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Horror writer Peter Straub, who cemented his place in the genre with works including “Ghost Story,” “The Talisman” and “A Dark Matter,” has died. He was 79. Straub’s son, Benjamin, told The Times he died “surrounded by love ones” in Manhattan on Sunday from complications due to a hip injury. …

CNN  —  Elijah Wood, Sean Astin and the core cast of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy are understandably protective of the beloved fantasy property. But they won’t tolerate racism or hatred toward the new generation of Tolkien actors. Several performers in Amazon’s new series “Lord of the …

The Writers Guild of America said Wednesday that it had settled a dispute with Amazon, with the Seattle tech company paying more than $4 million in residuals and interest to writers. The settlement provides compensation for 37 film writers on 31 films produced or acquired by Amazon, the WGA said. …

“That ‘Baywatch’ look, I don’t know if that’s really attainable,” Efron told Men’s Health in an interview published on Wednesday. “There’s just too little water in the skin. Like, it’s fake; it looks CGI’d.” The actor who is currently bulking up for an unnamed role, said that shaping up to …

Less than a week after revealing that she has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, legendary actor and activist Jane Fonda is updating fans on her health. Writing on her blog Tuesday, Fonda shared gratitude for the many kind messages she received after last week’s announcement and reiterated that she has “a very treatable …

Diddy and Swizz Beatz are backing fellow hip-hop star-turned-mogul Kanye West in his public skirmish with Adidas, the sportswear brand that manufactures the rapper’s Yeezy footwear. They’re calling for a boycott of Adidas until the brand “make[s] this right” and Ye’s work is “respected and not stolen,” they said Tuesday …

Over the last decade, actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman have amassed an impressive real estate collection across L.A. with homes in hip neighborhoods such as Silver Lake, Los Feliz and Hollywood Hills. Now, the pair are looking to cut one loose, listing their scenic home in Mount Washington for …

Rust Movie Productions LLC, the company behind the low-budget western Halyna Hutchins was working on when she was killed, has denied allegations by New Mexico’s workplace health and safety bureau that led to a $136,793 fine. The company behind the movie “Rust” said in a filing to the New Mexico …

Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday again mocked Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, who recently revealed that she talks to her therapist about nightmares she has about the divisive TV personality. Those nightmares, she said in the October issue of Vogue, are spurred by Carlson’s influence on her estranged family …

Back in 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez tapped an up-and-coming genre filmmaker, Edgar Wright, to make a parody trailer for a fake movie to play between their “Grindhouse” double feature. Wright came up with “Don’t,” in which a gravelly voice intones, “If you are thinking of going into this …