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Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix.

Dreams really do come true during the Woodward Dream Cruise as a long-forgotten car revs up back to life.

Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Ann Arbor.

Fans of Marilyn Monroe have won a battle to preserve her mark on Los Angeles and are a step closer to seeing a towering statue of the silver screen icon remain in Palm Springs.

The former home of Marilyn Monroe has officially been designated as a Los Angeles landmark.

It can sometimes be difficult for child actors to shed public conceptions of them as a kid on screen, hindering these stars from being taken seriously in Hollywood as adults.

Prominent members of the #MeToo movement are speaking out about the court ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction.

Novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

The city of Detroit installed its own version of the “Hollywood” sign before the NFL draft, and, well, it’s fair to say some people aren’t impressed.

An estimated 300,000–400,000 people will be coming to Downtown Detroit for the 2024 NFL Draft.

Ahead of the NFL Draft in Detroit, the city installed its own “Hollywood” style sign along I-94, for visitors to see as they entered the area.

The talk of celebrities staying in the spotlight

Opponents of online sports betting in Florida have lost their latest fight against a Seminole Tribe agreement with the state that permits the gambling.

At 8 p.m., A2SO will end its 2023-2024 Pop concert season with a Broadway and Hollywood-themed concert at the Michigan Theater.

In a story published March 11, 2024, The Associated Press quoted a bettor as saying he has placed bets on Russian slap fighting and Korean ping pong.

“Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowed best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.

On the Friday before the Oscars, the center of Hollywood seemed to be at a private home in Los Feliz.

The Oscars are poised to do something on Sunday that they haven’t done in a very long time: Hand its top award to a blockbuster.

Ambitious online news site The Messenger has abruptly shut down after only eight months in operation.

Everyone has ended up walking away a winner at the American Film Institute Awards.

A new survey of the entertainment industry finds that the culture of Hollywood has shifted in the years since the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and the launch of the #MeToo movement, but many still don’t trust that sexual harassers will be held accountable.

Wins and losses on the red carpet

Hollywood is ready to party as the Golden Globes return for its annual boozy celebration of film and television’s biggest names.

Carter will hold a book signing/conversation Saturday at 3 p.m.

A Manhattan jury will soon decide if Jonathan Majors is guilty of assaulting his girlfriend following two weeks of clashing narratives about whether the rising Hollywood star was the aggressor or victim during a chaotic struggle in the back seat of a car.

Hollywood jumped into planning mode Thursday at the news of a tentative agreement between striking actors and the major entertainment companies.

Missed your favorite actors.

Hollywood's actors union has reached a deal with studios to end its strike.

Britney Spears’ memoir “The Woman in Me” has sold 1.1 million copies through its first week.

A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday.

The strike by Hollywood screenwriters is over.

Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters have announced that they were resuming negotiations for the second day in a row.

“The Nun 2” and “A Haunting in Venice” virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery.

Contract talks that could end Hollywood’s writers strike are set to resume next week.

According to studio estimates, the third installment in the Denzel Washington-led “Equalizer” franchise has topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million.

Two spinoffs of “The Walking Dead” and the next season of “Interview With the Vampire” will be resuming production despite the Hollywood strikes after reaching a deal with the actors' union.

The cast of “Breaking Bad” has reunited to call upon Hollywood studios to resume negotiations with striking screen actors.

It could be lights, camera, action all over again in Michigan after another go at bringing film and TV incentives has been introduced in Lansing with at least some bipartisan support.

Hollywood writers and actors have been on strike for more than 100 days, and progress on talks has been few and far between ever since. A rally is being held in solidarity Tuesday night in Detroit.

The online world is changing how companies interact with their customers. For instance, Ford Motor Company has opened its picture archive to its nostalgia crazed faithful.

The online world is changing how companies interact with their customers. For instance, Ford Motor Company has opened its picture archive to its nostalgia crazed faithful.

The strike-delayed 75th Emmy Awards have a new date — one that places them directly in Hollywood’s awards season for a change.

The 75th Emmy Awards have been postponed due the the ongoing actors and writers strikes that essentially shut down Hollywood.

In the massive movie weekend of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” there were many winners.

Striking screenwriters and actors are holding rallies in Philadelphia and Chicago Thursday as the labor dispute that has halted Hollywood spreads to more cities.

Three years after the pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill, the film and TV industry has again ground to a halt.

More than a third of Americans are under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings as a blistering heatwave continues across the Southwest and California.

Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have agreed to allow a last-minute intervention from federal mediators.

Fifty days into a strike, and about 1,000 Hollywood writers and their supporters have marched across Los Angeles for a new contract with studios that includes payment guarantees and job security.

A representative for Al Pacino confirms the 83-year-old actor and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah have welcomed a baby, Pacino's fourth.

Oscar-winning director-producer Ed Zwick is working on a memoir, with all the highs and the lows and in-betweens.

Fans rallied behind Motown legend Martha Reeves, bringing her one step closer to receiving recognition on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

A representative for Al Pacino confirms that the 83-year-old actor and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby.

Look at James Hong, you will likely see the busiest 90-something in show biz.

The streaming service Max may only be hours into its rollout, but it’s already under fire by Hollywood’s top guilds for the way it credits writers and directors.

After 17 years, cartoonist Gene Luen Yang is seeing his American dream come true.

Scores of Boston University students turned their backs on the head of one of Hollywood’s biggest studios as he gave the school’s commencement address in a stadium where protesters supporting the Hollywood writers’ strike picketed outside.

Appearing at the Cannes Film Festival the day after premiering his first film in three years, Johnny Depp said Wednesday that he has “no further need” for Hollywood.

If you haven’t heard by now, the Writer’s Guild of America is currently on strike, which will cause huge disruptions for many of our favorite TV shows and upcoming movies.

The 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike this week after negotiations with Hollywood studios that began in March failed to result in an agreement.

For the first time in 15 years, television and movie writers are launching a strike.

Stars are back together in “Murder Mystery 2″

As Hollywood emerged from the pandemic, its biggest film productions dipped in diversity after years of incremental progress, according to a new study by UCLA researchers.

You might think you know the iconic piercing call of a bald eagle -- but there’s something you should know. Hollywood tricked you.

Martha Reeves was nominated for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but the Motown artist is facing some obstacles when marking her fame.

Tornadoes touched down in Texas and Louisiana as a powerful storm system that dumped snow in California moved eastward.

From funky colored to crystal beaded platforms, there are a variety of different designs that fall into this shoe style.

Netflix is releasing the first season of “That ‘90s Show” this Thursday.

Police say a man was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting early Saturday near the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Wildlife experts say the famous Hollywood-roaming mountain lion known as P-22 is drastically underweight and probably was struck and hurt by a car.

The 80th Golden Globe Awards nominations have been announced, with “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” leading the pack.

More than 200 people rallied in Plymouth Thursday night at the historic Penn Theatre to save a holiday tradition.

A prosecutor told jurors Monday that the women who will testify that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them will tell uncannily similar stories of themselves as young aspiring women who were cornered in hotel rooms by a man who defined Hollywood power.

The Hollywood sign is getting a makeover befitting its status as a Tinseltown icon.

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Björk and Broadway's "Into the Woods,” the reunion of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy in “Hocus Pocus 2” and a Showtime documentary about Sinéad O’Connor.

The Los Angeles Unified School District will provide all its schools with a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses.

In a memoir Anne Heche worked on last year, the actor shared candid thoughts on her 3-year relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s, when they were among Hollywood’s first openly gay couples.

In the classic format of an adult, R-rated rom-com, Billy Eichner's coming film “Bros” depicts an uncommonly honest and insightful portrait of life as a single gay man.

Rapper A$AP Rocky has pleaded not guilty to felony assault with a firearm charges stemming from a 2021 confrontation in Hollywood.

Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose WWII submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died.

Hollywood actor Liev Schreiber and former Ukraine soccer star Andriy Shevchenko have appealed for international donations to Ukraine to continue.

A man once briefly married to Britney Spears has been convicted of aggravated trespassing and battery at the pop star's June wedding.

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.

Sunday studio estimates say the Brad Pitt action romp “Bullet Train" arrived with a $30.1 million opening weekend as the last big movie of Hollywood’s summer recovery landed in theaters.

Bob Rafelson, a co-creator of “The Monkees” who became an influential figure in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s, has died.

India’s film industry is one of the most vast and varied in the world.

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Britney Spears has married her longtime partner Sam Asghari months after the pop superstar won her freedom from a court conservatorship.

Britney Spears says she has lost a baby early in her pregnancy.

Several gowns Marilyn Monroe donned for “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business” are going up for auction this summer along with 1,400 other pieces of Hollywood history.

Hollywood is bringing out some of its biggest and most reliable players for the 2022 summer movie season, which unofficially kicks off this weekend with the help of Marvel and Disney’s “Doctor Strange and the Multitverse of Madness” and runs through the end of August.

Wanda Sykes said she felt physically ill after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock across the face at the Oscars.

In the minutes and hours after Will Smith accosted and slapped Chris Rock before a live Oscars audience of millions, many people hurried to social media platforms.

What was your favorite Oscar apparel?

Look, it’s 2022, and there really shouldn’t be an excuse as to why you haven’t seen this year’s Oscar-nominated films.

The next time someone tells you the Oscars are boring, remind them of the 2022 ceremony.

The 94th Academy Awards are right around the corner.

Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Hollywood studio MGM, two days after European regulators said the deal “would not significantly reduce competition” in European markets.

“The Adam Project” is the No. 1 thing to stream in the U.S. right now on Netflix -- according to Netflix. Should you watch it?