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They hated each other. Now they love each other. That’s the story Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone copped to this evening during an interview on The Graham Norton Show. The two action stars were often sniping at each other in the press, to the point where Stallone said that "even…

Dusty Frances Street, one of the first female disc jockeys on the West Coast, died Saturday in Eugene, Ore. She was 77. She was most recently the host of SiriusXM Deep Tracks, but is best known for her time working at KROQ-FM, known as K-Rock. The station became a force in punk and new wave music in…

As actors continue to struggle in negotiations with the entertainment companies, it's probably worth noting a point that doesn't get advertised much. That is, performers—living, breathing human beings who appear on movie screens—are far less influential than they were just a few short years ago at…

In a chat for Interview magazine with her Law & Order: Organized Crime costar, Christopher Meloni, Ellen Burstyn marveled at the amount of work she’s getting at her age. Now reprising a role she first did 50 years ago for the new film, The Exorcist: Believer, Burstyn termed the amount of work she’s…

Kevin Spacey thought he was having a heart attack during a recent visit to Uzbekistan for a film festival. While giving a speech at the Tashkent International Film Festival, his left arm went numb for an estimated eight seconds. “I was looking at these extraordinary murals on the walls, and I…

A group of 200 internationally renowned writers, publishers, directors and producers have signed an open letter sounding the alarm over the implications of AI for human creativity. “Several generative models of language and images have recently appeared in the public and private domains; they are…

Francis Ford Coppola has spoken out on a recent trend — women asking men in their lives how often they think about the Roman Empire. The auteur revealed that he often thinks about the empire's rise and fall, and then tied Roman history as the inspiration for his upcoming, self-financed film, Megalopo…

The writers have settled. Actors and companies return to the table this week. The awards season is saved (almost, we hope). This could finally be it. Do we dare even say it? The year of The Great Oscar Comeback. Everyone with a stake in the Academy Awards has watched with chagrin as the Oscar…

Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed her thoughts on the long-awaited arrest of a suspect in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Pinkett Smith and Shakur met at the Baltimore School for the Arts in Maryland in the late 1980s and became close friends. “Now I hope we can get some answers and have…

The Sphere didn’t fall flat on opening night. The Las Vegas venue debuted Friday night with U2 as its resident artist, and drew foaming at the mouth raves from reviewers. Paul McCartney, "Breaking Bad" costars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre were among the A-listers at the…

Angelina Jolie doesn’t want to get into specifics on the “why” of her somewhat sporadic acting output. But in an interview with Vogue to promote her Atelier Jolie fashion line, she alluded to being "a bit down these days. I don't feel like I've been myself for a decade, in a way," she said, adding…

Millions of gamers around the world rejoiced today, as Valve’s long-awaited Counter-Strike 2 officially debuted. The game, officially announced in March, has replaced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as a free upgrade. Powered by the Source 2 game engine, the new version offers sharper textures…