Rihanna Shows Up At CinemaCon, Announces That She’s Playing Smurfette In Paramount ‘The Smurfs Movie’

Blake Shelton's last season on, and you know his old frenemy, Adam Levine, couldn't let him go without saying goodbye!Levine and Maroon 5 will take the stage for the second night of the singing competition's two-part finale on Tuesday, May 23. The band will perform their newly announced single, «Middle Ground» — out May 19 — with the song's music video debuting the same day. Blake and Adam coached together for 's first 16 seasons, and had some legendary spats over the years.

Netflix is busy making more and more decisions about their original content.

Emilio Estevez said his father Martin Sheen once advised him not to make the same "mistake" he did, urging him to use his birth name for auditions.  "I thought using the name Sheen would help [with auditions]," Estevez told Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb on the "Today" show Tuesday.  "At the time, my dad said, ‘Don’t make the mistake that I did. Don’t change your name' because back in the day – 1958 — he changed his name from Ramón Estévez to Martin Sheen because, at the time, there was a lot of prejudice against people with the Hispanic name."  He said, in 1967, Sheen’s father, Estevez’s grandfather Francisco Estévez, went to see Sheen on Broadway in "The Subject Was Roses."  "He stood outside of the theater and looked up at the marquee, and my dad saw him shake his head in disappointment, and so he never got over that," the Breakfast Club" actor said. "And, so, I think when it was time for me to sort of start making those moves and start getting out and doing auditions, he said, 'Man, if I had one thing to do over, it was that I never would have changed my name.'" Sheen, who only adopted a stage name and never changed his legally, spoke about his "regret" last year.

Oscar winning actress Marcia Gay Harden has revealed all three of her children are queer.

Amazon’s Prime Video has been making a lot of renewal and cancellation decisions this year!

—and very excited to do it—but gave a heartfelt explaining that she was stepping down out of respect for those on the picket lines who would have normally been writing for the annual awards show. The awards are still scheduled to go on without a host, but it remains to be seen just how pared down it will be. More on that below. In other news, if you have yet to catch up on the with Elizabeth Olsen, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons, and more, then this is the week to do it.

Musical sensation Rihanna proudly showcased her blossoming baby bump on Friday as she headed out to a lavish birthday pash held to celebrate billionaire Alexandre Arnault’s 31st birthday. Accompanied by her devoted boyfriend A$AP Rocky, the 35 year old Fenty founder proved she wasn’t afraid of turning heads as she sported a very avant-garde ensemble made from fur and leather.

Carrie Fisher's half-sisters, Joely and Tricia Leigh Fisher, are speaking out following Billie Lourd's comments ahead of her mother's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Thursday.Lourd confirmed that she had intentionally not invited Carrie's brother, Todd, or Joely and Tricia, in a statement made to  on Wednesday after she claimed the trio tried to profit off Carrie's death.Carrie died on Dec. 26, 2016 at 60 years old.

never gonna give up.Jennifer Lopez’s mom revealed Wednesday that she always knew her daughter would find her way back to Ben Affleck, 50.While Lopez, 53, was interviewed by “Today” host Hoda Kotb, 58, Guadalupe Rodríguez sat off-camera with Savannah Guthrie for a private conversation they ended up sharing with the world. “When you talked about Ben, what did you tell me?” Guthrie, 51, prompted Rodríguez, 77, to repeat on-air.“I knew that you would always get back together,” Rodríguez claimed, “because I prayed for 20 years that you would.”“OK,” Lopez rolled her eyes, insinuating that this wasn’t the first time she’s heard that from her mother.“Let’s keep going,” Lopez said, urging Kotb to shift the conversation back to business.

threaten to be “done” with music if he’s found liable, a disillusioned Ed Sheeran’s much-publicized copyright infringement trial is also taking a toll on his personal life.The trial — in which Sheeran is facing a lawsuit for allegedly ripping off Marvin Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On” — forced the four-time Grammy winner to miss his beloved grandmother’s funeral in Ireland on Wednesday.“I am very sad that our son Edward is unable to be here today,” Sheeran’s father John said in a eulogy for his 98-year-old mother, Anne “Nancy” Sheeran. “He’s so upset that he cannot be present — he has to be thousands of miles away in a court in America defending his integrity.

Ed Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, are sharing details about their sweet love story.Ahead of Sheeran's anticipated new album,  (pronounced ), Disney+ drops the four-part docuseries, , which follows the singer-songwriter after he learns of life-changing news and reveals his hardships and triumphs during the most challenging period of his life.ET exclusively premieres a sneak peek from the docuseries, which focuses on how Sheeran's 2017 ballad, «Perfect,» was inspired by Seaborn, the early days of their romance, losing touch and then reconnecting years later.«I remember writing 'Perfect' in a basement in London and it was the first few weeks of us dating,» shares the 32-year-old, saying he got «goosebumps» writing the melody. «I remember emailing it to her and then being like, 'Oh, this is a bit heavy.'»«We were friends at school.

Hollywood has been a union town for close to 100 years. In that time, there have been a little over a dozen major labor strikes, the last being the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America work stoppage, which lasted 14 weeks and had a profound impact on the industry.

Ed Sheeran is going on tour this summer!

Rihanna has confirmed that she will be voicing Smurfette in an upcoming animated Smurfs movie for Paramount.Paramount and Rihanna confirmed the news on Thursday (April 27) at CinemaCon, where the singer made a surprise appearance. Rihanna also revealed that besides voicing Smurfette, she will also be writing and recording original music for the film.Rihanna will also serve as a producer on the film, which is set to arrive in cinemas on Valentine’s Day in 2025.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The trial settling the case of whether Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” plagiarized the Marvin Gaye hit “Let’s Get It On” will never likely slip into concert mode, but it came about as close as it’s likely to during the pop star’s testimony on Thursday, when he picked up a guitar and briefly sang for the Manhattan courtroom. Sheeran performed a bit of what he said was the first version of “Thinking Out Loud,” as he and co-writer Amy Wadge developed it together at his home in England. The song’s hook lyric was then — as he sang it — “I’m singing out now,” according to musical testimony reported by ABC News. “When I write vocal melodies, it’s like phonetics,” he testified, according to Reuters’ report, showing out “singing out now” became “thinking out loud,”

Last year, on the Debut episode of her Sonic Symbolism podcast, Björk revealed she’s always been determined that her role as a woman in the global electronic music scene not be limited to that of Smurfette — the only female Smurf. “I want to be all the Smurfs,” she declared.

Rihanna surprised the crowd during the Paramount Pictures presentation at the 2023 CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday.The 35-year-old mommy-to-be took the stage to reveal that she will star as Smurfette in an upcoming and untitled movie. Aside from lending her voice, the Fenty Beauty mogul also shared that she is  writing and producing original music for the film and will serve as the project's musical producer.Showing off her humor, the singer joked that she tried to get the role of Papa Smurf but the part didn't work out for her. Rihanna — who is expecting baby number two with A$AP Rocky — also noted that she hopes the role gives her some cool points with her kids in the future.Although her appearance was brief, Rihanna made a statement as she showed off her baby bump in a denim dress for the occasion.

Rihanna is about to be the only girl in the world. 

Taylor Sheridan‘s “Yellowstone” TV empire gets a little larger with “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” and “6666” on the way to Paramount+ later this year. But with another big name added to its cast list, expect “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” to be the more anticipated show.

With Fede Alvarez‘s “Alien” movie in production now and a TV series in development over at FX (likely for FX On Hulu), it’s safe to say that the “Alien” franchise lives on. But don’t expect its main heroine to appear in future installments.