And she said, ‘I’ve retired from writing, I don’t write anymore. I’m not interested in writing anymore. It’s too hard.’ Steven Spielberg (left) with Harrison Ford and screenwriter Melissa Mathison on the set of ‘E.T.’. She turned me down." “‘She doesn’t want to write my next movie.’ And [Harrison] said, ‘Let me talk to her.’ The idea forE.T.first came to Spielberg while he was makingClose Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)....

Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White has died, the band announced on Sunday. His talent helped Earth, Wind & Fire land their first Billboard No. Verdine White, Fred’s brother and founding member of Earth, Wind & Fire, wrote on Instagram. Fred White drumming with Earth, Wind & Fire.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images He was brother number 4 in the family lineup.

The son of Hayao Miyazaki talks about making something Ghibli audiences have never seen before. In the garage, she discovers a car. Specifically, a yellow Citroen 2CV. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images Then a witch and a Mandrake, disguised as prospective parents, adopted her. The 2CV offers a hint to both Bella Yaga’s past and Earwig’s. It’s also a car director Goro Miyazaki knows well. GKIDS Films It just says that," Miyazaki, 54, tells EW through a translator over Zoom....

We both have a very similar work ethic, but I think our brains work very differently. Al has a much more meticulous, mathematical brain. I come from like a very loosey-goosey improv world where it’s like, ‘Let the ideas pour out! ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic.Anthony Pidgeon/Redferns Throw them all up against the wall and see what sticks!’ But our two disciplines worked really well together. It was just an incredibly easy, joyful experience writing this script with him....

“Only Sonja Morgan was willing to come to the table,” according to Williams. The season was such a dud no one seemed to miss the usual season-culminating reunion that never manifested. “Period, dot.” Eboni K. Williams on ‘The Real Housewives of New York’.Sophy Holland/Bravo Still, it doesn’t seem that Williams is completely done with theHousewives. “I keep a tight circle,” Williams said. They just happen to be fantastic." Maybe we’ll get to meet them nextRHONYseason....

Rutherford Falls hits Peacock next month. The trailer for the upcomingPeacockshow (below) dropped on Tuesday, and plenty of hijinks ensue. “It’s history Deirdre, and it’s possible for you to’t change history. Ed Helms in ‘Rutherford Falls’.Peacock Unless you have a time machine,” Helms' Rutherford tells the mayor in the trailer. “There’s something happening in that town,” Milligan says in the trailer. Rutherford Fallsis set to be a breakthrough for Native representation in comedy television....

Watch Helms as Nathan Rutherford lose his cool on Peacock’s Rutherford Falls. The downward spiral may ring a bell for those who’ve followed Helms' previous roles. They really get in their own way," he says. Rutherford Fallsfollows Rutherford as the steward to the family legacy in a small town in the Northeast. Rutherford balks and says bronze was too expensive at the time. Andy onThe Officealso has a penchant tobend the truthor losecontrol of his temper....

“I said, What would you like? And Sam said, One the size of me.'” Ed Sheeranis in love with the shape of lewd. Ed Sheeran opened up about why he gave Sam Smith a 6-foot-2 penis statue.Dave J Hogan/Getty Images But first, he insisted on providing a bit of context. “Just, like, odd gifts, like sexual sort of objects.” “I got this huge, flopping, droopy thing,” Sheeran joked. “I got a few different iterations there was a big, erect, vein-y one....

Ed Sheeranis headed to court over a copyright lawsuit again. Judge Louis Stanton has now ruled this debate has to be settled by a jury trial. That case is still pending. Ed Sheeran is headed to trial over accusations that his hit ‘Thinking Out Loud’ stole from Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On.'.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; Jim Britt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images This isn’t Sheeran’s first brush with copyright law. “It’s really damaging to the songwriting industry....

“I was within a f—ing gnat’s pube of doing one.” Turns out,Daniel Craig’s final performance as James Bond was nearly set to a completely different soundtrack. “They changed directors, and then they just changed scripts, and that was it. Ed Sheeran and Billie Eilish.Karwai Tang/WireImage; Momodu Mansaray/Getty Images But we had done all the meetings. I had started writing it.” If they come back, I’ll be like, ‘Yeah yeah, of course....

“I promised my father that I would protect my father’s intellectual properties as he did.” She added, “I think Mr. Sheeran is a great artist with a great future. This isn’t the first time Sheeran has been sued for copyright infringement for one of his songs. Ed Sheeran at his copyright infringement trial in New York.Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images “I’m not an entity. I’m not a corporation. This really does have to end....

Pull out that fedora and trenchcoat because it’s time for things to get a little dark. Specifically, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. All three figure prominently in classic film noir. Author and film historian Eddie Muller and his new book ‘Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir’.Presley Ann/Getty Images; Running Press Adult Thank goodness cocktail culture is bigger than ever. Nobody needs to pack heat or chain-smoke to savor the darkly seductive allure of noir....

It’s a blueprint, and I followed it my whole career. It’s very simple, it’s three things," Murphy began. Murphy ended his speech and he left the stage to a thunderous round of applause. NBC “But, I love both of them,” he told reporters. Murphy’s speech, however, didn’t mark the first time Smith was named on the NBC telecast. “Wow, dude, it was aG.I. Eddie Murphy accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2023 Golden Globes....