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Orlando Bloom is opening up about his marriage to Katy Perry. The couple, who first met in 2016 and have a child together, have maintained a stable partnership for over a decade. Bloom recently appeared in an episode of “What Now? with Trevor Noah” where he discussed his dynamic with Perry.

Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo are working up a sweat together.

With the AFM heading to Las Vegas, a group of indie filmmakers are aiming to launch a “new film market and entertainment industry convention” in LA this October.

Meg Bennett has sadly died.

Freddie Mercury, Elvis and Ray Charles are few of the cultural superstars who were once the focus of biopic films, and they certainly will not be the last. Oscar-winning film director Martin Scorsese is once again drumming up chatter surrounding himself and Academy Award winner and film frontman Leonardo DiCaprio.The "Shutter Island" actor is rumored to play Frank Sinatra, one of the most highly regarded American singers of all time, in an upcoming biopic by Scorsese.

50 people who received a jam jar from Markle.“Obsessed,” the “Office” actress, who played Kelly Kapoor on the hit show, wrote on her Instagram Story alongside a snap of her strawberry jelly.Elsewhere, actress Tracee Ellis Ross, the daughter of Diana Ross, was also a recipient of American Riviera Orchard’s first drop, including a bag of fresh lemons.Kaling, for her part, has enjoyed a friendship with the Sussexes for a few years and even appeared on the “Suits” alum’s now-defunct “Archetypes” podcast in 2022.Last week, the “Mindy Project” star joined Prince Harry, 39, as he hosted a “Beyond Burnout” session during a summit held by the life coaching app BetterUp.Kaling also spoke at the panel, discussing how best to lead with “levity and creativity” in all aspects of life, especially motherhood.As for Markle’s friendship with Ross, the pair appear to have been pals recently, though it’s unclear when or where they initially met.The duo attended one of Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” world tour concerts in Los Angeles last summer but were not pictured together at the sold-out gig.Earlier this week, Designer Tracy Robbins, who became close pals with Markle after they attended the “One Love” film premiere in Jamaica, received a jam jar from the Duchess.Argentinian model Delfina Blaquier, the wife of Prince Harry’s close friend and polo player Nacho Figueras, also received a gift.The Duchess of Sussex, 42, unveiled her passion project to the world last monthAccording to those close to Markle, the brand’s name is a sweet nod to Santa Barbara, Calif., as it has been nicknamed the “American Riviera” for over a century.The location is also where she and her husband reside with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.The

sister-in-law Kate Middleton announced her cancer diagnosis, Harry, 39, spoke via a video link at Travalyst’s annual general meeting.Travalyst is a sustainable travel organization that Prince Harry founded in 2019. It’s a nonprofit based in London, and as part of the organization’s procedures at the end of the year, company returns were filed with Harry’s “new details.” On it, he declared that his “new country/state” was now the “United States,” according to documents obtained by the Daily Mail.When Harry founded the organization in 2019, his original place of residence was noted as the UK.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter CBS has ordered the daytime soap opera “The Gates” to series, Variety has learned. The series was first reported to be in development in March. It was developed under CBS Studios’ content partnership with the NAACP.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced that the 40th annual festival will take place in Santa Barbara, California, from February 4 through February 15.

Meghan Markle has seemingly undergone a small change after she stepped down as a working Royal that reveals now is the perfect time for her to embark on a new career, according to one expert.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Heatseeking filmmaker Olmo Schnabel has signed for representation with WME, and with Black Bear for management. Schnabel’s breakout directorial effort “Pet Shop Days” played both the Venice International Film Festival and SXSW this cycle, scoring distribution from Utopia for a 2024 theatrical release. Starring Darío Yazbek Bernal, Willem Dafoe and Peter Sarsgaard, the film tells of a drug lord scion on the run from his powerful family.

Nude photos of Michael Jackson could be released for the world to see after two men who claim he abused them as children sought to unseal court records.

Yes, Smosh stars Courtney Miller and Shayne Topp really did married!!

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Barbara Rush, who won a Golden Globe for most promising newcomer in “It Came From Outer Space” and went on to appear in “Peyton Place” and many other movies and TV shows, died Sunday. Her daughter, Fox News Channel correspondent Claudia Cowan, confirmed her death to Fox News Digital.

UPDATED, 1:01 p.m.: Freestyle Digital Media has set an April 23rd release date for its poetry-themed documentary Our Worlds Collide, executive produced by Rosario Dawson, also unveiling a first look clip, which you can find above.

Meghan Markle's new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard could help the Royal family if it's a huge success, according to a Royal expert. The Duchess of Sussex shocked fans when she launched her brand new lifestyle brand earlier this month with a vintage-style video shared by American Riviera Orchard on Instagram which featured the Duchess at her home in Montecito. The description revealed that the business was "established" in 2024 and included a link to its website, americanriviera.com.The website also bears a striking resemblance to Meghan's former lifestyle blog, The Tig.

named American Riviera Orchard.According to those close to the Duchess, the name is a sweet nod to Santa Barbara, Calif., as it has been nicknamed the “American Riviera” for over a century.It is also where she and her husband Prince Harry reside with their two children.“Meghan finds the name American Riviera Orchard perfect. It feels authentic to her.

Meghan Markle shocked fans when she launched her brand new lifestyle brand but it's reported it is due to tie in with a new Netflix cooking show. The Netflix project could be released soon as she's reportedly set to "start filming within weeks".The news comes just a day after the Duchess of Sussex launched a new lifestyle brand called American Riviera Orchard. It landed with a vintage-style video shared by American Riviera Orchard on Instagram which appears to feature the Duchess at her home in Montecito.

Meghan Markle‘s Hollywood reinvention has officially begun!

, is back on Instagram.The Duchess of Sussex hard launched her new project, American Riviera Orchard, with a new account on March 14. The bio reads simply, "by Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex⁣⁣⁣, Established 2024" and includes a link to the project's (which itself offers no information, just a call to “join the waitlist”).Markle's first posts make up an image of embroidered silk bearing the name American Riviera Orchard, a monogram of the project's initials, and “Montecito,” the presumptive home base for the project, given that Montecito, a town in Santa Barbara along California's central coast, is where Markle currently resides with her husband, , and their two young children, and .The 42-year-old also shared her first Instagram Story, a montage of moments captured in what appears to be her house, edited to look like grainy home videos shot on film.

Meghan Markle appears to have launched a new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard. It is thought to have landed with a grand video shared by American Riviera Orchard on Instagram which appears to feature the Duchess of Sussex at her home in Montecito.The clip is set to the song, I Wish You Love by Nancy Wilson, and it looks like Meghan is preparing some food, reports the Mirror.

Brad Pitt’s girlfriend, Ines de Ramon, has finalized her divorce from her ex. de Ramon was married to actor Paul Wesley, with him filing for divorce on February of last year. Penelope Cruz and Brad Pitt star as romantic couple in new Chanel film at Paris Fashion WeekThe most memorable Academy Awards moments in historyde Ramon and Wesley married in 2019, and cited irreconcilable differences as the cause for the separation.

American Dreamer deserves better than it has gotten. Shot three years ago during the pandemic this delirously black comedy premiered at Tribeca 2022 and got lost in the crowd. The filmmakers including first time feature director Paul Dektor and screenwriter/producer Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures, St. Vincent) decided to then hold it back and recut and tighten it eliminating 10 minutes of the original running time. In early 2023 it turned up at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, still largely ignored, and then its distribution hunt was further delayed by the Hollywood strikes. Finally Vertical has wisely picked it up and it will be opening in theatres and VOD Friday.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter CBS and the NAACP are developing a new daytime soap opera under their content partnership. The series, currently titled “The Gates,” would air on the CBS Television Network with the CBS Studios NAACP production venture producing in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble.

Caroline Brew editor Grasshopper Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “The 50,” a documentary from Brenton Gieser centered on some of the nation’s first incarcerated substance abuse counselors. The film will be released on VOD on April 9, tied to a series of special screenings in Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco.

EXCLUSIVE: Participant is bringing The Forgotten Revolutionary, based on journalist Adolfo Guzman-Lopez’s LAist Studios podcast Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary, to the small screen. The company is simultaneously developing both a scripted and documentary limited series based on the podcast with producer Juan Devis. Rodney Lucas will direct the unscripted series, and Devis’ Ninetythree Media will produce.

Dynasty and Beverly Hills 90210 producer, E. Duke Vincent, has sadly passed away at the age of 91. His wife Pamela Hensley Vincent, who he was married to for over 40 years, confirmed the sad news.

Luke Wilson is shown standing in dirt, saying, “All I’m trying to do is get as many of us as I can as far as I can.” In Costner’s Instagram Story unveiling the trailer, he said that the two-part film is “Something that I’ve been thinking about for a long time, and I made it for you.” The movie’s cast includes Miller, Luke Wilson, “Avatar” star Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Jamie Campbell Bower, Tatanka Means and Owen Crow Shoe. In another Instagram post in May, Costner said, “I have to tell you, I haven’t felt this way about a movie since we were making Dances With Wolves. Can’t wait to share it with all of you,” referring to the 1990 film for which he won the Oscar for Best Director.

Kevin Costner has released the first trailer for his new project!

Leonardo DiCaprio is spending the day with his girlfriend.