BACKGRID It looks like Jake Gyllenhaal has a special lady on his arm. The Oscar-nominated actor was spotted by photographers out on a stroll in Paris on Wednesday. However, the star was not alone as he ambled around the city of light. He was joined by his reported French girlfriend, model Jeanne Cadieu.  According to an eyewitness, the pair looked happy […]

A relative of the First World War engineer who invented the famous Nissen Hut has redesigned it for 21st century use. George Nissen’s great-grandfather Peter Nissen designed the prefabricated semi-circular structures that were widely used in both world wars. Made from corrugated iron, the huts could be thrown up in quick time without the need for foundations and put to […]

Get ready for a recreation of one of the ’90s best movie musical moments, because there will be a fresh rendition of "You Don’t Own Me" in The First Wives Club reboot. In Entertainment Weekly‘s new interview with the upcoming TV show’s showrunner, writer Tracy Oliver promised the cast will put their own spin on the scene from the 1996 […]

Chris Brown‘s troubled history with the law continues. The “Forever” singer, 29, was recently charged with two criminal counts of having a restricted species — in this case, a capuchin monkey — without a permit. Each carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison, TMZ reports. The outlet says the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office is taking Brown to court […]

George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire has a lot of plot going on. I mean, the HBO show has a lot of plot going on, and they’ve barely adapted a tenth of all the subplots, battles, love affairs, and name-listing in the original book series (not to mention the prequel novellas, the short stories, and the various fantasy […]

Mere days after we officially ring in the new year, the stars are serving us up a healthy dose of ~new beginnings~ astrologically, too, as both the January 2019 new moon and the first partial solar eclipse of the new eclipse phase will take place on Jan. 5. The new year already tends to put a fire under everyone when […]

A trip to a gas station just made someone in New York City a lot — lot — richer. A $298.3 million Powerball jackpot was won on Wednesday, the lottery game announced on Thursday. The cash option is worth $180.2 million. The winning ticket (white balls 05, 25, 38, 52, 67; Powerball 24; Power Play multiplier 2X) was sold at Arnold’s […]

A new year presents the perfect opportunity to improve in many areas, whether that means eating healthier, sweating it out more, pursuing your passions, or being more productive at work. But while you’re trading the Kit-Kats for kale and streaming those educational podcasts, you might also want to consider some relationship resolutions to make in 2019, too. In other words, […]

Kate Middleton has her hands full with three kids and a royal title. But despite being one of the most well-known women in the world, Kate still makes time to be a motherly figure to her three young children. To them, she’s simply “Mom.” And when the public spotted Kate doing this during the week of Christmas, it was clear […]

We Can’t Believe These 20 Shows Came Out 20 Years Ago It feels like just yesterday we were marveling over The Matrix, trying to learn the dance in Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time,” reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and wasting hours on our Sega Dreamcasts. But it turns out 1999 was actually nearly 20 years ago, […]