Sir Ridley Scott thinks a script is the most important aspect of any film.

The 88-year-old director - who has adapted Peter Heller's 2012 novel The Dog Stars, focusing on preserving the story's core elements - believes a film's script is more important than anything else.

Speaking to People, Ridley explained: "It's all about what's on paper ...Read more

Mike Leigh is unlikely to make another movie.

The 83-year-old director has enjoyed a hugely successful career over more than six decades - but Mike is unlikely to make a follow-up to Tender Loving Care, his new comedy-drama film that stars Marion Bailey, Kate O'Flynn, Alice Bailey Johnson and Paul Jesson.

The acclaimed filmmaker told Variety: ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gladys Knight, 82, says she’s pulling back from performing while “transitioning” to the next stage of her life.

The “Midnight Train to Georgia” singer‘s announcement comes amid concerns from fans about Knight’s appearance.

“After much soul searching I’ve decided that I will be easing into fewer performances while...Read more

MIAMI — For the Miss USA pageant’s 75th edition, the women took the show on the road to the hottest city in the country — Miami.

On Thursday night, a new queen was crowned at the Ziff Opera House, part of the Arsht Center downtown. The evening’s hosts were “Beverly Hills 90210” star Ian Ziering and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Pop supergroup Katseye might have hit that “Hootie Frutti” a little too hard.

The “Gnarly” and “Gabriela” team announced on Thursday that it will no longer perform at Olivia Rodrigo’s all-women Daisy Chain Fields music festival on Saturday. Katseye, whose members are currently Daniela Avanzini, Yoonchae Jeung, Lara...Read more

Robert De Niro thinks working parents always "feel a little guilty" about missing time with their children.

The 83-year-old actor - who has Drena, 54, Raphael, 49, 30-year-old twins Julian and Airyn, Elliot, 28, and Helen, 14, from previous relationships and Gia, three, with partner Tiffany Chen - doesn't believe there is a "secret" to being a ...Read more

Cooper Hoffman and Michael Gandolfini aren't criticised for being "nepo babies" because they both lost their famous fathers when they were young.

The Long Walk star was just 10 years old when his Oscar-winning dad Philip Seymour Hoffman died back in 2014 and he's good friends with fellow actor Michael - son of late The Sopranos star James ...Read more

Dame Judi Dench thinks it is essential that people are able to live "authentically".

The 91-year-old actress chats with her fellow stage and screen icon Sir Ian McKellen in a new episode of her Sky Arts series Tea with Judi Dench and says that a powerful conversation about homosexuality made her realise the importance of authenticity.

Judi ...Read more

Dolly Parton "thought (her) heart was gonna stop" when I Will Always Love You was played at Whitney Houston's funeral.

The country music legend, who sadly passed away aged 80 earlier this week, wrote the original version of the track in 1973 - before Whitney memorably covered it as a pop ballad for the soundtrack of 1992 movie The Bodyguard - ...Read more

Steven Tyler's sexual abuse accuser has been banned from discussing a number of details about their relationship in their upcoing trial.

The Aerosmith frontman is the subject of legal action from Julia Misley, who is also known as Julia Holcomb, after she claimed he sexually abused her when she was a teenager and he was an adult, while he has ...Read more

Hig (Jacob Elordi) may be the most perfect guy alive, not that he's got much competition. In Ridley Scott's simple-minded sociological study "The Dog Stars," an influenza epidemic wiped out the majority of our squabblesome species sometime during the last decade. The LCD screens outside the Denver Nuggets basketball arena continue to flicker, ...Read more

Jelly Roll is finally letting fans know where he stands when it comes to politics. The Grammy-winner opened up about his views Thursday, on his final night guest-hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

He kicked off the episode with a passionate and funny monologue, addressing the backlash he faced over jokes he made about President Donald Trump ...Read more

Britney Spears "felt like a robot" during her pop career.

The Toxic singer has looked back on her former life in the music industry and confessed she's "changed big time" in the last few years with Britney confessing she suffered from panic attacks during meet-and-greet events with fans and she "can't believe" she used to be able to "perform in...Read more

The mayor of Dolly Parton's hometown has praised the fact she never changed.

The Jolene singer - who died on Tuesday (25.08.26) at the age of 80 - grew up with 11 siblings in a one-bedroom cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains in Locust Ridge, just outside of Sevierville, Tennessee, and despite her years of wealth and fame, she never forgot her ...Read more

Cardi B has warned aspiring stars not to "turn to drugs" to deal with fame.

The 33-year-old rapper admitted life in the public eye can be difficult, and while she's had to find ways to cope with the scrutiny she finds herself under, there are certain lines she won't cross.

She told Vogue Arabia: "You just gotta find a mechanism that works for...Read more

Erykah Badu has compared her work as an end-of-life doula to "art".

The 55-year-old singer started working as a birthing doula in 2011 and she has since been helping others who are facing death and she believes she is providing a much-needed service which is similar to performing in front of an audience at her concerts.

She told the Guardian ...Read more

Joe Russo has warned that seeing Avengers: Endgame is "required" in order to understand Avengers: Doomsday.

A new version of the 2019 blockbuster, titled Avengers: Endgame Encore - which includes additional footage not seen in the original and a sneak peak at Avengers: Doomsday - is being released in cinemas next month and the director urged ...Read more

Michael Sarnoski has admitted The Death of Robin Hood will be "challenging" for viewers but it's important to "give them something that's different".

The writer-and-director's film features a much darker take on the outlaw and while he knows it won't be to everyone's taste, he wanted to show a different side to the archer - who is played by ...Read more

CNN have apologised to Dolly Parton's family after mistakenly using a photo of an impersonator during a news report.

The Jolene singer passed away on Tuesday (25.08.26) at the age of 80 and during Laura Coates Live that evening, an image was shown of Las Vegas performer Kelly Vohnn, with the network appearing to think they were displaying a ...Read more