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Zoe G Phillips

Zoe G Phillips joined The Hollywood Reporter as a News Writer in 2024. Previously, she worked at Entertainment Tonight, where the team won two Emmys during her tenure, as well as at Dance Media’s Pointe, Dance Teacher and Dance Business Weekly. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Michigan and currently lives in Los Angeles with her very large cat, Pip.

Ashanti Announces She Is Pregnant and Engaged to Nelly

Ashanti is pregnant with her and Nelly’s first child, the singer confirmed Wednesday. The duo also announced they are engaged. Ashanti announced the pregnancy news via an Instagram video that portrays her getting ready for a performance. A handler and her mother, Tina Douglas, take turns asking her how much time she needs until she’s […]

Jesse Eisenberg Hosts ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Screening for Apes: “The Bonobos Were Very Curious”

Jesse Eisenberg’s latest Sasquatch Sunset audience looked a little different than your typical film screening. The actor-producer took his movie back to the source material this week, showing it to a group of bonobos at Ape Initiative in Des Moines, Iowa. The film, released at Sundance earlier this year, features Eisenberg and co-star Riley Keough […]

Nicola Coughlan Spontaneously Burst Into Tears While Filming ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Big Mood’

Nicola Coughlan said she would spontaneously burst into tears while balancing filming schedules for Bridgerton and Big Mood. “I’d film one show during the week, the other on the weekend,” Coughlan told AP Entertainment. Coughlan stars as Penelope Bridgerton in season three of Netflix’s Bridgerton, out next month, and as Maggie in the UK’s Channel […]

Eva Mendes Praises Ryan Gosling’s ‘SNL’ Cuban Wife Sketch: “Hanging Out With My Dad Paid Off”

Eva Mendes offered her stamp of approval on Tuesday for husband Ryan Gosling’s Saturday Night Live performance, shouting out his particularly relevant sketch in which he spoke with a Cuban accent. “My Cuban Papi made this Cuban Mami so happy with this,” Mendes, who is of Cuban descent and was born in Miami, wrote on […]

Katie Couric Says Bryant Gumbel Had an “Incredibly Sexist Attitude” About Her ‘Today’ Maternity Leave

Katie Couric said that her first maternity leave from NBC’s Today show in 1991 was met with an “incredibly sexist attitude” from co-anchor Bryant Gumbel. “He got mad at me because I was doing something on maternity leave,” Couric recalled with some laughter on Sunday’s Club Random podcast with Bill Maher. “And he was giving […]

Crystal Kung Minkoff Exits ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ After 3 Seasons: “It Was an Honor”

Crystal Kung Minkoff will exit the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after three seasons, the reality star announced Monday. “I just wanted to share the news that I will not be coming back to film season 14 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” Minkoff said in a video posted to Instagram. “It’s very bittersweet. Never did […]

Courtney Love Says Taylor Swift Is “Not Important,” Disses Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’

Courtney Love took shots at several fellow female musicians over the weekend, dissing the likes of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and Madonna. “Taylor is not important,” the singer said in an interview with The Standard. “She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not […]

13 of the Best Chase Scenes in Movie History

You know the feeling: Your pulse rises as you lean forward, the hairs on your arms are lifting, and suddenly, you’re holding your breath. A good chase scene will leave you pinned to your seat, unable to look away no matter how many times you’ve seen the movie. The art of the chase has changed […]

Nelly Furtado Shows Off Bloodied Finger After Falling During Coachella Performance

Nelly Furtado took to Instagram on Saturday to show off her battle scars following a particularly dramatic performance onstage at Coachella. Fans at the music festival on Saturday saw Furtado trip and fall after joining Dom Dolla to perform their single, “Eat Your Man.” Furtado shared footage of the spill on her own Instagram story […]

Grimes Apologizes for Technical Issues During Coachella Performance: “Good Lessons Learned”

Grimes took to social media Sunday to apologize for the technical issues during her Coachella performance this weekend. The singer-songwriter struggled with equipment malfunctions throughout her show Saturday, with problems plaguing the programming of her tracks at the mixing desk that left her screaming into the microphone throughout the second half of her set. “The […]

NBC, CNN and Fox News Join 9 Other Outlets Urging Trump and Biden to Commit to Election Debates

The five leading broadcast and cable news networks joined six more major wire, print and radio organizations Sunday with a joint statement urging the 2024 presidential candidates to commit to participating in general election debates. “With the contours of the 2024 general election now coming into clear focus, we — the undersigned national news organizations […]

Valerie Bertinelli Criticizes Food Network: “Not About Cooking and Learning Any Longer”

Valerie Bertinelli weighed in on Food Network’s move toward reality competition formats Tuesday, lamenting the fact that the home of her former show “is not about cooking and learning any longer.” The former Valerie’s Home Kitchen host wrote on Threads that she “fell in love with Food Network two decades ago” because of the educational […]