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    Jamie Campbell Bower sought inspiration from cult leaders for his performance in Stranger Things
     31 December 2025
    The 37-year-old actor admitted Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple who led more than 900 of his followers to mass suicide in 1978, was an "early reference" for his alter ego's latest incantation, Mr. WhatsIt, as seen in the second volume of the final season of the show.
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    David Spade spent 25 years trying to "win back" Eddie Murphy
    31 Dec: The 61-year-old comedian admitted it was "weird" having to deal with the fact the Nutty Professor star "hated" him following a joke he made on Saturday Night Live which didn't go down too well.... more
    Stellan Skarsgard doesn't think it is possible to be a "good parent to a kid"
    31 Dec: The 74-year-old actor - who has Alexander, 49, Gustaf, 44, Sam, 43, Bill, 35, Eija, 33, and Valter, 29, with his first wife My Skarsgard as well as Ossian, 16, and Kolbjorn, 13, with his second wife Megan Everett - admitted one of his kids has compared him to Gustav, the egocentric director and absent father he plays in his new movie Sentimental Value.... more
    Catherine, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte "didn't need direction" for their piano duet because they were "so good"
    31 Dec: The 43-year-old royal and her 10-year-old daughter sat side by side at the piano for a performance of Holm Sound, which aired as part of the screening of the Together At Christmas carol concert on Christmas Eve (24.12.25), and composer Erland Cooper admitted it was "such a surprise" to be invited to the filming of the duet at Windsor Castle.... more
    Tyler Perry's lawyer has branded a new allegation of sexual misconduct a "failed money grab"
    31 Dec: The actor-and-filmmaker is the subject of a $77 million lawsuit from Mario Rodriguez, who appeared in his 2016 film Boo! A Madea Halloween and alleged the director made repeated unwanted sexual advances toward him between 2016 and 2019.... more
    Oasis' Liam Gallagher has reportedly bought Tony Adams' plush £4.25 million Cotswolds mansion
    31 Dec: It has been claimed that the 53-year-old singer's purchase came following the success of his and 58-year-old brother Noel Gallagher's band's successful Live '25 reunion tour.... more
    Billie Lourd "will never stop missing" her late mom Carrie Fisher
    31 Dec: The 33-year-old actress says the Star Wars legend - who died of a sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 60 on December 27, 2016 - "lives on through the joy" she has with her son Kingston, five, and three-year-old daughter Jackson.... more
    Charlie Puth sings songs to his baby
    31 Dec: The four-time Grammy award nominee shared he does a rendition of Something in the Way She Moves by James Taylor to his wife Brooke Sansone's bump so that the soon-to-be newborn - who they are expecting to welcome into the world in March - likes music.... more
    Tori Spelling has come down with a mystery illness
    31 Dec: The 52-year-old actress has postponed her Sunday night (28.12.25) 90s After Dark Party in Las Vegas, Nevada, as she puts her health first.... more
    Lindsay Lohan feels "the most emotional when people are nice" to her
    31 Dec: As the 39-year-old actress' astrological sign is cancer, she is a naturally "very sensitive", protective and home-loving person.... more

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    Entertainment:
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    Entertainment:
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