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Rooney Mara says role in ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ remake made her more selective about projects

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Rooney Mara is opening up about a bad experience on a movie set that changed the course of her career. In a conversation on the “LaunchLeft” podcast with her fiancé Joaquin Phoenix’s sister, Rain Phoenix, Mara revealed doing 2010’s “Nightmare on Elm Street” remake was “not a great experience.” The actress

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Quinn K. Redeker, longtime soap star on ‘Days of Our Lives’ and co-writer of ‘The Deer Hunter,’ dead at 86

By Dan Heching, CNN Actor and writer Quinn K. Redeker, whose credits include “Days of Our Lives,” “The Young and the Restless” and “The Deer Hunter,” the latter of which earning him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay, died last month, according to his representative Christopher Hartman. Hartman said in an email to

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Bam Margera says he was ‘pronounced dead’ after suffering seizure during Covid battle

Megan Thomas Bam Margera is recovering from a recent hospitalization for Covid-19. Margera spoke with his former “Jackass” collaborator Steve-O for an episode of the “Wild Ride” podcast released this week. The two addressed a health scare that Margera experienced last month. “Basically, I was pronounced dead on December 8,” Margera recalled. “I did not

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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member sentenced to over six years in prison in telemarketing fraud scheme

By Kara Scannell, CNN Jennifer Shah, a cast member on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for defrauding thousands of victims in a long-running telemarketing scheme that targeted the elderly and vulnerable. Judge Sidney Stein ordered the sentence of 78 months, along with five

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Hugh Jackman’s frenemy dynamic with Ryan Reynolds will bleed into ‘Deadpool 3’: ‘They hate each other’

By Dan Heching, CNN Hugh Jackman is sharing details on how his best-known character, grisly mutant X-Man Wolverine, will interact with Ryan Reynolds’s wisecracking Deadpool in the upcoming “Deadpool 3.” In a recent Empire Film podcast, Jackman said the two characters are a “zero” in terms of compatibility, calling them “opposites” and saying that they

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Edward Norton discovers real-life Pocahontas is his 12th great-grandmother

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN American actor Edward Norton has discovered that the real-life Pocahontas, the romanticized and mythologized 17th century daughter of a Native American chief, is his 12th great-grandmother. The Oscar-nominated star learned of his family connection to the woman who married Virginia settler John Rolfe on Tuesday’s episode of the PBS genealogical history

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5 famous music copyright cases

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Music is supposed to soothe the savage beast, but it can also get some people riled up. Especially, when it comes to copyright cases. Throughout the history of the music industry, there have been incidents of artists accused of ripping off the works of others. Taylor Swift had been embroiled

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France’s César film awards ban nominees under investigation for sexual violence from ceremony

By Saskya Vandoorne and Marguerite Lacroix, CNN France’s equivalent of the Oscars — the Césars ​– says it is banning anyone currently under investigation for acts of violence, “especially those of a sexual nature,” from attending its awards ceremony next month “out of respect for any possible victims.” The ban, announced Monday, also impacts people

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Jeremy Renner suffered ‘blunt chest trauma,’ required second surgery for ‘extensive’ injuries

By Tina Burnside, Christine Sever, Lisa Respers France and Chloe Melas, CNN Actor Jeremy Renner suffered “blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries” after a New Year’s Day snow plowing accident, a spokesperson for the actor said Monday evening. Renner had surgery Monday and “remains in the intensive care unit in critical but stable condition,” the

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‘Kaleidoscope’ adds color to a bland heist story with a you-pick-the-order format

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The puzzle-like gimmick at the heart of “Kaleidoscope” — watch the episodes in any order that you want — can’t conceal how otherwise uninspired this “Ocean’s Eleven”-esque heist series actually is. Chalk that up in part to stiffly written characters, familiar situations and drawn-out logistical sequences. It’s moderately watchable, but

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‘Paul T. Goldman’ blends fiction and reality in a way that’s as odd as it is funny

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The term “hybrid” is thrown around too loosely in entertainment, but it genuinely applies to “Paul T. Goldman,” a Peacock series from the director of the “Borat” sequel that combines fiction with sort-of reality, scripted with a behind-the-scenes “making of” docuseries. Quirky and odd, the show’s main point feels like

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Nick Cannon welcomes baby No. 12

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Nick Cannon has expanded his family once again. “The Masked Singer” host and model Alyssa Scott had daughter Halo Marie Cannon, on Dec. 14, Scott revealed on Instagram Thursday. Their daughter — Cannon’s 12th child to date — arrived roughly one year after the death of the duo’s son Zen, who

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‘White Noise’ makes Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig pretty easy to tune out

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Adam Driver and writer-director Noah Baumbach follow their collaboration on the dour “Marriage Story” with a considerably quirkier Netflix movie in “White Noise,” a faithful adaptation of Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel that loses a great deal in translation. Baumbach’s pandemic-inspired undertones resonate on that level, but it’s played in such

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Ariana Grande still donates Christmas gifts to child patients years after Manchester attack

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Ariana Grande has brought some festive sparkle to young patients across Manchester in England once again, after donating gifts to children’s hospitals in the city this Christmas. The One Last Time singer has had a long-standing relationship with Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity since the Manchester Arena attack in 2017, in

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