Movies

Daniel Craig is ducking a question about James Bond's private life ... subtly laughing off a query over whether the superspy might be gay.

The actor attended the Venice International Film Festival Tuesday to promote his new film, "Queer," alongside director Luca Guadagnino ... in which Craig has several notable same-sex sex scenes with costar Omar Apollo.

While speaking with press at the festival, Daniel and Luca were immediately grilled about the James Bond actor's casting in the LGBTQ+ drama -- given that Craig is best known for playing one of the most heteronormative male icons in film history.

Lady Gaga made a sparkling entrance at Monday’s Venice International Film, showing off her huge diamond engagement ring with her fiancé Michael Polansky right by her side.

The singer/actress and the tech entrepreneur embraced in a passionate kiss after they stepped out of a car in Venice, Italy for the opening of her new movie “Joker: Folie à Deux.”

While their lips were locked, Gaga’s hand gripped Polansky’s arm — flashing the glittering rock on her finger.

Jason Momoa is taking his band back to his roots ... playing their first concert in his native Hawaii.

The "Aquaman" star and his rock band, ÖOF TATATÁ, jammed out Sunday night at Maoni Waikiki in Honolulu ... and TMZ has video of the performance.

Jason told the crowd how meaningful it was for him to be rocking out at the famed International Marketplace in Waikiki ... seeing as he's from the area.

Salma Hayek is celebrating her timeless figure as she celebrates 58 trips around the sun ... marking her birthday with a bikini photo dump ... and all the shots are recent.

The actress proudly posted 18 photos of her in skimpy bikinis and revealing swimsuits on her 58th birthday Monday ... noting, "none of these are throwbacks."

Check out the gallery ... Salma's looking finer than ever here. She's like a fine wine, just getting better with age.

Zac Efron was back in the public eye at Sunday’s Venice International Film Festival — weeks after a swimming pool accident landed him in the hospital.

The actor popped up at the festival's amfAR gala with other A-listers to support the nonprofit organization’s efforts to combat AIDS through research and education.

Check out these photos … Zac wore all black — looking spiffy in his suit, dress shoes and dark shades.

He seemed to be in great spirits, flashing smiles for the cameras, while also laughing it up with Richard Gere.

James McAvoy says he pulled some inspiration for his psychopathic character from "Speak No Evil" on a pretty famous dude ... explaining the character's toxic masculinity's based on influencer Andrew Tate.

The actor revealed the surprising link during an interview with Empire ... saying he thought about his character as being Tate from the country in a sense -- with the character's attitude focusing on teaching men to be men again.

James says he put more of an unassuming face on his character than Tate does in his own diatribes ... but, the undercurrent of that toxicity's very much there.

Smooshed inside this squiggly star is one smokin' hot birthday girl here to make all your wishes come true! Put your celeb knowledge to the test and see if you can guess the mashed-up celeb!

This gal is a triple threat: she can swag it out when she sings, she can dance like there's no tomorrow -- which she demonstrated on "Dancing With The Stars" -- and she can swing the heck out of a tennis racket ... or at least she made viewers believe so in the movie "Challengers".

Jennifer Lopez's feeling just fine after filing for divorce, cross her heart ... just like the fabric of the tight white top she wore in her first public appearance.

The singer-songwriter stepped out in Los Angeles Friday wearing a form-fitting white top, cut out at the chest and a pair of jeans ... accessorizing with a Fort Knox worth of gold and jewels on her hands.

Interestingly, J Lo's still wearing a ring on THAT finger ... though it ain't the one with the huge green gem Ben Affleck gave her back when they got married.

A huge fireball just exploded in East London ... but, cops are telling people not to worry -- 'cause it's all just movie magic.

Here's the deal ... a few hours ago, a massive explosion rocked Londontown -- drawing eyes and phone cameras from around the city capturing the wild scene.

The huge black smoke and bright orange flames caught a lot of people's attention ... and, they took to X to alert police, news agencies and other Londoners to what they saw.

Emma Roberts is ready to embrace her "Toxic" side ... saying she's ready to jump in Britney Spears' shoes -- and, she's even practicing her songs in front of an audience.

The actress sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Cosmopolitan ... and, the star talked Britney's former personal assistant, Felicia Culotta, telling us Roberts would play the perfect Queen of Pop.

Emma says playing Britney would be a "true dream" ... and, it's certainly a rumor she hopes will come true.

It seems Oliver Stone is not a huge fan of his film "Natural Born Killers" ... and he blames one of the film's stars for "ruining" the iconic '90s flick ... none other than Robert Downey Jr.!

You know the movie ... 'NBK' was condemned in the media when it dropped in 1994 for its brutal depiction of violence ... and it even inspired some real-life copycat crimes. Still, the highly controversial film was praised by most critics.

But now, it seems Oliver is among those who also took some issue with the flick starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis. ... and he holds the "Iron Man" actor responsible for his disdain.

Angelina Jolie is feeling like Kurt Russell -- she's planning her escape from L.A. ... but she's gotta wait a couple years to leave ... because of the Brad Pitt divorce.

The daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, Angelina grew up in Los Angeles ... but now she's counting the days until she's finally able to move ... and it sounds like she's getting as far away as she can.

Angelina tells The Hollywood Reporter in a newly published interview ... she's only living in L.A. because she has to be there as a result of her divorce, and she's bouncing as soon as her and Brad's 16-year-old twins, Vivienne and Knox, turn 18.

Before this blonde boy on a boat turned into an actor and was belting it out with his guitar, he was just growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, looking after his three younger siblings and striving to be a child star!

A couple of his big movies date back to the mid-2000s including "The Seeker: The Dark Rising" with Christopher Eccleston and "Race to Witch Mountain" with Dwayne Johnson, but if you're not big on movies maybe you've heard some of his catchy country tunes like "Let Me Be Your Whiskey."

"Star Trek" star LeVar Burton is shutting down speculation there were not enough safety precautions in place for the mission that left astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore stuck in space ... clarifying these pros knew the risks.

We caught up with the "Reading Rainbow" host in Los Angeles Thursday, and LeVar explained space exploration is inherently risky ... and every potential problem can't be anticipated, and things often don't go according to plan.

The astronauts are now stuck on the International Space Station until 2025 after technical issues shut down their return flight.

Angelina Jolie is single as a dollar bill ... she's not dating British rapper, author and activist Akala ... despite speculation the two are an item.

Angelina and Akala were photographed together this week in Italy -- she's there for the Venice Film Festival -- leading to renewed rumors of a romance with Akala.

Sources close to Angelina and Akala tell TMZ ... they are NOT dating and are just friends.

Joey Lawrence got back on his feet days after the date his estranged wife says they separated ... hitting the dancefloor with Melina Alves just one week later.

The actor and the screenwriter -- whose alleged relationship has been heavily scrutinized recently -- hit Añejo Cantina and Grill, a Mexican food restaurant in Sherman Oaks, back in June ... and, TMZ's obtained video of their flirty interactions.

Check out the clip ... Joey and Melina hit the dancefloor, showing off their fancy footwork before locking in an embrace while swaying to the beat.