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Filming on The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, was temporarily put on hold in March, with Warner Bros. confirming in a statement to Deadline that due to COVID-19 precautions, production on the movie was on indefinite hiatus. Now, a new release date has been announced for the film, which won’t hit theaters until 2021. Variety reports

One of the most anticipated films of 2020 will largely forego movie theaters. It was announced in August that a live-action adaptation of Mulan will live on Disney+ beginning September 4. The movie’s release date was postponed from March 27 to July 24, then August 21. Following the shuffle, Variety reported that the movie would

Before there were myriad Marvel, DC, and X-Men superhero franchises, there was the sugar, spice, and everything nice of the incomparable Powerpuff Girls. Now, multiple outlets are reporting that the hit Cartoon Network animated series is getting a live-action reboot at The CW. It will reportedly follow superhero sisters Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup as they

Selena Gomez has an HBO Max quarantine cooking show, Selena + Chef, which just came out earlier this month, and she’s days away from releasing her and BLACKPINK’s single “Ice Cream.” So it only makes sense that Gomez further expanded her foray into the world of food by literally investing in a fancy, super-premium ice

Neither Taylor Swift nor Selena Gomez are strangers to their drama making headlines, whether it’s due to a breakup or a public feud. But throughout their careers, they’ve never stopped publicly supporting each other. Since becoming friends while both dating Jonas brothers in 2008, they’ve danced at awards shows, performed onstage together, and most recently,

After months of non-stop Black Lives Matter protests and calls to defund the police, people are now demanding justice for Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man whom police shot in the back on Sunday night. Blake is now reported to be recovering in the hospital. Below, what you need to know and how you can

OLIVIER DOULIERYGetty Images Sen. Kamala Harris just ended a big week. At the Democratic National Convention last week, she made history as the first the first Black woman and the first Asian American to be on a major-party ticket in the United States. At the DNC, America also met Harris’s blended family, the step-kids who

On Saturday, Melania Trump debuted the new design for the White House Rose Garden by tweeting photos along with this message: “Excited to honor history & celebrate the future in our beautiful @WhiteHouse Rose Garden this evening. Thank you to all who helped renew this iconic & truly gorgeous space.” As soon as people on

Jennifer Lopez shared footage from new short film “Draw With Me” on Instagram this weekend. J.Lo explained that the film is “about a transgender youth and their journey of coming out to their family.” The subject is particularly close to Lopez’s heart as the documentary’s focus, Brendon, is her “nibling,” a gender-neutral term for one’s

BG002/Bauer-GriffinGetty Images Paris Hilton’s new documentary, This Is Paris, is premiering on September 14 on Hilton’s YouTube channel, and in it, she shares her story of abuse as a teen, per People. In the documentary, the 39-year-old socialite, businesswoman, and DJ reveals that she was abused at Provo Canyon School in Utah, a boarding school

David LivingstonGetty Images On Friday, Lori Loughlin was sentenced to two months of prison, shortly after her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, received his sentence of five months as a result of paying $500,000 so that their daughters, Isabella Rose, 21, and Olivia Jade, 20, would be accepted to the University of Southern California as rowing team

Samir HusseinGetty Images Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are settling into their new home in Montecito, California, where they’ve quietly relocated following their split from their official roles as senior members of the royal family. This week, they made their first appearance together at their new home, via a Zoom call for the Queen’s Commonwealth

Donato SardellaGetty Images The ongoing saga surrounding the college admissions scandal has come to a close for fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, husband to actress Lori Loughlin. On Friday, August 20, he was sentenced to five months in prison for his involvement. Loughlin is also expected to be sentenced Friday afternoon. Sitting before Judge Nathaniel Gorton

Shortly after her husband Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced to five months in prison for his involvement in the college admissions scandal, Lori Loughlin found out her own fate: During a Zoom hearing, the Full House actress and mother was sentenced to two months in prison, according to the Associated Press. The two paid $500,000 in

Icon SportswireGetty Images After Atlanta Dream co-owner Sen. Kelly Loeffler derided the WNBA for dedicating its season to social justice, players showed up on game day wearing t-shirts endorsing her opponent in this November’s special election. Sen. Loeffler, a Republican from Georgia and an outspoken critic of the Black Lives Matter movement, slammed the t-shirt

The boys of BTS—RM, Jin, V, Jungkook, J-Hope, Suga, and Jimin—released their first big English single of the new decade, disco pop song “Dynamite,” tonight. And as RM put it to USA Today ahead of the song’s release, the song really is a product of this time during the coronavirus pandemic. The lyrics are a

Meghan Markle appeared from her new Montecito home today to encourage women to vote and help mobilize other eligible voters to register and participate in November’s election. “We all know what’s at stake this year. I know it,” she said during a When We All Vote event. She added that voter suppression is very real,

Yes, it has taken years—years!—for Marvel to finally put its heroines front and center in their own stories. And while a slew of women-led blockbusters can’t correct the egregiously sexist storylines the comic book giant sent to theaters in the past, there’s reason to be cautiously optimistic; Deadline reports that Olivia Wilde of Booksmart directorial

Senator Kamala Harris just made history. On the third night of the Democratic National Convention, Harris formally accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination, making her the first Black woman and the first Asian American to be on a major-party ticket in the United States. In her much-anticipated speech to the nation, Harris paid homage to

The close bond former Vice President and current Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden shares with his family is evident. He’s a father to four children—Beau (who passed away in 2015), Hunter, and Naomi (who passed away in 1972)—with his late first wife Neilia. And he shares youngest daughter Ashley, 39, with his current wife Jill.

Sofia Richie and Scott Disick’s on-off relationship is off again, only one month after they reconciled in July, E! reports. (The two originally broke up in May.) And Disick is spending his time as a single man similarly to how he spent his last break from Richie: He’s on vacation with his ex-girlfriend and mother

As promised, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took her 60-second time slot during the Democratic National Convention, and she made the most of it. The freshman congresswoman was scheduled to give a pre-recorded speech on the second night of the virtual DNC, nominating Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. (As she tweeted, convention rules require nominations for every

Last week, Joe Biden had the opportunity to make history by selecting a Black woman to be his running mate. Fortunately, he took that opportunity. In the run-up to the anniversary of the 19th amendment, which did not secure the right to vote for all women, Kamala Harris was selected as Biden’s VP pick, a

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are quietly trying to do business in Hollywood. Variety reports that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been “quietly shopping an idea for a project” to different media companies. No details on what exactly this project is—an unscripted or scripted TV series or a documentary, for example—have come out