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Mark Cuban might be a billionaire, but there a few things he’s not spending his money on.

"Risky Business" is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The 1983 movie – along with "The Outsiders" which was released the same year – put Tom Cruise on the map and gave a whole new meaning to the saying "dance like nobody is watching." The film revolves around Cruise's character, a high school senior, and his adventures while his parents are away. In June, Cruise admitted the movie was a "formative experience" in shaping his acting career.

Kyrie Irving took to social media earlier this week as he responded to a post talking about his recent career choices and lack of success. The post showed Irving’s past six seasons without current Lakers star and Cavalier teammate LeBron James. The all-star point guard who went to three straight NBA Finals and won a championship with LeBron felt like he needed to address things directly this time.

In a move to inject some excitement into its regular season, the National Basketball Association has unveiled its new in-season tournament.

UPDATE: Austin Reaves is returning to the Los Angeles Lakers. Reaves, a restricted free agent, agreed to a four-year, $56 million Early Bird maximum contract. He proved himself this season, averaging 16.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists for the Lakers in 16 playoff games.

Forget that fever dream of Kyrie Irving reuniting with LeBron James for one last charge at a championship.

With an already crazy start to the NBA off-season, now Kyrie Irving is set to meet with the Phoenix Suns in free agency! While this does not make any sense at all it is happening. Kyrie is very likely to re-sign with Dallas but he seems to be testing the waters. Dallas and Phoenix are the two teams Irving has been reported to be interested in. The Meeting with Phoenix is a confusing one.

With the 2023 NBA Finals ending and free agency a few days away, the offseason is in full swing. The Cleveland Cavaliers are one team expected to make some noise this offseason. Most recently it was them making a call to the Philadelphia 76ers.

The 2023 BET Awards are underway celebrating the best performances in music, TV, film and sports. Live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the event is also celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop with Busta Rhymes set to be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The nomination are in for the 2023 BET Awards and Drake claims the top spot.

2023 BET Awards are ready to celebrate Black excellence across music, television, film and sports, and the nominations are stacked.This year's list of nominees — announced by the network on Thursday — is led by Drake, who scored the prize of most nominated with seven nods, including Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Best Group with 21 Savage and Best Collaboration with Future and Tems. GloRilla reigns as the most nominated woman of the night with six nominations, including Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Best New Artist, Album of the Year for  and Video of the Year for «Tomorrow 2» with Cardi B.21 Savage and Lizzo earned the third-highest number of nods, with five nominations each, followed by Beyoncé, Burna Boy, Chris Brown, Ice Spice and SZA with four nominations each. Cardi B, Coco Jones, FLO, Future, Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin and Tems round out the rest of the list of multiple nominations, tied with three nods each.While «culture's biggest night» hasn't named a host yet, last year's show was hosted by Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P.

Thania Garcia Following the release of two back-to-back chart-topping albums last summer (“Honestly, Nevermind” and his and 21 Savage’s joint “Her Loss”), Drake has scored seven BET Awards nominations for the 2023 show slated to take place on June 25 in Los Angeles. Memphis rapper Glorilla nearly meets him at a tie, clocking in with six recognitions as the 2022 winner of BET’s breakthrough hip-hop artist of the year. Among his nominations, Drake is up for best group alongside 21 Savage, best collaboration with Future and Tems for their radio favorite “Wait for U,” and album of the year for “Her Loss.” Glorilla competes with Drake in the best collaboration category twice — once for her feature with HItkidd (“F.N.F. Let’s Go”) and Cardi B (“Tomorrow 2”). The Memphis rapper is also up for album of the year for “Anyways, Life’s Great.”

A Crazy new twist has developed in the Kyrie Irving/LeBron James reunion plot. As reported by BleacherReport.com, NBA sources have said that Kyrie Irving has asked the Dallas Mavericks to explore the idea of trading for LeBron James this offseason. Irving wants to create a new big three with LeBron, Luka, and himself. At this point in time, it is no secret that LeBron and Kyrie are open to playing with each other once again.

Monica Barbaro has now starred alongside two action legends — Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger — and the actress says her experience working with the two is “night and day.”

After “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” suffered the worst second weekend drop in franchise history, Marvel Studios’ “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is doing the exact opposite, posting the best second weekend hold of any MCU film since theaters reopened with $60.5 million. While some other recent Marvel films like “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” have posted better raw totals in their second weekend, “Guardians Vol.

Lady Gaga is sharing a behind-the-scenes look at what went into that stunning Oscars performance on Sunday night.

BreAnna Bell Viewership was up Sunday when an average of 18.7 million viewers tuned in to see “Everything Everywhere All at Once” earn best picture honors and dominate the 95th Oscars on ABC with seven wins. That’s according to early, time zone-adjusted ratings from Nielsen, which includes out-of-home viewing — but keep in mind, that number could change when the final nationals are in. The Oscars, which repped the return of host Jimmy Kimmel for the first time since 2018, was up 12% from last year’s ratings. And according to those time-zone-adjusted fast-national numbers from Nielsen, it bested the previous year’s 3.8 rating by 5% in key adults 18-49, earning a 4.0 in the demo.

Lady Gaga has been called a “hero” for checking if a photographer was OK after he fell on the red carpet ahead of the Oscars 2023 awards ceremony.People on social media highlighted Gaga’s caring nature as she stopped making her way inside the Dolby Theater yesterday (March 12) and rushed to help the man to his feet on the carpet, the colour of which was rebranded to beige this year.“Hero,” one person tweeted, while another said: “Notice how she didn’t even think about it, it was in her reflex to help him, she’s just genuinely sweet and kind.”Another person added: “The way people react speaks volumes about who they are at their core.” You can watch the moment below.Lady Gaga stops to help photographer who fell at the #Oscars. pic.twitter.com/4w4MNCO89X— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 13, 2023Gaga was nominated for Best Original Song for her track ‘Hold My Hand’ (Top Gun: Maverick).

Lady Gaga gave a performance that had people talking.

Making an unexpected appearance! Lady Gaga took the stage during the 2023 Oscars on Sunday, March 12, to perform her song “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick.

Sarah Polley won her first Oscar for her Women Talking.

Lady Gaga delivered an emotional performance of ‘Hold My Hand’ from the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack at the Oscars 2023.The annual awards show is taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles tonight (March 12), where each of the nominees for Best Original Song is performing.Gaga was not confirmed to perform before the ceremony got underway, although it was reported earlier today that she would appear. Taking to the stage unannounced, the star had changed from the dramatic black gown she sported on the red carpet into a simpler outfit of charcoal grey t-shirt and jeans.“I wrote this song with my friend BloodPop for the film Top Gun: Maverick in my studio basement,” she said, introducing the song from a stool.

Tom Cruise is missing from Oscars night due to his work schedule. "Top Gun: Maverick" is nominated for six awards but Cruise, 60, won't be there to accept any if the film wins, as he's back in the United Kingdom filming "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part II," Fox News Digital can confirm.  The film has been nominated for best picture, writing, film editing, sound, music and visual effects and was featured heavily in the award ceremony's opening movie montage. The actor's co-stars appeared on the red carpet ahead of the award show and also confirmed his absence.

William Earl WME has acquired BDA Sports Management in a deal that will elevate BDA leader Bill Duffy to head of basketball representation for WME Sports. WME invested in BDA Sports Management in 2020. The buyout unveiled Thursday brings Duffy and his operations into the WME fold. BDA at present represents such hoops stars as Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Dončić, the Toronto Raptors’ Scottie Barnes, Oklahoma City Thunders’ Chet Holmgren, the New York Knicks’ RJ Barrett, Anfernee Simons of the Portland Trail Blazers and Grant Williams of the Boston Celtics. “It is hard to name a basketball agent more respected across the league than Bill. We couldn’t be more thrilled to have him and his team fully join WME Sports as we continue this chapter of tremendous growth,” said Karen Brodkin and Josh Pyatt, co-heads of WME Sports. “BDA has been a great addition to WME Sports as a whole and we’re excited to continue building on this success.”

The 2023 Academy Awards ceremony will be happening this weekend and if you’re anything like us, you still have some catching up to do ahead of the show!

Something is missing from the year’s Best Picture nominees.

It’s been a wait, but “The Flash” is finally ready to be seen — and the first place it will be screened is at the upcoming CinemaCon in Las Vegas.

Bringing the jabs. Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for a prize at the 2023 Directors Guild of America Awards, and host Judd Apatow couldn’t resist a few shady jokes at the actor’s expense.

Judd Apatow honed in on Tom Cruise when he was onstage at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday evening (February 18).

Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t the first choice to host the Oscars. Or the Second. Or the 11th.