Millie Bobby Brown Was In Tears After Once Being Told She Wouldn’t Make It In The Industry: ‘It Was So Hurtful’

Drew Barrymore found her name trending on Twitter on Friday, Aug. 26, after a woman called the talk show host "racist" for happily enjoying a rain storm outside.This week, Drew posted a social media video that showed her rejoicing in a rare Los Angeles rainstorm.

Stranger Things. In fact, the show, which is set for , catapulted her to such stardom that the 18-year-old actor now has a tattoo on her wrist in dedication to the sci-fi series. In small black ink, Millie sports the number "011" on her wrist, which is the number she was given while in the Hawkins lab before escaping and finding her buddies.

Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall hit the red carpet for the premiere of their new movie, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. held at Regal LA Live on Monday (August 22) in Los Angeles.

Sterling K. Brown's new look.

Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall in their new comedy, Both stars walked the red carpet at the premiere of their new film at Regal LA Live in Los Angeles on Monday, and they spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about the comedy, and some of the unexpected moments that arise while embodying their characters.In the film, Brown stars as the boisterous pastor of a megachurch and Hall stars as his wife, who is trying to rebuild their congregation following a scandal.

Ryan “R.K.” Russell and boyfriend Corey O’Brien are still going strong after more than three years of dating!

Michelle Monaghan found herself pulling not just double duty playing twins Leni and Gina in Netflix’s twisty new mystery drama “Echoes,” but quadruple duty as she portrayed the women playing each other after they switched lives once a year.The show, which is ready to become your next Netflix weekend binge, kicks off when Leni, who is living Gina’s life with Gina’s husband Charlie (Daniel Sunjata) in Los Angeles, gets a call from Leni’s true husband Jack (Matt Bomer), who tells her that Leni (who is actually Gina) is missing. And if all that sounds complicated, it was, but Monaghan worked to put in subtle details in her portrayals of the sisters.“It was really, really important, obviously, to individuate these personas, these women,” Monaghan said.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterByron Allen’s free streaming service HBCU Go has struck a nationwide licensing agreement with CBS stations that will run through the 2022-2023 college football season.Under the distribution pact between the Allen Media Group-owned digital platform, which focuses on coverage of the U.S.’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), HBCU Go’s sports programming will be carried on CBS owned-and-operated duopoly stations in these key TV markets: New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Tampa, Detroit, Miami and Pittsburgh.As a result of the new CBS stations deal, HBCU Go — which recently got the rights to air premier NCAA Division 2 HBCU conference sporting events in a pact with Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA) — will be available in 60% of U.S. television households and 70% African-American households.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorFrom Jason Momoa premiering the final season of “See” to Regina Hall popping up on two red carpets, check out what’s on the calendar in Hollywood, New York and beyond.Aug. 17, Wednesday Soho House founder-CEO Nick Jones and president Andrew Carnie, along with Soho Home managing director Aalish Yorke-Long, host a VIP preview of the new Soho.Home.Studio on Melrose Avenue.Soho.Home.Studio Melrose, West HollywoodAlison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Molly Shannon,Ayden Mayeri, Debby Ryan, Dave Franco, Clea DuVall, Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass attend the premiere of “Spin Me Round.”The London West HollywoodAug. 20, SaturdayQuinta Brunson, Adam McKay and Salli Richardson attend the fourth annual AAFCA TV Honors ceremony.SLS Hotel, Los Angeles Aug. 21, Sunday City of Hope hosts the All In for Hope Poker Tournament, featuring bites from Elephante, Beyond Burger, Pinches Tacos and Imperia Caviar; Gourmeletas ice cream; and Bacardi cocktails.

Millie Bobby Brown is making big moves! She has some big changes coming her way, including an unexpected break from acting.MORE: Millie Bobby Brown stuns with bold new look and multi-colored hairThe actress rose to fame with her scary yet unforgettable role as Stranger Things' Eleven, which has gripped fans for six years now.However, she is on her way to make an impact in an entirely different way, as now that she is officially eighteen, she is stepping away from Hollywood and making her way towards a college campus.WATCH: Millie becomes youngest person to make the Time 100 ListMORE: Millie Bobby Brown reveals the one beauty product she's "obsessed" withShe revealed the exciting news in an interview with Allure Magazine, announcing that she had enrolled in Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana.Ironically, her college of choice creates quite the full circle moment, as Stranger Things also takes place in Indiana, in a fictional town named Hawkins.

US rapper A$AP Rocky will face criminal assault charges in relation to a shooting that left a former member of his posse the A$AP Mob suffering from minor injuries, the Los Angeles District Attorney has confirmed.The 33 year old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is facing two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm. The incident took place on November 6, 2021, when his girlfriend, pop-sensation Rihanna, was four months pregnant with their first child, a baby boy.

Vanessa Bryant was overcome with emotion during a testimony on Thursday, tearfully exiting the courtroom where her trial against Los Angeles County is currently underway. Kobe Bryant's widow is suing over graphic photos taken and allegedly shared by Sheriff's Department officials from the helicopter crash site where Kobe and the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant, were killed in January 2020. According to multiple reports, bartender Victor Gutierrez was describing in his testimony what he had seen in photos presented to him by Deputy Joey Cruz while working at Baja California Bar & Grill in Norco, California.Asked whether any of the images appeared to be of the late NBA great, Gutierrez said, «I don’t know.

playing Rue on Euphoria, it’s also hard to imagine anyone other than playing Eleven on *—*but that was almost the reality.In a new interview with , Millie got candid about her start in acting and recounted how a “disastrous audition,” which took place just before she filmed her self-tape for Stranger Things, discouraged her enough to almost end her career before it even took off.The 18-year-old actor told Allure that, when she was just 10, a “powerful casting director” brought her to tears when they told her she “wasn’t going to make it in the industry.” The reason? She was “too mature.”“I always knew that I was mature and I couldn’t really help that,” MBB, who at the time thought maturity was “a good thing,” elaborated. “Being told that it wasn’t, that I wouldn’t make it in this industry, it was so hurtful.

Using pain for inspiration. Millie Bobby Brown opened up about how she channeled her emotions about an “unhealthy situation” with TikTok star Hunter Ecimovic into her season 4 Stranger Things performance.

Going their separate ways. Alexis Neiers and husband Evan Haines are calling it quits after more than a decade of marriage.

US actress Anne Heche is in a coma and has not regained consciousness following a collision that left her vehicle “engulfed in flames”, a representative has confirmed.The 53 year old, who dated chat show host Ellen DeGeneres between 1997 and 2000, was taken to hospital following the incident on the morning of Friday 5 August in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles and remains in a critical condition. Anne rose to fame after starring in the US soap Another World, and is best known for films including Donnie Brasco, Cedar Rapids and the 1998 Psycho remake.

Ellen DeGeneres' ex Anne Heche is said to be in a critical condition following a car accident in the US on Friday 5 August morning. The former partner of Ellen, 64, who recently took her final bow as The Ellen Show wrapped up after 19 seasons, Anne, 53, was involved in the crash in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles, near to her home that saw her car "engulfed in flames".