Jon Stewart walked away from "The Daily Show" almost five years ago, and a lot of fans still miss seeing him four nights a week. Assessing his legacy, however, goes beyond his shift into directing movies, including what he has accomplished off screen, and the roster of successors who cut their teeth on his show.
At an age when most classical actors are honing their King Lear, 81-year-old Ian McKellen is set to grab a skull and throw himself into what is probably Shakespeare's most famous role: Hamlet.
YouTube star Jenna Mourey, known by her channel name Jenna Marbles, announced Thursday she is leaving the platform amid a controversy over racially offensive videos.
From Motown and "The Cosby Show" to hip-hop and "Black Panther," America has long consumed Black culture -- even as our country's systemic racism sent a very different message.
Citing her own "pervasive privilege," Kristen Bell has announced she is leaving her role as a mixed-race character on the Apple TV+ animated series, "Central Park."
Netflix will make the Spike Lee directed "Rodney King" available to stream for free, as part of its Black Lives Matter collection of films, TV shows and documentaries.
The mother of "ER" actress Vanessa Marquez has filed a wrongful death suit against officers with the City of South Pasadena, according to documents obtained by CNN.
Jon Stewart resurfaces with a politically savvy directorial effort, "Irresistible," that's a bit too heavy-handed to live up to its title. Delving into the corrosive influence of money on politics, Stewart's second film exhibits passion for its topic and cleverly registers an important point before it's over, but labors too much getting there.
"The Twilight Zone" has returned periodically since its debut over 60 years ago, including a CBS All Access revival beginning its second season this week. Yet in a twist worthy of the show's creepy music, the original series speaks to the strange times through which we're living more directly and profoundly than the new one.
Hip-hop star Eminem has publicly apologized to Diddy's Revolt after his scathing criticism of the media company was revealed in a recently leaked track.
Jenny Slate has announced she will no longer voice the character of Missy Foreman-Greenwald, a young mixed-race girl on the animated comedy "Big Mouth."
Porn star Ron Jeremy has been charged with forcibly raping three women and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents dating back to 2014, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced Tuesday.
Some of the industry's best known black performers are lending their support to an organization that is calling on Hollywood to step up the battle against racism.
