Richard Simmons gives rare update on 75th birthday, nearly a decade after retreat from public eye

Izabella St. James was 26 and still in law school when she was invited to be one of Hugh Hefner’s seven girlfriends – and she happily hopped into the role. The pipe-smoking, robe-wearing founder of Playboy magazine died in 2017 at age 91.

BTS’ Jungkook has released two new versions of his recent single, ‘Seven’.On July 17, the K-pop singer unveiled the Summer and Band remixes of his new single, ‘Seven’ featuring American rapper Latto. Both new versions of the track are now available on YouTube and streaming services.The ‘Summer Mix’ opens with a jazzy horn solo, and features a more busy, dance-heavy instrumental.

B.I has announced a list of countries he is set to visit on his upcoming 2023 ‘Love Or Die’ Europe tour.On July 17, the singer unveiled a poster for his upcoming 2023 ‘Love or Die’ Europe tour, marking his first official tour in the region. Set to take place later this year, B.I will be performing in 14 countries.B.I’s tour will feature shows in the UK, France, Germany and more.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the stepping up for the Featured Artists Coalition’s 100% Venues campaign, which encourages music venues to allow artists to sell merchandise at their shows without being charged any commission on sales, and the new legal challenge to the UK government’s festival drug testing policy. Apologies for the sound issues in this episode.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Freevee has ordered an expanded third season of Germany reality series 7 Vs Wild, as distributor Quintus Studios bags international format rights to the YouTube show.

The 35th Galway Film Fleadh ended Sunday evening with the Competition jury handing the festival’s top prizes of Best Irish Film to Apocalypse Clown, directed by George Kane, and the Generation Jury Award to Scrapper by Charlotte Regan.

Banijay has taken full control of Endemol Shine India.

A teenager who raped a 12-year-old girl in a stairwell whilst wearing a balaclava walked free after the victim's dad handed over evidence showing she asked for sex, a court heard.

pic.twitter.com/AazUm1jalaA representative for Aldean confirmed the news to Fox News Digital.Prior to his performance, Aldean’s wife, Brittany shared on Instagram that she would be joining her husband on his Highway Desperado tour next weekend, along with their children. He is scheduled to play two shows in Ohio next Thursday and Friday.The comment section was flooded with regard for Aldean, with fans extending their well-wishes.

Walk the Moon are taking a hike. The group shared an 11-minute goodbye video to Instagram on Friday, and revealed they are going on an indefinite hiatus.«The time has come for us to take a good, long break from touring and making records together,» the band's frontman and original founder Nicholas Petricca shared in the heartfelt message to fans.

Naman Ramachandran Writer-director Richard Curtis, known for iconic British romantic comedies “Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Notting Hill,” has revealed his next venture. “Christmas Actually” is a stage show encompassing live music, performance, poetry and comedy that will serve as a fundraiser for charity Comic Relief, BBC News reports. It is not a sequel to 2003 hit “Love Actually.” Comic Relief is a charity founded by Curtis and Lenny Henry in 1985 in response to the famine in Ethiopia. Since then the charity has raised millions to help those in need via fundraisers where British comedians perform. Its annual event Red Nose Day is its biggest fund earner.

North West got a chance to meet Rozanda «Chilli» Thomas of the iconic group TLC, and couldn't contain her excitement.The 10-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West was absolutely beaming in a series of snapshots her famous mom posted to Instagram on Sunday, in which she and Chilli appeared to be hanging out in their kitchen.In the pics, North is smiling broadly as she shares a hug with the singer, and in one photo the pair pose together with North's puppies.Kim, meanwhile captioned the post, «Dreams do come true @therealchilli.»A post shared by Kim Kardashian (@kimkardashian)Specifically, North's dream of getting to meet Chilli after the young fan and her friends dressed up as the R&B trio last Halloween.In her slideshow post, Kim also shared an iconic promo photo of TLC, followed by a photo of North and two friends dressed like the bandmates — with North clearly portraying Chilli.While the post was super cute, Kim's sister Khloe Kardashian took to the comments to express her disappointment that she wasn't invited over to say hi.«What!!! And you didn’t call me to come over!!!!!» Khloe wrote, later commenting, «Oh you’re in trouble.»Meanwhile, North's grandma, Kris Jenner, simply wrote, «This is so cute!!! ❤️

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix is to release its Japanese live action film “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” on Aug. 3. The horror comedy film is based on the hit manga (comic book series) by Aso Haro and Takata Kotaro that debuted in the Shogakukan magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X in October 2018. It has also spawned an animated series that plays on Hulu in North American and other territories. The underlying comic is a wackily original melding of the salaryman gag manga – a popular genre in Japan seldom exported abroad – with the sort of zombie holocaust story that has become a Hollywood staple.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains some minor spoilers for Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, so beware of reading further if you don’t want to know anything before seeing the movie!

Since getting back from Florida, friends keep on asking me what the most memorable moment of the trip was – but it’s so hard! Every day we had a highlight and every day that highlight was different.

Taking to her Instagram shortly after the finale aired and her incredible on-screen effort in the final challenge was made public, Rhiannon shared an emotional update with her almost 10,000 followers. 

Amazon Prime Video‘s Mr. & Mrs. Smith series has been revealed, offering us our first look at Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) and Maya Erskine in the titular roles.The clip – which accompanies previews of other upcoming Prime Video shows – was released over the weekend on Prime Day.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are ringing in one year of marriage!

EXCLUSIVE: Lacking big South Indian releases on the scale of RRR and the K.G.F. franchise, India’s box office was down by 15% in the first half of 2023, compared to the same period last year, pulling in $592.68M (Rs48.68BN), according to figures from India’s Ormax Media.

Naman Ramachandran The author of the Fifty Shades franchise Erika Mitchell, better known by her pen name E.L. James, has said that she remains confounded by the success of the books and films. The British author wrote the erotic romance trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades Freed,” which together sold some 165 million copies, and companion novels “Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian,” “Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian” and “Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian.” The trilogy was also made into films, which together grossed more than $1 billion, on which Mitchell served as a producer.

Christopher Nolan has shared his thoughts on the AI boom sweeping Hollywood right now, describing it as “terrifying”.Speaking on a panel following a screening of Oppenheimer in New York, the director spoke out against the effects that AI has had on the industry, advocating for “accountability”.Nolan said, per Variety: “The rise of companies in the last 15 years bandying words like algorithm — not knowing what they mean in any kind of meaningful, mathematical sense — these guys don’t know what an algorithm is. People in my business talking about it, they just don’t want to take responsibility for whatever that algorithm does.”He continued: “Applied to AI, that’s a terrifying possibility.

Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren has performed his own take on The Killers‘ ‘Mr. Brightside’ after hearing the track for the first time.For a Drumeo series on YouTube, the thrash metal drummer was tasked with listening to a song – without drums – once before recreating the track’s drums. In this instance, Drumeo’s team selected The Killers’ ‘Mr.

Manchester United will step up their pre-season plans on and off the pitch this week, with Monday marking four weeks until their Premier League season kicks off.

Taylor Swift is nearly done with the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour, but there’s a new set list that has a slight update from the previous shows!

Dancing With the Stars seems to have a better success rate at making successful couples than some of your favorite dating reality shows!

Keke Palmer‘s relationship with boyfriend Darius Jackson has rumored to be on the rocks amid the drama surrounding his comments about her clothing choices.

Keke Palmer isn't letting personal drama keep her from the spotlight. The actress and singer hit the stage at Broccoli City Festival and brought the heat.Palmer was a special guest performer at the event, held at Washington, D.C.'s RFK Stadium over the weekend, and she looked stunning in a black and silver Sergio Hudson outfit look that shined bright.The performance comes amid a public feud with boyfriend Darius Jackson after he shamed her online for a sheer outfit she rocked at an Usher concert, which led to massive backlash against Jackson.As seen in several videos posted to social media, Palmer changed some key lyrics during her performance of her song «BOSSY,» which some fans interpreted as some not-too-subtle shade at Jackson.«lil booties matter, my son gave me some ass/ I’m my own boss and I got my own cash/ I don’t need a *****, only thing I need's a bag,» Palmer raps in one section of the song, to the delight of her fans.Palmer and Jackson, who met in 2021, welcomed their son, Leodis, in February.

Taylor Swift has broken two new records.With the release of ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’, Swift has become the first woman in history to have four albums chart in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time, per Billboard. This is the first time that a woman has accomplished the feat since Billboard merged the mono and stereo album charts into one list in August 1963.The only other artist who has ever had more albums chart in the top 10 simultaneously was Prince, who had five albums chart among the top 10 following his death in May 2016. Swift is also the first artist ever to have four albums in the top 10 since Herb Alpert in 1966/Besides have the most albums chart in the Top 10 at the same time, ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ has also earned Swift her 12th Number 1 album, giving her the title for the most No.

Taylor Swift continues to make her mark in history and the release of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) has given the songstress a major win.

Disney held its world premiere of Haunted Mansion without actors due to the SAG-AFTRA strike and the first reactions of the Justin Simien-directed film are coming in.

Rumors have been swirling for months that something is brewing between Kim Kardashian and Tom Brady and the speculation continued after they were both at the same Fourth of July party earlier this month.

The red carpet premiere of Disney’s new movie Haunted Mansion took place this weekend, but none of the cast members were able to attend because of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

We’re getting some rare insight into Richard Simmons‘ life.

Richard Simmons is marking a new chapter in his life!

Richard Simmons is doing well! On Simmons' 75th birthday, the fitness personality's rep, Tom Estey, tells ET, «This is a big milestone. I just want to see him happy, which he is.»The 75th birthday update echoes what Simmons' friend told ET back in 2018, on the reclusive fitness guru's 70th birthday.«He's doing very well. He's his jovial self.

rep told ET, “This is a big milestone. I just want to see him happy, which he is.”The notorious recluse spent much of the ‘80s and ’90s squarely in the public eye.