Jen Chung
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Pop star Justin Bieber allegedly "lunged" at a person who was filming him "play fighting" with a friend, and now TMZ reports that the LA County Sheriff's Office is conducting a misdemeanor battery investigation. Justin Bieber and Poo Bear kicking off Grammy weekend at Serafina Sunset! @justinbieber @poobear @SerafinaSunset pic.twitter.com/QnQXIPbVy2— Serafina Restaurants (@SerafinaGroup) February 14, 2017 The incident happened early Saturday morning, the day before the Grammys, at the Serafina on Sunset Boulevard. Bieber was...
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The wait is over: Beyoncé thrilled during her Grammys performance, showing off her recently announced baby bump. She sang "Love Drought" and "Sandcastles," with video components featuring her mother and daughter; elaborately staged tableau; and a lot of female empowerment—her voiceover said, "Your mother is a woman and women like her cannot be contained.
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It's Sofia Coppola's first film in four years. The movie also stars Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning.
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Oscars statuettes as they are being plated in 2005 (Getty Images) After winning big at the Golden Globes, La La Land, Damien Chazelle's love letter to Los Angeles and Hollywood, scored 14 Academy Award nominations, tying a record set by Titanic and All About Eve. But there's no possibility of a sweep: The film has two songs nominated for Best Song. Other critical darlings—and indie box office successes—Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight were...
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Meryl Streep accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes (Getty Images) Like clockwork, the future leader of the United States took time to get back at acclaimed actress Meryl Streep, who lamented about his behavior during the Golden Globes last night. He tweeted this morning, calling her "overrated" and a "Hillary flunky who lost big." Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last...
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Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher at the SAG Awards in 2015 (Getty Images) A private memorial for both Star Wars star and writer Carrie Fisher and her mother, movie legend Debbie Reynolds, will be held on Thursday, followed by a funeral on Friday. A source told the Hollywood Reporter that the event is only for family and close friends, "I’m not sure what they’re calling it — a funeral or a wake — but...
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istockphoto A Los Angeles Police Department officer was killed in an early morning crash just after 2 a.m. today in Simi Valley. The officer, whose identity was not released, was off-duty and a passenger at the time. One of the vehicles in the two-car crash was an Uber. According to KTLA, "Both cars involved in the crash"—at Cochran Street and Sycamore Drive—"were carrying a driver and a passenger. The off-duty officer's vehicle was traveling...
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Alex Hibbert as Chiron in 'Moonlight' (Photo by David Bornfriend, courtesy of A24) It's Hollywood awards season, which means there are too many prestige films for you to watch and not enough time to see them all. This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced—via actors Don Cheadle, Laura Dern and Anna Kendrick—this year's nominations in both film and TV categories for the 74th Golden Globes. Critical darlings Moonlight, La La Land and Manchester...
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Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool of Green Day during the American Music Awards (Getty Images) The American Music Awards got political last night when Green Day, staying true to their punk personas, brought some politics to the stage. While performing their song "Bang Bang," they burst into MDC's "Born to Die" and improvised with: "No Trump / No KKK/ No fascist USA." Green Day is doing it! #AMAs pic.twitter.com/IKcP7dbEfW— Nicole Dellert (@nic_heartsburgs) November...
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