Jack Black

Actor and musician Jack Black expressed his shock and disbelief after Chicago musician Kevin Clark, who costarred with Black in the 2003 film “School of Rock,” was struck and killed while riding his bicycle early Wednesday morning in the city’s Avondale neighborhood. Black posted a message on Instagram Wednesday afternoon, saying that he was “heartbroken” over the news. “Devastating news….

What do you get when you combine two old “Friends” with three other celebrities inside a maze of mystery? “Celebrity Escape Room!” Ben Stiller and Jack Black came up with the concept to raise money for “Red Nose Day.”

Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Lizzo, Shawn Mendes and others sang classic songs brimmed with messages of hope and change during a TV special aimed at fighting the coronavirus

Jack Black delivers an epic “Late Night” entrance before talking about starring in the new “Jumanji” movie.

The actor who played Jack Black’s guitar-playing prodigy in “School of Rock” was arrested and accused of swiping several expensive guitars in Florida in the past five weeks, authorities said Wednesday.

The current season of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Star Talk” series is on hold amid sexual misconduct claims against the prominent astrophysicist. National Geographic channel said Thursday that new episodes of the science-based talk show won’t air until an investigation involving Tyson is completed. Last December, National Geographic Networks and Fox said they would examine claims that Tyson behaved in a...

Jimmy Fallon and music producer Mark Ronson talk about their history together, including making Fallon’s comedy album “The Bathroom Wall,” touring with The Strokes and singing “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” with Jack Black.

Jack Black and Jimmy Fallon read scenes written by little kids based on the movie title, “The House With a Clock in Its Walls.”

Two-time Golden Globe nominee Jack Black received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday, three days before the release of his latest film, “The House with a Clock in its Walls.”

On the last day of the calendar year, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has surpassed “Beauty and the Beast” as the top grossing film in North America in 2017. It also topped the charts for the weekend for the third time, but just barely — Dwayne Johnson’s “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is close on its tail. According to studio...

Organizers say Red Nose Day has raised $100 million for programs that provide food, education and medical services to the neediest children in the U.S.

A Texas appeals court has upheld the 99-year prison sentence given to a mortician who was the subject of the 2011 film “Bernie.” The 6th Texas Court of Appeals in Texarkana on Wednesday upheld the sentence given to Bernie Tiede for his 1999 murder conviction in the death of 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent, whose body was found in his freezer. The...

Jack Black and Nick Jonas — two of the stars of the upcoming “Jumanji” sequel — have paid tribute to the actor who led the original film — the late Robin Williams. Describing Williams as a “sweet, sweet man,” Black said the late actor would “love” the movie. “He had a great sense of adventure. … It would have been...

Celebrating Red Nose Day for the third year in a row, NBC has anchored a special night of programming on Thursday, May 25 with Chris Hardwick hosting the “The Red Nose Day Special” at 10:00 p.m.

Prom season will arrive early Sunday for teens and young adults who have been diagnosed with kidney disease, are on dialysis or have a kidney transplant.

Lee Daniels, the co-creator of TV’s “Empire,” spoke passionately of his own family’s struggles as he endorsed Hillary Clinton Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention, calling her a true advocate for victims of gun violence who can help turn “their heartache into action.”

A former East Texas mortician whose murder case inspired the movie “Bernie” is going back to prison.

A funeral director in small-town East Texas befriends a widow 40 years his senior at her husband’s funeral, spends her money freely, then shoots her and hides her body in a freezer for nine months.

Students at Oakland School for the Arts will be the first amateur group in the world to perform the musical “School of Rock” off Broadway, which kicks off Thursday night and has already sold out each of its eight performances.