Author: Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY

When JJ Abrams asked Harrison Ford to have Han Solo return to “Rise of Skywalker,” Ford’s response was “Are you kidding? I’m dead!”

Joaquin Phoenix played the game to win his first Oscar (as best actor in “Joker”), but he did it his way with odd and empowering moments.

Kirk Douglas lived to be 103 years old, and little stopped Spartacus, right to the end.

Brad Pitt was celebrated for his stellar Hollywood career at the Santa Barbara Film Festival Wednesday night. And that movie he passed on.

The 2020 Academy Awards nominees were announced Monday. Which contenders were snubbed for Oscar glory? Jennifer Lopez and Eddie Murphy, for starters.

Jennifer Aniston did not attend the Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday, instead hitting a “Friends” reunion with Lisa Kudrow and Courteney Cox.

Michael B. Jordan’s “Just Mercy” highlights the work of lawyer Bryan Stevenson, including one death row inmate he couldn’t save, Herbert Richardson.

The third episode of “Surviving R. Kelly, Part II” focused on the young women still under the singer’s powerful control.

“Norma Rae” actor Ron Leibman, who won an Emmy, a Tony award and starred in “Friends” as Rachel’s dad, has died at 82.

James Van Der Beek’s real tragic news overwhelmed the competition during the most heartbreaking semifinals ever. The pain only got worse.