MTV Mines the Past for Its Future: ‘Total Request Live’  —  On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Chris McCarthy, the newish president of MTV, was standing at a corner of 44th Street and Broadway and gazing up at the second floor of Viacom's Manhattan headquarters.

Playwright, Director and Actor Sam Shepard Passes Away at 73  —  BroadwayWorld has just learned that playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director Sam Shepard has passed away.  Shepard, who had been ill with ALS for some time, died peacefully on July 27 at his home in Kentucky, surrounded by his children and sisters.

Blake Lively Is ‘Awakened’: The Actress Talks Sexism in Hollywood and Raising Fearless Daughters  —  Blake Lively is midsentence in the dining room of a chic Vancouver hotel when her hand darts inside her shirt.  “Why is my bra so lumpy?” she asks, rummaging around.  “Ah, there's a big fold.

‘My life was torn in two when Gianni was shot’ - Versace's lover breaks silence … Since Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot dead outside his Miami Beach home in 1997, his murder has been pored over in countless articles, books and films.  Now the shooting will be examined …

Angelina Jolie Refutes Vanity Fair's Portrayal Of Controversial Auditions  —  The actress faced critics after the magazine said her directors gave Cambodian children money, then took it away.  —  Angelina Jolie is upset over a recent Vanity Fair profile that depicted an audition scene …

Kate Beckinsale's ‘Overzealous Fan’ Allegedly Followed Her Cross-Country, Threatened to Stab Her (UPDATE)  —  11:52 AM PT — A Florida judge on Sunday called for Repp's misdemeanor stalking charge to be upgraded to a felony charge, saying his alleged offense qualifies as aggravated stalking.

Paris Jackson Bonds With Godfather Macaulay Culkin By Getting Matching Tattoos — Awwww!  —  Paris Jackson is very close with her godfather Macaulay Culkin!  —  So close, in fact, that the celebuspawn and the Home Alone actor got matching tattoos on their inner arms.

Scaramucci's fed-up wife filed for divorce while nine months pregnant  —  Anthony Scaramucci's wife demanded a divorce three weeks ago, while she was nine months pregnant, sources told The Post.  —  Deidre Scaramucci, 38, fed up with her three-year marriage to the new White House communication director …

EXCLUSIVE: Drake Bell Talks Josh Peck Wedding Drama, Says He's Open to ‘Drake & Josh’ Reunion  —  It's all good between Drake Bell and Josh Peck.  —  The 31-year-old actor told ET's Sophie Schillaci on Friday during a Facebook Live that he and his former Drake & Josh co-star are on good terms after the wedding drama.

Blac Chyna Goes Redhead, Gets a Ton of Green for Club Appearance  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Blac Chyna doesn't play when it comes to her money, and she made sure to get a giant wad of cash before her latest gig.  —  Chyna pulled up outside Project Club LA Saturday night — she was hosting …

Chester Bennington Laid to Rest in Private Funeral  —  Chester Bennington's family and closest friends gathered for a private funeral near his home in Palos Verdes, CA.  —  A couple hundred people attended the service Saturday afternoon at South Coast Botanic Garden …

Jeanne Moreau, Femme Fatale of French New Wave, Is Dead at 89  —  Jeanne Moreau, the sensual, gravel-voiced actress who became the face of the New Wave, France's iconoclastic mid-20th-century film movement, most notably in François Truffaut's 1962 film “Jules and Jim,” died on Monday at home in Paris.