• Newsmakers
  • TV
  • Film
  • Books
Random musings on entertainment and publishing.
The home of The Hollywood Beat podcast, created by veteran entertainment journalist Tandy Culpepper
  • Newsmakers
  • TV
  • Film
  • Books
© 2025 by Tandy Culpepper
Menu
  • Newsmakers
  • TV
  • Film
  • Books

Newsmakers

<B>Paramount Shells Out 1.5 Billion For Five-Year Streaming Rights to <i>South Park</i></b>

Paramount Shells Out 1.5 Billion For Five-Year Streaming Rights to South Park

NewsmakersJuly 28, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Paramount Global has finalized a blockbuster five-year licensing deal with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone—through their Park County/South Park Digital Studios venture—valued…

<b>Are They or Aren’t They? Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson Keep Us Guessing</b>

Are They or Aren’t They? Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson Keep Us Guessing

NewsmakersJuly 28, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

It’s the kind of Hollywood twist no one saw coming: Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson, two icons from wildly different corners of the fame universe,…

<b>Slovenian Tadej Pogačar Wins Tour de France A 4th Time</b>

Slovenian Tadej Pogačar Wins Tour de France A 4th Time

NewsmakersJuly 28, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Tadej Pogačar has won the 2025 Tour de France, securing his fourth career victory and solidifying his place among cycling’s all-time greats. The 26-year-old Slovenian…

<b>Jamie Lee Curtis to Star in ‘Murder, She Wrote’ Reboot for NBC</b>

Jamie Lee Curtis to Star in ‘Murder, She Wrote’ Reboot for NBC

NewsmakersJuly 27, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Jamie Lee Curtis is returning to television in a high-profile reboot of Murder, She Wrote, NBC announced today. The Academy Award-winning actress will step into…

<b>Tom Lehrer, Iconic Satirist and Mathematician, Dies at 97</b>

Tom Lehrer, Iconic Satirist and Mathematician, Dies at 97

NewsmakersJuly 27, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Tom Lehrer, the subversive singer-songwriter whose sardonic wit and mathematically precise lyricism made him a cult hero of mid-20th century satire, has died at the…

<b>House Ethics Panel Says Congresswoman AOC Must Repay Cost of Met Gala Gown: <i>Tax the Rich</i></b>

House Ethics Panel Says Congresswoman AOC Must Repay Cost of Met Gala Gown: Tax the Rich

NewsmakersJuly 26, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been directed to repay nearly $3,000 following a House Ethics Committee ruling that found she violated congressional gift rules related to…

<b>Walmart Heiress Alice Walton Launches New School of Medicine</b>

Walmart Heiress Alice Walton Launches New School of Medicine

NewsmakersJuly 26, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Alice Walton, the billionaire Walmart heiress and philanthropist, has opened a new medical school in Bentonville, Arkansas, that aims to transform how future doctors are…

<b>Borat No More, Sacha Baron Cohen?  Seriously Ripped!</>

Borat No More, Sacha Baron Cohen? Seriously Ripped!

NewsmakersJuly 24, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

At 53 years old, Sacha Baron Cohen has managed the improbable: becoming a mid-life thirst trap. Gone is the Borat mankini played for laughs. In…

<b>Jeffrey Epstein Just Won’t Die (In the News, That Is)</b>

Jeffrey Epstein Just Won’t Die (In the News, That Is)

NewsmakersJuly 24, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

It turns out that in 2025, the only thing more immortal than a Marvel superhero is Jeffrey Epstein’s rap sheet. Though the disgraced financier and…

<b>Legendary, Larger-Than-Life Wrestler Hulk Hogan Dies Suddenly At 71</b>

Legendary, Larger-Than-Life Wrestler Hulk Hogan Dies Suddenly At 71

NewsmakersJuly 24, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Terry Gene Bollea, widely known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, passed away on July 24, 2025, at the age of 71, after suffering cardiac…

Posts pagination

1 … 11 12 13 … 17

About The Hollywood Beat

The Hollywood Beat is produced and reported by Tandy Culpepper, a veteran Hollywood-based broadcast and online journalist. Contact us at tandy@TheHollywoodBeat.com.

Website design by Corin Hirsch. Logo design by Scott Williams at Pembrook Creative. Reach him at scott@pembrook.tv or 323-807-0634.

Featured Posts

  • John Heder: From Quirky Breakout to Serious Contender on Screen August 29, 2025
  • Billy Zane: A Chameleon of Screen and Stagecraft August 29, 2025
  • Waltzing with Brando: Billy Zane Disappears into the Legend While John Heder Captivates as the Dreamer Beside Him August 29, 2025