Hulton Archive/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Actor Bill Paxton died unexpectedly Sunday following surgery. Paxton, the star of such films as Weird Science, Aliens, Apollo 13, Titanic, Twister, and True Lies, was 61. His famous friends and co-stars
Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Joseph Wapner, the judge who rose to fame on TV’s The People’s Court, has died. He was 97. The People’s Court,debuting in 1981, was TV’s first reality courtroom series. Wapner presided
Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Critics’ Choice Television Awards(NEW YORK) — Bill Paxton, an actor who developed a following for his roles in films that achieved both mainstream and cult success starting in the 1980s, died Sunday at
ABC/Lou Rocco(NEW YORK) — Netflix has added comedian-actor Tracy Morgan to its growing roster of comedians with stand-up specials. The streaming service announced Friday that Morgan has signed on for a new stand-up special, entitled Staying Alive. The special, which was
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Actor Mahershala Ali and wife Amatus Sami-Karim became the proud parents of their first child, daughter Bari (pronounced Bar-ee) Najma Ali on Friday. Mahershala first shared the news about the couple’s new bundle
ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) — Jordan Peele has taken a step behind the camera in his directorial debut, Get Out. But sketch-comic-turned-director says he wasn’t sure that the racial horror movie, which has been years in the making, would see
Getty Images/Gallo Images(LONDON) — Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has been very open in the past on why she didn’t have any children, and in a new interview with Good Housekeeping UK, she explains that the young women she mentors are like
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(LOS ANGELES) — Hugh Jackman rose to stardom playing the iconic Logan/Wolverine character in 2000’s X-Men. At the time, Jackman was a substitute for actor Dougray Scott, who had been cast but then dropped out. Seventeen years later, Jackman
Getty Images/Dave J. Hogan(LONDON) — Last night, Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, and their co-stars in the live-action retelling of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast attended the movie’s world premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema in London, following a reception at the
ABC/Jeff Lipsky(LOS ANGELES) — The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night, beginning 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC. The network’s red carpet coverage gets under way
