Val Chmerkovskiy has COVID-19, will miss next week's Dancing with the Stars

Quentin Tarantino’s second book, Cinema Speculation, is as hard to put down as his “novelization” of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. His film education began at age 7, when he quickly warmed to the violent R-rated movies he makes today. Now, the mission for this interview was not to get Tarantino to rehash controversies for soundbites — like answering yet again what he wished he could have done to stop Harvey Weinstein’s predatory path or talking about his next film (he seems to be wistful about continuing Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth character, but maybe that is my own wish after reading how the character was fleshed out in that novelization, which makes you understand everything about his match with Bruce Lee and so much more). Tarantino’s also keeping his multi-ep TV series plan quiet, the one he dropped on Elvis Mitchell. He did say he would only ever shoot one if it can be done on film. This interview is for Tarantino’s hardcore fans, a primer to his book and a glimpse into how he became the filmmaker he did.

Irenic Capital, which owns about 2% of News Corp. has taken issue with its potential merger with Fox, noting the latter’s advertising exposure and legal exposure. A combination would create a more complex company and turn off investors, instead of boosting the company’s lagging stock price, it said in a letter to the News Corp. board, suggesting, instead, a spinoff of the digital real estate business or of Dow Jones.

Todd Chrisley and his wife, Julie Chrisley, are going to be spending years in prison.

Well, he’s back. Kind of. Elon Musk did exactly what we all assumed he would do when he took over Twitter and fired all the people in charge of ethics and safety and whatnot. He reinstated the account of Donald Trump.

Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions has ended and after six games the winner was crowned. Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California, won the tournament beating Andrew He and Sam Buttrey.

Ava DuVernay dazzled as she hit the red carpet at the 50th International Emmy Awards held at the New York Hilton on Monday.The When They See Us director, 50, was the epitome of glitz and glamour in a spectacular plum sequin gown that was cinched in at the waist.The awards will honor excellence in television programs that were originally produced and aired outside the United States. Shimmering: Ava DuVernay dazzled as she hit the red carpet at the 50th International Emmy Awards at the New York Hilton on MondayDuVernay accessorized her sophisticated look with a silver clutch and gold dangling earrings.  The filmmaker wore her dark tresses in a high bun and drew attention to her magnetic eyes with dark eyeliner and dramatic lashes.Ava is set to receive the International Emmy Founders Award from Blair Underwood during the ceremony.  Glitz and glamour: The When They See Us director, 50, was the epitome of glitz and glamour in a spectacular plum sequin gown that was cinched in at the waist Sophisticated: DuVernay accessorized her sophisticated look with a silver clutch and gold dangling earrings Meet Joe Black star Claire Forlani, 50, was a head-turned in a transparent black lace gown, which she paired with a wide belt around her waist. The English actress wore her brunette tresses down and spruce up her look with delicate gold hoops.She was joined by her Scottish actor husband Dougray Scott, 56, who looked classically handsome in a navy suit. Scott is nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor category for Irvine Welsh’s Crime. Meanwhile French-American actress Julie Delpy, 52, opted for business chic in a black pantsuit and a tan silk top with a frilly collar.

The acting world is mourning the loss of the last surviving member of the 1939 classic Gone With the Wind, Mickey Kuhn.Kuhn - who was just six years old when he played young Beau Wilkes in Gone With the Wind - passed away at a hospice facility in Naples, Florida at 90 years of age, via THR. His wife Barbara, who he married in 1985, revealed that her husband was in good health until recently.  Mourning: The acting world is mourning the loss of the last surviving member of the 1939 classic Gone With the Wind, Mickey Kuhn Child star: Kuhn - who was just six years old when he played young Beau Wilkes in Gone With the Wind - passed away at a hospice facility in Naples, Florida at 90 years of age, via THR Kuhn was born in 1932 in Waukegan, Illinois, though his parents moved him to Los Angeles at a young age, where his father worked as a meat cutter for Safeway.Kuhn had his first role at just 2 years of age, playing an adopted baby in the 1934 Janet Gaynor film Change of Heart, revealing in a 2008 interview with Films of the Golden Age, how he landed his first role. 'Of course I don't remember this day, but my mother and I were in Sears-Roebuck on Santa Monica and Western when a lady stopped my mother and said that Fox Studio was looking for twin babies for a movie they were shooting,' he said.  Born: Kuhn was born in 1932 in Waukegan, Illinois, though his parents moved him to Los Angeles at a young age, where his father worked as a meat cutter for Safeway'She had a baby girl that looked a lot like me and thought we could be cast.

Jay Leno is on the mend after a harrowing gasoline accident left him with “serious burns” on his face.

Getting a dig in. Christina Hall (née Haack) subtly put Ant Anstead on blast after she couldn’t show photos of their 3-year-old son, Hudson, during a family trip.

EXCLUSIVE: The wild story of crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried and the $32B meltdown of FTX is drawing considerable interest from Hollywood.

Bob Iger, who was reinstalled as CEO of the Walt Disney Co. yesterday, will be eligible to receive up to $27 million in each of the two years he is under contract to lead the company.

Call it a holiday tradition as common as sweet potatoes on the Thanksgiving table, but Disney is going to rule the five-day holiday stretch again after wins in 2016 (Moana), 2017 (Coco), 2018 (Ralph Breaks the Internet), 2019 (Frozen 2) and last year (Encanto), as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s third weekend looks to do $40M over Wednesday-Sunday and Disney Animation’s Strange World hopes to squeeze out $30M+. All of this occurs as Bob Iger is re-installed as the CEO of Disney and the studio’s distribution czar Kareem Daniel exits.

Many Disney employees woke up this morning trying to make sense of a surreal Sunday night that some say felt like a dream.

There appears to be trouble in paradise for The Bachelorette’s Gabby Windey and Erich Schwer.

Perfect scores, eliminations and group numbers, oh my! The Dancing With the Stars contestants brought the house down with their Halloween performances on Monday, October 31.

Val Chmerkovskiy revealed this Friday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will have to miss the Halloween episode of Dancing With The Stars.The 36-year-old heartthrob made the announcement in a shirtless Instagram video, saying that while 'I feel fine' he regrets having 'let some people down.'He shared that in his absence, his celebrity dance partner Gabby Windey of Bachelor Nation fame will be temporarily teamed up with pro Alan Bersten. Whoops: Val Chmerkovskiy revealed this Friday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will have to miss the Halloween episode of Dancing With The StarsVal said his diagnosis 'sucks majorly, for lack of a better, more profound word, but the good thing is that Gabby tested negative so we’re still in it.'On an optimistic note he pointed out that 'we have some awesome pros on the show, one of them being Alan, who’s gonna step in, learn the routine and partner Gabby this Monday.

Val Chmerkovskiy will not be participating in Dancing With the Stars next Monday after testing positive for COVID-19.

Taking it in stride. Jessie James Decker isn’t heartbroken about her Dancing With the Stars elimination — especially since it means she can spend more time with her family.

Awkward! Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy had to bring the romance to their rumba on Dancing With the Stars this week — but their respective partners didn’t mind.