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Members of SAG-AFTRA are showing their support after the labor union failed to reach an agreement with studios over fairer wages, the use of artificial intelligence in media and other issues.

Karlie Kloss and her husband, Joshua Kushner, welcomed their second child on Tuesday, July 11.

Miles Teller and Aaron Rodgers spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier in South Lake Tahoe at the American Century Championship — celebrating the 25th anniversary of American Century Investments, sponsoring the superstar celebrity golf tournament — about their viral dance moment at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour stop in New Jersey in May.In a video posted to social media during the show, the longtime friends were seen dancing and singing along to Swift's hit «Style» from her  album.The clip quickly went viral, with the passionate pair dancing their hearts out to the track. The Super Bowl winner also shared a video on his Instagram Story that night, revealing that he was attending the concert with  star and his wife, Keleigh.«Taylor Time,» Rodgers captioned the clip, tagging Swift and Keleigh in the post.

The new trailer for “The Lincoln Lawyer” season 2, part 2 picks up right where part 1 concluded.

Fortunately for HBO, “House Of The Dragon” is permitted to carry on with season two filming in the U.K., despite the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Karlie Kloss is a mom times two!The super model's husband, Joshua Kushner, took to Instagram to reveal that the pair had welcomed their second child on Tuesday. Kusher shared a photo of the newborn, who appeared fast asleep and bundled up in a blanket.

Kelly Rowland is looking back on the “biggest mistake” she ever made during an interview, and she still feels bad about it over a decade later.

Hollywood reacted to the actor union’s announcement Thursday that it will join the writer’s union in striking for fair pay, with A-listers like Matt Damon, Margot Robbie, Jeremy Renner and Jamie Lee Curtis all voicing their support. "It’s really about working actors," Matt Damon told Variety of the strike at the "Oppenheimer" premiere.

Khloé Kardashian‘s nails went hard today!

Lisa Marie Presley‘s cause of death has been confirmed… and it’s definitely not something we were expecting to hear.

Margot Robbie‘s press tour for the Barbie movie has seemingly come to an end now that SAG-AFTRA is on strike.

EXCLUSIVE: Max’s Dune prequel series Dune: The Sisterhood is set to relaunch production in Budapest “any day now” and will continue throughout the course of the WGA and SAG strikes, a source close to the show tells Deadline.

With the much expected SAG-AFTRA strike announced Thursday, fall film festivals are in wait-and-see mode as to whether it’s a season sans stars.

Rather resembling a blaxploitation-based cousin of Invasion of the Body Snatchers with a deeper sense of social consciousness, They Cloned Tyrone is a predominately grim yet intriguing account of constrained, little-hope lives victimized even further by nefarious secret attempts to transform them into obedient, well-behaved zombies. Set in what appears to be the late ‘60s-early ‘70s based on the period cars, outfits and outlandish hairstyles, Juel Taylor’s feature directorial debut, which he wrote with Tony Rettenmaier, delivers live-wire performances from the young cast but nonetheless remains notably dire, even forlorn in its depiction of small-town lives momentarily confronted with a bizarre enemy found right in their midst. This Netflix offering opens theatrically July 14 for a week prior to its move to home tubes July 21.

Fran Drescher fired up her base today in a speech outlining strike plans.

With nominations for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards revealed right on schedule Wednesday morning complete with the usual nominee reactions and interviews, it might be the last time this year’s crop of nominees actually gets to talk about their nominations before the voting period closes in what is known as Phase Two of Emmy season. That is because a Television Academy spokesperson has confirmed that even in light of today’s announcement that SAG-AFTRA will be on strike as of midnight PT, the current schedule with ballots going out on August 17 and due back in on August 28 is going to remain in place.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor A group of state legislators representing the California Legislative Black Caucus are calling on film studios to meet with them regarding the sudden removal of Black female executives over the past few weeks. A mass exodus of Black women from senior leadership posts — Vernā Myers (Netflix), LaTondra Newton (Disney), Jeanell English (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and Karen Horne and Terra Potts (Warner Bros. Discovery) — has raised questions about the depth of the film and television industry’s commitment to diversifying the top ranks of the entertainment industry. The CLBC held a press conference on Thursday, citing the executives’ resignations and removals after the State Legislature approved the $1.6 billion Film Tax Credit initiative to provide tax incentives for the film studios.

Hayley Atwell‘s Peggy Carter made a glorious comeback in 2022′s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness only to be killed off within minutes of returning to the screen.

Jimmie Allen is countersuing the two women who accused the country singer of sexual assault.In new court documents obtained by ET, Allen denied all allegations, claiming that one of the accusers defamed him and that the other took his cell phone without his permission.Allen responded to the lawsuits in the docs, filed in a Nashville federal court Thursday — the first case claims he repeatedly assaulted an unnamed «Jane Doe» on his management team, while the second claims he assaulted another woman in a Las Vegas hotel room and secretly recorded the encounter.In the case of Allen's former day-to-day manager, the «Down Home» singer's attorney's claim that she defamed him by making «deliberate, intentional, malicious, and willful» statements in  beyond what is included in the lawsuit. In the report published by the outlet in May, the woman claims that during a work trip to Los Angeles in March 2021, Allen allegedly raped her following his appearance as a celebrity guest on . She claims that after a business dinner and the  taping, she woke up naked in her hotel room in pain, bleeding and not remembering anything of what happened the night prior. The woman claims Allen was lying next to her in bed, and insisted she take a Plan B pill.

Kelly Rowland is owning up to her mistakes. During an interview on the podcast, the 42-year-old singer recalled the time she accidentally let it slip that Beyoncé and her husband, JAY-Z, were expecting a daughter. The incident happened in 2011, when, according to , Kelly told Bang Showbiz that the dad-to-be was «going to buy that little girl every single thing possible,» before adding of the baby on the way, «She won't be spoiled but she will be very well looked after.»More than a decade later, when host Billy Mann inquired as to Kelly's biggest mistake during an interview, she was quick to point to the accidental sex reveal.«Oh my God. When I made a mistake and told the sex of [Beyoncé]'s baby when she was pregnant with Blue,» Kelly said.

Beyoncé has brought out a surprise for fans over the past few concert dates. Her daughter, Blue Ivy, 11, has joined her onstage to rapturous applause, showing off her dance skills and her fearless attitude over joining a stage viewed by thousands of people.

Khloé Kardashian is not having it. On last night’s episode of The Kardashians, her relationship with Dream Kardashian, the daughter of Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna, was a topic of discussion, with Scott Disick saying she become a “co-parent.” Koko seemingly agreed, calling herself a “third parent.” Some saw the conversation as shade towards Dream’s mom, so Khloé took to social media to clear the air.On Thursday, Khloé shared two screenshots on Instagram with her 310 million followers.

Throwback Thursday, a great time to go back in time! Today let’s indulge in old photographs that captured Melania Trump’s glamorous life and fashion at a time she probably never imagined she would end up in the White House.

Selena Gomez is answering questions about her dating life. Again. Over the past week, the gossip website DeuxMoi shared an anonymous tip that suggested that two actors were casually dating each other after meeting at a Vanity Fair cover shoot.

Kim Kardashian and Tom Brady are having mixed reactions to a possible romantic relationship between the reality star and the athlete, after it was revealed that they had been in contact, with Brady helping her to find her new home in the Bahamas.And while the romance was only limited to rumors, it seems the pair are actually very good friends and even had some interaction during the star-studded Fourth of July party in the Hamptons last week. An anonymous source sent a photo from their interaction to the celebrity gossip site Deuxmoi.“I’ve been seeing some posts speculate whether or not Kim and Tom actually spent time together at the party and I wasn’t gonna send this initially bc it felt creepy but I do have a photo of them together lol,” the source wrote, adding the photo.

Ivanka Trump, Ricky Martin, Elsa Pataky,Eva Longoria, and more have been enjoying a similar summer. They’ve been spending part of their summer vacation in Spain alongside a variety of various celebrities who seem to have had the same thought over the past couple of months. Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky prove to be the hottest celebrity couple: See pics of their vacationAmber Heard enjoys tourism in Spain and more estrellas we loveA post shared by Ivanka Trump (@ivankatrump)The pair have shared some photos of their summer in Spain, where they stopped by Ibiza and spent some time with David Guetta. The two were photographed with David Guetta on a yacht and joined him on a party in the club.

Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough are sharing some emotional words of remembrance on the third anniversary of Benjamin Keough, sharing a heartbreaking message amid the death of Lisa Marie Presley earlier this year. Benjamin died by suicide in 2020 at the age of 27, and rests at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, next to Lisa Marie.The Emmy-nominated actress shared a sweet sepia-toned photo of her brother and her mom from his childhood. “Missing you both,” Riley wrote, adding a heart emoji.

Christian Bale’s daughter has wowed fashion lovers over the past week in Italy, surprising everyone who learned that she is now 18 years old. Emmeline “Luka” Bale walked the runway in a fashion show in Puglia, Italy. She joins a wide string of models that are also the kids of Heidi Klum, Cindy Crawford, and more.

Lucero, who recently celebrated her daughter’s debut in the world of musical theatre, has made an unexpected announcement on social media about her personal life. She and Michel Kuri, her partner of over a decade, have decided to take a break from their relationship.

for Deadline published Wednesday, Ivan Reitman’s son, filmmaker Jason Reitman, remembered Goldberg as “one of the kindest and most gentle souls I’ve ever known.”Goldberg and Reitman first met in 1966 at McMaster University, where they went on to make several short films together (many of which starred a young “Schitt’s Creek” Emmy winner Eugene Levy) and cofounded a film society — not without kicking up some controversy, either.

#Oppenheimer left the premiere to ‘go and write their pickets’ and join the strike pic.twitter.com/rc2SaSxcfkSAG-AFTRA formally announced its first film and television strike since 1980 at a press conference at its Los Angeles headquarters on Thursday.“From the time negotiations began on June 7, SAG-AFTRA staff and the members of our negotiating committee have worked overtime devoting their evenings, weekends and holidays to achieving a deal that would ensure a sustainable future for the acting profession,” chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said.

an impending SAG-AFTRA strike that could wreak havoc on the fall film festival season.The 80th Venice Film Festival runs from Aug. 30 to Sept. 9.

he said that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA’s conditions were “just not realistic” and that the prospect of a writers and actors strike was “very disturbing.”Iger’s comments come on a historic day, when SAG-AFTRA is expected to announce they are joining WGA on the picket lines after their Wednesday contract negotiations deadline passed without a deal. It would be the first Hollywood double strike in sixty years.Also notable for context, Iger’s comments arrive the day after his Disney contract was extended for an additional two years.

formally announcing an actors’ strike and officially putting Hollywood at a production standstill, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher gave a rousing opening salvo of a speech that exclaimed that “the jig is up” for Hollywood studios’ continued abuses towards its labor workers. “You people are crazy — why are you doing this?” she said while recounting the weeks of negotiations that have left many in the union feeling “insulted.”“From the time negotiations began on June 7, SAG-AFTRA staff and the members of our negotiating committee have worked overtime devoting their evenings, weekends and holidays to achieving a deal that would ensure a sustainable future for the acting profession,” chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said before handing the mic to Drescher. “But despite our team’s efforts, the AMPTP has remained steadfast in its commitment to devaluing the work of our members.”The strike will begin late Thursday at midnight.Read Drescher’s fiery speech in full below.

Hollywood Studios outlined the deal they offered SAG-AFTRA in negotiations, which gave way to a strike beginning at midnight Thursday.The elements offered included historic pay, audition protections and an AI proposal protecting actors’ digital likenesses for SAG-AFTRA members, among others.“A strike is certainly not the outcome we hoped for as studios cannot operate without the performers that bring our TV shows and films to life,” the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers said in a statement.

2023 ShortList Film Festival, chosen from award-winning shorts from across the world in the past year. This year’s films tell personal stories that captivate and inspire — including a film about two Chinese grandmothers, a film about scuba diving in the ruins of a tsunami and one film about the LAPD blowing up a neighborhood.The films – which include narrative, documentaries and animation - are available to watch and vote on from June 28 through July 12, exclusively on TheWrap. The award-winning short film that is chosen by TheWrap’s Industry Jury will be honored with the prestigious Industry Prize.