AsEmpireactor Jussie Smollett recovers froman apparent homophobic and racially charged attack, the Fox show’s creator, Lee Daniels, is speaking out about the incident. In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday afternoon, the 59-year-old director began, “It’s taken me a minute to come to social media about this because, Jussie, you are my son.” “You didn’t deserve — nor does anybody deserve — to have a noose put around your neck, to have bleach thrown on you, to be called, ‘Die, f—t n—r’ or whatever they said to you,” a visibly emotional Daniels continued....

Tina Tintor and her dog Max.Photo: Go Fund Me Tintor, 23, and her dog were driving home in the early morning hours of Nov. 2 when Ruggs, who was driving a 2020 Chevrolet Corvette, slammed into the back of her 2013 Toyota RAV4 near Spring Valley Parkway in Las Vegas. The car caught on fire, killing both Tintor and her dog. Tina Tintor. A prosecutor said Ruggs was going 156 mph at the time of the accident and had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit two hours afterward....

is best known for her role as Professor Minerva McGonagall inFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,but she has long been a fan of the famous franchise. With a busy year ahead, Glascott, 36, spoke to PEOPLE about all thingsHarry Potterand also gave a little insight into her world. Aside from her roles in the critically-acclaimed filmBrooklyn (oppositeSaoirse Ronan) and BBC2/Showtime seriesEpisodes(as Matt LeBlanc‘s ex-wife), Glascott has also dabbled in theater across the pond, where she currently resides with her husband and daughter....

Photo: courtesy Caissie Levy For the vast majority of 5-year-old Izaiah’s life, mommy has always been Elsa of Arendelle. Caissie Levy, who originated the role of the snow queen in theBroadway musicalFrozen, gave birth to son Izaiah in February 2016, a year and a half before the stage adaptation of the hit Disney film began its out-of-town tryout in Colorado ahead of its New York City opening. “Izaiah has only known me as Elsa,” Levy, 40, tells PEOPLE exclusively....

Winter is coming to Amazon’sLord of the Ringsseries. During the TCA’s presentation on Tuesday, the streaming service unveiled the first group of series regulars for the show — including twoGame of Thronesalumni: Robert Aramayo, who played a young Ned Stark, and Joseph Mawle, who portrayed Benjen Stark, Ned’s younger brother. The cast also includes Owain Arthur(A Confession), Nazanin Boniadi(Hotel Mumbai), Tom Budge (The Proposition), Morfydd Clark (His Dark Materials), Ismael Cruz Cordova (The Mandalorian), Ema Horvath (The Gallows Act II), Markella Kavenagh (The Cry), Tyroe Muhafidin (Caravan) and more....

Warning: This post contains spoilers. Winter is gone. Eight seasons and innumerable gory deaths later,Game of Thronesconcluded Sunday night. Whenwe left off, Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) had followed in her father’s bloody footsteps, becoming the Mad Queen as she massacred King’s Landing despite the city’s surrender. The question of how her noble-to-a-fault lover Jon Snow (Kit Harington), secretly the true Targaryen heir, would deal with her shocking transformation loomed. With Tyrion’s (Peter Dinklage) prodding, Jon cozied up to Dany as she asked him to join her in “liberating” the whole world as she did King’s Landing … aka, killing everyone....

Photo: Presley Ann/Getty ImagesThere could be noGossip GirlwithoutKristen Bell’s iconic narration.In a recent interview withEntertainment Tonight, the cast and creators of the upcoming HBO Maxreboot of the teen drama discussed why it was a “necessity'” to have Bell return toserve as the voiceof the all-knowing Gossip Girl.Showrunner Joshua Safran told the outlet that creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage previously said they wouldn’t do the reboot if Bell, 40, had declined....

Photo: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images Another year in the books forSophie Turner! While celebrating on Tuesday, Turner was presented with a towering five-tier, British-themed cake as a gift from entrepreneurDavid Grutman. The actressshared a photoof the epic confection on her Instagram Story beneath the caption “@DavidGrutman you are [an] angel.” Each tier of the exquisite cake embraced a different British theme. On the bottom was a white tier featuring Union Jack bunting and was topped with a miniature version of a telephone booth and a recreation of the traditional British dish bangers and mash....

In case you’ve forgotten, theGrey’s Anatomyseason 15 finale left audiences asking so many questions. So, before we dive into season 16, let’s break down where we left off in the beloved Shonda Rhimes-created drama. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.), Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) and Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) all participated in insurance fraud after Meredith falsified a medical chart — and they were caught. But because Andrew is head-over-heels in love with Meredith, he took the fall and landed himself in jail, red jumpsuit and all....

Photo: Marvel Studios Buckle up,Marvelfans — the Guardians are here to save the galaxy once again. The cast wrapped filming in May 2022 and director James Gunn confirmed that after 8 years ofGuardiansmovies (Vol. 1premiered in 2014),Vol. 3will be the final installment of the franchise. “I love this amazing cast & crew & their beautiful talent & kind souls. I’m a lucky human to have them on the journey with me for nearly a decade,” he wrote onInstagram....

Jerry Herman.Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/Shutterstock Jerry Herman, the Broadway composer behindHello, Dolly!, has died. He was 88. Herman’s goddaughter confirmed his death toThe Associated Presson Friday. The renowned composer died of pulmonary complications in Miami, Florida, the AP reported. During his career, Herman worked on several iconic Broadway shows includingHello, Dolly!(1964) andLa Cage aux Folles(1983) — both of which garnered him Tony Awards for best musical. He was nominated a total of five times....

Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Facebook The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukrainesaid on social mediaon Friday, according to a translation, that one of the country’s soldiers had detonated a bridge — killing himself in the process — in an effort to prevent Russian tanks from advancing. The military said Volodymyrovich was in a battalion working to stop a column of Russian tanks at the Henichesk bridge in the area of Kherson and that Volodymyrovich was the one who agreed to destroy the mined bridge....

Photo: Hulu How I Met Your Fatheris bringing all the nostalgia, and fans are loving it! Hulu’s newHow I Met Your Motherspinoff got fans talking on Tuesday after the first two episodes premiered on the streaming service — and included a very familiar set. The new tenants, Sid and Jesse (Suraj Sharma and Chris Lowell, respectively), were revealed at the end of the episode, with the duo explaining that they found the apartment on a Wesleyan alumni internet group....