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Stephen Colbert’s time on “The Late Show” won’t end with the taping of the final episode Thursday at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Sources say he is hosting an afterparty after the taping at a nearby event space. Above the invitation, the show’s red, white and blue logo has been tweaked to read “The LAST SHOW with Stephen Colbert,” followed by “that’s a WRAP! (PARTY).” The dress code says, “Cheerful and festive!” Colbert’s final show will be taped on May 21 and aired later that night on CBS. The network announced in July that it would end…

Hayden Panettiere claims the “Oscar-winning actor and director” exposed himself to her when she was 19 years old. The 36-year-old “Nashville” actress details in her newly published memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, that the shocking situation occurred after a friend invited her to an “industry” party at her apartment in Los Feliz, California. She recalls immediately feeling uncomfortable when she realized that the party consisted of just her, her friend, and “a small group of men gathered together.” Hayden Panettiere (pictured in 2026) writes about his unpleasant encounter with the Oscar winner in his new book, This Is Me:…

With only a few episodes left on the desk at “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert dedicated Monday’s show to the bits, sketches and graphics that didn’t air. “We definitely have enough material to make a ‘best of’ clip show, but you have YouTube, so that’s up to you,” Colbert joked in a relaxed monologue. “We thought it would be more fun to show you something we made that didn’t air and call it ‘The Worst Show of Recent Times.’ However, what you’re about to see is technically the best thing we’ve ever made.” As is customary during “Late Show” rehearsals,…

Bella Hadid is living her best life on a yacht in the south of France. The model, 29, was pictured doing yoga in a metallic silver bikini on a luxury yacht on Monday. Hadid posed in several poses in a tiny two-piece, showing off her toned physique. Hadid sat in a large lounge chair with her legs and torso propped up as her friends hung out nearby. Bella Hadid was spotted doing yoga on a yacht in France on Monday. Abaka Press / SplashNews.com The model struck some striking poses while sitting in a large lounge chair. Abaka Press /…

In Netflix’s first major deal from the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, the streamer has acquired worldwide rights outside France to Critics’ Weekly opener “In Waves,” an adaptation of AJ Dango’s 2019 graphic memoir. Directed by Huong My Nguyen, the animated romance features the voices of Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu and BAFTA winner Will Sharp. The film opened Critics Week to rave reviews and quickly emerged as one of the highlights of Cannes’ parallel division. In a review, Variety magazine called the film “elegantly animated” and praised the emotional depth of Nguyen’s coming-of-age love story. After multiple offers around the world,…

“Why aren’t you all shackled in a basement and in some concentration camp?” That’s the question Jimmy Kimmel posed to “South Park” co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Tuesday evening. The late-night host, of course, hinted that the animated series relentlessly mocked President Trump, repeatedly depicting him naked with a small penis. “We’re hiding behind comics,” Parker chimed in. Kimmel has been the target of censorship many times, including by President Trump and the FCC, which is allied with him. Kimmel has been the subject of censorship multiple times, from a weeks-long hiatus when a MAGA…

John Travolta explained his bold looks at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, particularly his choice to wear a different colored beret. The 72-year-old actor first caused controversy with his choice of headgear on Friday when he wore a slouchy white beret and glasses at the premiere of his directorial debut, “Propeller Night Bus.” The next day, at the film’s photocall on Saturday, he appeared wearing a black beret and black wire-rimmed glasses. John Travolta explained why he chose to wear multiple berets at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. He was spotted here wearing a slouchy white beret at the premiere…

Tiffany Haddish isn’t interested in imposter syndrome. She speaks with the conviction of someone who has already imagined and acquired every room she steps into. At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, those rooms will be dotting the Croisette, where she arrives with two character-driven thrillers on Highland Film Group’s sales calendar that make a poignant case that her dramatic range has long been undervalued. In Matt Thacker’s The Deputy, Haddish plays Amanda Jackson, an honest official in charge of a deeply corrupt Mississippi town. The action thriller, written by Narcos and Griselda co-creator Carlo Bernard and based on the novel…

SkyShowtime has acquired family adventure ‘Hidden Islands’, its first original animated series that encourages children to explore nature and connect with the outside world. The show is expected to launch exclusively on the service later this year. The series is the second project by Madeleine Bernadotte and Carini Gustafsson-Teixeira, who co-wrote the 2019 children’s book Stella and the Secret, and their first on-screen production. Consisting of 20 seven-minute episodes, it was brought to life by an award-winning team with extensive experience in children’s animation. “Hidden Islands” is the story of three children who arrive on mythical islands. And you soon…

Nearly a decade after his previous film, Loveless, won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, two-time Academy Award nominee Andrei Zvyagintsev (Leviathan) returns to the Croisette with Minotaur. The film is a modern-day fable about the spiritual and moral collapse of a Russian businessman whose world falls apart amid professional crisis, global turmoil, and an extramarital affair. Zvyagintsev, who had a near-death experience during the coronavirus pandemic, spoke to Variety about his recent Palme d’Or nomination. You’ve been living in Paris for nearly four years after recovering from a life-threatening illness. Was it a political choice? I spent…