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LJ Smith, best-selling author of The Vampire Diaries, dies at age 66

The New York Times best-seller died on March 8 in Walnut Creek, Calif, after suffering the effects of a rare autoimmune disease for a decade.

Fact Check: Robert De Niro did not say ‘f**k Trump’ at Oscars 2025, speech is from 2018

The viral video featuring the Hollywood actor is from the 2018 edition of the Tony Awards. The statement, at the time, had got De Niro a standing ovation from the audience.

Rapper A$AP Rocky acquitted in 2021 Hollywood gun assault case

The jury acquitted him of two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon in a Hollywood altercation with another hip-hop artist.

What ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ tell us about AI in Hollywood

AI in the film and television industry was a major concern of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike—and the fight for protections in the industry is far from over.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexually assaulted 10-year-old boy in 2005, claims new lawsuit

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sean "Diddy" Combs has been accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in 2005, according to a new lawsuit that joins more than two dozen others accusing

Donald Sutherland, one of Hollywood’s most versatile and gifted actors, dies at 88

Donald Sutherland switched effortlessly from character roles to romantic leads. He also played his share of oddballs and villains. He remained in demand for film and TV projects into his 80s.

Disney sees higher costs to create content after Hollywood pay raises

The media conglomerate expects its fiscal 2024 capital expenditure to total roughly $6 billion and spend on produced and licensed content to be about $25 billion.

After agreement with producers, 148-day-long Hollywood writers’ strike officially ends

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Sunday signed a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Striking writers, Hollywood studios to meet on Sunday as talks stretch on

Writers walked off the job in early May after no consensus was reached regarding compensation, minimum staffing of writers' rooms & the use of artificial intelligence.

WGA striking writers to meet Hollywood studios today, negotiate five-month standoff

The WGA went on strike in May after negotiations reached an impasse over compensation, minimum staffing of writers' rooms and the role of artificial intelligence.

On Camera

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.