Johnny Carson book reveals the Hollywood icons he banned from ‘The Tonight Show’

Johnny Carson book reveals the Hollywood icons he banned from ‘The Tonight Show’

Johnny Carson’s time as the host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show” is memorialized in the new book “Love Johnny Carson.” Written by Carson aficionado Mark Malkoff, with David Ritz, the book covers Carson’s life and career, featuring interviews with those who knew him best, and it captures just how big an icon he was during his … Read more

Ethan Hawke calls celebrity ‘poison’ for young actors in Hollywood

Ethan Hawke calls celebrity ‘poison’ for young actors in Hollywood

Ethan Hawke called celebrity a “poison” for a young actor’s brain. The actor, 55, sat down for “The Joe Rogan Experience” to talk about his start in Hollywood as a young man, as well as to reflect on the psychological effect of becoming famous at a young age. “I think celebrity is like a tiny … Read more

Sylvester Stallone breaks down over painful Oscar night memory despite monumental ‘Rocky’ success

Sylvester Stallone breaks down over painful Oscar night memory despite monumental ‘Rocky’ success

Sylvester Stallone is reflecting on his relationship with his parents. The 79-year-old star spoke about the success of “Rocky,” which won three Academy Awards – including best picture – during a recent interview with CBS News. Looking back on his triumphant night in 1977, Stallone admitted that initially winning felt like “a volcanic moment, and then it … Read more

How the ‘Wicked’ Movies Boosted the Musical’s Broadway Sales

How the ‘Wicked’ Movies Boosted the Musical’s Broadway Sales

Oct. 30, 2003 Broadway Opening Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in the Broadway debut of “Wicked” at the Gershwin Theater. “Wicked” is an undisputed juggernaut — one of the biggest productions in musical theater history. The stage show, by the composer Stephen Schwartz and the librettist Winnie Holzman, has grossed $1.8 billion on Broadway, and … Read more

Reiner kids make no mention of brother Nick as they break silence on ‘unimaginable’ murder of dad Rob and mom Michele

Reiner kids make no mention of brother Nick as they break silence on ‘unimaginable’ murder of dad Rob and mom Michele

Jake and Romy Reiner are speaking out for the first time since the brutal murders of their parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. Romy Reiner (right) learned from paramedics that her mother had been killed after she discovered the slain body of her Hollywood director father. michelereiner/Instagram “We are grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, … Read more

‘Weird Science’ star Kelly LeBrock gives rare life update 20 years after leaving Hollywood: ‘Bit of a recluse’

‘Weird Science’ star Kelly LeBrock gives rare life update 20 years after leaving Hollywood: ‘Bit of a recluse’

Kelly LeBrock is proud she left Hollywood behind her. Over 20 years after the “Weird Science” actress quit the industry, LeBrock, 65, gave rare insight into her life living on a ranch in California’s Santa Ynez Valley. “I don’t really go out anymore. I’m sort of a bit of a recluse, but I like it … Read more

Stephen King recalls hugging Rob Reiner after watching ‘Stand by Me’ in tribute to director

Stephen King recalls hugging Rob Reiner after watching ‘Stand by Me’ in tribute to director

Author Stephen King wrote an emotional tribute to director Rob Reiner for The New York Times on Tuesday after the filmmaker and his wife were murdered over the weekend. The “It” and “Carrie” writer described Reiner inviting him to the Beverly Hills Hotel in 1985 to watch a rough cut of his film “Stand by Me,” which … Read more

Billy Crystal raced to Rob Reiner’s home, saw friends’ slain bodies following double murder: report

Billy Crystal raced to Rob Reiner’s home, saw friends’ slain bodies following double murder: report

Hollywood actor Billy Crystal and his wife were among the first people to rush to longtime pal Rob Reiner’s Los Angeles home after his murder — where they saw the slain bodies of the legendary director and his wife, Michele, according to a report. The Reiners’ daughter Romy, 28, called Crystal — a family friend … Read more

Revisiting Jane Austen’s Cultural Impact for Her 250th Birthday

Revisiting Jane Austen’s Cultural Impact for Her 250th Birthday

On Dec. 16, 1775, a girl was born in Steventon, England — the seventh of eight children — to a clergyman and his wife. She was an avid reader, never married and died in 1817, at the age of 41. But in just those few decades, Jane Austen changed the world. Her novels have had … Read more

Kelsey Grammer knew LA wasn’t for him ‘the minute I got here’: ‘We got nincompoops running things’

Kelsey Grammer knew LA wasn’t for him ‘the minute I got here’: ‘We got nincompoops running things’

Kelsey Grammer opened up about his love-hate relationship with Los Angeles.  During an interview with Fox News Digital, the 70-year-old “Turbulence” actor, who has lived in LA since the early 1980s, recalled the moment that he knew the LA life was not for him.  “The minute I got here,” Grammer said with a laugh. “But I’ve … Read more

How Rob Reiner shot to fame with ‘All in the Family’ — and then churned out Hollywood hits

How Rob Reiner shot to fame with ‘All in the Family’ — and then churned out Hollywood hits

Rob Reiner, the director behind some of Hollywood’s most beloved and endlessly rewatchable movies, has died at 78. Reiner’s death closes the book on a prolific career built on movies that stayed with audiences. His films didn’t rely on visual tricks or showy direction – instead, he trusted scripts, actors and stories that let the … Read more

Who is Michele Singer Reiner, the wife of beloved filmmaker Rob Reiner?

Who is Michele Singer Reiner, the wife of beloved filmmaker Rob Reiner?

Beloved filmmaker Rob Reiner’s wife, Michele Singer Reiner, had an accomplished career as a photographer, including capturing the original cover photo for Donald Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal.” Police were called to the Hollywood icon’s home Sunday afternoon, where they discovered the longtime couple dead from apparent stab wounds. As investigators probe the … Read more

Tributes to Rob Reiner pour in from Hollywood and beyond: ‘The reason I became an actor’

Tributes to Rob Reiner pour in from Hollywood and beyond: ‘The reason I became an actor’

The entertainment industry — and beyond — was left reeling after legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife were found stabbed to death in their Hollywood home, with tributes pouring in as soon as the tragic news spread. Reiner, 78, a beloved Hollywood icon known for his hit films like “The Princess Bride” and “This … Read more

Video: ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ | Anatomy of a Scene

Video: ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ | Anatomy of a Scene

new video loaded: ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ | Anatomy of a Scene transcript Back transcript ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ | Anatomy of a Scene The writer and director Rian Johnson narrates a sequence from his film. “My Name is Rian Johnson. I wrote and directed “Wake Up, … Read more

My insane week with Andy Dick — including getting kicked out of a strip club — before he threatened to kick me in the head

My insane week with Andy Dick — including getting kicked out of a strip club — before he threatened to kick me in the head

Andy and I were in the back room of Star Strip Cabaret, a splashy all-nude club in West Hollywood, when he got in a fight with a dancer. Fueled by four vodka gimlets, two beers and multiple hits of pot, he was getting a lap dance when he grabbed the woman’s butt and tried to … Read more

Jack Nicholson’s wildest partying days: Womanizing, drugs and sex with his stalker

Jack Nicholson’s wildest partying days: Womanizing, drugs and sex with his stalker

Jack Nicholson once explained, “With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and 60.” The comment was made some 28 years ago, long before Nicholson’s current life laying low and, as reported in The Post, “looking wobbly” at the Carlyle in Los Angeles. As he nears 90, a recent photo showed him … Read more