A big-budget remake of 'Ben-Hur' was trampled under a herd of holdovers and new releases at the box office, the latest casualty in a bruising summer for Hollywood.
Several pills taken from Prince's estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs that actually contained fentanyl — a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin, an official close to the investigation said Sunday.
Lou Pearlman, credited for starting the boy-band craze and launching the careers of the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence for a massive Ponzi scheme.
The actor who voices the talking tree in "Guardians of the Galaxy" let it slip that his Marvel superhero team will sprout up in "Avengers: Infinity War."
Jack Riley, who played a counseling client on "The Bob Newhart Show" and also voiced a character on Nickelodeon's animated "Rugrats," died Friday. The 80-year-old actor died in Los Angeles, according to his representative Paul Doherty.
Comedian Larry Wilmore's late-night talk show The Nightly Show was canceled by Comedy Central earlier this week due to lackluster ratings. Thursday's (August 18) episode was the last one, and Wilmore gave his show a bittersweet send-off, with an assist from Jon Stewart.