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UPDATE: Britney Spears has struck back. "I'm gonna do a photoshoot with Kate [Beckinsale] and tell the Osbourne family who is the most boring family known to mankind to kindly f–k off !!!" the singer hitmaker wrote in a lengthy Instagram note that also defended the British actress and model from…

Bill Maher is no fan of Donald Trump, frequently stating on his HBO Real Time show that he’d vote for Joe Biden over the Republican challenger even if Biden’s head was in a jar of blue liquid. Yet Maher was as appalled as anyone at Saturday’s Trump assassination attempt. The talk show host posted a…

Robert De Niro ranted. Bette Midler blared about “autocracy.” Lea DeLaria declared war. But Donald Trump, though convicted in New York and shot in Pennsylvania, is still marching toward Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention begins tomorrow. Meanwhile, George Clooney called for a new…

In an opinion piece for USA Today published on Friday, Ashley Judd called on Joe Biden to "voluntarily, gracefully step aside" so that a "talented, robust Democrat" can run for the presidency. She wrote that Biden demonstrated during the debate he was "incapable of countering Trump, while he…

There’s only one topic in politics right now, and it’s all about Joe, as Bill Maher noted at the top of his show, then concluded in his “New Rules” closing editorial with a crystal clear statement: “He is not going to be the Democrat candidate in 2024.” “What a time to be in America,” said Maher in…

Scarlett Johansson is married to Saturday Night Live Weekend Update cohost Colin Jost. Which means she sometimes has to endure jokes that are either cringe or aimed at her. During her Thursday visit to The Kelly Clarkson Show, Johansson admitted that she "blacked out" during one rendition of…

It's all about trust. "There is an unspoken trust between fans and the stars they admire, and politics undercuts that trust. That's why politics is off limits to celebrities who have a survival instinct." That's what one star confided to me on issues…

Madonna has taken to social media to give thanks for surviving a bacterial infection that saw her hospitalized in intensive care. “A year ago today, I had just come home from the hospital after surviving a life threatening illness, I could barely stand in my backyard holding one sparkler,” Madonna…

The other night I was having dinner with a couple of industry veterans, both Oscar voters, who told me they had been talking to a top producer-financier who had seen two big studio movies coming out later in the year and both were fantastic. The…

It's July 1, summertime, a hot one. Political storms threaten. In West L.A., one of the awards-friendly billboards on Wilshire is blank; another is selling spring water. Not a moment to be worrying about the Oscars. Or is it? Last year on this…

Lupita Nyong'o admits she was always afraid of cats, until an alien invasion changed her mind. Nyong’o credits "A Quiet Place: Day One" for helping her overcome her felinophobia. She plays Samira, accompanied by her cat, Frodo, as aliens invade Earth and take over New York City. "I've…

There was no debating it – Bill Maher’s Real Time was going to talk about Thursday night’s presidential candidates battle and the consequences of Joe Biden’s performance. Maher started the show with a couple jabs, noting that Trump would not have gotten away with his tall tales if only Joe Biden had…