Entertainment

Barbara Nitke(NEW YORK) -- Samantha Barbash, the inspiration behind Jennifer Lopez's character in the film Hustlers, is suing J-Lo's production company for $20 million, according to court papers obtained by the New York Post. Barbash, a 47-year-old former strip club hostess, pleaded guilty in 2017 to conspiracy, assault and grand larceny charges after she, Roselyn Keo, and two other colleagues were accused of drugging men and stealing at least $200,000 from them. The lawsuit […]

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) -- Empire fans finally have their answer about Jamal's fate.  Jussie Smollett will not return for the show's final season. Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn confirmed to TV Line on Tuesday that "We’re not going to bring Jussie back to the show." Smollett was officially written out of the show toward the end of its fifth season.  Empire's sixth and final season airs this spring. Thorn went on to explain, "There were a number of factors that went into the […]

Patrick Honan/iStock(LOS ANGELES) -- Kylie Jenner is putting her money where her mouth is after a cringe-worthy faux pas painted an incredible target on her back a few days ago. To back things up, the beauty mogul on Sunday publicly mourned the half-billion animals that perished in the Australian wildfires.  The next photo in her Instagram stories, however, carried a completely different tune that many found tone deaf.  It celebrated her new pink pedicure, […]

David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) -- Timothée Chalamet may be moving on from Little Women to "Rainy Day Women." Deadline reports the actor is in talks to play Bob Dylan in Going Electric, the upcoming movie from Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold. The movie will reportedly focus on the controversial period in Dylan's career when, on the verge of folk stardom, he ditched his acoustic guitar to go electric, and the huge outcry that followed. Dylan was tagged a traitor in […]

ABC/Kelsey McNeal(LOS ANGELES) -- Christian Bale is in talks to join Marvel Studios' Thor: Love and Thunder, according to Collider.  If it materializes, he'll join Chris Hemsworth, who'll reprise his role as the God of Thunder, and Natalie Portman, returning as Jane Foster, who apparently becomes Thor in the movie.   Tessa Thompson is also expected to return as Valkyrie, and Taika Waititi, who directed 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, is back to […]

Disney+(LOS ANGELES) -- The cuddly, Force-wielding, frog-gulping meme machine we've -- incorrectly -- come to know as Baby Yoda is taking his place with some digital heavyweights who were nominated for the 18th annual Visual Effects Society awards. The annual event hails the best visual effects across movies, TV, commercials, and other formats like theme park attractions. Along with "The Child" from Disney+'s The Mandalorian, Alita, from Alita: Battle Angel, […]

ABC/Rick Rowell(NEW YORK) -- Model and body positivity advocate Ashley Graham is expecting her first child, and has been posting tastefully nude pregnancy picks on her Instagram as her due date gets closer. The former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue pin-up and her hubby Justin Irvin are apparently just days away from welcoming the new arrival, as evidenced by her most recent snap Sunday. She recently shared with ABC Audio the […]

AMC(NEW YORK) -- AMC has announced it's launching a new season of its Emmy-winning series Better Call Saul with a five-week celebration of the show that started it all: Breaking Bad.  Breaking Bad season one begins at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 19, and the marathon continues through Sunday, February 16; season five begins at 1:30 a.m. ET. Following the airing of season five, AMC will host the broadcast premiere […]