Mel Gibson has issued an apology after sparking online outrage. The actor and director was one of the guests at FanExpo Canada in Toronto and was recorded mimicking the gestures of the sign language interpreter who was also onstage.
Mel Gibson speaks on stage during FanExpo Chicago 2026 (@ Getty Images)
The video shows Gibson walking out onstage, using various hand movements while he looked at the ASL translator in front of him, who was facing the crowd. The video was shared on Saturday and gained traction online, with many expressing their disappointment.
"Sometimes when you get pushed out on a stage in a spotlight your mind is all over the place, and sometimes spontaneous thoughtless idiocy is displayed," said Gibson in a statement to PEOPLE.
Mel Gibson at the premiere of 'Daddy's Home 2' (@ Getty Images)

#gibson #onstage #stage #toronto

Hollywood is mourning the loss of Tim Curry.
The British actor died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Susan Sarandon, his co-star in the Rocky Horror Picture Show, posted a throwback image of the two with a caption that read, "What a funny, ***** y, original he was. But what I loved about him most was his heart. Even wheelchair-bound, he continued to be so sweet and generous with his fans. Thank you Tim for meaning so much to so many people. Love you, S."
Luke Evans, the most recent actor to play Dr Frank-N-Furter on Broadway, the role Curry originated onstage and portrayed in the 1975 film, penned a tribute on Instagram.
"There will only be one Tim Curry. He was a force, a bright fierce flame, an exquisite charm and that rich vocal tone, he was an inspiration to me and so many people for the roles he played and the effect he had on so many of us."
Carol Burnett, who starred alongside Curry in Annie, shared a clip from the 1982 film on Instagram. She wrote, "We had such a wonderful time working together on Annie. ***** ody could play lovable villains better than he could. He was a dear friend. I was blessed to know him."

#Instagram #annie #play #british

Adorned in rhinestones and elevating her 5-foot stature with sky-high heels and voluminous blonde wigs, Dolly Parton often joked, "it costs a lot of money to look this cheap!"
Parton's looks on stage and off reflected both her Tennessee roots and her embodiment of over-the-top feminine glamour, an aesthetic articulated in her album **** le and self-anointed nickname "Backwoods Barbie." She was rarely seen without long acrylic nails, a full face of makeup, and heapings of glitter.
The prolific musician, actor and philanthropist, who died on Tuesday at 80 years old, always had a tongue-in-cheek response to criticisms about her larger-than-life sense of style. She quipped about her hair being a fire hazard, would play her hit '9 to 5' with nothing but her fire red acrylic nails as the instrument, and she unabashedly loved flashy clothes: shoulder pads, plunging necklines, a cinched waist, lace were all sartorial non-negotiables for the singer. But she paired it with a keen sense of self-awareness that only made her devout fanbase love her more.
Parton's massive, voluminous blonde wigs were classic Dolly — and, she once joked, a "fire hazard." - Richard McCaffrey/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
"When I moved to Nashville in 1964, I already had some ideas about what I wanted to look like onstage — and off," she wrote in her book "Behind the Seams" in 2023. "Country stars had to have big hair and some sparkles, and you had to have a Cadillac. I had the big hair but not yet the Cadillac — or enough sparkles." She related to the clothes worn by famous fixtures on stage of the Grand Ole Opry, like Jean Shepard and didn't shy away from the unconventional things that influenced her, telling People she even took inspiration from the famously risqué Frederick's of Hollywood catalogs she flipped through when she was young.

#FIRE #voluminous #look

Lily Allen channelled ultimate festival style in a mini dress on stage at the 2026 Øya Festival in Tøyenparken on August 15. Over in Hollywood, many stars including Harrison Ford celebrated at the Disney Entertainment Showcase during the D23 event on August 16.
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Channeling sparkly showgirl vibes, Lily Allen performs on stage at the 2026 Øya Festival in Tøyenparken on August 15.
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Hollywood legend Harrison Ford speaks onstage at the Disney Entertainment Showcase during the D23 event on August 16.

#hollywood #disney

Anne Hathaway looked positively regal in a purple caped gown at the 2026 Disney Legends Awards ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 16
The draped dress highlighted her baby ***** p
Hathaway is expecting her third child with husband Adam Shulman
Anne Hathaway is once again turning heads with her maternity style.
On Sunday, Aug. 16, the pregnant actress, 43, was honored at the 2026 Disney Legends Awards ceremony during D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, Calif. She wore another ***** p-baring look onstage, a regal purple gown featuring Grecian-inspired draping and a cape. She styled her long dark hair in soft waves.

#hathaway #regal #ceremony

Press for rom-com One Night Only continued Down Under as Callum Turner stepped out in a smart suit in Sydney, Australia. And talk about a mega moment, Matthew McConaughey received a special cinema dedication on August 10...
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Callum Turner attends the Australian premiere of One Night Only on August 11.
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Matthew McConaughey speaks onstage during the dedication ceremony for the Matthew McConaughey Cinema on August 10.

#mcconaughey #only

NBA star LeBron James will make his regular season debut with the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday, Oct. 22, ESPN's Malika Andrews announced Tuesday on "Good Morning America."
James and the 76ers will play his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The game will air on ESPN.
Two months later, on Christmas Day, James will face off against his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, and his son Bronny James.
(Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME) - PHOTO: LeBron James speaks onstage during the TIME100 Sports Gala at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers on July 16, 2026 in New York City.
LeBron James announced in July his decision to join the 76ers after spending eight seasons with the Lakers.

#former

Chrissy Metz has opened up about using drugs on her weight-loss journey.
The actor and singer, who is best known for playing Kate Pearson in the TV drama This Is Us from 2016 to 2022, has signed up as a celebrity brand ambassador for telehealth GLP-1 weight loss programme Ro.
The Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee shared with People magazine that after years of trying diets that didn't work, "I just wanted to take care of myself."
"I'm not getting any younger," she told the outlet. "I'm in perimenopause, and there were obesity issues within my family and with my father, and I felt like I've tried so many modalities, whether it was diets or therapy, and none of it really worked for me."
The Hunting Wives star admits she was sceptical about weight-loss drugs for years, **** uming they wouldn't work for her or would give her horrible side effects, but so far, she's been having a positive experience.
"It's so nice not to be obsessing about what I'm going to have every minute, even as I'm still consuming the meal. I just vilified food for so long because I was taught that it was bad, and you shouldn't eat this or that. And it's been helping me be more mobile and have less joint pain and inflammation, and run around onstage."

#loss #diets #chrissy #kate

Ariana Grande acknowledged her decision to step back from the public eye onstage in Chicago Monday night, telling fans her choice, which her representatives previously credited to "endless, ongoing public scrutiny," was not "reactive or impulsive" and that "boundaries" need to be set.
Ariana Grande is set to perform three shows in Chicago this week. (Photo by JC Olivera/WWD via Getty Images)
Grande made a brief speech during her Chicago concert, her first appearance since she announced over the weekend she would take a break once her tour wraps up, acknowledging the public reaction to her announcement was "a little blown out of proportion."
Grande said she "quietly" made a plan to take a break "a long time ago," adding she heard her fans were "worried that negativity was ruining things for me," a possible reference to a reignited internet debate over Grande's health and appearance.
The singer said no matter "what noises exist out there, nothing will ever be able to distort my reality or be more real to me or elaborate to me" than her relationship to her fans.

#appearance

A message of gratitude earned Oprah Winfrey a special gift from Queen Bey.
She told the story on the Are You Okay? web series, explaining how it all happened.
"I went to the Beyoncé Renaissance concert," Winfrey said in a clip posted to social media Monday. "I was so blown away. I wrote her a fan letter. She obviously liked the fan letter because she then sent me one of the hats from Renaissance. Beyoncé sent me a hat!"
She continued, breaking into a dance, "I sent her a letter and she sent me a hat! I sent her a letter and she sent me a hat!"
Oprah previously praised Beyoncé's Renaissance show on Instagram, writing alongside a clip of Bey onstage, "I have never in my life experienced something as transcendent as beyonce's Renaissance Tour."

#okay

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 17: Flavor Flav (C), Rhiannon Rae Ellis (2R) and Team USA members Alexandra Carpenter (L) and Hilary Knight (R) attend a private Team USA Athletes Only Dinner featuring top celebrity female chefs and hosted by Flavor Flav during Flavor Flav's SHE Weekend at the new Westoria Restaurant inside The Cosmopolitan on July 17, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for ABA)
For years, the conversation surrounding women’s sports has centered on one word: equality. Flavor Flav is demonstrating another word leaders should consider: investment.
For many fans, Flavor Flav will forever be remembered as Public Enemy's energetic hype man, a 2013 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductee, the larger-than-life personality behind the iconic clock necklace, or the star of reality television's Flavor of Love.
But this past weekend, the Public Enemy co-founder brought more than one hundred Gold, Silver, and Bronze medalists from Team USA’s Women Olympic and Paralympic programs to Las Vegas for SHE Weekend—short for Sports, Hospitality and Entertainment— for a four-day celebration designed to give America’s female athletes something many had rarely experienced at this scale: a victory celebration built specifically around them. I went to experience it for myself, and it was incredible.
The weekend included a parade on the Las Vegas Strip, front-row seats to a private concert from Public Enemy, receiving keys to the Las Vegas Strip, and attendance to the Backstreet Boys’ Sphere residency, where Team USA Medal winners received an onstage acknowledgment. This was in addition to a slate of curated dinners and programming talks from executives across the spectrum.

#public

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — King Charles III took his time before officially opening the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after emerging Thursday from the TARDIS of intergalactic adventurer "Doctor Who."
More than 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories will compete across 10 sports and six Para sports in the 11-day event. Charles formally opened the Games in his role as head of the Commonwealth.
The opening ceremony show began with a clip of what organizers called "the world's most famous police box" from the iconic sci-fi TV series going on a journey around Scotland. After visits to Loch Ness, the Kelpies, and Edinburgh Castle, it stopped to pick up Charles and Queen Camilla at Balmoral Castle.
It then materialized inside the Hydro arena — appearing on an onstage garden — and Charles and Camilla emerged, making their way down a ramp before taking up seats in the royal box.
Charles is not the first British monarch to make a memorable entrance to a major sporting event's opening ceremony.

#camilla #ceremony

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 15: Simone Biles speaks onstage during the 2026 ESPY Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on July 15, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
After revealing a health scare in June, Simone Biles has shared another development with her fans. The seven-time Olympic medalist posted an Instagram Story on Thursday featuring a photo of Biles in surgical attire, accompanied by her husband, Indianapolis Colts safety Jonathan Owens.
"His birthday but he takes me to get my procedure," Biles wrote affectionately. The photo is from July 22, indicating that Biles had already undergone the procedure at the time of posting. The 29-year-old donned a hospital gown, hair net in the photo.
The post is the first update in over a month from Biles, who shared news of a purported near-death experience on June 15.
"Almost dying wasn't on my bingo card earlier this week," Biles wrote last month, adding that she typically preserves her privacy in such circumstances, but felt compelled to share her recent experience.

#july #procedure

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - SEPTEMBER 01: Brian Snitker #43 of the Atlanta Braves looks on against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on September 01, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
Brian Snitker's place in Atlanta Braves history has already been secured. After spending five decades with the organization and guiding the franchise to a World Series championship in 2021, the longtime manager recently added another milestone by earning induction into the Braves Hall of Fame.
Even in retirement, however, Snitker continues to represent the organization in prominent settings. His latest public appearance came during President Donald Trump's recent visit to Cobb County, where the Braves’ legendary former skipper delivered a message that quickly caught the attention of baseball fans.
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Speaking during the event, Snitker sent a championship message to the president while joining him onstage alongside team CEO Mike Plant.

#snitker

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Retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady slapped YouTuber and WWE star Logan Paul in the face while on stage at Fanatics Fest in New York City on Friday.
The two engaged in a seemingly heated verbal altercation before Brady let Paul have it with a swift slap. New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Town, who stood behind the two onstage as they argued, stepped between Brady and Paul when the argument turned physical.
Brady and Paul were quickly escorted off-stage. It has yet to be confirmed whether the incident was staged, either as a preview for a surprise Brady WWE debut or as extra clout and hype as Paul, who is recovering from a torn tricep, said he is ready to return to the ring.
The seven-time Super Bowl champ shared footage of the altercation on X, calling Paul a "dork":

Thanks for joining us, Cape Verde. Appreciate your fight, Paraguay. Way to show up for most of your matches, USMNT. You got your turn onstage at a magnificent World Cup … and now it's time for the big dogs to take the spotlight.
Six of the top eight squads in FIFA's worldwide rankings are still alive in this year's tournament, meaning we're in for something special when the semifinals begin on Friday. There's a time for Cinderella stories, and then there's a time for the kaiju of the field to just start whomping on each other. That time is now.
Kylian Mbappe and France. Leo Messi and Argentina. Erling Haaland and Norway. Harry Kane and England. These are the **** ans of the sport, the nations that rule the world and the men who are their heart, soul and spine. They dominate both the pitch and the stat sheets, giving us highlight after cinematic highlight that other, already-eliminated teams can only watch and envy.
Consider, for instance, defending champion Messi setting the record for most goals in a World Cup career:
Or World Cup rookie Haaland casually firing a nuke from long range:

Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster is worried, reveals a source.
As Examiner previously reported, the "Forever Young" singer, 81, was forced to use an oxygen tank mid-concert in West Valley City, Utah on Friday, June 19, after nearly fainting onstage.
"Penny and the kids have been on Rod for literally years, telling him he's no spring chicken and the way he treats his body is bound to catch up with him sooner or later, especially his booze consumption," says the source. "He's ignored them repeatedly and now, their worst fears are coming true."
The week prior, Stewart had to cancel a concert in Chula Vista, California after an acute upper respiratory infection led to laryngitis, only to be spotted at a FIFA World Cup match in Boston.
"Even now, after this latest emergency, he's telling them to back off and insisting he knows his limitations, making excuses about dehydration and saying it looked a whole lot worse to the outside eye than it actually was," the source notes. "But for Penny, enough is enough."

Lower Manhattan was buzzing Wednesday as preparations ramped up for a championship parade honoring the New York Knicks, with officials expecting millions of spectators along the traditional "Canyon of Heroes."
Workers were seen attaching new street signs, renaming Lower Broadway "Champions Way" for the celebration. Nearby, shopkeepers draped banners and street vendors sold Knicks T-shirts outside the New York Stock Exchange, signaling the scale of an event many expect to be one of the largest in modern city history.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who appeared onstage during the ceremony earlier Wednesday, said the excitement reflects more than just the team's victory.
"It feels as if the entire city has rallied around this team," Mamdani said during an interview on CNN. "And some of it is the wait. Some of it also, though, is that people are so excited to be outside with one another, they are so excited to be a part of something bigger than themselves."
The celebration will also mark an unprecedented operation for law enforcement. The New York City Police Department plans what officials describe as its largest deployment ever for a scheduled event, ******* igning 10,000 uniformed officers - nearly one-third of the entire department - to police the parade.

A weekend BASE jumping accident in a Utah canyon killed two people, one of them a daredevil athlete best known for performing onstage with Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl, authorities said.
The sheriff's office in Grand County, Utah, confirmed one of the dead was Andy Lewis, an extreme athlete known for feats in BASE jumping, a dangerous sport that involves parachuting to the ground after jumping from a tall fixed object such as a building, a bridge or a desert cliff overlooking a deep canyon.
Lewis was also a prominent figure in the niche sports of slacklining and tricklining, which combine elements of high-wire walking with aerial acrobatics — sometimes at perilous heights.
Lewis went from obscure athlete to overnight celebrity when he appeared onstage in Madonna’s 2012 Super Bowl halftime show. Dressed in a Roman toga, Lewis bounced and executed tricks on his inch-wide line like it was a trampoline while Madonna sang behind him.
“My phone actually rang itself to death three days in a row,” Lewis said soon afterward in an appearance on Conan O’Brien’s late night show.

Ariana Grande appears to have turned one old lyric into a "wink-wink" shade on stage. The pop star opened her "Eternal Sunshine" tour in Oakland, California, on Saturday and sang "Thank U, Next" before changing the mood around a line about marriage. A viral TikTok clip showed her smiling through the moment, holding up two fingers, and laughing as fans linked it to her divorce from Dalton Gomez.
As per Page Six, Ariana Grande kicked off her tour at Oakland Arena. During "Thank U, Next," she reached the lyric, "Only wanna do it once," then playfully raised two fingers. The outlet reported the move seemingly referenced her being open to marriage again. Meanwhile, the TikTok clip from a user showed her smiling in a pink fringed dress as dancers surrounded her onstage.
The moment quickly moved through fan pages because the 2019 song had always carried personal history. It referenced Grande's former relationships with Pete Davidson, Big Sean, and the late Mac Miller. However, this new stage bit came after her own marriage ended.
One fan reacted, "the way she avoided 'only wanna do this once' PLEASE I LOVE HER." Another added, "the lyric change and the side eye from 'only wanna do this once'." The TikTok post had over 247k likes.
Grande and Dalton Gomez finalized their divorce in March 2024 after three years of marriage. Page Six reported they had a prenuptial agreement. The singer made a one-time payment of $1.25 million to Gomez. She also agreed to give him half the proceeds from their Los Angeles home sale.

What happened: Marvell Technology (MRVL) shares extended their gains another 10% in Wednesday's premarket trading after surging 32% in the previous session, fueled by comments from Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang, who described the custom chipmaker as "the next trillion-dollar company."
What’s behind the move: Huang’s comments made at Computex week in Taipei sent Marvell stock soaring as he appeared onstage alongside Marvell CEO Matt Murphy.
After taking the stage, Huang said, “Ladies and gentlemen, the next trillion-dollar company,” in reference to Marvell.
The custom chipmaker’s market cap sat just under $254 billion on Tuesday, still a long way from $1 trillion.
Last month, memory chipmakers Micron Technology (MU), Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), and SK Hynix (000660.KS) all made headlines as they topped valuations of $1 trillion for the first time.

What happened: Marvell Technology (MRVL) stock skyrocketed 32% on Tuesday — and another 10% in premarket on Wednesday — after Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang called the custom chipmaker “the next trillion-dollar company.”
What’s behind the move: Huang’s comments made at Computex week in Taipei sent Marvell stock soaring as he appeared onstage alongside Marvell CEO Matt Murphy.
After taking the stage, Huang said, “Ladies and gentlemen, the next trillion-dollar company,” in reference to Marvell.
The custom chipmaker’s market cap sat just under $254 billion on Tuesday, still a long way from $1 trillion.
Last month, memory chipmakers Micron Technology (MU), Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), and SK Hynix (000660.KS) all made headlines as they topped valuations of $1 trillion for the first time.