LONDON (AP) — Luise Rainer, a star of cinema’s golden era who won back-to-back Oscars but then walked away from a glittering Hollywood career, has died. She was 104. Rainer, whose roles ranged from the 1930s German stage to television’s “The Love Boat,” died Tuesday at her home in London from pneumonia, said her only […]
Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis and husband Todd Thompson are calling it quits. De Laurentiis announced her split from Thompson after 11 years of marriage in a Facebook post Monday night. They separated over the summer and have decided to end their union. Post by Giada De Laurentiis. She also tweeted a “thank you” to […]
Macklemore hasn’t been in the headlines very much over the past six months. That’s intentional according to the Grammy-winning rap star. “We vanished. Purposefully,” he said to Ebro in the Morning hosts Ebro Darden and Peter Rosenberg during a recent interview with the Hot 97 radio hosts. The ensuing chat, which lasted for more than […]
A book that you love as a child will likely loom particularly large in your imagination throughout your life. You read it at a time when everything was fresh and fascinating, and when your mind was new and impressionable. Though you may never forget these youthful favorites, many of them don’t stand up to repeat […]
Salma Hayek slipped on a bikini for a day of yachting and jet-skiing in sunny St. Barts last week. The 48-year-old was photographed in a black bikini Friday while on a boat with family and friends, including husband Francois-Henri Pinault and daughter Valentina. The actress had some fun sliding down an inflatable slide and riding […]
No one pulls off selflessness quite like Taylor Swift. The 25-year-old pop star landed the top spot on DoSomething.org’s Celebs Gone Good list, which highlights public figures who’ve used their fame to support charitable causes. The advocacy group — which “makes the world suck less” by supporting numerous grassroots efforts for social change — noted […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about suffering for your art. Achieving his acclaimed performance as the masterful British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner in “Mr. Turner” took so much out of Timothy Spall, the veteran actor found himself kneeling down at the artist’s tomb in St. Paul’s Cathedral when it was all over — and crying. […]
“Lost River” has become an especially apt title for Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, seeing as the movie has floated off into the Hollywood abyss. According to Variety, “Lost River” will forgo a theatrical release, a decision that one can assume has something to do with the atrocious reception it received at the Cannes Film Festival […]
It’s been quite a year. What better way to review the last 365 days than to examine, analyze, drool over and gush about the work of photojournalists and photographers, who worked to capture everything from protests to parades, scandals to celebrations, clashes to christenings? Behold, the 52 best photographs from around the world in 2014. […]
Ever wondered how a famous actor or actress got their famous scar?
