Entertainment & Society

Johnny Depp is set to star in “King of the Jungle,” a dark comedy about the eccentric inventor of McAfee Antivirus software, John McAfee. Condé Nast Entertainment said Sunday that the story is based on a Wired magazine article about...

Powers Boothe, the character actor known for his villain roles in TV’s “Deadwood,” and in the movies “Tombstone,” ″Sin City” and “The Avengers,” has died. He was 68. Boothe’s publicist says he died of natural causes at his home in...

Former MTV reality show star Christopher “Big Black” Boykin has died at the age of 45. Boykin’s ex-wife Shannon Turley tells Entertainment Tonight that Boykin died at a Plano, Texas, hospital Tuesday. Turley says Boykin suffered from congenital heart failure...

Hudson is taking a turn in one of the spinning chairs of “The Voice.” NBC has announced the one-time “American Idol” contestant will look to uncover potential singing stars when she joins fellow coaches Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Miley...

Kate Hudson and Demi Lovato went from working out at the gym together to working on a fashion-line collaboration. Hudson, who co-founded activewear brand Fabletics in 2013, says she instantly hit it off with the “Confident” singer when the two...

The group trying to bring the 2024 Olympics to Los Angeles is drawing on Hollywood star power. LA2024 chairman Casey Wasserman hosted a 70-member IOC delegation for dinner at his home Wednesday night. Among the celebrity guests were retired NBA...

A watercolor painting by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the former first lady’s Cartier watch, and a hand-annotated speech by John F. Kennedy that he later incorporated into his “Profiles in Courage” are being auctioned. The then-first lady, who painted as a...

Streaming service Netflix says it will hire 400 staff for its new Amsterdam-based European customer service headquarters and plans to announce at least six new original European projects before the end of 2017. Netflix said Thursday that the first new...

The Roberto Cavalli fashion house has named British designer Paul Surridge as creative designer, making his debut with the womenswear spring-summer 2018 collection to be shown in September. Surridge said Wednesday that he is honored to have contributed “a new...

Authorities say they have arrested a suspected burglar at rapper 50 Cent’s mansion in Connecticut. Farmington police say the suspect set off an entry alarm Tuesday at the 50,000-square-foot home that alerted private security. Police responded and found the man...