Month: January 2022

Meat Loaf would stick to the old adage of the show must go on, and Caleb Johnson -- who sings in the late rocker's band -- says that's exactly what the Neverland Express plans to do. The season 13 'American Idol' champ is doing his best to fill Meat's shoes on the BAT tour, and he tells TMZ ... he's confident the boss wouldn't want them to quit just because he's no longer here. Play video content TMZ.com Instead, Caleb says Meat Loaf's band will keep plugging along with their Music of...

Ian Alexander Jr., the only son of renowned actress Regina King, has died by suicide. The Academy Award-winner confirmed the tragic news in a statement to PEOPLE on Friday. “Our family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian,” the statement said. “He is such a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others. Our family asks for respectful consideration during this private time. Thank you.” Ian Alexander’s 26th birthday was on Wednesday. He was King’s only child with her record producer ex-husband Ian Alexander Sr. Ian was a DJ and “an amazing young man,” King, 51, previously told the magazine. Regina King said her family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of her son, describing him as such a “bright ligh...

A bracing and intimate view of a historical moment that’s less distant than we might think, Call Jane opens with a brilliant sequence that begins in a posh Chicago hotel, where an elegantly dressed woman drifts away from her husband’s business shindig. As the camera follows her through the lobby, her blond updo calls to mind another movie character, Kim Novak’s in Vertigo — a woman under the thumb of men if ever there was one. By contrast, Joy (Elizabeth Banks) is a sturdy, cheerful suburbanite who keeps a household humming and helps her husband with his legal briefs, and she would never describe herself as being under the thumb of anybody. Then a medical emergency makes it brutally clear that, according to the laws of the United States, her life is not entirely her own. ...

Within hours of the singer Meat Loaf's death on Thursday after a reported bout with COVID-19, some took to social media to mock his stances opposing mask and vaccine mandates. Meat Loaf's family and representatives have so far not confirmed either his cause of death or his vaccination status, but TMZ cited sources saying that he was 'seriously ill with COVID' when he passed. Running with his stated opposition to mandates, many critics assumed that the famed singer was unvaccinated, and took the opportunity to heap scorn on him. 'In the end, he finally let us know what that one thing was that he wouldn't do for love: Get vaccinated,' tweeted Gene Wu, a Democrat in the Texas state House of Representatives, referring to the lyrics of I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That). 'Meat Loaf...

Regina King’s son Ian Alexander Jr. has died at 26, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. “Our family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian,” said King in a statement obtained by THR on Friday evening. “He is such a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others. Our family asks for respectful consideration during this private time. Thank you.” A cause of death was not provided, but according to People, Ian died by suicide. King shared Ian with her ex-husband, record producer Ian Alexander Sr. Ian was an artist and DJ who posted on Instagram just three days ago about an upcoming event at Bardot this month. The If Beale Street Could Talk actress appeared close with her son, revealing on The View in a 2017 interview that the p...

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ massive fan following has all the reasons to be on cloud nine. After all, the power couple has begun the new journey of parenthood recently. Priyanka and Nick took to social media to announce the arrival of their first child via surrogacy. While they didn’t reveal the gender of the child, there have been speculations if it’s a boy or a girl for Priyanka-Nick. And now, as per a report published in US Weekly, it is suggested that the power couple has welcomed a baby girl via surrogacy.  According to the publication, Nick and Priyanka’s friends are excited as the new parents embrace this new phase. It is also reported that Nick and Priyanka hope to have “at least two children” someday. Meanwhile, Nick’s brothers Kevin and Joe have also been elated with thi...