Usher says prep for his Super Bowl Halftime Show “started 30 years ago”

K.J. Yossman In 2013 Jamie Byng, CEO of publisher Canongate, gathered a host of familiar faces including Nick Cave and Gillian Anderson in a disused London church and persuaded them to read a bunch of letters in front of an audience for charity. Cave selected the message he’d sent to MTV turning down a nomination for Best Male Artist while Anderson re-enacted a letter Katharine Hepburn wrote to Spencer Tracy decades after he’d died.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sharon Stone famously laughed during a 2018 “CBS Sunday Morning” interview when asked if she ever faced sexual harassment or assault in Hollywood. “I been in this business for 40 years,” the Oscar nominee told the reporter at the time. “Can you imagine the business I stepped into 40 years ago, looking like I look? I’ve seen it all.” In a new appearance on Kelly Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, Stone disclosed for the first time one of her experiences combating sexual harassment in the industry.

The Hollywood Reporter, Parton shared that she had been approached with offers to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show on several occasions, admitting that there were times she simply couldn’t commit due to prior engagements. Other times, she doubted her ability to undertake such a massive production.Parton acknowledged the grandeur of Super Bowl halftime shows.“When you think about those shows, those are big, big productions,” she told the magazine.

Of all the cameos in Andy Muschietti‘s “The Flash” (and there were a lot of them), Nic Cage‘s brief appearance as Superman easily soars to the top of the list. But EW reports (via Yahoo Entertainment) that according to the actor, what the audience sees of his Kal-El onscreen isn’t what he did on set.

ITV This Morning host Rylan Clark ‘walked off’ the set of the show minutes before it was due to start after being ’snubbed’ by a fellow star.

Dolly Parton is explaining why she has never performed during the Super Bowl halftime show.

Dolly Parton has revealed that she has turned down offers to play the Super Bowl Halftime Show “many times”.In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the singer claims that despite it being one of the highest-profile live music opportunities of the year, she did not feel able to accept.“Oh, sure. I’ve been offered that many times,” Parton said. “I couldn’t do it because of other things, or I just didn’t think I was big enough to do it – to do that big of a production.

Advertising inventory on Super Bowl LVIII next February, which will air across CBS and other Paramount Global platforms, is “virtually sold out” and pacing ahead of schedule, a Paramount spokeswoman confirmed to Deadline.

Usher opened up about landing one of the biggest musical performances of all time – the Super Bowl Halftime Show!

Michaela Zee Nicolas Cage has shared his thoughts on the use of AI in films, as well as his feelings about the final cut of his cameo as Superman in Warner Bros.’ “The Flash.” In a recent interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, Cage expressed his personal distaste for the technology, saying, “AI is a nightmare to me. It’s inhumane. You can’t get more inhumane than artificial intelligence.” While AI did not play a part in Cage’s surprise cameo as Superman in “The Flash,” the final scene was different from what he shot for the 2023 superhero movie, according to the actor.

Nicolas Cage is opening up about his cameo in The Flash where he was featured donning the costume of Superman.

“A Mountain of Entertainment” is coming to the Nevada desert next year. Paramount Global said today that it will showcase its TV series and films with a four-day brand-promotion event tied to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.

The minor news of the day: Lucasfilm’s “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny” is finally coming to Disney+ on December 1. The final chapter in the Indiana Jones story, ‘Dial Of Destiny’ came out at the end of June and grossed $383.9 million worldwide, but failed to crack $175 million domestically and thus was viewed as a disappointment, and Disney reportedly lost $100 million on the film.

Excited Asda shoppers have been given a sneak preview of the supermarket's new Christmas 2023 advert. The advert, featuring singer Michael Bublé, will be shown in full from Saturday, November 4.

Matthew Perry was in a good place before his death — according to “Friends” creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane.Kauffman and Crane spoke with the late actor just two weeks before he was found underwater in his hot tub at his California home on Saturday. He was 54.“It was great,” Kauffman told the Today show’s Hoda Kotb in a pre-taped interview, which aired on Wednesday. “He was happy and chipper.

wrote. “I share the same sadness with all our film and TV community who shared time with Matthew.”“As you can see, to know him was to adore him,” continued the “Almost Famous” star.

BBC viewers have praised a TV reporter's professionalism after his bag was stolen by a passer by live on air. Journalist Harry Low had been doing a report on Monday night, 30 October, providing the details of Storm Ciaran.

Married At First Sight fans couldn’t believe Peggy’s dramatic transformation after it emerged that she was once a contestant on Take Me Out. Peggy Rose Lawrence, 32, is currently married to husband Georges Berthonneau on MAFS and trying to make things work after a rocky start.

With “All The Light We Cannot See” hitting Netflix next week, Shawn Levy is making the press rounds to promote his miniseries. And that gives him a chance to talk about his upcoming projects, too, like “Deadpool 3” and the “Star Wars” project he has in development.

Jennifer Lopez made the most out of her recent trip to Las Vegas. The Hollywood star documented some of her favorite moments from Friday and Saturday night, where she enjoyed Usher and Adele’s performance, showing off some of her dance moves while partying with her closest friends, with many wondering if she is teasing a possible residency following the release of her new album.JENNIFER LOPEZ SHOWS OFF HER ABS IN CHIC POWER SUIT AND CROP TOP ENSEMBLEJENNIFER LOPEZ STEPS OUT IN ONE OF HER SIGNATURE LOOKS FOR DATE NIGHT WITH BEN AFFLECKJENNIFER LOPEZ REPLACED OLGA TAÑON IN SELENA QUINTANILLA’S BIOPICThe 54-year-old singer also enjoyed one of her Delola cocktails and shared some clips of singing along to Usher’s hit song ‘Burn’ on Friday.