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Although tickets to his comedy shows have skyrocketed, Chris Rock isn’t ready to discuss the infamous Oscars slap from Will Smith. While performing a surprise set at the Comedy Cellar on Tuesday night, the stand up noted he wouldn’t be talking about Will and the moment that shocked the world. “He literally only addressed it as the the crowd was going wild for his surprise appearance, and he got on stage and said, ‘Lower your expectations. I’m not going to address that s–t,’” an audience member told Page Six.

The Elvis impersonator who married Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker is telling all!

After a tense trial, the man behind a disturbing sex cult at Sarah Lawrence College has been convicted by a federal jury on sex trafficking, extortion, fraud, and abuse charges.

Warner Bros. executives are apparently working at light speed to decide Ezra Miller’s fate following the actor’s recent antics.

Britney Spears fans are updating their resumes after learning what a fun job the superstar’s assistant has!

Caitlyn Jenner says Kim Kardashian introduced her to Pete Davidson, and the meeting was a hit — save for a small blunder!During a wide-ranging conversation on the Full Send podcast, the 72-year-old TV personality opened up about the relationship she has with her family, Kim’s divorce and budding romance with the Saturday Night Live star and not being part of The Kardashians on Hulu.First, on meeting the comedian.“He was over the other day,” Caitlyn says. “I met him for the first time. I was in trouble because I called him Peter and Kimi now starts laughing, ‘It’s not Peter, it’s Pete.’ I said, ‘I don’t know.

Kim Kardashian wants her kids to think highly of their dad. During ABC News' special, the 41-year-old reality star told Robin Roberts how she discusses her and Kanye «Ye» West's split with their four children.

, and after all four costumed characters delivered their memorable performances, fans had to bid farewell to yet another one of them.Hydra, Ringmaster, Armadillo and Teddy took to the stage to belt their hearts out. After all four sang, fans voted and the bottom two vote-earners had to go head-to-head into another vocal showdown.Despite Armadillo's lively performance of «I Fought the Law» by The Bobby Fuller Four and Hydra's fun cover of «Sharp Dressed Man» by ZZ Top, they ended up facing off in a music showdown, and Hydra ended up getting the axe.Before unmasking, the show's panel of celebrity «detectives» — including Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong and Jenny McCarthy, as well as guest panelist Nicole Byer — made their final guesses.While all of the judges correctly predicted that the Hydra was actually a duo and not a trio, despite the three heads, only Byer managed to correctly put the clues together.After figuring out how to unmask, the duo revealed themselves to be none other than magicians Penn & Teller!ET spoke with Penn about his time with Teller on the show, and the celebrated magician and TV personality reflected on how the costume itself was a bit of magical misdirection to keep their identity hidden.«If you look up duos in showbusiness, we pop up first on Google.

Rob Lowe will be starring in a new Netflix series with one of his sons!

Florence Pugh is celebrating Zach Braff‘s boyfriend!

It looks like Scott Disick has a new girlfriend!

Jason Tartick is speaking out about his strong opinions of Colton Underwood. The Bachelorette star, 33, called the fellow reality hunk “very calculated” and made some allegations of what it was like with him when they both interviewed to be The Bachelor lead, during the most recent episode of his podcast, Trading Secrets. Jason claimed Colton told the producers of the show that they should pick him if they wanted “good TV ratings.”

SPOILER ALERT – Do not continue reading if you don’t want to know who was unmasked on The Masked Singer tonight!

Eddie Redmayne’s magical skills aren’t living up to the expectation of his kids.

Canadian Screen Week continues, with the Canadian Academy announcing more winners of 2022 Canadian Screen Awards.

Fans have gotten to know Nicola Peltz from her acting career on projects like Bates Motel and her adorable relationship with soon-to-be-hubby Brooklyn Beckham, but they may not know much about her family. Here we breakdown Nicola’s upbringing to a billionaire father and fashion model mother in Westchester, New York, also detailing the relationship with her numerous siblings.

The Drew Barrymore Show! Drew Barrymore shared a real candid photo of how her show really starts, and fans are loving it.MORE: Drew Barrymore opens up about the awkward first meeting with one of her show's competitorsThe star is no stranger to opening up on her hit talk show from everything to dating as a single mom to important conversations surrounding mental health, and often shares behind-the-scenes glimpses and backstage clips of how her hit show gets made.Her latest picture is no less candid, as she reveals how she actually shows up to work.WATCH: Drew enlisted The Home Edit to organize her kitchen in the second season of Netflix's Get Organized with the Home EditMORE: Drew Barrymore reveals on her show how she met best friend Jimmy Fallon and how she's responsible for his marriageThe star shared a glimpse of her fabulous office, and what she looks like when she gets there. It may not be as coordinated as her usual looks, but fans still rushed to the comments to compliment her.Drew took to Instagram to share an honest picture of how her day starts before the make-up gets applied and the cameras start rolling, and while fans are used to wanting to recreate her more stylish and elegant looks, many want this more casual one just as much.The picture features Drew in a somewhat mismatched – albeit cozy – look, which included tie-dye leggings, a burgundy argyle print cardigan, a blue Mickey Mouse t-shirt under it, and over it all, a pink, lilac and blue plaid wool coat.  Drew's stunning office and eclectic outfitThe star topped off the outfit with green slippers and a top-knot.

Khloe Kardashian has mostly kept quiet about where she stands with Tristan Thompson after he fathered a third child with another woman, Maralee Nichols, at the end of 2021 — until now. The reality star sat down with Robin Roberts for an ABC News special interview and dished on how things are going with Tristan these days. “I think he’s a great guy and a great dad, he’s just not the guy for me,” Khloe confirmed.

Kanye West‘s absence from social media has been a huge relief for his ex-wife Kim Kardashian‘s new boyfriend Pete Davidson. The Staten Island native, 28, has been the target of many of Ye’s posts thanks to the rapper’s non-stop tirades — but a source tells HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that Pete asked his bosses at Saturday Night Live “not to lean into any of that.” Beyond the many posts, Kanye also buried a cartoon version of Pete alive in his latest “Eazy” music video.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJapanese manga and anime fans will get a chance to deepen their obsessions with the Viz Media re-release later this year of volume 1 of “Bleach,” an iconic comic strip. One of the best-selling manga titles of all time, “Bleach” has sold over 120 million copies since its debut in Japan’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, including 2.7 million copies in the U.S. As an anime TV series, it ran to 366 episodes and spawned four feature films.The release of a limited-edition 20th anniversary edition is set for Aug.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 7, Episode 5, of “The Masked Singer,” “Masking For a Duel — Round 2,” which aired April 6 on Fox.That’s no illusion, it really was Vegas legends Penn and Teller unmasked on Wednesday night’s episode of “The Masked Singer.” Penn Jillette and his quiet partner Teller were disguised under the three-headed Hydra outfit.And yes, that was Teller who did most of the singing — in two different voices, one as himself and one in an aristocratic-style voice patterned after Rex Harrison in “My Fair Lady.” (As a matter of fact, the duo dubbed the voice “Rex.”)That may very well be the only time you’ll ever hear Teller — famously mute during all Penn & Teller appearances — actually talk. According to Jillette — who naturally spoke solo with Variety — the decision was made to have Teller sing most of the songs since Jillette’s booming voice is so recognizable.

Wilson Chapman editorRae Allen, the Tony-winning stage and screen veteran known for her role as nosy reporter Gloria Thorpe in “Damn Yankees” and as Quintina Blundetto on “The Sopranos,” died Wednesday, her rep Kyle Fritz confirmed to Variety. She was 95.Born in Brooklyn as Rae Julia Theresa Abruzzo, Allen began her career on the stage after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1947.

Jimmy Wang Yu, a Taiwanese actor who was once one of the biggest stars of martial arts cinema, died Tuesday in a Taipei hospital from an undisclosed illness he battled for six years. He was 79 and his death was announced on Instagram by his daughter, Linda Wang.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is apologizing to LeBron James.

Kevin Bacon just revealed what's next for the Bacon family, and fans seriously couldn't be happier.MORE: Sosie Bacon twins with heavy metal brother Travis in rare photo togetherWhile the star may be best known for his iconic role in Footloose and most recently playing Jackie on Castle on the Hill, the actor has much more than acting skills under his wing, and he's proving it.The star is as musical as he is theatrical, and routinely shares that side of him with followers through performances and song shout-outs on Instagram. Music undoubtedly runs in the family, and he performs not just on Instagram, but on stage, and tours the country with his brother Michael Bacon, who makes up the other half of their band, fittingly called the Bacon Brothers.WATCH: Kevin sends City on a Hill fans wild with exciting show updateMORE: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon enjoy lavish date night at Vanity Fair partyNow the two have finally announced what they've been working on, and fans inundated their comments with their excitement and anticipation over it.The Bacon Brothers teased their brand new single, In Memory of When I Cared, in a new video on Instagram, and the countdown to when it'll be available to listen couldn't come faster.The 63-year-old revealed that it won't be too long now, and that the single will be out on Friday, 8 April.A post shared by Kevin Bacon (@kevinbacon)The exciting announcementHe captioned the post with: "Get a taste of new @baconbrosmusic “In Memory Of (When I Cared)” out this Friday, April 8th.

Kim Kardashian gave an update on where she and Kanye West stand during a special ABC interview, which aired on April 6. Kim and some of her family members sat down with Robin Roberts for the interview, and Kim opened up about her current relationship with ‘Ye, who she separated from in Feb. 2021. “You want to take the high road sometimes and sometimes it’s hard, but I think at the end of the day, everyone has their own way of communicating,” Kim explained. “I’ve always been a champion of him speaking his truth and I would always want that.”

Although Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson have only been dating a few months, the SNL alum, 28, is getting very “comfortable” with the reality star’s kids. A few sources close to the couple spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife and shared an update on Pete’s relationship with Kim’s children after the comedian was spotted hanging out with his girlfriend’s oldest daughter, North West, for the first time on April 3.

Kanye West, 44, is one of the biggest and richest rappers in the world, but he still left a lot of money behind when walking away from his upcoming Coachella gig. The talented artist was apparently going to be paid $8 million for the headlining performance and Coachella was also going to pay an additional $500,000 for production costs, according to sources at Page Six. The impressive amount still wasn’t able to hold Ye down though, as he cancelled his appearance less than two weeks before he was set to take the big stage.

Ezra Miller’s projects with Warner Bros. and DC are reportedly in jeopardy following the actor's arrest in Hawaii.  Rolling Stone reported Wednesday that the production companies had an emergency meeting after the actor’s legal trouble in Hawaii.  After the meeting, the committee reportedly agreed to pause all projects involving Miller and all public appearances they had scheduled to support the DC Cinematic Universe.

The Walking Dead is coming to an end this year, and so it seems is most of the long-standing legal action by Robert Kirkman and other executive producers of the zombie apocalypse series against AMC.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentBritney Spears is objecting to her mother’s request to pay $663,202.84 in attorney’s fees, in conjunction with her conservatorship.The objection marks the latest move in the pop star’s ongoing and drawn-out legal battle. The singer’s attorney, Mathew Rosengart, filed new court documents ahead of a Wednesday hearing — where no decision was made — asking a judge to deny Lynne Spears’ petition for her famous daughter to foot her hefty legal bills.“Britney Spears has for decades been her family’s sole breadwinner, supporting her entire family,” Rosengart stated in a filing on Tuesday with the Los Angeles Superior Court.“Lynne Spears and her counsel seek payment of legal fees and costs — from Britney Spears — of more than $660,000,” Rosengart’s filing states, arguing that there is “no legal authority” supporting the singer’s mother’s request, since she was not an official party involved with the conservatorship.

Nina’s new man! Nearly five months after Nina Agdal and Jack Brinkley-Cook broke up, Us Weekly can confirm she has moved on with Ben Kaplan.

Rae Allen, a Tony winner who originated the role of Gloria in “Damn Yankees” on Broadway in 1955 and reprised the role in the 1958 film, had died at 95.Her talent manager, Kyle Fritz, told TheWrap that she died in her sleep of natural causes on Wednesday morning. Allen was born Rae Julia Theresa Abruzzo in Brooklyn, New York, in 1926.