Taylor Swift Rallies Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation at Chicago Concert: ‘We Can’t Talk About Pride Without Talking About Pain’

It took three years and cost the public purse £32m. The Manchester Arena Inquiry finally came to a close on Wednesday, but instead of back-slapping and congratulations for a job well done, there was palpable frustration and fear that this vast and expensive effort may, in some respects, have been in vain.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter After less than two weeks of release, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” has surpassed the entire box office run of its predecessor, 2018’s Oscar-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” Over the weekend, the comic book sequel hit $226 million in North America and $390 million globally. It now stands as Sony’s highest-grossing animated release in history. The original film, also a box office winner, tapped out with $190 in North America and $384 million globally. Despite competition from Paramount’s “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” which opened to $60 million and targets a similar audience of younger males, “Spider-Verse” added $55 million in its second weekend of release, a decline of $55% from its huge $120 million debut.

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Kelis isn't making her current relationship status !On Saturday, the «Milkshake» songstress shared a beachside photo of her rocking a bikini while on vacation in Greece. And while fans were impressed with the photo — there were questions.«I’m a beach bum,» the 43-year-old captioned the pic.In the comments, a fan used the opportunity to ask the «Caught Out There» singer if she wanted to address the rumors of her relationship with Bill Murray. «Ma’am would you care to address these Bill Murray allegations?!? Cuz damn! What he doing with all that?!?» the user wrote in the comments section.«lol no babe, I wouldn’t bother at all,» Kelis replied.A post shared by Kelis (@kelis)On Thursday, the «I Hate You So Much Right Now» singer and the legendary actor garnered worldwide headlines after   reported that they've struck an unlikely romance.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” kicked off at the international box office with $110 million from 68 markets, including a decent $40 million start in China. The seventh installment in Paramount’s action franchise also pulled in $60 million in its North American debut, bringing its worldwide tally to a solid $170 million. Overseas audiences will be key to the theatrical success of “Transformers,” which cost $200 million. Prior entries in the 16-year-old series have earned as much as 70% of overall box office returns outside of the U.S. and Canada. At the international box office, ticket sales for “Rise of the Beasts” are pacing 32% below “Bumblebee,” which is the most recent entry in the series. The newest chapter has managed to set franchise records in eight smaller markets, including Indonesia, Argentina and Peru. The Autobots will take the box office milestones where they can get them.

Kelis is keeping on the down low.

Ashlyn would be so proud! After Julia Lester made her mark on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, she had her sights set on Broadway.

Elizabeth Olsen and Meghann Fahy deliver two of the most nuanced performances of the Emmy season, both playing complicated women who are wives and mothers. In “Love & Death,” Olsen’s Candy Montgomery is based on a real housewife in late-1970s Texas, who out of boredom instigates an affair with Allan (Jesse Plemons), a member of her church — an illicit assignation that eventually leads to Candy being on trial for murdering Allan’s wife, Betty (Lily Rabe). In a very different setting, Season 2 of Mike White’s “The White Lotus,” Fahy plays Daphne, a character on a luxury Sicilian vacation with her husband, Cameron (Theo James), and another couple: Ethan (Will Sharpe) and Harper (Aubrey Plaza). As the tension among the four escalates, it’s both sexual and violent — and oddsmakers were entirely wrong about the identity of the dead body in the season-premiere flashback.

Tatiana Siegel It’s all about the framing of a news story. “We’re seeing it now, how a narrative can change the truth,” says Tracee Ellis Ross as she slides into a plush chair in her Los Angeles home. There’s no particular trending story on her mind. The actress and sometimes director is simply musing about the state of clickbait journalism and America’s eroding trust in the media. The topic is front and center in her latest movie, the Fourth Estate thriller “Cold Copy,” in which Ross plays Diane Hager, an esteemed yet cutthroat TV journalist who begins mentoring an ambitious wannabe (Bel Powley), eventually leading them both down a morally bankrupt path.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief These days Jane Campion – Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning film director – is celebrated for a vein of heartfelt cinema that is aching and quirky, rather than gushing. She’s also an intelligent and determined female pioneer who has had to struggle for her present standing in a male-dominated industry. The Sydney Film Festival this week is showcasing and contextualizing her body of work. Its screening program includes all nine of her feature works, from “Two Friends” to “The Power of the Dog,” and a selection of her short films. “For our 70th edition, we wanted to present a retrospective commensurate with the milestone, reflecting the audacious and boundary pushing filmmaking synonymous with our festival and region. There was no one more appropriate than Jane Campion,” said SFF director Nashen Moodley in notes ahead of the event.

H&M just broke a record!

History in the making! J. Harrison Ghee received their first Tony Award nomination in May 2023, marking the first time a nonbinary actor earned such an honor.

Pride Vibes and sunny skies! A-Listers are all about celebrating this summer, whether it’s in honor of Pride Month or just an excuse to soak up the sun.

Almost time! Sara Bareilles is gearing up for the 76th annual Tony Awards by working to ignore her past body image struggles before hitting the red carpet.

Pride Bar Crawl DC (www.crawlwith.us/washingtondc/pride), a 6th annual self-guided bar-hop to five centrally located, primarily non-LGBTQ venues, organized by Crawl With Us, which pledges that 20 percent of this year’s event proceeds will go to the Capital Pride Alliance.From 4 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 17, bar crawlers will enjoy exclusive drink specials, plus one or two complimentary drinks, and select food specials as they go, at their own pace and in whatever order they choose among participating venues including Chinatown’s Howl at the Moon and Tom’s Watch Bar-Capital One, Dupont Circle’s Ghost Dupont Diner and Phantom Lounge, plus a fifth venue TBA.

Carole Horst “Nimona” took a twisty road to the big screen. But now it’s ready for its debut at Annecy Animation Film Festival. Pictured above is an exclusive still from the anticipated fantasy adventure. Based on the graphic novel by N.D. Stevenson, the feature follows Ballister Boldheart, a knight in a futuristic medieval world who is framed for a crime he didn’t commit. The only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona, a mischievous teen who happens to be a shapeshifting creature he’s sworn to destroy. “Nimona” started out at 20th Century Fox’s animation shingle Blue Sky Studios, which optioned the novel in 2015. Nick Bruno and Troy Quane were brought onboard in 2020 when creative direction of the film changed. The film continued production apace even after Disney completed its $71.9 billion merger with 20th Century Fox in 2019.

Give her a reason and Megan Fox will transform into an outwardly ferocious protector, bashing anyone attacking her three young sons. The "Transformers" actress and current Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model took to Instagram to eviscerate Robby Starbuck, a former Republican candidate for Congress in Nashville, Tennessee, after he claimed the actress "forced" her sons to wear dresses. "Really don’t want to give you this attention because clearly youre [sic] a clout chaser but let me teach you something…Irregardless [sic] of how desperate you may become at any given time to acquire wealth, power, success, or fame - never use children as leverage or social currency.

A young Aitch superfan has finally got to meet his idol after a video of him at the rapper's concert went viral.

The sneak peek for tonight's Love Island sees the villa rocked to its core, as both Sammy and Zachariah pull Molly for a chat. Something that Mitchel, with whom she's currently coupled up, doesn't seem too happy about.

Taylor Swift.Mitchell Taebel, 36, was arrested on June 2 on charges of stalking, invasion of privacy, intimidation and harassment after making numerous attempts to contact Swift at home and through social media.According to an affidavit obtained by CNN, Taebel allegedly sent Swift a voice message via Instagram on March 29 saying he “would happily wear a bomb if he cannot be with his soul mate.”Further messages were also allegedly sent to Swift’s father, in which Taebel claimed he was Swift’s “soulmate” and dancers on her Eras Tour, threatening them if there was a “sexual performance of [‘Midnights’ track] ‘Vigilante Shit.”Prior to Swift’s Eras Tour weekend shows in Nashville in May, Taebel allegedly travelled from Long Beach to the singer’s Nashville penthouse, sneaking into the apartment building through an unsecured door.He was said to have been confronted by Swift’s security team who called Nashville police, but he vacated the property before officers arrived.Taebel was then allegedly put on a “security threat” list to prevent him from purchasing tickets for Swift’s Nashville concerts.

The devoted mother of footballer Jordan Sinnott, who was tragically killed in 2020, has revealed she has terminal cancer. Last December, Melanie Tait, who is only 54, was told she had “days, maybe a week” to live by a medic. In her darkest moment, the ex-detective silently spoke to her late son: "Jord, help me have more time, I need to get your brother Tom in a better place.” Miraculously, Melanie rallied from her near-death experience and today explains that even after his death, Jordan is always near her – sending her a message, urging her to go to hospital when she first noticed something was wrong.

A mum who felt like she was in a 'horror film' after being stalked by her ex-boyfriend has issued a warning.

Jaden Adams knew he identified as a boy long before he understood what the word transgender meant.

Phillip Schofield has broken his silence after it was claimed that he could potentially join TalkTV.The move would see him join Piers Morgan and Jeremy Kyle at the TV channel. Phillip stepped down with 'immediate effect' from This Morning last month, amid reports of a feud between him and co-host Holly Willoughby.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic There’s a moment in “Stan Lee,” David Gelb’s lively and illuminating documentary about the visionary of Marvel Comics, that’s momentous enough to give you a tingle. The year is 1961, and Lee, approaching 40, is burnt out on comics. It’s a form he has never taken all that seriously, even though he’s been working at it since 1939, when he started, at 17, as a gofer for Timely Comics. (Within two years he’d become the company’s editor, art director, and chief writer.) The comics he creates get so little respect that he tries to hide his profession when asked about it at cocktail parties. In 1961, though, Lee receives a directive from Martin Goodman, the publisher of the company that’s about to be renamed Marvel. He is ordered to devise a team of superheroes that can compete with DC’s Justice League (who have become the fulcrum of the so-called Silver Age of Comics). Lee, weary of superheroes, is ready to quit the business. But his wife, the English-born beauty Joan Lee, suggests that he create the kind of characters he has always been talking about — a more realistic brand of comic-book figure, one that ordinary people could relate to.

Many wearing an SFA blazer have talked the talk. But as Mike Mulraney tried his on for size as the new president at Hampden, it felt like he might actually walk the walk.

Premiering Saturday night in the Tribeca Film Festival’s Spotlight Narrative category, Eric Larue is an intense and devastating account of the after effects of a school shooting, but the focus is almost entirely on the parents of that boy who shot and killed three male classmates and is now in prison. Adapted by Brett Neveu from his own 2002 stage play, it has taken on new weight in the two decades since it was first presented at Chicago’s Red Orchid Theatre in light of the seemingly endless numbers of school shootings and the fact that the number one cause for deaths of young people is now by gun. But for his feature film directorial debut actor Michael Shannon was most interested in looking at the effects of this traumatic life-changing incident from the point of view of the parents, those of the kids killed, and particularly the pair of the young teen who murdered them.

Megan The Stallion lights up the stage at LA Pride in the Park 2023!

unveiled on Truth Social Saturday, overlays images and videos of the former POTUS over the audio of Damon’s inspiration monologue from the recently released biopic drama “Air,” which documents Nike’s pivotal partnership with Michael Jordan.The campaign video references Trump’s recent indictment, showcasing images from cable news coverage of that historic announcement paired with Damon’s statement that “once they’ve built you as high as they possibly can, they’re gonna tear you back down.” By the end, Damon says “everyone will be forgotten as soon as our time here is up, except for you; you’re gonna be remembered forever,” as clips of Trump come into focus.

This Morning host Josie Gibson is reportedly in talks to take part in the latest series of I'm A Celebrity. . .

From the Pans to Madison Square Garden, Josh Taylor's journey to the top of the boxing world has taken him to one of the sport's most historic venues.

Brittany Snow hits the red carpet in a sparkling blue gown for the premiere of her new movie, The Good Half, during the 2023 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Theater earlier this week in New York City.

Zachary Quinto recently revealed he will have a cameo in the upcoming twelfth season of American Horror Story and got to work with Kim Kardashian.

Candace Cameron Bure may have left Hallmark, but the network is already moving forward with one of her signature titles but with a new actress. Hallmark previously announced that it would be reworking the film series Aurora Teagarden as part of Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, with a prequel. Bure starred in the popular Hallmark franchise as the titular librarian for 18 films.

I'm A Celebrity later this year for the 2023 line-up. Host Josie Gibson is said to be in "advanced talks" with the offer of a big fee to appear on the show, with the former Big Brother star apparently hoping to further her TV career. Amid the recent drama surrounding This Morning and the departure of long-time host Phillip Schofield, the host and close friend of Holly Willoughby is tipped to join the new line-up ahead of the show returning to screens later this year, according to reports.

Zachary Quinto was "very impressed" by Kim Kardashian on the set of 'American Horror Story'. The 42-year-old beauty has been handed a role on the horror series, and Zachary is confident that she'll do a great job. The 46-year-old actor told PEOPLE: "I did a cameo on this season of 'American Horror Story' and I got to meet her.