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On Wednesday, People magazine announced its pick for “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” of 2017 and ― drumroll please ― it’s Julia Roberts, who’s now earned the title a record five times. That’s right, Roberts has been named “Most Beautiful” more times than anyone else, surpassing Jennifer Aniston and Michelle Pfeiffer. She first appeared on the issue in 1991 at the age of 23, fresh from her role in “Pretty Woman.” “I am very flattered,” the Oscar-winning actress said of the recent accolade, later adding, “I think I’m currently peaking.” Now, yes, Roberts is beautiful, but if we’re being honest, so...

We’re almost there, folks. In just a few short weeks, we will be experiencing the very next film in what we now know will be the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. The trailers for the upcoming Marvel Studios flick have been off-the-charts amazing, and if you were a fan of that ridiculous, goofy humor of that first one, this film looks to have that in spades.But can Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 live up to the promise of the first film? Most importantly, does it continue the proud tradition of solid films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Screenings have...

Bill O'Reilly is leaving Fox News Channel, the network's parent company has said. “After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the Company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel,” 21st Century Fox said in a statement.

The new Christian Bale film 'The Promise' won't be out in theaters until Friday, but it's IMDB rating has already been tanked by tens of thousands of one-star reviews. In the film, set at the end of the Ottoman Empire, Bale plays an Associated Press reporter covering the Armenian genocide. While the atrocities are largely considered to be the first genocide of the 20th century, Turkey still refuses to use the term in reference to the mass killing. After hearing the topic of the film, trolls organized on a Turkish message board similar to 4Chan or Reddit to protest the...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 had its first press-screening on Monday night. And once the fourth and final post-credits scene concluded, members of the press quickly dug into their pockets, retrieved their phones, logged into their Twitter accounts, and tweeted their initial reactions. And as you might suspect, they are overwhelmingly positive. To be honest, I haven't seen one truly negative reaction. That doesn't mean all of them are warm and fuzzy, either. There are some people that are disappointed that it didn't live up to their expectations, and others just didn't find it to be as funny or...

Growing up, Madonna always wanted to be in the spotlight. She got her wish after releasing her first, self-titled, album in 1983. Hit songs such as “Lucky Star,” “Burning Up,” “Borderline” and “Holiday” sent her soaring to worldwide fame. The beautiful blonde named Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, originally from Bay City, Michigan, was born on August 16, 1958 as one of seven kids from a strict Catholic family but tragically lost her mother to cancer when she was only seven years old. She overcame hardship and thrived to reach her goal of conquering the world by the age of 24....

The biggest news out of Star Wars Celebration may have been the release of the hotly anticipated first teaser for Episode VIII, The Last Jedi, but despite the major secrecy surrounding the upcoming film, that wasn’t the only Star Wars revelation to come out of this weekend. Here’s what else we learned: Despite statements from Fisher's family to the contrary, the late Carrie Fisher will not appear in Episode IX.

Today, the first teaser for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" dropped and the thing that stuck out for fans was Luke Skywalker's quote at the end that the "Jedi must end." ... As for if Luke would ever turn to the dark side, [Hamill] said, "It's possible, anything's possible." ...

Emmy-winning actor Eric Braeden spent 37 years playing self-made businessman Victor Newman on "The Young and the Restless." He joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his new memoir, "I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama."

Michael Burstein kindly provided the Four Questions in Klingon to those of his readers in the Federation of Planets celebrating Pesach (Passover). The Four Questions In Klingon qatlh pImlaw’ ramvam rammey latlh je? qaStaHvIS Hoch rammey “Hametz” “Matza” je DISop, ‘ach qaStaHvIS ramvam’e’, “Matza” neH wISop. qaStaHvIS Hoch rammey, Hoch tI wISop, ‘ach qaStaHvIS ramvam’e’, tI wIb neH wISop. qaStaHvIS Hoch rammey, paghlogh taSDaq vay’ wIlan, ‘ach qaStaHvIS ramvam’e’, cha’logh vay’ wIlan. qaStaHvIS Hoch rammey, maSopDI’, maQot qoj maba’, ‘ach qaStaHvIS ramvam’e’, maQotba’ Hochma’. For those wondering whether Klingon Seders include four cups of Gagh, I did some homework. And,...

She wants to be a “loud voice of opposition” and that is exactly what she is, in a very crude, NSFW way. She even claims President Trump suffers from the effects of contracting syphilis in the 1980s. After a rather lame opening skit with Adam Sandler – Chelsea wants the viewers to know she’s traveled to India, England, Amsterdam, and Spain since the last season ended – she begins with a monologue that went like this: “Last time I was sitting at this desk, the President of the United States was a hot, young, parasailing novelist named Barack Hussein Obama.

FULL TITLE: It's political correctness gone Psycho! Remake won't show the killer cross-dressing in a shower scene in order to avoid 'transphobia' It is the chilling moment from the classic film Psycho that once seen can never be forgotten. Deranged motel proprietor Norman Bates, dressed up in his mother’s clothes, launches a murderous knife attack on a defenceless guest in the shower. But now the scene from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh has been remade, but with a crucial difference. Bates is no longer wearing women’s clothes – for fear of damaging the image...

LOS ANGELES — The first sign of what is to come at Nerdstrong Gym in North Hollywood is the red welcome mat: It’s in the shape of a Dungeons & Dragons 10-sided die. The equipment inside includes 25-pound steel clubs (for the potions class portion of a Harry Potter workout, among others). A gray concrete wall is painted with pixelated Space Invaders from the 1970s video game. And the gym’s handbook reassures members that workouts can be scaled from Padawan to Jedi Master (that’s Star Wars for “pretty easy” to “really hard”). Since this gym opened in 2013, members —...

Race-faker Rachel Dolezal has been confronted by Dr Phil in a hard-hitting interview. In a promo for the show which will air on Monday, Dr Phil confronts the white woman who claims to identify as an African-American despite being born in Montana to white parents.  He asks her: 'You pretended to be black. You perpetrated a lie. You agree with that, right?   To Dr Phil's shock, 39-year-old Dolezal, who identifies as 'transracial', responded: 'No.'

“Survivor” contestant Jeff Varner who outed fellow competitor Zeke Smith as transgender on Wednesday night’s episode of the CBS reality competition has been fired from his real estate job. The Greensboro News & Record reports Varner was fired on Thursday from Allen Tate Realtors because he was “in the middle of a news story that we don’t want anything to do with.” …

Clifton James, a veteran actor who appeared as Sheriff J.W. Pepper in two James Bond films, died Saturday morning at age 96... James most famous role came on film. He appeared in two James Bond films opposite Roger Moore: “Live and Let Die” (1973) and “The Man with the Golden Gun” (1974). He portrayed the crowing Louisiana sheriff, J.W. Pepper (pictured). James would play similar Southern lawman in numerous other roles during his career, including “Silver Streak” and “Superman II” Among his other film credits included “Cool Hand Luke,” “Eight Men Out” and “The Bonfire of the Vanities.” ...

Fans don’t like to let their favorites go, but now they don’t have to. We live in a world desperate to remake, reboot, and flat-out return to beloved franchises, hunting the closest thing to a sure audience there is. But the more beloved these continuations are, they harder they are to get right. Fans want them to somehow be exactly the same while still being fresh and new, an impossible request—except, it turns out, for the return of Mystery Science Theater 3000. The show returns today on Netflix with its 11th season, 18 years after season 10 ended in 1999....

In recent months, The Handmaid’s Tale — Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel about a patriarchal future where fertile women are a tightly controlled commodity — has become more of a symbol than a piece of fiction. From a “Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again” sign at a protest to women protesting a restrictive abortion law in costume, it offers a form of protest that cuts straight to the misogynist thread in American populism. Hulu, which will premiere an adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale on April 26th, couldn’t have asked for better publicity. But The Handmaid’s Tale is more than a political...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Arriving in your galaxy December 15.

Based on the acclaimed indie film, this series satirizes “post-racial” America as students of color navigate a predominantly white Ivy League college.