Star Gazing

HOLLYWOOD—Concertgoers who attended Houston’s Astroworld Festival and are safe, consider yourself blessed. The festival is now considered one of the deadliest concerts in U.S. history. Eight people are dead and many more injured after attending the Travis Scott performance on November 5. The music event is now under investigation by police and several concertgoers are suing Scott and the promoters...

HOLLYWOOD—The film industry is shocked and saddened about what happened last week on the set of "Rust” in New Mexico. Many production companies still use guns-real guns- when filming, according to published reports. Despite rules and regulations, people can get killed, as what we saw happen last week when Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after he was...

HOLLYWOOD—What’s in a name? The phrase comes from Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet:" That which we call a rose any other name would smell as sweet. Our names are an incredibly important part of our identity. They carry deep personal, cultural, familial and historical connections. They also give us a sense of who we are, the communities in which we...

HOLLYWOOD—Adele has released a snippet of her first new music in six years and revealed that the full song will be out next week. The release was posted on a 21-second black and white clip on Twitter, showing her putting a cassette bearing the song’s title, "Easy On Me," into a car stereo. That’s followed by 13 seconds of...

HOLLYWOOD—The choices can be endless when picking your wedding gowns. So whether the bride-to-be wants to add hundreds of embellishments or have the gown custom made, the wedding dress costs can be very steep. Some brides like to go extreme with the gowns. Some brides have limitless wedding budgets, including some of the rich and famous. These affluent brides...

HOLLYWOOD—Leave it to Paramount Pictures to file a lawsuit. They claim that "Mission Impossible 7" insurance falls far short of COVID-related losses. According to Paramount Pictures,  it says that it stopped filming seven times during the pandemic, for reasons including the travel restrictions to the UK. It alleges the Federal Insurance Company paid out only $5 million, even though...

HOLLYWOOD—It’s hard to believe that on August 16, 2021, marked 44 years since the passing of Elvis Presley. Presley was discovered dead in his Graceland mansion, found motionless on a bathroom floor by his then 22-year-old girlfriend, Ginger Alden. Elvis became the biggest star in the world in the 1950s, and continued topping charts and making movies into the...

HOLLYWOOD—We all know the entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, along with Bernard Arnault and his family. What you didn’t know is some celebrities are also billionaires. Let’s look at some of our favorite celebrities that are in the Billionaire club. Rihanna, has just became a billionaire, yet has not released an album since 2016. Her earnings from...

HOLLYWOOD—The fascination continues with Bennifer. They got together back in 2002, at the height of the tabloid media, when the print press was all over the newstands swaying over celebrity culture. For the paparazzi and gossip columnists, they were the “dream pairing” of celebrity couples. Both of them were riding the waves of success that sustained media interest. Lopez,...

HOLLYWOOD—Better luck next time. Unfortunately, Nicolas Cage noted the Joe Exotic role in the Amazon series isn’t happening. He won’t be stepping into the cowboy boots of Joe Exotic after all. Following the immense success of the highly viewed Netflix documentary series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” in 2020, the eclectic actor was tapped for an eight-part dramatization...