Entertainment & Society

July 1 (THEWILL) — R&B singer, Chris Brown, has been ordered to pay nearly $13 million after a Los Angeles jury found him liable in a 2020 dog attack case involving his former housekeeper. The verdict was delivered on June...

July 1 (THEWILL) — Victor Willis, the founding lead singer of American disco group, Village People, has died at the age of 74, a day before his 75th birthday on July 1. His wife, Karen Huff-Willis, and the band announced...

July 1 (THEWILL) — Netflix is facing backlash for using an AI-generated version of Gene Wilder's voice in the first trailer for “Wonka's The Golden Ticket”, a new reality competition inspired by Roald Dahl's “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. The...

June 30 (THEWILL) — British actor Michael Byrne, best known for playing Nazi Colonel Ernst Vogel in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and Gellert Grindelwald in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1,” has died. He...

June 30 (THEWILL) — Veteran Yoruba actor, Taiwo Adeshina, popularly known as Elegbeje Ado, has died at the age of 66 after a brief illness. He died on Monday, June 29, 2026. His death was confirmed on Tuesday by actor...

June 30 (THEWILL) — Afrobeats star, Davido, has announced that his sixth studio album “ORIADÉ” will be released on July 31, 2026. The release marks 15 years since he began his music career. He officially announced the release date in...

June 30 (THEWILL) — Hollywood director, Carl Erik Rinsch, was sentenced on June 29, 2026, to two and a half years in federal prison for defrauding Netflix of $11 million meant for a science fiction series. He was also ordered...

June 30 (THEWILL) — Music stars, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, Jennifer Hudson and Kenny G, gathered on Monday, June 29, to honour legendary music executive, Clive Davis, at his funeral in New York. The private service...

June 30 (THEWILL) — Daveigh Chase, the former child actress best known for voicing Lilo in Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” and playing Samara Morgan in “The Ring”, died from Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), according to the Los Angeles County...

June 29 (THEWILL) — Canadian rapper, Drake, has won more than $1 million after Canada beat South Africa 1-0 in their FIFA World Cup Round of 32 match held on Sunday, June 28. Drake bet $770,000 on Canada to win....