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Southern California firefighters are trying to get a grip on raging wildfires, with the fast-moving Lake Fire near Santa Barbara exploding to more than 13,000 acres with zero percent containment. Evacuation orders have been issued to residents near the fire, which is threatening homes, including Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, officials said. The Lake Fire began

After more than 23 years, John Cena is preparing to step into the ring for the last time. During a surprise appearance at Saturday’s Money in the Bank in Toronto, Canada, the 16-time world champion wrestler announced he’s retiring from the WWE following WrestleMania 2025. Although Cena has been known to display a towel that

Caitlin Clark became the first WNBA rookie to record a triple-double Saturday, reaching two figures in points, rebounds, and assists for the Indiana Fever‘s game against the New York Liberty. The totals helped the surging Fever to an 83-78 win. Clark came close last week to getting a triple-double, but was just a rebound shy

Actor Mike Heslin, whose most prominent role came on Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness, has died after an unexpected cardiac event and a week-long hospitalization. He was 30. The news was announced by his husband, Nicolas James Wilson. Heslin appeared as Polo on two episodes of Lioness, Season 1. He also had a part in Lifetime’s The

George R.R. Martin is a proud papa. The prolific author gave the season 2 launch of House of the Dragon an enthusiastic review on his blog that he doesn’t like to call a blog. He wrote that he stopped by England’s Leavesden Studios to tour the drama’s sets that he described as “spectacular.” “I have visited

Far from the bright lights of New York, Joey Chestnut still managed to make hot dogs tremble, and perhaps set up an intriguing showdown next year with a new rival. Barred from the Nathan’s annual competition because of his endorsement deal with a vegan hot dog brand, Chestnut instead appeared at a Fort Bliss, Texas

To paraphrase George Thorogood and Hank Williams, move over old dog, a new hot dog is movin’ in: Patrick Bertoletti has won the this year’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, succeeding the 16-time champ Joey Chestnut who was spit out of the competition after signing an endorsement deal with Nathan’s rival

There may have not been as much television in 2024 so far as in previous years, but there was a Hell of a lot of great TV in the first half of this year. The harsh beauty of FX’s Shōgun, the depths of Baby Reindeer and Big Mood, the wit of Diarra from Detroit, and the

Jenn Tran is the star of The Bachelorette Season 21 and calls out the reality show for not having more Asian men in the dating competition. Tran, an Asian American woman of Vietnamese descent, stars in the ABC reality series and was featured on the most recent season of The Bachelor with Joey Graziadei. “I

Katherine Heigl recalls the controversy surrounding the Emmys after allegedly turning down a nomination for her work on Grey’s Anatomy. The 27 Dresses star made an appearance on Shannen Doherty’s podcast, Let’s Be Clear, when the topic came up. “I don’t know any person except for you that turns down an Emmy nomination,” Doherty said,

A Family Affair, a romcom starring Nicole Kidman, Joey King and Zac Efron, was the most-watched movie of the week on Netflix, beating debuts such as Jessica Alba’s Trigger Warning and Glen Powell’s Hit Man. The film, which was directed by Richard Lagravenese, scored 26.8M views since its launch on June 28. This put it above

Natasha Lyonne is back in the driver’s seat as her Peacock procedural Poker Face begins production on Season 2. Rian Johnson celebrated the the first day of filming the sophomore season on Monday, sharing a photo of the show’s clapboard, which listed Lyonne as the director for episode two. “Day one season two,” wrote Johnson

Garret Dillahunt (Sprung, Fear the Walking Dead) is set to recur in the new ABC drama High Potential. The series is set to premiere this fall. Created by Drew Goddard based on the French format, the series stars Kaitlin Olson as Morgan, a single mom with three kids and an exceptional mind, who helps solve

With just a few hours of Pride Month remaining, Amber Ruffin is doing a victory lap. The comedian came out as a member of the LGBTQ community Sunday on Instagram, sharing a selfie in a shirt printed with “QUEER,” as well as photos with her partner at recent Pride events. “In what will come as

Renauld White, who helped forge greater diversity on designer runways and later spent two years on soap opera “The Guiding Light,” died June 26 at age 80. White was under hospice care at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan at the time of his death, according to his friend Jeffrey Banks, the fashion designer, as told

More than a decade later, Eric Dane is reflecting on the behind-the-scenes downfall of Dr. McSteamy. The Grey’s Anatomy alum said he “didn’t leave so much as I was let go” from the long-running Shondaland series, on which he played Dr. Mark Sloan while “struggling” with addiction. Although he was sober for around four years

Caitlin Clark has thrown up her biggest shot of the WNBA season. Unfortunately, it came in a comment on her Indiana Fever coach. Indiana coach Christie Sides was the apparent target of Clark’s remark. Following Indiana’s 89-77 loss to the Seattle Storm on Friday night, Clark was asked about the best piece of in-game advice

There was no debating it – Bill Maher‘s Real Time was going to talk about Thursday night’s presidential candidates battle and the consequences of Joe Biden’s performance. Maher started the show with a couple jabs, noting that Trump would not have gotten away with his tall tales if only Joe Biden had been present. It

Lizzy Musi, a race car driver who starred on Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings and multiple Discovery spinoffs, died July 27 of breast cancer at her North Carolina home, her father announced on social media. She was 33. Musi was diagnosed triple-negative Stage 4 breast cancer in April 2023 and had been chronicling her fight

It’s no secret that Hollywood is a largely liberal town. But the optimism that was flashed before tonight’s debate began has apparently given way to a largely glum outlook in the wake of the Biden-Trump battle. A few of the early reactions: As MAGA and pro America as I am…. I take no happiness in

EXCLUSIVE: We’re getting word about a series in the works from Sony Pictures Television‘s AFFIRM television and Revelations Entertainment which is centering around the Biblical Nazarene movement. Created by John Christian Plummer, the untitled series is set six months after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The secret Nazarene movement to spread his radical teaching of

The French connection dominated the early rounds of the 2024 NBA Draft, as three of the first six picks were Frenchmen. The European flavor continued throughout, as players from Germany, Belgium and Switzerland were also selected, in addition to other French players. French star Zaccharie Risacher was the No. 1 pick. The 19-year-old, 6-foot-9 forward

We could have gone back to County General! In an interview with Steve Kmetko on his Still Here Hollywood Podcast, Noah Wyle revealed there was talk in 2020 about reviving ER, Warner Bros. hit medical drama that aired from 1994 to 2009 on NBC. “That’s kind of the road we had started down,” Wyle, who

Jeremy Allen White is teasing The Bear Season 3 and revealing that his character Carmy will continue making similar mistakes in the new season. “He never seems to be able to apologize very well,” White told Deadline during the show’s premiere at El Capitan Theatre. “You see Carmy make some similar mistakes this year. When

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-showrunner Emily Whitesell (Siren) has been tapped to adapt Bless Your Heart, Lindy Ryan’s debut novel for television in conjunction with Rain Productions and Boilermaker Entertainment.  Bless Your Heart is a horror-mystery novel set in a small Southeast Texas town where the dead have a habit of rising from their graves. The story revolves

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains some details from Monday night’s episode of All American. Spencer James’ story is coming to an end on The CW’s All American. Daniel Ezra, who has played the character for the past six years, will not return as a series regular for Season 7, Deadline has confirmed. He is expected

Fox saw continued momentum for the European Championship as it closed out its first week. Spain took down Italy in Thursday’s UEFA European Championship Group Stage match with a U.S. audience of 1.8M viewers. That’s a 95% lift from the equivalent Thursday Euro Group Stage telecast in 2021, which was Netherlands vs. Austria with an

As the UK general election heats up, John Oliver is taking a look at his country’s options… and a social media moment that lives in his head rent-free. On Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight, the comedian took aim at all political parties, including Labour Party Leader Kia Starmer for not having a clear political

Simone Ashley is defending her Bridgerton co-star Nicola Coughlan, who has been hit with body-shaming comments. Ashley addressed the issue at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco and stood up for her fellow actress. “Yeah, the haters are going to hate, and I think we can all relate to that, but I really don’t think

Matthew Lewis is not interested in reprising his Harry Potter role of Neville Longbottom. The actor portrayed the character across all eight films of the movie series based on the J.K. Rowling books. Max is developing a television series due to premiere on the streamer in 2026. However, Lewis doesn’t seem too keen to return