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Kanye West has denied being stumped when asked on TV about his support for President Donald Trump – saying he didn’t have time to reply. The normally chatty rapper seemed lost for words when TV host Jimmy Kimmel asked him whether he thought Mr Trump cared about black people, “or any people at all”. His silence on Thursday’s show prompted ...

US actor Brad Pitt has rebutted claims made by his estranged wife Angelina Jolie that he has failed to support their children. In a court filing on Wednesday, the star’s legal team said he had paid more than $1.3m (£1m) in costs and loaned $8m to Jolie to help her buy a house. On Tuesday, Jolie’s lawyer said Pitt had ...

Legendary Hollywood actress Kathleen Turner, who found fame in 1980s films like Body Heat and Romancing the Stone, is being lauded online for giving an open and frank interview to New York Magazine’s Vulture about the industry and her career. Turner, known best for her iconic smoky voice, dished Hollywood dirt on everything from the cast of Friends, to Elizabeth ...

The cover art illustrator for The Hate U Give has said she “wasn’t exactly thrilled” with the casting of the film adaptation. Debra Cartwright illustrated the cover for Angie Thomas’s young adult novel, which was published in February 2017. Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg was cast in the lead role in the film, which will be released later this year. ...

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is seeking to get the criminal case against him thrown out of court. On Friday, his lawyers filed a defence motion citing dozens of “warm” emails they say Mr Weinstein received from one of his accusers after an alleged rape. His team argue prosecutors should have shared the evidence with the Grand Jury that indicted him. ...

A promotional image from the sixth film in the Terminator series shows actress Linda Hamilton back in her signature role as the indomitable Sarah Connor. Hamilton is joined by Colombian actress Natalia Reyes and Canada’s Mackenzie Davis, star of recent release Tully. Markings on Davis’s body seem to imply she is one of the futuristic androids around which the franchise ...

Rap superstar Cardi B has found out the hard way how tough it is trying to carry on with your career soon after having a baby. She was due to join Bruno Mars on the road less than two months after giving birth to daughter Kulture Kiari. But after some soul-searching, she decided to pull out, saying: “I’m not ready ...

“The last time I did an interview this long, I was on cocaine.” It’s clear from the first minute of Demi Lovato’s official documentary, released last October, that the singer has no problem being open about her addictions. The previous interview she refers to was for another documentary – 2012’s Stay Strong – in which she spoke of her “daily ...

A member of US R&B group Color Me Badd has been arrested after appearing to shove his bandmate while on stage. Footage of Saturday’s incident appears to show Bryan Abrams, 48, pushing Mark Calderon after a performance of the group’s 1991 hit I Wanna Sex You Up. According to authorities in upstate New York, the alleged victim fell into some ...

San Diego Comic-Con has become a mecca of popular culture and this year’s convention proved no different. The internet has been sent into overdrive as fandoms gorge over glimpses of hotly-anticipated TV and film releases, while also celebrating cult classics. We’ve already heard about the Buffy reboot and Ryan Reynolds’s desire to explore Deadpool’s sexuality. Here’s a quick run-down of ...