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The Walt Disney Co. and CEO Bob Chapek are under fire for their perceived slow reaction to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that recently passed the Florida Senate. It now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is likely to sign it into law.

Kelis' husband Mike Mora has tragically died aged 37. The star's husband has died from stomach cancer. The singer has been left grieving with their two children.

Bill Maher was back Friday night from a brief hiatus, but he was also happy to enjoy his first maskless studio audience in two years. “It’s great to see you, and I can finally see you,” Maher said at the top of his HBO show, Real Time. “I don’t want to see another mask unless it’s on a surgeon or a Michael Jackson impersonator.”

After recovering from COVID-19, Queen Elizabeth is back in the swing of things.

Joe Biden was the biggest star.An estimated 38.2 million people watched him deliver his first State of the Union speech last week, spread across several networks that carried it. Fox News Channel, where 7.2 million people watched, had the biggest single audience, the Nielsen company said.Otherwise, no prime-time program exceeded 8 million live viewers. On a typical night, ABC's “World News Tonight” with David Muir had a bigger audience than anything else on TV last week.Among individual prime-time shows, “60 Minutes” finished on top for the second week in a row, Nielsen said.CBS won the week in prime time with an average of 4.6 million viewers.

Prince Royce and Maria Becerra just dropped a passionate song that will have you thinking about your ex. “Te Espero” starts with the iconic 80’s hit “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” by the renowned British band Cutting Crew, (which is one of Royce’s favorite songs) and takes you on a journey of love. The music video was filmed over two days in Becerra’s native Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is an action-packed story with spectacular scenes.

Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Entertainment, said tickets for The Batman will cost more than other movies when it opens this week as the chain experiments with variable pricing.

More than 20 international media groups have heeded calls from Ukrainian news organizations to turn off Russian news channels.

Sasha Urban editorWearing a blush pink floral Prada gown and matching headband, Dame Helen Mirren told Variety at the 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards that she felt like the “homecoming queen.” A fitting title, since she was on hand as the 57th recipient of the SAG Life Achievement Award. But Mirren admitted her upcoming role as villain Hespera in the superhero film “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” set to release in 2023, won’t be quite as romantic.“I had such a good time in ‘Shazam,’ playing a Roman goddess,” Mirren told senior entertainment writer Angelique Jackson during Variety On the Carpet presented by DIRECTV.

Blast from the past! Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow hearkened back to their Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion outfits at the 2022 SAG Awards.

Olly Murs has cancelled his summer UK tour after undergoing knee surgery. The 37-year-old pop star has gone under the knife and will now spend the next six months in rehab. Olly said: "I am absolutely gutted to have to cancel my summer tour this year, but unfortunately I've had to have new major knee surgery.

In his last HBO Real Time before a short hiatus, Bill Maher has the unenviable task of trying to find laughs in the situation in Ukraine. Amazingly, he was able to pull it off within the boundaries of good taste, all while allowing his guests to run with the notion that more must be done in defense of the embattled country.

NEW YORK -- Historian Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, has received a $50,000 honor from the New York-Historical Society.Taylor's “American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850” has won the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History, the society announced Friday. Previous winners include Robert Caro, Gordon Wood and Jill Lepore.“Alan Taylor’s American Republics richly illustrates how the difficulties surrounding our nation’s birth were as complicated and vexing as the issues that challenge and divide us today,” Dr.

Gallery: Rihanna's Pregnancy Style: All Of The Singer's Best Maternity Looks So Far (ELLE (UK))Olivia originally met the German model through friends at a Manhattan film screening while she was still attending The New School back in 2008. 'Thank you everyone near and far for all of the birthday wishes!' Olivia - who boasts 8.