Skyfall and Spectre, has said that Amazon acquiring MGM, with its back catalogue that features the Bond films, makes him worried for the future of the franchise.