23 December 2025 Karen Grassle on 'Little House' season 1. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Karen Grassle, the actress forever associated with the warm strength and enduring spirit of Caroline “Ma” Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie, has given fans a heartwarming and unexpected chapter in her own story, one that feels lifted from the pages of a gentle novel about second chances and the passage of time. At 83 years old, decades after she first charmed television audi

22 December 2025 Lady Gaga, October 2024 (Disney/Randy Holmes via Getty Images) Pop music icon Lady Gaga has given her global fanbase a festive gift by announcing that a special concert film titled Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live: One Night Only will debut on Christmas Eve, bringing a unique blend of theatrical performance and musical artistry to YouTube just as the holiday season reaches its peak. The concert film was recorded during an intimate live show at Los Angeles’ Belasco

21 December 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in James Cameron’s sprawling science-fiction epic, made a commanding return to theaters this weekend with a global opening that reminded the world why the franchise has endured for more than a decade and a half while simultaneously igniting fresh debate about the challenges and opportunities facing blockbuster cinema. According to studio estimates, the film grossed approximately $345 million worldwide in its first weekend,

18 December 2025 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty In a move that has ignited intense debate across political and cultural circles, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has been renamed to include President Donald Trump’s name, a decision that has drawn both celebration from the White House and fierce opposition from critics who say the action is unlawful and undermines the insti

17 December 2025 An Oscar statuette. Credit: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty In a move that has sent shockwaves through Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Academy Awards ceremony, known universally as the Oscars, will shift from its long-standing home on broadcast television to exclusive global streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029. This historic decision marks the end of a more than fifty-year partnership with ABC that began in 1976, an

16 December 2025 James Cameron / 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Getty Images / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection In a dramatic turn of events barely days before the next installment of the Avatar franchise was due to hit theaters, The Walt Disney Company and acclaimed filmmaker James Cameron found themselves embroiled in a high-stakes copyright infringement lawsuit that could shake Hollywood’s creative foundations and cast a long shadow over one of t

15 December 2025 Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery and Gaten Matarazzo in 'Stranger Things'. Courtesy of Netflix The thrills just keep coming for Stranger Things fans as Netflix dropped the official trailer for Volume 2 of the final season, offering a bone-chilling glimpse into the dramatic battles and dark revelations that await in Hawkins and beyond. Set to Diana Ross’s classic track Upside Down, the trailer makes it clear that as the series approaches its end, the st

14 December 2025 Watch: Trump unveils prototypes for a triumphal arch in Washington DC In a highly unusual and controversial declaration at a White House holiday event on December 14, 2025, President Donald Trump announced that the chief domestic policy adviser’s principal mission would be overseeing the construction of a grand triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., a project he regards as deeply symbolic for the nation. Speaking with characteristic fervour, Trump made it clear

13 December 2025 NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 01: Actor Peter Greene attend the "Keep Your Enemies Closer: Checkmate" screening at the School of Visual Arts Theater on October 1, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage) Peter Greene, the American character actor whose career was marked by unforgettable villainous roles in some of Hollywood’s most beloved films, has died at the age of 60. Greene was found unresponsive on December 12, 2025 in his Lower East Side apart

12 December 2025 Actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld and her husband, Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, have revealed they are expecting their first baby, sharing the joyful news in the midst of the holiday season and marking a new milestone in their rapidly evolving life together. Steinfeld, 29, announced the pregnancy in her personal newsletter, Beau Society, where she shared a list of her favorite moments from the year and included a tender video showing Allen affectio

11 December 2025 Wenne Alton Davis / courtesy Clear Talent Group The entertainment world is mourning the sudden loss of Wenne Alton Davis, the actor whose presence graced television screens in projects ranging from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to New Amsterdam, after they were struck and killed by a vehicle in Midtown Manhattan on the evening of December 8, 2025. Davis was 60 years old. The New York Police Department confirmed that a 61-year-old man driving a 2023 Cadillac XT6 s

10 December 2025 The Drama poster. A24 When the first glimpse of The Drama arrived this week, it dropped a bomb of anticipation and unease across Hollywood and beyond. The film, from indie studio A24, reunites Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a couple on the brink of marriage, but the trailer makes it shockingly clear that the road to “I do” is anything but smooth. In the teaser, we meet Emma Harwood and Charlie Thompson, Zendaya and Pattinson’s characters during a pre-wedding

09 December 2025 Nnena Kalu’s award represented a watershed moment for the international art world, the chair of the judges said. Photograph: Courtesy of the Artist and ActionSpace In one of the most talked-about moments of the 2025 art season, Scottish artist Nnena Kalu has been awarded the prestigious Turner Prize, becoming the first person with a learning disability to receive the honour since the prize’s inception in 1984. The announcement came on December 9 in Bradford,

08 December 2025 Jennifer Lopez in "Kiss of the Spider Woman"; Sydney Sweeney in "Christy"; Quinta Brunson in "Abbott Elementary". Credit : Jennifer Lopez/YouTube; Black Bear Pictures; Disney/Gilles Mingasson The 2026 Golden Globe Awards nominations dropped on December 8, and as expected the list stirred the entertainment world with its share of surprises, unexpected omissions, and frontrunners. The film One Battle After Another emerged as the early frontrunner with a command

07 December 2025 Sabrina Carpenter; Donald Trump. Chip Somodevilla/Getty;Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty The controversy surrounding the White House’s use of pop-music and imagery in its immigration enforcement messaging escalated over the weekend when a second video surfaced, this time re-editing a sketch from Saturday Night Live (SNL) featuring Sabrina Carpenter. The post repurposed a humorous joke from her October SNL promo originally about playfully “arresting” someone

06 December 2025 Donald Trump speaks at the 48th Kennedy Center Honors Medallion Reception on Dec. 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Paul Morigi/Getty At the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony where Donald Trump became the first sitting president to host the gala, the real spotlight shifted momentarily, not to the honorees but to a familiar face of late-night television. In a blunt jab to reporters during the pre-ceremony medal presentation, Trump called Jimmy Kimmel “horrible,” s

5 December 2025 Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in 'Wuthering Heights'. Warner Bros. When Margot Robbie stepped into the storied role of Catherine Earnshaw for director Emerald Fennell’s upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights, she knew the backlash would come and now she is asking audiences to withhold judgement until they watch the film. Robbie acknowledged in a recent interview that some fans might feel uneasy about the casting, especially given the history of previous ada

04 December 2025 Jeff Buckley performing in the Netherlands. Michel Linssen/Redferns Few artists have left a mark as indelible and tragic as Jeff Buckley. His soaring tenor, emotional intensity, and fearless musicality made his few years in the spotlight burn bright yet brief. As the new documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley brings his story back into focus, now is a fitting moment to remember what Buckley built, what he lost, and what still remains. Jeffrey Scott Buckle

03 December 2025 Sabrina Carpenter performs on stage during the Short N' Sweet Tour held at Madison Square Garden on Sept. 29, 2024 in New York City. Christopher Polk/Rolling Stone via Getty Long after her days on the Disney Channel show Girl Meets World, Sabrina Carpenter is confronting the backlash over her provocative lyrics by pointing to a surprising culprit: people’s inability to see past her childhood-starlight image. In a new interview, she argued that much of the cri

02 December 2025 The Winter egg was commissioned in 1913 by Nicholas II. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Zuma Press/Shutterstock In a dazzling display of artistry, history and sheer monetary heft, a jewel-studded masterpiece commissioned more than a century ago for the mother of Russia’s last tsar sold at auction in London for a record-breaking £22.9 million, reaffirming its place as one of the most coveted objects from a vanished imperial world. This exquisite object, known a