Steve Mensch, the president and manager of general operations at Tyler Perry Studios, died in a single-seater plane crash in Florida on Friday, according to a source close to the studios, per TMZ. He was 62. Highway Patrol Troopers told local media that they responded to the fatal crash, which occurred in Homosassa, a short distance from … Read more
An autograph seeker went berserk on Jason Kelce after the former NFL center and ESPN personality passed the person by without signing an autograph as he left filming an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Thursday night. Video obtained by TMZ showed the bizarre scene playing out behind the studio in Hollywood, as several people looking … Read more
This yogi has taken “nama-stay at home” seriously. While most people don’t dream of sleeping at the office or welcoming strangers and celebrities into their houses daily, Alex Schatzberg does — because he legally has to. The longtime East Villager signed a rare live-work lease in 2017, which requires that he run a business out … Read more
ESPN host Malika Andrews stayed poised and composed as a 4.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the network’s Los Angeles studio while she was on-air on Monday. Andrews, the host of “NBA Today,” was talking with women’s basketball legend Rebecca Lobo about the United States women’s team’s 67-66 gold-medal win over France to cap off the Paris … Read more
At Electric Lady Studios — the influential Greenwich Village recording venue founded by Jimi Hendrix — artists from David Bowie and Lou Reed to Beyoncé and Taylor Swift have laid down tracks. But, insiders say the space is filled with more than just good vibes and great music. Many say it’s haunted. “Pretty much every … Read more
Casey Tayler likes being on top. The top of her and husband Andy’s queen-sized bunk beds, that is. “Baby, we will never go back — this is the life,” raved Tayler, 31, an NYC tastemaker, from her lofted lair in a trending TikTok testimonial. “We are roommates in a room together.” Casey Tayler claims sleeping … Read more
There’s a lot to be said for the work/play energy of a nice studio or other small apartment during the day. But how do you bring that energy down to get a good night’s sleep? With electronics, cookery, clothes and books all in one space, it can be a challenge to create a restful refuge. … Read more
For the first time in more than a decade, audiences will be able to watch Lindsay Lohan take on a leading role in a major-studio, big-screen film. The actress is starring in the sequel to 2003’s “Freaky Friday,” which just began shooting. On Monday, Walt Disney Studios posted a photo of Lohan and co-star Jamie … Read more
movie review I AM: CELINE DION Running time: 102 minutes. Rated PG (thematic material and brief smoking images). On Prime Video June 25. One of the rawest moments I’ve ever seen in a documentary about a living superstar comes near the end of “I Am: Celine Dion.” The “My Heart Will Go On” singer, who … Read more
Jelly Roll is very big on giving back. According to Entertainment Tonight, the country music star helped launch a music studio inside of Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was once incarcerated. The outlet reported that a portion of the proceeds from Jelly Roll’s Bridgestone Arena headlining show in December and … Read more
They didn’t start the fire — or, the tale of a real Hot Topic. “The View” co-hosts and show staff were forced to flee their studio before Wednesday morning’s show after a grease fire broke out at “The Tamron Hall Show,” which shoots in the studio next door. No one was injured in the blaze, … Read more
Molly Ringwald’s perfectly marvelous road to becoming a mom began with one simple place. Ringwald revealed in a new interview with The Times that she conceived her daughter, Mathilda, at Studio 54. The “Sixteen Candles” actress, 56, shares Mathilda, 20, and twins Roman and Adele, 14, with husband Panio Gianopoulos. Ringwald as Sally Bowles in … Read more
The Untitled Hotel at 3 Freeman Alley on the Lower East Side is chucking the traditional hotel gift shop for something a tad more permanent: Unscripted Ink, the city’s first in-hotel tattoo studio. But this is no late-night, regrettable “I ♥ NY” stamp shop. Unscripted Ink is about immersive experiences, offering everything from the fleeting beauty … Read more
A rogue street artist plastered pink paper mache over an iconic downtown façade that was once the studio of legendary painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. The face of 57 Great Jones Street in NoHo, which is now home to Angelina Jolie’s luxury fashion venture, has long been a mecca for those who consider street art an essential … Read more
“Queen!” It was a Friday night in January, and Snoop Dogg had just rolled into a cocktail party hosted by Donna Langley, NBCUniversal’s chief content officer and studios chairwoman. His shouted greeting, paired with a jaunty deferential dance, seemed to leave her a bit embarrassed. “We’re here to celebrate filmmakers and films,” Langley told the … Read more
If you build it, he will come. Kevin Costner is working on his very own field of dreams following a very public divorce from his ex-wife Christine Baumgartne, which was finalized today. The “Yellowstone” actor has partnered with a developer in southern Utah to build a $40 million film studio to St. George, according to The … Read more
The time that Taylor Swift fans have been waiting for has finally arrived. At the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, the singer, 34, announced her next record will be titled “The Tortured Poets Department.” While accepting the award for Best Pop Vocal Album for “Midnights,” Swift said the album would be released on … Read more
Hold on tight spider-monkey, we almost had a different Edward Cullen. “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke revealed Monday that Robert Pattinson almost lost out on the iconic role due to the fact he wasn’t hot enough at the time. “When he came over to my house, he had black bangs for hair and was kind of … Read more
It might have been an existential question for the creators of the beloved stop-motion animation characters Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep: What would happen if they ran out of clay? Fans spent the weekend worrying about the fate of Aardman Animations when the British newspaper The Telegraph reported that the studio, based in … Read more
Talk about a company wanting their members to go all out for them — literally. A pilates studio called Solidcore is turning heads on social media after revealing they are encouraging members to brand themselves with a tattoo of their logo to celebrate their 10-year anniversary, according to several posts put out by content creators. … Read more