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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Not unlike his “Ted Lasso” character Dani Rojas, for 15-year old Cristo Fernández, football — known stateside as soccer — really was life. At 15 and already in the professional soccer system in his native Mexico, Fernández had little else besides the game on his mind. He’d attend high school at

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Tommy Dorfman has reintroduced herself as a trans woman, taking to social media to say “my pronouns are she/her.” “I’m especially grateful to every single trans person who walked this path, broke down barriers, and risked their lives to live authentically and radically as themselves before me. thank you to all

By Hannah Ryan, CNN Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds got honest this week about his mental health and the impact that anxiety has had on his life and work. Appearing on the latest “SmartLess” podcast episode, Reynolds opened up after Sean Hayes — one of the podcast’s hosts — brought up an Instagram post the actor

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Prince may have left us five years ago, but his music lives on and remains always right on time. His estate and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, have debuted a previously unreleased song by the late legend, titled “Hot Summer.” The single is from “Welcome 2 America,”

By Lisa Respers France, CNN After a couple stops, The Rolling Stones’ “No Filter” tour is now set to go on. On Thursday the iconic band announced new dates for the tour. “We are thrilled to be able to announce the rescheduled dates for the Rolling Stones 2020 US tour, which will now go ahead

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Megan Fox may not remember a great deal from the 2009 Golden Globe Awards, but she does know she “got in a lot of trouble” for things she said on the red carpet while tipsy. During a recent appearance on “Who What Wear” the “Till Death” star revisited some of

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Lorde got her drink on with Seth Meyers in the return of the drinking game on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” The singer appeared on the show on Wednesday to mark the first full production musical performance on “Late Night” since March 2020. Lorde last appeared on the show in 2017.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN A photo of Ice T’s look-alike 5-year-old daughter Chanel went viral and, according to him, it yielded some nice results. On Wednesday, the “Law & Order: SVU” star tweeted a thank you on behalf of his daughter with wife Coco Austin. “Today @BabyChanelworld just wanted to say THANKS! for all

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Michaela Coel has joined the cast of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The film will be the sequel to Marvel’s “Black Panther,” and Variety reports that Coel is currently filming at Atlanta’s Pinewood Studios, where production began last month. She joins an ensemble cast that includes Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Daniel Kaluuya,

By Hannah Ryan, CNN Anna Faris has let slip that she and her partner Michael Barrett recently eloped. The reveal came on an episode of her podcast “Anna Faris is Unqualified” earlier this week after the “Mom” star interviewed “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons. After speaking to Simmons, Faris was joined by matchmaker April Beyer

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The first trailer for “The Last Duel,” Ridley Scott’s period drama, has debuted. Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck star in the anticipated film, based on the book by Eric Jager. Affleck plays King Charles VI and Damon plays knight Jean de Carrouges, who must settle a dispute

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Charlamagne Tha God is making good on his promise to bring more diversity to media. The popular radio host has landed a late-night talk show on Comedy Central. “Tha God’s Honest Truth With Lenard ‘Charlamagne’ McKelvey” is a weekly half-hour show set to premiere September 17. The show will revolve

By Brian Lowry, CNN The Olympics will go on without the roar of in-person crowds, while offering a dizzying assortment of events via not only NBC and its sister cable networks but dedicated site NBCOlympics.com and the company’s new streaming platform, Peacock. Peacock’s 2020 launch was actually intended to coincide with the Olympics, which were

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Dolly Parton just recreated her 1978 Playboy magazine cover for her husband’s birthday. The country music legend, now 75, did the shoot as a present for her spouse, Carl Thomas Dean, and shared it with fans on social media. “You’re probably wondering why I’m dressed like this. Well, it’s for my

By Lisa Respers France, CNN After decades in the business Marla Gibbs knows that the show must go on and it did on Tuesday after the actress became overcome at her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. Gibbs, 90, was at the podium giving a speech during the unveiling of her star on the Walk of

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Khloe Kardashian is the mother of a biracial child and wants to fully embrace that. Appearing on Leomie Anderson’s “Role Model” podcast the reality star/entrepreneur talked about raising her 3-year-old daughter, True, whose father is professional basketball player Tristan Thompson. “I will be always learning and trying to do the

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Broadway is finally coming back, after going dark last year to prevent the spread of Covid-19. More than a year into a global pandemic and amid an international social justice movement, Broadway, it seems, is changing. Seven new plays — which do not include musicals — joining this fall’s lineup are

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Dating shows keep getting weirder, but the basic formula remains remarkably faithful to the early days of television. So on the heels of Netflix’s “Love is Blind” (which returns next week) and in advance of HBO Max’s “FBoy Island” comes “Sexy Beasts,” which weds the hidden-face conceit of “The Masked

By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Bachelorette” Katie Thurston is one week away from hometown dates and says she’s excited about the guys who she has found a “connection” with. “I’m actually really excited going into this week with this core group of guys who I have connections with and hopes for,” Thurston told hosts Tayshia Adams

By Lisa Respers France, CNN The jokes ranged from speculation over photoshop to “What happens when you order a small Ice T.” Actor and rapper Ice T’s 5-year-old daughter Chanel looks like his twin in a picture of her and her mother, Ice T’s wife Coco Austin, and social media cannot deal. The photo shows

By Lisa Respers France, CNN When Justin Bieber posted a photo of him and his wife captioned “Mom and Dad” his followers were like “baby, baby, baby, oh.” But wait a minute before you start picking baby names. His wife, Hailey Bieber, was not having it and was quick to shut down any pregnancy speculation.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Remember when Kanye West rapped “My presence is a present,” on his 2010 single “Monster?” Well the gift looks like it may be back. West’s team announced Monday that he will present a listening event for his expected new album, “Donda,” at 8 p.m. Thursday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

By Megan Thomas, CNN Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett will share the stage at New York’s Radio City Music Hall for two nights next month in what’s being billed as their final performances together. “One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga” will open on August 3, to coincide with Bennett’s 95th

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Is Aquaman changing up his look for his upcoming sequel? Actor Jason Momoa, who brings the character to life on the big screen, teased his heroic dye job on Instagram on Sunday. “This is the last day of the brown. I’m gonna be a blonde — supposedly have more fun,” he

By Chloe Melas, CNN Halsey is a mom. The singer announced on her Instagram on Monday that she and her boyfriend, Alev Aydin, have welcomed their first child together. “Gratitude. For the more ‘rare’ and euphoric birth. Powered by love,” Halsey captioned a series of photos from the birth. She did not reveal the baby’s

By Lisa Respers France, CNN If you have packed on some pandemic pounds this story will either make you feel hopeful or lousy. While many of us were testing a lot of homemade banana bread and furniture durability (also known as eating comfort food and being a couch potato), some stars were actually going in

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Matt Damon’s teenage daughter refuses to watch any of his movies that might show off his acting ability, he says. In promoting his new film, “Stillwater,” the 50-year-old actor shared that his 15-year-old daughter Isabella refuses to watch “Good Will Hunting” because she thinks he may be good in it.

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The Daytime Emmys handed out its awards over the weekend, announcing winners in the children’s and animation and lifestyle categories in two live-streamed events. Saturday’s ceremony was hosted by Raven-Symone. The fiction and lifestyle ceremony was hosted by Loni Love on Sunday. Winners included the Netflix series “Dash & Lily,” Zac

By Lisa Respers France, CNN We finally know what Mary’s dress does. Well before the internet was arguing whether a dress was blue or gold, people were going back and forth over whether Bruce Springsteen was singing “Mary’s dress sways” or “Mary’s dress waves” in the 1975 song “Thunder Road.” The single is known as

By Chloe Melas, CNN Outside the Los Angeles County Superior Courthouse on the day of Britney Spears‘ July 14 court hearing for her conservatorship, a dozens of some of the singer’s most devoted fans gathered. They held banners, signs and even baked cookies with the now viral hashtag, #FreeBritney. It’s these loyal and vocal supporters

By Megan Thomas, CNN Britney Spears shared a message seemingly aimed at those close to her who she feels ignored her in a time of need. In an Instagram post Friday night, the singer, who scored a legal victory earlier this week by securing her choice of attorney in her conservatorship battle, criticized those who

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Debates over LeBron James’ greatness compared to Michael Jordan on a basketball court will continue in perpetuity, but “Space Jam: A New Legacy” won’t fuel much chatter about who’s the better actor. Putting James in Jordan’s shoes, as it were, isn’t a bad idea in theory, but despite the odd

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN As poet Jennifer Lopez once wrote, love don’t cost a thing. But this summer, her love life has been everything. Following a breakup with former baseball player Alex Rodriguez, Lopez has displayed a masterful grasp of the art of rebounding, being captured by paparazzi with former boyfriend Ben Affleck. Along with

By Lisa Respers France and Andy Rose, CNN Biz Markie, who infused his music with so much fun and humor that he became known as “The Clown Prince of Hip Hop,” has died, his manager, Jenni Izumi, confirmed to CNN. He was 57. “Biz created a legacy of artistry that will forever be celebrated by

By Marianne Garvey, CNN There’s no winning in cancel culture. Just ask Chrissy Teigen. The model, businesswoman and social media star Twitter once called the unofficial mayor of the platform has been paying the price since she was called out in May for bullying messages she wrote to others that resurfaced from her past. As

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Turns out Courteney Cox knows her teen daughter, Coco, pretty well. The 17-year-old is Cox’s child with ex-husband David Arquette. Daughter and mom played “Who Knows Who Best,” and Cox posted the video on her verified Instagram account. One of the questions focused on the show that made Cox famous,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Prior to his death in February 2020 during a home invasion in Los Angeles, Pop Smoke recorded a video jamming to Dua Lipa’s 2018 collaboration with Calvin Harris, “One Kiss.” Now the rapper’s posthumous single with the singer has been released. “Demeanor” features Dua Lipa singing “You can’t say pop

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Harry Styles is offering more opportunities to adore him with new dates for his “Love on Tour” concerts. He took to Instagram with the news: “LOVE ON TOUR will be going out across the USA this September and I could not be more excited for these shows,” he wrote to his

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Naomi Osaka” tackles a lot more than just tennis, but this Netflix docuseries (really just a 110-minute documentary sliced into three parts) works best as a window into the demands placed on young athletes, and the pressures — from personal to political to marketing — that go with it. On

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Ashton Kutcher says he sold his ticket on a Virgin Galactic flight into space because his wife, Mila Kunis, persuaded him that it wasn’t a “smart family decision.” In a recent interview with website Cheddar News, the “Two and a Half Men” actor revealed he had been due to join a

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Chrissy Teigen is mourning the death of her beloved dog Pippa. The model turned TV personality shared on Instagram on Thursday that the 10-year-old French bulldog ,which she shares with husband John Legend, “just died in my arms.” “Our beautiful little pippa just died in my arms, not long ago,” she

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Senior citizen reminisces about music” — in black and white, no less — doesn’t sound like a classic elevator pitch, until you see that guy is Paul McCartney, leading a magical tour down memory lane for the Beatles, their influences and a whole lot else. Playing on Hulu, “McCartney 3,2,1”

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Debates over LeBron James’ greatness compared to Michael Jordan on a basketball court will continue in perpetuity, but “Space Jam: A New Legacy” won’t fuel much chatter about who’s the better actor. Putting James in Jordan’s shoes, as it were, isn’t a bad idea in theory, but despite the odd

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Don Cheadle and his longtime love Bridgid Coulter decided to get married in 2020, 28 years after they first started dating. Why after all these years? “Our accountant proposed to both of us and he showed us the numbers, and we said, ‘Yeah, we should probably do it,’” Cheadle joked to

By Lisa Respers France, CNN “The Talk” made history with their announcement Wednesday of Sharon Osbourne’s replacement. Actor Jerry O’Connell, who has been guest hosting for the past few months, has been brought on the CBS daytime talk show and is the first male co-host. O’Connell said during the episode that aired Wednesday, “It’s real

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Chrissy Teigen is feeling “lost” these days. The lifestyle entrepreneur and TV personality posted on her verified Instagram account Wednesday that it “just feels so weird to pretend nothing happened in this online world” while feeling bad in the real world. “Going outside sucks and doesn’t feel right, being at

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Weeks after the Foo Fighters played the first capacity show at Madison Square Garden, they have announced they must postpone their Los Angeles concert due to a confirmed case of Covid-19 within their organization. The band had been scheduled to play the Los Angeles Forum on Saturday. On Wednesday, they

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, is getting into the animation world. Netflix on Tuesday announced it is developing a new animated series with Meghan and Archewell Productions, the production outfit founded by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The series, tentatively titled “Pearl,” is about the adventures of a 12-year-old girl,

By Chloe Melas and Faith Karimi, CNN Britney Spears publicly lashed out at her father for the second time in less than a month, saying in a court hearing Wednesday that she wants him out as the co-conservator of her estate and charged with abuse. “I want to press charges against my father today,” Spears

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Offering a weird mix of over-the-top violence and dark humor, “Gunpowder Milkshake” weds the spaghetti western with the colorful visuals of anime, enhancing that with an inordinately good cast for such a silly movie. The net result provides considerable fun, which might explain reports that its French distributor is already

By AJ Willingham, CNN It is human nature to gossip, to peer behind the gossamer curtain of secrecy separating the rich and famous from the common and curious. In the early 2000s, that age-old impulse reached a toxic nadir. There, in the corners of an internet that still felt novel and lawless, a new breed

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jason Sudeikis says he’s still trying to sort out his split with Olivia Wilde. The pair, who share a son and daughter, announced their engagement in 2013 but parted ways in 2020. Sudeikis, who scored an Emmy nomination Tuesday for best actor in a comedy series for “Ted Lasso,” told

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The big news about the “Loki” finale, as it turned out, is that it wasn’t really a finale at all, but rather more of a beginning than an ending. Not only did the sixth episode introduce Jonathan Majors as comic-book villain Kang the Conqueror (even if the “Kang” part of

By Rob Picheta, CNN Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton has married her long-time partner, Jade Jones, she has revealed. Bunton posted a picture from her wedding ceremony on Instagram on Tuesday, with the caption: “Mr and Mrs Jones!” The pair first started dating in the late 1990s during the peak of the girl group’s massive

By Chloe Melas, CNN In the three weeks since Britney Spears’ powerful testimony in which she called her 13-year conservatorship “abusive” and pleaded for the court-ordered arrangement to end, there have been multiple subsequent legal filings in the case and growing outcries of support for the singer. Spears told Judge Brenda Penny at the hearing

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The cast and producers of Apple’s “Ted Lasso” scored a major W during Tuesday’s Emmy nominations and broke a record in the process. With its 20 nominations, “Ted Lasso” became the most nominated freshman comedy in Emmy history, besting the 19 nominations “Glee” earned in 2010 for its first season. The

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Welcome to the history books, Mj Rodriguez. The “Pose” star on Tuesday made Emmy history, becoming the first out trans woman to be nominated in the outstanding lead actress category for her role in the FX drama, GLAAD, a leading LGBTQ advocacy organization, told CNN. She is also the first out

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Zendaya, who voices Lola Bunny in “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” is surprised by the controversy over the redesign of Lola in order to make the character less sexualized. “Lola [Bunny] was very sexualized,” director Malcolm D. Lee had told Entertainment Weekly of the character, back in March. “This is a

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Nominations for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards Emmy Awards were announced Tuesday. Father and daughter actors Ron Cephas Jones of “This Is Us” and Jasmine Cephas Jones of “Blindspotting” revealed the nominees. “The Mandalorian” and “The Crown” scored the most nominations per program with 24 each, followed by “WandaVision” with

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Zac Efron jokingly busted his 93-year-old grandpa Hal out of his senior living home. The “High School Musical” star and his brother Dylan Efron recreated a “Mission Impossible” moment in an Instagram video, with Zac sneaking into the home and swiping a pass from an employee to gain entry. He rolled

By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears is consulting with Mathew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor, about potentially representing her in her conservatorship battle, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. Samuel D. Ingham was first appointed by the court as counsel to Spears at the beginning of her conservatorship in 2008. He submitted a

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Paris Hilton and Netflix are getting into the kitchen together and hoping the result is, well, so hot. Neither party, however, are under the delusion that the forthcoming show, “Cooking with Paris,” will showcase gourmet grub. In fact, they’re seemingly counting on it being a little bit of a can’t-look-away disaster

By Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Actor Drake Bell, best known for the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake & Josh,” was sentenced by an Ohio court to one year of probation on Monday, stemming from charges of attempted child endangerment and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Bell pleaded guilty to the charges — related to incidents in Cleveland, Ohio

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN This year’s Emmy Awards will be hosted by a first-timer. CBS and the TV Academy on Monday announced that Cedric the Entertainer will make his Emmys hosting debut in September as the big show returns to a live, in-person format. A “limited audience of nominees and their guests” will also be

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Patricia Heaton is three years sober from alcohol. The former “Everybody Loves Raymond” star took to Instagram on Saturday to share that she feels a lot better now that she doesn’t drink. “It’s July where we celebrate our nation’s freedom, also celebrating three years of freedom from alcohol for me,” she

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The cast of “Glee” reunited over the weekend. The show’s stars Chord Overstreet, Heather Morris, Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz got together to reminise about their time on the series. Writer Matt Hodgson also joined, as did Michael Hitchcock, who played Dalton Rumba. Overstreet posted a photo of the group to

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett will celebrate the first anniversary of their podcast, “SmartLess,” by bringing the show on the road. The “SmartLess Tour Live” will have a limited run, set to kick off on Feb. 2, 2022 at Toronto’s Massey Hall followed by stops in Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Ronan Farrow’s dogged reporting about now-convicted movie mogul Harvey Weinstein earned him a Pulitzer Prize, as well as a book and podcast. “Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes” nicely translates the spoken and written word into a six-part HBO docuseries, one that plays like a journalistic thriller with Farrow as

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy were a match made in heaven on the big screen — now their children are writing their own love story. Jasmin Lawrence and Eric Murphy, the eldest offspring of the legendary comedians, have made their romance Instagram official. On Saturday, Jasmin, who is Lawrence’s daughter with

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN A dress believed to have been worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in the classic 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” has been found on top of mailboxes in a university drama department. The Catholic University of America, in Washington DC, said in a release on Thursday that the dress had

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Chick Vennera, who starred in “The Golden Girls” and the 1978 comedy “Thank God It’s Friday,” has died at his home in Burbank, CA., a representative for the actor told CNN. He was 74. Vennera, born Francis Vennera in New York, played the recurring role of Enrique on “The Golden Girls,”

By Chloe Melas, CNN Disney+ has released the trailer for their animated series, “What If…?” It features the late Chadwick Boseman as a version of his “Black Panther” character Prince T’Challa called “Star-Lord.” The actor died last August after battling cancer. He was 43. Boseman’s final onscreen role was in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Boseman

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN If you’re itching for a tropical vacation, “The White Lotus” might cool those jets. The latest product from the dark and twisty mind of Mike White (“Enlightened”) deals with class in a way few recent TV productions have, in an edgy, engrossing six-part HBO limited series that follows multiple stories

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Valerie Bertinelli has faced one internet troll too many. The actress took to Instagram with a powerful response to a follower who commented on her weight. “If I could lose the weight and keep it off I would, but since I haven’t been successful with that my whole entire life, at

By Chloe Melas, CNN Madonna is speaking out against Britney Spears’ nearly 13-year conservatorship. The reigning queen of pop posted a throwback photo of herself in a shirt that read “Britney Spears” to her Instagram stories with the caption: “Give this woman her life back. Slavery was abolished so long ago! Death to the greedy

By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears‘ father, Jamie Spears, states in a new court filing that he and other family members have received death threats as a result of the legal battle surrounding the singer’s nearly 13-year conservatorship. The revelations come after the pop star’s conservator of her person, Jodi Montgomery, filed a petition on

By Barbara Wojazer, CNN Lil Baby, an American musician and rapper with a string of collaborative hits, and another individual are in police custody in France, suspected of transport of illicit drugs, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN on Thursday. Basketball star James Harden, most recently of the Brooklyn Nets, and Lil Baby were in

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Black Widow” finally reaches screens big and small after a delay of more than 14 months, during which time Marvel’s banner has been carried via streaming on Disney+. While that stretch has likely fueled pent-up demand, it has also demonstrated that the comics-based pop-culture titan can tell a variety of

By Chloe Melas, CNN Actress Megan Fox says her 8-year-old son has been bullied online by people who don’t agree with his fashion choices. Fox, who stars in the new movie “Till Death,” said in a recent interview that her eldest child, whom she shares with her ex-husband Brian Austin Green, has been criticized by

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Naya Rivera’s family is remembering her on the one-year anniversary of her tragic death. The “Glee” star went missing on July 8 last year on California’s Lake Piru, while boating with her son, Josey Hollis Dorsey, who is now 5. Dorsey was later found alive, while Rivera was determined by investigators