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Ashley Tisdale has discovered she is related to Austin Butler.The 37-year-old actress is very close with Austin, 31, whom she starred with in her 2011 direct-to-video High School Musical spinoff Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure.Speaking on a new episode of Ancestry's 2 Lies and A Leaf YouTube series, she said it was 'inasne' that they are 10th cousins once removed because they were always 'like brother and sister.' Uncanny: Ashley Tisdale (left) has discovered she is related to Austin Butler (right)She exclaimed: 'Austin and I always say that we're like fraternal twins born very far apart because he's much younger and we've always had that connection.'The High School Musical star continued: 'It's no wonder! We've always said we were brother and sister. That is insane!' She was moved almost to the point of tears by the revelation and was then seen receiving a text message from the Elvis star, who was also in shock at the news.Ashley said: 'I literally am gonna cry.

A shocking revelation. When Ashley Tisdale teamed up with Ancestry, she didn’t expect to learn that pal Austin Butler is part of her family.

Michael Butler, the Tony-winning producer who brought Hair to Broadway in 1968 and later produced the film adaptation and many other productions of the show, died Monday in Santa Barbara. He was 95.

. There's a new Elvis in town.Back in September, it was that star Jacob Elordi would be the next actor to step into Elvis' blue suede shoes in Priscilla, the upcoming biopic based on Priscilla Presley's 1985 memoir Elvis and Me.

Fresh off the success of Baz Luhrman's musical biopic Elvis comes the new biopic Priscilla, written and directed by Sofia Coppola, that tells Priscilla Presley's side of the story of her life with the King of Rock 'n' Roll.In Elvis, Austin Butler and Olivia DeJonge wowed audiences with magnificent performances as Elvis Presley and his ex-wife, in a film that largely focused on Tom Hanks as manager Colonel Tom Parker.With Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny slipping into the roles as the Jailhouse Rock star and his queen this time around, the two lead actors were spotted in character on the set in Toronto, Canada. Her side of the story: Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny, who are playing Elvis and Priscilla Presley in the biopic Priscilla, were spotted on the set in Toronto, Canada on WednesdayIn the new images, Coppola is recreating a scene where Elvis and Priscilla walk out of the Palmetto Theatre and get into an awaiting Mercedes Benz 600 Pullman limousine.At one point, while outside the theatre, Elordi has his left arm draped over Spaeny's shoulder as they get ready for the director to yell, 'Action!' The Euphoria star looks to be all decked out as The King, circa early 1960s, in a white blazer with black trim over a black dress shirt, matching pants and sunglasses.And, of course, he' sporting the jet-black pompadour Elvis was known for through much of his storied career as one of the pioneer's of rock n roll.

A former Ohio high school teacher’s assistant and softball coach has pleaded guilty to charges related to a sexual relationship with a student she reportedly begged him not to tell authorities about. Ashley Rison, 31, an employee at New Miami High School, is facing five years in jail after pleading guilty Wednesday to sexual battery and gross sexual imposition in response to allegations she had sex with a 17-year-old student, WXIX-TV reported.

Beck will no longer open for Arcade Fire on their North American tour, it’s been reported, with his removal coming less than two weeks before the run is scheduled to begin.Billboard reports that Beck has backed out of the tour, with his role instead being filled by Haitian outfit Boukman Eksperyans. At the time of writing, however, Beck is yet to address his removal from the tour, and has not shared a formal announcement through any of his official channels.The move comes some seven weeks after Arcade Fire’s frontman, Win Butler, was accused of sexual assault by multiple women.

A self-described "incel," or "involuntary celibate," from Ohio, who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to plotting a mass shooting, wrote in a 2019 manifesto that the wanted the "death" of women he had been "deprived" of, yet cherished and fanaticized about "having." Tres Genco, 22, of Hillsboro admitted to planning a hate crime to shoot 3,000 people, including sorority girls, at an Ohio university in 2021. In a manifesto titled, "A Hideous Symphony, a manifesto written by Tres Genco, the socially exiled incel," dated Aug.

A self-described "incel," or "involuntary celibate," from Ohio on Tuesday pleaded guilty to plotting a mass shooting of about 3,000 women, including sorority girls, according to the Justice Department. Tres Genco, 22, of Hillsboro admitted to planning a hate crime to shoot women at an Ohio university in 2021.

Ellise Shafer “Dune: Part Two” is coming to theaters sooner than expected. It was revealed on Tuesday that the highly-anticipated sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic will hit theaters on Nov. 3, 2023, instead of Nov. 17, 2023. “Dune” has taken the previous spot of Marvel’s “Blade,” which was delayed on Tuesday to Sept. 6, 2024. Villeneuve returns to direct “Dune: Part Two,” with its star-studded cast including Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Christopher Walken and Léa Seydoux. The first “Dune” released in October 2021 and scored over $400 million at the box office worldwide, in addition to scoring six Oscars. “Dune: Part Two” will cover the second half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, in which protagonist Paul Atreides (Chalamet) joins forces with the Fremen to avenge his family. New characters will include Princess Irulan (Pugh), Harkonnen heir Feyd-Rautha (Butler), Shaddam IV (Walken) and Lady Margot (Seydoux).

Warner Bros has shifted the release date by two weeks next year for Dune: Part Two going from Nov. 17 to Nov. 3 and still hanging onto Imax screens for the Denis Villeneuve directed sequel.

High School Musical alum Vanessa Hudgens brought her baseball beau Cole Tucker to the launch of her canned cocktail 'Margalicious Margarita' at private member-only club San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood on Saturday.The half-Filipina 33-year-old originally met the 26-year-old Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop/outfielder via Zoom while virtually attending Joe Jonas' meditation group back in 2020.Cole is Vanessa's first boyfriend since ending her eight-year romance with Elvis star Austin Butler shortly after Halloween 2019. Still going strong! High School Musical alum Vanessa Hudgens brought her baseball beau Cole Tucker to the launch of her canned cocktail 'Margalicious Margarita' at private member-only club San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood on Saturda Hudgens - who's also the co-founder of Caliwater - proudly posed with a 200ml can of 40-proof liquor brewed by Thomas Ashbourne Craft Spirits.The SoCal native was joined by her fellow celebrity founding partners Ashley Benson and Rosario Dawson, who co-created the 'Margalicious Margarita.'The talented trio randomly brought along matching bowler hats, which they happily posed with at the soirée.

Will Smith earn another Oscar after this year's on-stage showdown with Chris Rock? Technically, yes. As buzz begins to build around Antoine Fuqua's Apple Original Film, -- in which Smith stars as a man who escapes from slavery — speculation is swirling about the film's awards season promise. According to a report from, Smith still be nominated for another Best Actor Oscar even after his fallout from slapping Rock during the live 2022 Academy Awards broadcast.But there's a catch: following the incident, Smith resigned as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, and was ultimately banned from the Oscars telecast and other Academy-sponsored events for 10 years.

EXCLUSIVE:With the final season of The Walking Dead coming to an end, longtime series star Norman Reedus looks to have found his follow-up project as he is set to join the ensemble cast of the Jeff Nichols drama The Bikeriders at New Regency. Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook and Damon Herriman are already on board. Nichols will direct the pic, which is a fictional story inspired by the photography of Danny Lyon and his 1967 book The Bikeriders.

Clayton Davis Can Will Smith overcome the controversy surrounding the slap heard around the world to win his second Oscar? That’s the question facing Apple after it announced that it will release “Emancipation,” a drama about an escaped slave that it paid Smith $35 million to star in and produce. The streamer is betting that the furor over Smith’s assault of Chris Rock at the Oscars has died down, particularly after Smith recorded an awkward apology video. But even if Smith becomes the first performer since Tom Hanks to score back-to-back Oscars for best actor, he won’t be able to pick up his prize in person. Nor will he even be able to accept it via satellite. That’s because in April, facing almost certain expulsion, Smith decided to resign from membership of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. That was followed almost immediately by the Academy Board of Governors’ decision to ban him from the Oscars telecast and Academy-sponsored events for 10 years.

Lisa Levine If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. There is nothing cuter than a baby dressed up in a Halloween costume. Whether you choose to match with your baby or simply want to get the perfect one-and-done shot for the ‘gram before they get too fussy, we have come up with some of the most adorable (and easiest) costumes to fit your baby in this year. Options for the young superhero fans include Wonder Woman and Spider-Man, while Star Wars aficionados can dress up as an authentic Baby Yoda. We have also showcased a great, age-appropriate Harley Quinn that will easily blend into any daily wardrobe, and have even brought back the King of Rock to celebrate Austin Butler’s Oscar-worthy performance as Elvis.

Baz Luhrmann is reflecting on filming Elvis with star Austin Butler.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic Jalmari Helander hasn’t made a feature since 2014’s “Big Game,” then the most expensive Finnish film to date. It was an unabashed, bombastic, good-humored action crowd-pleaser that indeed pleased crowds — at festivals, while mysteriously failing to catch on with general audiences. Presumably his concept was just too “high” for mainstream viewers to swallow: Though they don’t have any problem with Gerard Butler or Will Smith doing similar honors, it seemed too much to accept a 13-year-old Finn boy singlehandedly rescuing the president of the United States from an obstacle course of assassination peril.  That failure must have hurt; Helander has spent the interim on episodic work. His new “Sisu” is, in many ways, cut from the same cloth as “Big Game” as a splashy popcorn action piece unconcerned with credibility, pushing well-worn ideas to outlandish, and outrageously entertaining, ends. But the writer-director has hedged his bets by moving one key piece in the game to the opposite end of the board. This time, instead of a juvenile protagonist that made viewers wonder whether they were watching a movie for kids or for grown-ups (the answer “both” apparently confused them), we get a crusty coot quite spry enough to take on all foes. Which bad guys might pretty much be termed “the entire Third Reich.” 

BFI’s “Baz Luhrmann in conversation” event in London.“There are two great American gestures, I think. The two that really fascinate me are the ‘big sell’ – the ability to sell well, and the other is the gesture of the new,” Luhrmann explained.

Ella Kemp Guest Contributor Baz Luhrmann has lifted the curtain on his musical process, recalling one key artist who could have changed his 2013 adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” entirely. The filmmaker, who recently wrote, produced and directed the glittering musical biopic “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler, opened up about his long-standing love affair with pop music at BAFTA’s Life In Pictures event in London on Friday. The evening welcomed Luhrmann back to London following his worldwide box office success with “Elvis”, which both honors the rock’n’roll musician’s back catalogue and offers contemporary reworking of songs of the era, such as Doja Cat’s new track “Vegas,” which samples and reworks the 1953 blues song “Hound Dog” by Big Mama Thornton.

Well, he didn’t rule it out.