Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS NewsHour that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85. Lehrer died “peacefully in his sleep,” according to PBS. He had suffered a heart attack in 1983, and more recently had undergone heartRead More →
Teen phenom Billie Eilish is planning an eco-friendly world tour for 2020. Coldplay, no stranger to rocking an arena, is hitting pause on touring as the band searches for a greener way. Meanwhile, trip-hoppers Massive Attack are prepping a “super-low carbon” gig and teaming up with climate scientists to study the environmentalRead More →
When one of Russia’s most successful filmmakers watched HBO’s acclaimed miniseries on Chornobyl, he says his heart initially sank. With his own production well underway but still more than a year and a half from release, Alexander Rodnyansky had been beaten to the punch. “We got very disappointed, of course, because we wanted to tellRead More →
Two actresses sued James Franco and the acting and film school he founded Thursday, saying he intimidated his students into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations far beyond those acceptable on Hollywood film sets. Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, former students at the actor’s now-closed Studio 4, said in the lawsuitRead More →
Felicity Huffman and her lawyers pleaded Friday for probation, community service and a fine instead of jail time for her role in the college admissions scandal, buoyed by letters of support from her famous husband, William H. Macy, and her Desperate Housewives co-star Eva Longoria. Huffman, in a three-page letter filedRead More →