An online gun and floral shop in Texas might soon be knockin' on a courtroom door over a trademark infringement lawsuit filed on behalf of Guns N' Roses. The rock band comprised of Axl Rose, Saul "Slash" Hudson, and Michael "Duff" McKagan filed a lawsuit Thursday against Jersey Village Florist, which operates the online shop Texas Guns and Roses, for wholesale appropriation and infringement of the Guns N' Roses name without the band's approval, license, or consent.
When thousands of country music fans flock to Indio, Calif. in late April for Stagecoach Festival 2018, they’ll be enjoying more than just the hits of Garth Brooks, Kasey Musgraves, Florida Georgia Line, and so many other acts on the lineup. This year, they’ll also get to enjoy barbecue from around the country as part of celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s Stagecoach Smokehouse. “I’m grinning ear to ear as I tell you about it.
Since its Broadway debut in 1950, Frank Loesser’s musical gem Guys and Dolls has been a staple of high school and community theaters. And with good reason. The lush score, the witty lyrics, and the larger-than-life cast of gangsters, hustlers, and floozies (and a handful of less-rigid-than-they-appear missionaries) are all memorably endearing. Thanks to the show, the adjective Runyonesque has extended its sell-by date well past the time when anyone actually reads the Damon Runyon stories that inspired it.
Gwen Stefani has once again addressed longstanding accusations of cultural appropriation pertaining to her Harajuku era, this time declaring that she has been so inspired by the culture of Japan that she considers herself Japanese. In an interview with Allure about her new beauty line, the singer and The Voice judge looked back on her work inspired by Japan's Harajuku subculture, including her 2004 album Love. Angel. Music. Baby., its track "
If you mention the word fishnet stockings, I automatically envision Anne Bancroft. It’s a Pavlovian reaction after seeing The Graduate when I was 16 years old — though in hindsight, I don’t think what Mrs. Robinson wore were technically fishnet. No matter. Well, Anne, it was a good run. May I introduce Gwyneth Paltrow’s Vanity Fair photo (below) for its On Jewellery calendar, which appears in the August issue. (Yes, she’s wearing jewelry.
Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand Friday to testify that the man suing her in civil court over a 2016 accident in Park City, Utah, skied directly into her. Terry Sanderson, a 76-year-old retired optometrist, is seeking $300,000 from the Oscar-winning actress and lifestyle guru for a "full-body hit" that he says left him with a concussion, a permanent brain injury, broken ribs, and "loss of enjoyment of life." Paltrow, 50, and Sanderson were skiing at Deer Valley Resort when the collision occurred.
It appears the age of Aquarius has passed at NBC. The network announced Monday evening that it has canceled its scheduled live musical presentation of Hair, originally slated for May 19. "Live musicals are a part of this network's DNA and we are committed to continuing that tradition with the right show at the right time," said Paul Telegdy and George Cheeks, co-chairmen of NBC Entertainment, in a statement. "Since these shows are such enormous undertakings, we need titles that have a wide appeal and we're in the process of acquiring the rights to a couple of new shows that we're really excited about.
Halle Berry's made a few historic firsts in her storied career, but what about being the first Black woman of the Stone Age? For the 30th anniversary of The Flintstones, the live action adaptation of the first animated series in primetime, Berry reminisces about the importance of "this little part in this big movie." Halle Berry explains the horrors of her movie Never Let Go: 'Is everything real or not?' (exclusive) Berry begins by admitting that she hasn't seen the film in 20 years, but then immediately notices her voice in the film — a girlish, breathy, Marilyn Monroe-esque timbre with which she greets John Goodman's Fred Flintstone.
When Halle Berry shot the opening scene in Extant, she was pretty sure she was going to throw up. That’s not because the Oscar-winning actress was nervous about doing a TV series for the first time in more than two decades, or because she’d eaten something heavy for lunch. Berry plays an astronaut who returns from a solo space mission with a surprise castaway in her belly, so she was prepared to act out some graphic morning sickness.
How keen was Halle Berry to appear in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (out May 17)? According to director Chad Stahelski, the Oscar-winner expressed her interest in joining the action threequel's cast before the project even had a script. "It was a right before the holidays [in 2017]," says Stahelski. "I got a call saying, 'Halle Berry would like to meet with you.' I was like, 'That's cool.' I'd never met her before.