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Zachary Levi holds up a figurine of his character while attending a special screening of his upcoming new movie Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget held at The Bay Theater on Saturday (December 9) in Los Angeles.

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh‘s new series The Brothers Sun has its first trailer!

Charles Officer, known as one of the leaders in Black Canadian independent film, has died. He was 49 and succumbed at his home in Toronto Friday from complications from a heart attack.

Macaulay Culkin sang fiancee Brenda Song‘s praises while accepting his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The first eviction from I'm A Celebrity is set to happen this Sunday, with the last episode of the series to happen the following Sunday. ITV bosses have confirmed that voting lines will open on Saturday evening, and one campmate will be leaving 24 hours later, as reported by The Mirror.This year's evictions were delayed by two days after two celebs had to leave the show earlier in the week due to "medical grounds". Normally, the first eviction happens on the second Friday of the series.

“Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé” hit theaters on Friday,” some social media trolls had the nerve to accuse the Queen of trying to look “white” at the movie’s Los Angeles premiere last weekend.Some even went so far as to suggest that Bey — BEY! — was trying to look like Kim Kardashian.Beyoncé would never lower herself to even respond to such trollery. She’s too busy expanding her empire — there was yet another “Renaissance” merch drop in tandem with the movie’s release, if you’re still not saving up your coins for the parfum — and taking care of home with three kids.But you had best believe that her mother Tina Knowles was not going to let the “bozos” come for her daughter without giving them a whole word.(And if she doesn’t scare these fools enough, I mean, have they ever heard of the Beyhive??)After breaking down exactly why Beyoncé’s different look with platinum hair to match her silver gown was in keeping with the “Renaissance” theme — and black diva history going all the way back to Etta James — she then fiercely told them to have several seats.“I am sick of you losers,” she wrote in an Instagram post that, thankfully, spoke for many of us.

Macaulay Culkin is sharing how his son feels about his most famous movie, Home Alone!

Macaulay Culkin had some very special guests with him when he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday (December 1) in Hollywood, Calif.

Sweet Home season two.At a press conference for the new season of the Netflix series, the 29-year-old actor confirmed that Sweet Home season two, which premieres later today (December 1), will be his “last show” before his enlistment.“That’s the way things are. It’s obviously something that is my responsibility so I will fulfil my duty as a military serviceman, and I will be back healthy and well,” Song Kang said, per AsiaOne.All able-bodied male citizens of South Korea are required to serve between 18 to 21 of military service, usually before the age of 30.

Spotify Wrapped has been launched, revealing the most popular artists, songs, albums and podcasts in the UK and giving users special insight into their own listening habits.Shared each year by the streaming platform, this latest edition introduces a range of new features and is available to access now via the Spotify mobile app (iOS and Android) or on desktop by heading to the website.As well as showing the usual insights into each user’s own listening habits, a new range of features have been rolled out for the 2023 edition too. These include a new section called ‘Me in 2023’ which reveals which one of the 12 listening styles best describes the way you listen on Spotify, and a new section called ‘Sound Town’, which matches you to a city based on your listening and shared artist affinity.Pre-existing insights such as Top Five Genres and Top Five Artists have also been given a new design, and some of the most popular musicians of 2023 have recorded messages that will be played if they feature as one of your top artists.An AI DJ feature has also been added to guide listeners through their personalised Wrapped – serving up a mix based on your taste and sharing commentary about some of your favourite artists, genres, songs and more.

Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles has hit out at “racist” accusations that her daughter had lightened her skin in the ‘Renaissance’ concert film.The film’s premiere was held at the weekend in Los Angeles and some fans later made comments about Beyoncé’s appearance, pointing to her platinum blonde wig and what they assumed was her lighter skin tone.In a lengthy Instagram statement posted alongside a video set to the singer’s hit ‘Brown Skin Girl’, Knowles condemned the “stupid ignorant self-hating racist statements”, insinuating that Beyoncé somehow “wanted to be white”.“She does a film, called the renaissance, where the whole theme is silver with silver hair, a silver carpet, and suggested silver attire and you bozos decide that she’s trying to be a white woman and is bleaching her skin?… Duh, she wore silver hair to match her silver dress as a fashion statement clown,” she began.“What’s really sad is that a white woman had the audacity to reach out to Neal [Beyoncé’s hairstylist, saying] she was from TMZ…and she wanted to get a statement about it from Neal. Well that made my blood boil, that this white woman felt so entitled to discuss her blackness.

Beyoncé‘s mother, Tina Knowles, is coming to her daughter’s defense.

for the premiere of her Renaissance film, a light hair shade that could also be called or even silver, depending on how it's captured by photographs. And Tina Knowles, the superstar's mother, has taken to Instagram to point out that this hair, combined with a reflective outfit, are what made her daughter's skin appear slightly lighter—not an attempt to use skin bleach or makeup to “appear white.”On Instagram, Knowles shared a fan-made montage she found (original source unknown) that juxtaposes comments about Beyoncé's premiere appearance with clips of her over the years set to her song “Brown Skin Girl,” essentially showing that the singer has always had light brown skin and has never shied away from claiming her Blackness.Knowles captioned the video with an impassioned message to those who would ignorantly comment on her daughter's appearance, writing, "She does a film, called the renaissance, where the whole theme is silver with silver hair, a silver carpet, and suggested silver attire and you bozos decide that she's trying to be a white woman and is bleaching her skin? ..

A bus driver who managed to bag a massive £182k prize has thanked his late mum for the huge windfall. Paul Tomlinson and his wife Joanne hit a lottery jackpot double after his beloved mum Irene persuaded them to buy a ticket.

The trailer for season two of What If…? has dropped!

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The path from TikTok phenom to career artist is a challenging one, and while Victoria Beverly Walker — a.k.a. 22-year-old British singer-songwriter PinkPantheress — has navigated it far better than most, a big test comes with “Heaven Knows,” her first conventional full-length album.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music After the long life of Dua Lipa’s 2020 sophomore album “Future Nostalgia” — which was pandemic dance therapy for so many — there’s been a hot remix album, a year-long world tour, a global hit single with Elton John and her effervescent single from “Barbie,” so it really doesn’t seem like Variety‘s 2022 co-Hitmaker of the Year been absent. Yet it’s been almost three years since “Nostalgia” dropped, and today we get the first look at her next chapter with “Houdini,” the lead single and video from her still-untitled third full-length album.

Neil Portnow, the former chairman and chief executive of the Recording Academy, has been sued for sexual assault, The New York Times reports. The accusation was filed by Jane Doe in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, who accuses Portnow of drugging and raping her in June 2018. The Recording Academy is also listed as a defendant.

pop-u-lar!Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth rushed to the defense of Lady Gaga on Wednesday after “Bachelor” alum Carly Waddell called the pop star “so extra” for singing songs from “Wicked” during lunch back in college. “I’m ready to sing FOR GOOD with our girl Gaga,” Chenoweth, 55, wrote on X (formerly Twitter), referring to the show’s penultimate ballad.

Grammys, Neil Portnow, of rape in a new lawsuit.As reported by the New York Times, the suit alleges that Portnow drugged and raped the musician in a New York City hotel room in 2018.While the artist is not named in the suit, they are identified as an instrumentalist from outside the United States who once performed at Carnegie Hall. The musician is said to have contacted the Recording Academy, which runs the Grammys, in 2018 about the alleged crime.Portnow stood down from his position as President of the Recording Academy in 2019, following a backlash to his comments the previous year, when he said female artists needed to “step up” in order to have their success recognised.In a statement also issued to the New York Times, the musician’s lawyer Jeffrey R.