Aretha Franklin gets the appropriate royal treatment in this rousingly righteous biopic starring another singing superstar, Jennifer Hudson, as the prodigiously gifted Detroit preacher’s daughter who became a global musical sensation in the 1960s and ‘70s. We see how the talent of young Aretha (portrayed impressively as a child by young Skye Dakota Turner, who also played the pint-size version of another iconic crooner, Tina Turner, on Broadway) was nurtured by her divorced parents, her music-loving father (Forrest Whitaker) as well as her songbird mother (Broadway’s award-winning Audra McDonald)....

“It was really her reaction that kind of changed the entire thing because I’m pretty sure she’s not normally into watching…superheroes kind of movies,” Pattinson told Jimmy Kimmel in February 2022.“Just seeing that it was capturing her attention the entire time. And then actually just held my hand and just touched it right there and I could feel a little tear. I was like, ‘No way!’” The sweet story is rare for the Twilight heartthrob, who typically doesn’t discuss his three-plus-years relationship publicly....

How different was this version of storytelling from the types of storytelling that you’ve both built your career and life on? Ron: I did find myself slipping back into the structural thinking and scene building in my own mind as we were talking about the moments, the memories that meant the most to us. At a certain point, I did sort of find myself looking at our story not as a movie or television show, but as a series of scenes and situations that we could recount....

Why has New Year’s Rockin’ Eve stood the test of time? DickClark set the tone for a nationwide—now global—celebration by televising what happens in Times Square and creating a party and a big concert environment for people who are going to be home. So they can ring in the New Year, celebrate and feel like they’re a part of something. What will the party look like this year? Ciara and BillyPorter will be joining as co-hosts....

So when Heughan teased a big announcement on Dec. 8—with an Outlander GIF that shows Jamie telling wife Claire, “I need you to trust me"—no one had any clue which of his ventures it was about. The next day, fans had their answer: Heughan is expanding his Sassenach brand to include his own tequila. “So thrilled and so excited to introduce our latest @SassenachSpirit baby! The Sassenach Select,” Heughan tweeted....

Magnolia Network/Discovery The Gaineses showed off their own property in the midst of renovations in a preview for their Fixer Upper: Welcome Home reboot on their Magnolia Network series. Get to know their beloved white home! Where is Chip and Joanna Gaines’ house? The Magnolia founders’ farmhouse is located in Waco, Texas, where they film Fixer Upper: Welcome Home. Joanna Gaines’ kitchen is a work in progress! The Gaines’ kitchen was once all white with white subway tile, wood floors, metal open shelves and stainless steel appliances....

And—as any Outlander fan would probably not be surprised to know—Balfe’s co-star on that series, Scottish hottie Sam Heughan, has made sure to shout out her success on social media after she received Best Supporting Actress nominations by the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes on the same day! “Congrats on the Golden Globes nomination Balfe!!!!” Heughan tweeted (yes, with four exclamation points!) on Monday, Dec. 13, the day that nominations for both awards shows were revealed....

Buster Welch, a legendary Texas cowboy who offered real-life advice on an episode of Yellowstone season 4 died Sunday, June 12. He was 94. In this past season of Yellowstone, in an episode called “Under a Blanket of Red,” Jimmy (Jefferson White) was exiled to the famous 6666 Ranch in Texas to undergo some much-needed cowboy training as he didn’t seem to learn much while he was at Yellowstone. There, he met two well-experienced cowboys....

Osbourne famously parted ways with The Talkin March 2021 following a heated discussion with cohost Sheryl Underwoodabout Osbourne’s close friend and former colleague, Piers Morgan, and his own one-sided feud with Meghan Markle—and the racial undertones of it all. However, while she may no longer get her sweet CBS salary, the notoriously foul-mouthed TV personality is resilient enough to somehow always land on her feet. And if not? She has enough in the bank to tide her over comfortably for the rest of her life....

Update: February 21, 2022: Nightbirde, whose real name is Jane Marczewski, was an America’s Got Talent favorite on season 16 and judge Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer. At the time, she told the audience that she only had a 2 percent chance of surviving her cancer and she later had to drop out of the competition to deal with her health. We learned today that she lost her battle with cancer on Sunday, Feb....

Together since high school, the couple are a unified front overseeing Snoop’s music career and ever-growing portfolio of entertainment and business endeavors. They also juggle busy work schedules with a busy family life—the couple has three kids and several grandchildren—plus philanthropic work. Things haven’t been perfect, of course. The couple’s weathered ups and downs in their relationship and nearly called it quits on their union during a tough time in the 2000s....

However, throughout his success, he’s remained humble. “I always divide the world up into people like Picasso or Oscar Wilde, who seemed to have been born with their gifts, and the rest of us, who work at what we do,” he once said in an interview. “For me, it wasn’t a gift. It was working.” Today, Martin is touring with friend and fellow comedian Martin Short and starring in the hit Hulu show with Selena Gomez called Only Murders in the Building....

“I began videotaping myself jumping from the roofs of apartment buildings into shallow pools, and plenty of other dangerous stunts,” he once told Forbes of the videos he made following a college breakup. “The way people reacted when I showed them the stunt footage I was filming made me feel like I was really onto something, so I dropped out of school to pursue a career as a crazy stuntman....

I feel like we were along for the ride with you last episode. It seemed like everything was building for a Ryan boot. Then all of a sudden, you get nearly all the votes at Tribal Council. Were you surprised it ended up being you, and by such a large margin?I was definitely not comfortable. Like I said at Tribal, I knew going in, it was a very, very likely possibility that I was going home....

“They would be cooking all night, and they’d literally have plates for the players when we were going in,” remembers Crews, 53, who, while a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers in the early ’90s, would grab burgers and ribs in the parking lot of Jack Murphy Stadium. The players got so hooked on the fans’ food, he says, “They’d be like, ‘You want so-and-so’s ribs, over there!’ It was awesome....

During After the Final Rose in March, the former Bachelor contestant declared that she is ready to find love. “I really do think that this process works when you can set down all these outside distractions and really dive in. I think you can learn a lot about somebody. I’m just excited. I’m ready to get started,” she said. According to her bio on ABC.com, Michelle is looking for the superman to her superwoman....

If you’re a seafood lover like myself, and can’t get enough of lobsters, clams, shrimp, crab, mussels and the like, then you’ll know what it means when I say that a huge patter of seafood (fresh, fried, canned or in any other way) makes me one very happy person. Best Seafood Platter & Tower Recipes From Grilled Seafood Platter with Romesco Sauce and Herb Crumbs and Portuguese Style Barbecued Seafood Platter, to Tinned Seafood Platter with Garlic Mayo and Jalea Peruvian Fried Seafood Platter, these 18 best seafood platter and tower recipes are plentiful and mouthwatering!...

The network’s new show-within-a-show, titled The Big Leap, is about a diverse group of people in Detroit, including a former ballerina (Teri Polo), an unemployed autoworker (Jon Rudnitsky) and a former musical theater major (Piper Perabo), who all audition for a dance reality program that is (as one of the show’s judges puts it) “literally about second chances.” If you feel like falling in love with a new show this fall, The Big Leap is it: It’s got humor and heart, and uplifts and inspires without shying away from problems (like mental health, divorce and loneliness) that can throw a wrench into life’s big plans....

Read on to find out everything you need to know about season 2 of The Circle, including when it premiered, how the show works and how filming was affected by coronavirus. Is The Circle returning for season 2? Absolutely! After the first season became a streaming hit, Netflix officially renewed The Circlefor a second and third season in March 2020. Casting was opened up the same day for The Circle US season 2, as well as fellow Netflix reality show Love Is Blind....

Starring Amanda Seyfried as Holmes, The Dropout cast is full of familiar faces embodying the real-life scientists, investors, and whistleblowers who got caught up in Holmes’ scheme. And whether you’re new to the Theranos story, or have been following it for years through books like John Carreyrou’s BadBloodand podcasts like TheDropout (which served as the inspiration for the series), you may find yourself googling the main players in The Dropout between episodes, trying to untangle whether the dramatic ways these people are portrayed on the show are based on fact or fiction....