The U.S. Justice Department has determined that Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros.

The November race to determine California’s next governor will pit a Democrat promising to cement the state’s status as a stronghold of liberal policies against a Republican pledging to dramatically reverse course.

He’s played lawyers, criminals, and action heroes, and now the award-winning actor is taking on another intense role in the new suspense-filled thriller.

More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros.

Britney Spears has entered a substance abuse treatment facility.

There’s a certain kind of energy that surrounds actors right before everything changes, and right now, that energy belongs to Jalyn Hall.

Screenwriters and Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal after a few weeks of negotiation.

Entertainment Tonight co-hosts Nischelle Turner and Kevin Frazier are experts when it comes to all things Hollywood and awards season. From their quick hug with actor Michael B. Jordan to the touching ‘In Memoriam’ tributes, Nischelle and Kevin are sharing some of their favorite moments from this year’s Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Chanel and producer Charles Finch host a star-packed pre-Oscar dinner at the Polo Lounge, mixing Hollywood buzz with a pitch for supporting filmmakers.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” has been crowned best picture at the 98th Academy Awards.

Paramount is intensifying its efforts to take over Warner Bros.

With a winter storm blanketing a large swath of the country, Hollywood had its quietest weekend of the year at the box office.

Lights, camera…chaos! ‘The Studio’ gives us an inside look at what really goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood.

Netflix is now offering to buy Warner Bros.

Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors have received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country.

Warner Bros.

Hollywood kicked off 2026 with “Avatar: Fire and Ash” atop the box office for the third straight week and with hopes for a blockbuster-filled year after a disappointing 2025.

Paramount is sweetening its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies.

Trade unions in Nevada want the state to offer tax incentives to major film studios to bring more movie making to the Vegas area.

Houston is taking another step toward becoming a filmmaking powerhouse.

Like thousands of actors, Tilly Norwood is looking for a Hollywood agent.

Sunday’s 77th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive with clear favorites but few sure things.

The Venice Film Festival kicks off with the world premiere of Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” on Wednesday evening.

A Southwest Airlines flight from Hollywood-Burbank to Las Vegas was forced to make an abrupt and dramatic plunge to avoid colliding with another plane Friday.

Penélope Cruz, Bruce Springsteen, Walter Salles and Bowen Yang have been named the honorees of this year's Academy Museum Gala, hosted by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Nearly 20 years after her America's Got Talent audition in season one of the show, Jessica Sanchez hit the AGT stage again. This time, the outcome was a bit different; she went home with the coveted Golden Buzzer award -- advancing her directly to the LIVE shows. Watch her full conversation with Houston Life's Derrick Shore to learn more about this once-in-a-lifetime moment and what's next for the Houstonian as she prepares for her first child.

We're welcoming back local actress Ava Torres to Studio B! The 14-year-old has been on networks from nickelodeon to NBC and her career is just getting started. we caught up with her on what it was like to land a recurring role on "Chicago Fire" and how she juggles school, acting, modeling, and martial arts!

A federal lawsuit accuses President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during an ongoing immigration crackdown that has put the region “under siege.”.

Few Paris addresses conjure myth quite like Maxim’s, the gilded Belle Époque haunt where artists and aristocrats once jostled for a seat at dinner, and a place immortalized in Cole Porter’s lyrics and classic Hollywood films as the very symbol of Parisian chic.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited 534 new members to its organization on Thursday, adding recent Oscar nominees and many more to Hollywood’s most exclusive club.

“This victory belongs to every crew member, storyteller, entrepreneur, and advocate who believes in the power of Texas-made media,” Media for Texas said in a joint statement. “We’re proud to say: this is just the beginning. The future of film is Texas. #ComeAndFilmIt”

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a tentative contract deal with several video game companies that may bring an end to an almost year-long strike tied to the use of artificial intelligence.

“This victory belongs to every crew member, storyteller, entrepreneur, and advocate who believes in the power of Texas-made media,” Media for Texas said in a joint statement. “We’re proud to say: this is just the beginning. The future of film is Texas. #ComeAndFilmIt”

It seems like an easy answer, but even recent, notable films that are supposed to be set in Texas, like "Hit Man" and "The Iron Claw," were filmed in Louisiana.

“Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski started dreaming up a movie about Formula One racing while watching “Drive to Survive.”.

Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died.

“A Minecraft Movie” is smashing all box office projections.

Hollywood studio executives are making their case for theatergoing with a little help from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

The feminine wasn’t just celebrated at Miu Miu.

Awards season is in full-swing and up next, The Oscars. From BAFTA to Cannes to the Academy Awards, film critic Ward W. Bond has seen it all. We talked to him about this year's lineup of movies, actors, and moments you don't want to miss at Sunday's 97th academy awards.

Hollywood’s never-ending awards season can make it easy to get a little lost in the run-of-the-mill “best” categories.

Discover the untold stories of Black women in the Wild West—sharpshooters, entrepreneurs, and trailblazers who shaped history. Dive into the Cowboy Carter Chronicles for a deeper look!

On a quiet winter weekend at the box office, DreamWorks Animation’s “Dog Man” chased its own tail, repeating as the top movie in theaters.

Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could help clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields.

When the Palisades Fire broke out in Los Angeles, Hollywood’s awards season was in full swing.

Hollywood’s awards season has all but come to a rare halt as the wildfires continue to disrupt life and work in the Los Angeles area.

The holiday season is upon us, and the joy of cozying up with a feel-good movie comes with it. On Hallmark, a new film titled “Happy Howlidays” promises to deliver those warm, fuzzy feelings we all crave this time of year. According to film psychology expert Justin Spray, watching Christmas movies can benefit your mood; this latest release is no exception. Houston Life's Melanie Camp chatted with the stars to learn more about the movie.

The new series is a mix of mystery and mischief, and Vince is telling us the story behind his wild new adventure.

The new popular restaurant and lounge that combines old school Hollywood glitz with a whole lot of Houston star power.

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix.

Carol is currently in the role of ‘Norma Dellacorte' on the Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ series.

Fans of Marilyn Monroe have won a battle to preserve her mark on Los Angeles and are a step closer to seeing a towering statue of the silver screen icon remain in Palm Springs.

It can sometimes be difficult for child actors to shed public conceptions of them as a kid on screen, hindering these stars from being taken seriously in Hollywood as adults.

Prominent members of the #MeToo movement are speaking out about the court ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction.

Novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Opponents of online sports betting in Florida have lost their latest fight against a Seminole Tribe agreement with the state that permits the gambling.

In a story published March 11, 2024, The Associated Press quoted a bettor as saying he has placed bets on Russian slap fighting and Korean ping pong.

“Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowed best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.

On the Friday before the Oscars, the center of Hollywood seemed to be at a private home in Los Feliz.

The Oscars are poised to do something on Sunday that they haven’t done in a very long time: Hand its top award to a blockbuster.

Ambitious online news site The Messenger has abruptly shut down after only eight months in operation.

Everyone has ended up walking away a winner at the American Film Institute Awards.

A new survey of the entertainment industry finds that the culture of Hollywood has shifted in the years since the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and the launch of the #MeToo movement, but many still don’t trust that sexual harassers will be held accountable.

Hollywood is ready to party as the Golden Globes return for its annual boozy celebration of film and television’s biggest names.

A Manhattan jury will soon decide if Jonathan Majors is guilty of assaulting his girlfriend following two weeks of clashing narratives about whether the rising Hollywood star was the aggressor or victim during a chaotic struggle in the back seat of a car.

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias is planning to bring the laughs to several Texas cities next year.

Hollywood jumped into planning mode Thursday at the news of a tentative agreement between striking actors and the major entertainment companies.

Missed your favorite actors.

Hollywood's actors union has reached a deal with studios to end its strike.

Lisa Cash was going to play his on-screen fling, but she says Perry went to writers and had her role cut because the audience would "never forgive" Chandler.

Britney Spears’ memoir “The Woman in Me” has sold 1.1 million copies through its first week.

A founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as “Shout” and “Twist and Shout” and the funky hits “That Lady” and “It’s Your Thing,” Rudolph Isley has died at 84.

A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday.

A Tennessee judge says she is ending a conservatorship agreement between former NFL player Michael Oher and a Memphis couple who took him in when he was in high school.

Spears, 41, posted a video of her dancing in her home with knives, which she said was inspired by Shakira's MTV Video Music Awards performance.

The strike by Hollywood screenwriters is over.

Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters have spent a second full day in talks that could potentially put an end to the nearly five-month dispute that has brought many film and television productions to a halt.

“The Nun 2” and “A Haunting in Venice” virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery.

Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy hit back at former NFL star Michael Oher in a new court filing Thursday, saying they never intended to adopt him and denied enriching themselves off his name.

Contract talks that could end Hollywood’s writers strike are set to resume next week.

According to studio estimates, the third installment in the Denzel Washington-led “Equalizer” franchise has topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million.

Two spinoffs of “The Walking Dead” and the next season of “Interview With the Vampire” will be resuming production despite the Hollywood strikes after reaching a deal with the actors' union.

The cast of “Breaking Bad” has reunited to call upon Hollywood studios to resume negotiations with striking screen actors.

The strike-delayed 75th Emmy Awards have a new date — one that places them directly in Hollywood’s awards season for a change.

The 75th Emmy Awards have been postponed due the the ongoing actors and writers strikes that essentially shut down Hollywood.

The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which had been scheduled for September, is being postponed due to a strike by both screenwriters and actors, according to officials familiar with the production plans.

In the massive movie weekend of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” there were many winners.

Striking screenwriters and actors are holding rallies in Philadelphia and Chicago Thursday as the labor dispute that has halted Hollywood spreads to more cities.

Three years after the pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill, the film and TV industry has again ground to a halt.

More than a third of Americans are under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings as a blistering heatwave continues across the Southwest and California.

Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have agreed to allow a last-minute intervention from federal mediators.

Fifty days into a strike, and about 1,000 Hollywood writers and their supporters have marched across Los Angeles for a new contract with studios that includes payment guarantees and job security.

A representative for Al Pacino confirms the 83-year-old actor and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah have welcomed a baby, Pacino's fourth.

Oscar-winning director-producer Ed Zwick is working on a memoir, with all the highs and the lows and in-betweens.

A representative for Al Pacino confirms that the 83-year-old actor and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby.

Police are searching for three gunmen who they believe opened fire along a crowded Florida beach promenade, wounding nine.

Look at James Hong, you will likely see the busiest 90-something in show biz.

The streaming service Max may only be hours into its rollout, but it’s already under fire by Hollywood’s top guilds for the way it credits writers and directors.

After 17 years, cartoonist Gene Luen Yang is seeing his American dream come true.