Bill Maher has been perceived to be a stalwart opponent of political correctness and the prevailing discourse since first making waves as the host of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher in the early 1990s. Known to be a counter-cultural contrarian — famous for railing against the prevailing wisdom of the day — Maher would be no stranger to controversy throughout his decades-long tenure as a popular cultural critic.

For those who hold hip-hop history close to their heart, a throwback picture is always appreciated. We previously saw Irv Gotti harken back to a time where he rolled alongside DMX and Jay-Z, triggering feelings of nostalgia in golden era aficionados. Though the aforementioned trifecta largely rose to prominence in the late nineties, another trifecta was dominating the scene in 1996. The legendary Snoop Dogg recently shared a photo of himself, MC Hammer, and the legendary Tupac Shakur, dressed to the nines at what looks like a high-end event.

Stan Lee, one of the most influential writers and publishers in the comic book industry, sat down with The New York Times in 2015 to talk about his life and career.

The stars of “The Conners” may face pay cuts as the show continues to sink with star Roseanne Barr. ABC announced in May they cancelled ‘Roseanne’ after Barr fired off a tweet about Valerie Jarrett. The Conners rating debut was down 35% from Roseanne opener via Deadline. And ratings are decreasing each week.

Mr. Lee helped create Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man and others while overseeing his company’s emergence as a media behemoth.

Snoop Dogg is the latest recipient of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, as Variety reports. The rapper, actor, and television personality will be honored in a ceremony on November 19, with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to present him with the honor during a taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Snoop will be included in the recording category. Earlier this year, Snoop Dogg announced his first-ever cookbook, From Crook to Cook. In June, he linked up with Gorillaz for a new song called “Hollywood.”

My father used to close out his emails with these incredible words by Hunter S Thompson: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly worn-out and screaming “WooHoo, What a Ride!” I didn’t truly know Stan Lee. I typically connected with him at comic conventions where I would find myself utterly worn-out and growing ragged or weary.

After two rounds playing the ex-military cop Jack Reacher on the big screen, Tom Cruise is officially out of the franchise. British author Lee Child, who created the character, told BBC Radio that he has decided “There won’t be any more movies with Tom Cruise… Cruise, for all his talent, didn’t have that physicality.”

On Monday (Nov. 12), Lorde took to Instagram to accuse Kanye West and Kid Cudi of stealing the stage idea she used on her Melodrama Tour and at last year's Coachella. The singer posted pictures on her Instagram story of the suspended stage from her 2017 Coachella performance, as well as pictures of West and Cudi’s similar levitating platform at their Kids See Ghosts performance at Camp Flog Gnaw in Los Angeles on Sunday. Lorde pointed out that West copied the floating stage that had become an artistic staple in her recent live performances.

So a screenwriter, a photographer, the district attorney of Clinton County, N.Y., and Ben Stiller drop by a small-town street corner together to see a manhole. It sounds like the setup of a joke — and that was a problem. “I got that,” Stiller said recently. “‘Ben Stiller is going to come up and make a comedy about this and make fun of us.’”

There is little more inspiring than when two legends unite for a worthwhile cause, and actor and ethical investor Leonardo DiCaprio and vegan primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall have done exactly that. The two passionate environmentalists have joined forces to launch a vegan clothing line to support ape conservation.

Vegan filmmaker Kevin Smith is encouraging Americans to skip the turkey this Thanksgiving and instead choose compassion. The “Clerks” creator, along with his daughter, actor, and fellow vegan Harley Quinn Smith, appeared in a new PSA for Farm Sanctuary, the first shelter for rescued farm animals in the nation. In the video, Kevin and Harley hang out with a couple of the sanctuary’s resident turkeys while discussing why they are choosing to break tradition with a vegan Thanksgiving.

Canadian actor Douglas Rain, who played some of Shakespeare's most intriguing characters onstage but perhaps is best known for supplying the creepily calm voice of the computer HAL in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey has died at 90. The Stratford Festival said Rain died on Sunday of natural causes at St Marys Memorial Hospital, just outside of Stratford, Ontario. He was one of the festival's founding company members and spent 32 seasons performing there, until 1998.

Actor Sean Bean has played many roles where his character dies before the end of the film or TV series and now gamers have the chance to digitally kill him when he appears as a special guest star target in the video game Hitman 2. The Hitman games cast the player as Agent 47 who can employ a wide range of weapons to kill his target.

The US rapper and actor T.I. is now being sued for securities fraud in relation to a supposed cryptocurrency scam. Specifically, a group of disgruntled investors filed a lawsuit this past Thursday seeking ”at least $5 million”.

Louis C.K. performed a low-key stand-up performance in Paris, France – the latest as he returns to the comedy world following the sexual harassment allegations that torpedoed his career. The comedian performed a show, understood to be a set of over an hour, at the The New York Comedy Night at the Theatre de l’Oeuvre. The show, which is hosted by American expat comedian Sebastian Marx, comes after his advertised stand-up performance at Manhattan’s Comedy Cellar at the end of October.

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are true Red Sox fans! The pair, who finalized their divorce earlier this month, both attended Game 4 of the World Series at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on Saturday. Garner and Affleck, who were photographed near each other in a suite, both dressed casually for the nail-biting game.

"I just bought 200 seats in the front so they can be empty."

For Hitman 2, developer IO Interactive is once again bringing back “elusive targets,” the tough-to-assassinate characters that are only available for a limited time, and you only have one chance to kill them. If you fail, you don’t get another shot. Things are starting out with a bang for the sequel: the first elusive target in Hitman 2 will be played by none other than Sean Bean, an actor who is notorious for regularly dying in film and TV roles.

Selma Blair has been a powerful presence in any number of film and TV projects over the years, from her early days in movies like Cruel Intentions and Legally Blonde, to more recent projects like the bonkers “parents try to kill their kids” horror film Mom And Dad. Today, while discussing her affection for her coworkers on her upcoming Netflix project Another Life, Blair revealed via Instagram that she’s been suffering from...

Analytical as ever, the comic has strong opinions about disgraced peers like Cosby. He says the audience is always right (even about his #MeToo joke).

Baldwin, who has appeared in such films as "Working Girl" "The Departed," and "Glengarry Glen Ross," more recently has made news for his frequent scathing impersonations of President Donald Trump on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

Showing once again why he’s the most down to earth movie star around, Hong Kong film legend Chow Yun-fat reportedly lives on just HK$800 ($102) a month, saving up his money so that one day he can leave it all to charity.

Comedy icon John Cleese has a pair of tough questions for evangelical voters who support President Donald Trump. White evangelicals have been among Trump’s most ardent backers. A poll released earlier this month found 71 percent of them approve of the president. That led to two questions from Cleese, sent via Twitter over the weekend:

More than three years after Jennifer Garner announced her split with Ben Affleck, she’s reportedly seeing John Miller, a real-life burger king based out of California. The two have been “casually dating” for a few months, unnamed sources told multipleoutlets, with the reports categorizing the relationship as “not serious” at the moment.

Demi Lovato has reached 90 days of sobriety, according her mother, Dianna De La Garza. "She has 90 days," she confirmed in an interview on Maria Menounos‘ Sirius XM show Friday. "I couldn't be more thankful or more proud of her because addiction being a disease, it's work. It's very hard. It's not easy, and there are no shortcuts."

Avengers love Halloween too, and the hero that kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe is celebrating with some superhero pumpkins. The movie world has changed considerably since Robert Downey Jr's turn as Tony Stark in the original Iron Man, and all these years later it is still going strong. His Marvel alter ego has also managed to work its way into his decorations for Halloween this year, though as he revealed in a new photo he also had some help from his pal Spider-Man.

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has been a longtime critic of the Catholic Church and as more and more scandals continue to come to light, some have wondered if O’Connor is owed some sort of an apology. In 1992, the Irish singer made headlines when she tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II and said: “Fight the real enemy” during a performance of her song War on Saturday Night Live.

Ellie Kemper has made a career out of playing sweet, unflaggingly optimistic characters like cheery receptionist Erin on The Office and the Emmy-nominated title role in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Now that Kimmy has wrapped up its final season, Kemper has turned her sights to writing, releasing the charming nonfiction collection, My Squirrel Days, which contains stories ranging from field trips during her St. Louis childhood to going to the Emmys while sporting an unfortunate bang fringe. Her new, literary departure may not be as unusual as it seems...

Maggie Gyllenhaal, a producer and star of The Deuce, HBO’s gritty dramatic examination of misogyny, sexual violence and exploitation in the grimy Times Square of the 1970s, says shutting down the show in response to misconduct allegations against co-star James Franco would be “the opposite of the right thing to do.”

Even though Kanye West is no stranger to drama, some of his latest Trump-related antics have left the Kardashians, including Kim, frustrated. As a reminder, Kanye went off on a factually incorrect pro-Trump rant on Saturday Night Live a couple of weeks ago, and he also had a meeting with Trump a few days ago during which he revealed his iPhone password and implied that he (Kanye) was going to run for president in 2024.

Actor Sean Bean will star in the first Elusive Target mission for Hitman 2, publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developer IO Interactive announced. In the game, Bean will take on the role of Mark Faba, a former MI5 agent turned freelance assassin. Faba is notoriously known as “The Undying” and has a reputation as a master of faking his own death, which causes the International Contract Agency to put a bounty on his head.

When he was shot and killed in June, Florida rapper XXXTentacion was awaiting trial for a 2016 domestic abuse case involving a former girlfriend. He was charged by the Miami-Dade County state attorney’s office with aggravated battery of a pregnant victim, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, and witness tampering, accusations the alleged victim detailed in a January 2017 deposition. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and maintained his innocence up until his death.

Legendary singer who called Detroit home recorded 42 studio albums, charted 43 Top 40 singles, and earned 18 Grammy Awards.

Louis C.K., the comedian and filmmaker who retreated from the limelight last year after admitting to sexual misconduct, returned to the stand-up stage on Sunday, according to a report. He appeared at the famed Comedy Cellar in New York's Greenwich Village around 11 p.m. on Sunday, receiving an ovation before he launched into his set, the club's owner, Noam Dworman, told the New York Times.