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LOS ANGELES — If Netflix can complete its $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, it will be a lot bigger but not necessarily a lot better for consumers — or for the streaming landscape the company ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood moguls once dismissed the outsize ambitions of Netflix’s executives.

“Is the Albanian army going to take over the world?” former Time Warner Chairman Jeff Bewkes asked a reporter 15 years ...Read more

Hong Kong’s election chief has urged the public to vote in Sunday’s legislative election after some called for it to be postponed in the wake of the city’s deadliest fire in decades, RTHK reported.

Appearing on the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A renewed push by the Trump administration to settle Russia's war in Ukraine is jolting European governments that are fearful Washington is laying the groundwork for an ultimatum to Kyiv on Moscow's terms.

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DULUTH, Minn. – A couple of minutes into a recent school lockdown drill, a group of 11th-graders huddled in the back of a darkened classroom in complete silence.

The door handle suddenly jiggled, cracking through the ...Read more

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are a "committed team" despite Will's friend recently filing a lawsuit against her.

Jada, 54, is being sued for $3 million by Bilaal Salaam, who is also known as Brother Bilaal and has ...Read more

The Weeknd and Playboi Carti debuted their collaboration Timeless before it was even finished.

The duo decided to perform the track at The Weeknd's One Night Only concert in São Paulo in September 2024, just hours after ...Read more

Oasis have turned down the chance to perform at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

After reuniting for a series of successful shows this year, brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have been inundated with offers for more gigs but the ...Read more

WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy codifies the disruptive foreign policies he’s pursued since taking office — including railing against allies as often as traditional foes — but ...Read more

Jon M. Chu knew immediately that Cynthia Erivo and Arianda Grande were his perfect Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked movies.

The director insisted he wasn't put under any pressure by the studio when it came to casting ...Read more

Laurence Fishburne will direct new project The Rule of Nines.

The 64-year-old actor is working on the new movie, which was written by John Connor, with producer and casting director Bonnie Timmermann and actor André ...Read more

Tara Reid feels "judged and bullied" after police said there is no video evidence her drink was drugged at a hotel last month.

The 50-year-old actress had alleged she was drugged by a stranger after having just one drink ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Police Department is expected to end the year $19.6 million over budget, which Police Chief Brian O’Hara largely attributes to the hiring of 162 aspiring police officers.

The agency’s ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — SAVE Inc., the nonprofit that reopened Kansas City’s LGBTQ+ youth homeless shelter Teresa’s Place in August, has fired a number of staff members, citing funding issues that have also led to a lack ...Read more

Sydney Sweeney has defended her controversial American Eagle jeans commercial and insisted she is "against hate".

The 28-year-old actress was blasted after starring in the brand's 'Great Jeans' advertisements - which were...Read more

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has reached out to her father following his emergency leg amputation.

Thomas Markle, 81. underwent a three-hour operation to remove his left foot and lower leg earlier this week, after the limb ...Read more

Rita Ora does not want to limit herself to just being a musician.

The 35-year-old star burst onto the music scene after getting signed by 56-year-old rapper Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2009, and then shot to global stardom in ...Read more

Diane Kruger says it took "a good two years" after the birth of her daughter to feel like herself again.

The 49-year-old actress "really stepped back" from her career after she and her 56-year-old fiance, actor Norman ...Read more

Eric Stern drove out to Erie, Pennsylvania, last January and got a slice of pizza with Christina Vogel at Donato's, the downtown shop she has owned for nine years.

The small-business owner and political novice was ...Read more

Newly released surveillance footage from the Chicago-area hotel where Tara Reid claims she was drugged last month shows the actress downing more drinks than she recalls.

Reid, 50, maintains she was drugged on Nov. 23 at ...Read more