Stephen Colbert cancels ‘Late Show’ episodes over health emergency

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Tammy Faye Starlite knows few boundaries in her love for Marianne Faithfull, and the New York-based singer and performance artist is expressing it in two ways this season. For starters, she’s one of 25 performers who participated in a compilation album that came out earlier this month, “The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull,” along with other fellow fans ranging from Shirley Manson to Iggy Pop — a record earmarked to have proceeds go toward paying for Faithfull’s medical bills as she deals with long COVID.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER WARNING: This article contains spoilers for “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” now playing in theaters. After 10 years, 16 movies and some disappointing reviews and box office performances of late, the DC Extended Universe has officially come to an end with “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.” Jason Momoa stars as Aquaman for the seventh time in his career, after two solo movies, a “Justice League” team-up and a handful of cameos. His first standalone movie, 2018’s “Aquaman,” defied expectations and ended up making $1.15 billion at the worldwide box office, the highest-grossing DC movie ever.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The time has come for former President Barack Obama to share his end-of-year lists, and for his millions of followers on social media to speculate whether he really watched all those movies, read all those books, listened to all of those songs and binged all those shows.As I usually do during this time of year, I wanted to share my favorite books, movies, and music of 2023.First up, here are the books I've enjoyed reading.

Jaden Thompson Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White turned heads this year when fans noticed they packed on pounds of muscle for their A24 wrestling drama “The Iron Claw,” which is based on the lives of the Von Erich brothers. Efron, Allen and the rest of the cast put in serious work to look the part for the film — but once they gained that muscle, how did they perfect those wrestling moves? Chavo Guerrero, Jr., former pro wrestler and stunt coordinator on “The Iron Claw,” speaks with Variety to unpack the actors’ intensive training process. After communicating with director Sean Durkin about his vision for the film, Guerrero began by acquainting the actors with the wrestling ring and the fundamentals of the sport.

A residential road in Merseyside has been cordoned off after reports that shots were fired at a house. Alvina Lane in Kirkby is currently cordoned off by Merseyside Police with a number of police cars at the scene responding to a "serious" incident.

Rishi Sunak has announced that plans to hike the earnings threshold for bringing family members to Britain will not be fully imposed until 2025 after the announcement came under fire.

Steven Naismith has branded the decision to mic-up Hibs boss Nick Montgomery for the Edinburgh derby “intrusive” - and warned boundaries are being crossed in the chase for TV viewers.

Public transport services in Scotland are facing disruption or cancellation due to weather warnings for snow and ice.

Derek McInnes insists a win over St Johnstone would be just the tonic this Christmas.

Brendan Rodgers insists he is all in at Celtic and fired up to get the Hoops back on the trophy trail.

Kourtney Kardashian has shared the first pictures of her newborn son Rocky, and the adorable snaps sent her fans into meltdown as they gushed over the family moment. The 44 year old star gazed down at her tiny tot in her arms, and posed with husband Travis Barker for more images in the sweet photo shoot.

After months of speculation, Dancing on Ice appears to have finally found itself a new presenter, as Stephen Mulhern has “officially signed up” to front the show according to reports. With just days left to go until Dancing on Ice officially launches for 2024, a TV insider has revealed that Stephen has “signed up” to co-host the show, in the hopes of encouraging Holly Willoughby to return to present alongside him.

Rylan Clark has shared an update on his mum Linda's condition after she suffered a painful fall while on holiday in the summer. The This Morning presenter and TV star had whisked his beloved mum away for a trip abroad just the two of them, but unfortunately it ended in disaster. After slipping over and hurting herself, the 71 year old needed emergency care in hospital, and subsequently went in for surgery.

Showtime is hanging up its gloves.

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Lupita Nyong’o confirmed her split from Selema Masekela in October 2023 by taking to social media to share about her “breakup” and “deception.” She wrote: “There are much more important things going on in the world right now, and my thoughts are with those who are deeply suffering. At this moment, it is necessary for me to share a personal truth and publicly dissociate myself from someone I can no longer trust… I find myself in a season of heartbreak because of a love suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception.”Adding: “I share this to keep it, and hoping that the knowledge of my experience might be useful to someone else out there experiencing the grip of heartbreak who is poised to try and escape from the pain and miss out on the wisdom that comes from it.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves McConaughey are one of the most fan-favorite couples in Hollywood. The pair tied the knot in 2012 and welcomed three kids, 15-year-old Levi, 13-year-old Vida, and 10-year-old Livingston.MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND CAMILA ALVES ASK FANS TO BE ‘RESPECTFUL’ TO SON LEVI MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY AND CAMILA ALVES GO PANTLESS FOR THE LAUNCH OF THEIR TEQUILA BRANDMATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY’S SON LEVI SHARES INSIGHT INTO HIS ROLE AS A FATHERThe actor and the Brazilian model are known for preferring to keep their personal life private. However, they have shared a glimpse of their family life on some occasions.

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A semi-exclusive before we fully enter the winter break (and yes, I knew the original story some time ago, but I’m admittedly bad at breaking news). As you’ve likely heard by now, George Clooney says he has a script for “Ocean’s 14” that he is excited about.

If you’re anything like me, you are still reeling, not over, and have not forgiven Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai for what he did with his Criterion Collection 4K boxset remasters of all his original films (he may be an auteur, one of the true grandmasters of cinema, but his aesthetic revision there is akin to a cinematic crime that rivals what George Lucas did with the “Star Wars” prequels, worse actually).

Four tiny puppies aged about three weeks old have been saved by a member of the public who found them discarded in a cardboard box and left to die.

Jordan Pickford has insisted that Sunderland vs Newcastle United is the biggest derby in the country over the upcoming Celtic and Rangers showdown.

Could Timothée Chalamet be looking for an escape hatch on his relationship with Kylie Jenner?!

New details have come out about Nashawn Breedlove’s death.

Who knew a Christmas card would spark so much controversy!

Travis Kelce is revisiting The Eras Tour — and this time he’s bringing some company along!

3rd graders are brutal!!

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into a black hole of misery with the gloomy “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Justice League.” And now the diabolical director is zapping the enjoyment out of outer space, too, in “Rebel Moon — Part One: Child of Fire” on Netflix. Running time: 133 minutes.

Bradley Cooper was writing the script on besties becoming boos.The Cooper Opinion — in a 1993 column titled “When best friends cross the line” — was published in the “Fresh Ink” teen section of the Philadelphia Daily News when the actor was a high school senior at Germantown Academy in the Philly suburbs of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.I know this because I was the young editor, barely out of college myself, who helped Cooper find his pen game when he was a lovesick lacrosse player.“Can best friends who are of the opposite sex hook up with each other without destroying their friendship?” he wrote.Then — with an appropriate paragraphic pause for dramatic effect — he added, “In my case, yes … so far.”As if he was already ready to write his own personal “When Harry Met Sally” about his relationship plot twist with his senior prom date Deborah Landes, Cooper got real about how “suddenly you start to hate that guy she always told you was hot” and about how “once college hits, our relationship will definitely return to a ‘best friendship.’”Long before Cooper, 48, started working his baby blues on the the leading lady likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Lady Gaga and, currently, Carey Mulligan — in “Maestro” his Leonard Bernstein biopic that began streaming on Netflix this week — the baby heartthrob was already in his romantic feelings.“There has always been an underlying attraction between the two of us,” he wrote.But then he continued to get into the conflicted heart of it all: “Before, we could never fathom the idea of being more than just friends, especially because she was involved in a relationship with a friend of mine.

Victoria Beckham and her daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz have gone a long way after their rumored feud. The fashion designer and the actress are all about quality family time during their latest trip to the Bahamas, as shown in a new video where the pair can be seen enjoying a sweet moment.VICTORIA BECKHAM GRACES THE INTERNET WITH MORE HOT DAVID BECKHAM CONTENTEVA LONGORIA REVEALS THE SPECIAL THINGS SHE LEARNED FROM VICTORIA BECKHAMHARPER BECKHAM AND HER SISTER-IN-LAW, NICOLA PELTZ, GOT IDENTICAL ‘TATTOOS’The 28-year-old actress can be seen having a fun time on the beach with the 49-year-old former Spice Girl.

Selena Gomez confirmed she was in a relationship. Still, now that she is dating Benny Blanco, the singer, actress, and businesswoman, she opened up about what she prioritizes in a relationship.The star of Only Murders in the Building, 31, told Vogue México y Latinoamerica that she liked a partner who is kind, attentive, and has strong listening skills.“Honestly, I have to start being attracted to the right kind of people, because it’s a bit of both,” she said.

A drugs gang boss who sobbed in his mugshot after he was caught shipping £2m of cocaine and cannabis has been jailed.

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Ruth Seymour, the longtime leader of Santa Monica-based public radio station KCRW has died, her daughter Celia Hirschman told the Los Angeles Times. She was 88.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Andrew Haigh’s romantic fantasy All of Us Strangers. Haigh directs and wrote the film that’s loosely inspired by Taichi Yamada’s 1987 novel Strangers.