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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bette Midler has apologized West Virginians after a tweet she posted regarding Senator Joe Manchin. On Monday the star expressed her frustration with Manchin, who represents West Virginia, when the Democratic senator announced he would not support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. Midler originally tweeted “What #JoeManchin, who

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Chrishell Stause and Jason Oppenheim are opening up about their breakup. The “Selling Sunset” costars have ended their relationship five months after confirming they were dating and pointed to their different desires regarding wanting a family as the possible cause of their split. On Tuesday Oppenheim posted a statement on

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Meagan Good and DeVon Franklin, who coauthored a relationship book, are ending their marriage. The two announced the news on social media. “After much prayer and consideration we have decided to go into our futures separately but forever connected,” their post began. “We celebrate almost a decade of marriage together

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Marvel packed a lot of presents under the tree for “Hawkeye’s” sixth and final episode, an almost insanely busy hour that unfolded on too many fronts. While the studio deserves some credit for indulging in a show that dared to be goofy as often as not, other than establishing Kate

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Complicated in the best of times, “The Matrix Resurrections” is simply convoluted, a collection of flashy digits that don’t add up to much of anything. Although director/co-writer Lana Wachowski slyly comments on the commercial nature of the undertaking and it’s nice seeing Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reunited, the better

By Chloe Melas, CNN Tom Holland is a man of his word. He promised a little boy who saved his sister from a dog attack in 2020 that the young Spider-Man fan could visit the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” set and he did just that. Bridger Walker was just 6 years old when he jumped

By Lisa Respers France, CNN According to Nicole Kidman, internet backlash over her casting as Lucille Ball in “Being the Ricardos” almost made her step away from the project. But a high-profile supporter helped convince her to stay on, Kidman told “Today.’ “[I’m] a human being, so there’s time when you go, ‘Gosh, maybe I’m

By Chloe Melas If the current state of the world is not intense enough for you, perhaps travel back to the time of the Vikings in “The Northman” trailer. The star-studded cast for the upcoming revenge film features Alexander Skarsgård, Ethan Hawke, Nicole Kidman and Anya Taylor-Joy. Björk also appears in the movie.. It tells

By Marianne Garvey “Jagged Little Pill” has closed for good on Broadway due to the omicron variant of Covid-19. Following a number of positive cases among the cast and crew, producers confirmed the show will no longer perform on Broadway. All canceled tickets for the Broadhurst Theater performances will be refunded. “[The] drastic turn of

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Don’t look for Penélope Cruz’s kids on TikTok. That’s because Cruz and her husband, fellow actor Javier Bardem, are keeping their children, 10-year-old son Leo and eight-year-old daughter Luna, off social media for now. Cruz said during an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” that “There is something that is not

By Hannah Ryan, CNN Rock music icon Brian May has urged the public to get the Covid-19 vaccine, after telling fans on Instagram he’s been having a “truly horrible” time since testing positive for the virus last week. In a series of posts and videos on Instagram, the 74-year-old has been documenting how he’s been

By Marianne Garvey Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson are bringing the party for New Year’s Eve. The singer and the “Saturday Night Live” star have announced a star-studded lineup of special guests and musical performances for their NBC special, to air live on Dec. 31. Joining Cyrus and Davidson in the festivities are Brandi Carlile,

By Lisa Respers France, Jennifer Henderson and Andy Rose, CNN Comedian and late night host Trevor Noah has filed a lawsuit against his doctor and a New York City hospital alleging that their negligence caused him to “sustain permanent, severe and grievous injuries,” according to the complaint obtained by CNN. Noah alleges the Hospital for

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa is calling for peace in the entertainment industry following the violent deaths of fellow rappers Drakeo the Ruler and Young Dolph. The “See You Again” hitmaker took to Twitter on Sunday night to urge his fellow performers to treat each other better in the new year. As

By Chloe Melas, CNN ‘Tis the season of giving back, and Gary Sinise is doing just that. The actor held his annual Snowball Express for children of fallen military service members. Typically his event is held in person at Walt Disney World, but because of the Covid-19 pandemic the actor went virtual for the second

By Eric Levenson and Claudia Dominguez, CNN West Coast rapper Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed in an altercation backstage at a Los Angeles music festival where he was scheduled to perform Saturday, according to his publicist and law enforcement officials. Drakeo, whose real name was Darrell Caldwell, was 28. Scott Jawson, a publicist who

By Scottie Andrew, CNN They weren’t meant to be heroes. Frodo Baggins, his steadfast companion Samwise Gamgee and their accidental journey-mates, jejune cousins Merry and Pippin, could have been content living out their days in the Shire with their fellow hobbits, feasting and smoking in pastoral comfort. But when a mission that would determine the

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN There’s no shortage of pure holiday movie cheese to unwrap this year. Netflix has a Scotland-based love story with “A Castle for Christmas” and the third (!!) installment of its “Princess Switch” franchise. BET+ has drama-filled family fun with “A Jenkins Family Christmas.” HBO Max, which like CNN is owned by

By Chloe Melas, CNN “What do you want to tell Joe Byron right now?” That famous TikTok video — which went viral over the last few months from the Side Talk NYC Instagram show featuring rapper Gorilla Nems — has made its way to the White House. The Jonas Brothers posted a video of themselves

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN A “new” song by Aaliyah has hit the airwaves, two decades after her death. “Poison,” which also features Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd, was unveiled on Friday, marking her first release since 2012’s “Enough Said.” Aaliyah sings the lines: “How can I explain myself to you? Questions keep lurking through my mind.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Peloton has pulled an ad featuring Chris Noth in the wake of sexual assault allegations against him. “Every single sexual assault accusation must be taken seriously,” a spokesperson for the company said in a statement provided to CNN. “We were unaware of these allegations when we featured Chris Noth in

By Brian Lowry, CNN For those needing additional evidence that streaming has thrown a lifeline to movies for grownups, look no further than this weekend, which brings three of them, with two hitting theaters for reasons that have more to do with award requirements than commerce. Each of those films come with the pedigree of

By Marianne Garvey The first trailer for “How I Met Your Father” is here. The “How I Met Your Mother” spinoff series for Hulu tells the story of how Sophie, played by Kim Cattrall, meets her son’s father. Cattrall appears in the trailer, saying, “This is the story of how I met your father. It

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro veers out of his customary lane in “Nightmare Alley,” a gorgeous-looking but narratively flawed movie that at its best evokes the lurid thrillers of the 1940s while meandering too much in between. Bradley Cooper fills the central role, but Cate Blanchett steals the show as a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Which pill will you take, love it or hate it? “The Matrix Resurrections” has received it’s first batch of reactions and even folks who enjoyed it are aware that not everyone will. Vox’s critic Emily VanDerWerff took just that stance. “I lovvvvvvved it. A lotta people are gonna haaaaaaaate,” VanDerWerff

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The trailer for “The Lost City” might be the best one you watch all year. No trailer this year has filled me with as much anticipatory glee as this one. In the film, Sandra Bullock plays a reclusive author Loretta Sage who, after years of writing adventures, finds herself in the

By Amir Vera, Josh Campbell and Kay Jones, CNN A search warrant has been issued for actor Alec Baldwin’s cell phone in connection with the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film “Rust,” according to court documents released Thursday from Santa Fe County, New Mexico. A judge on Thursday signed the

By Lisa Respers France and Chloe Melas, CNN Actor Chris Noth is denying allegations of sexual misconduct against him published in a report Thursday by The Hollywood Reporter. Two women, who used pseudonyms in the THR story to protect their privacy, accuse Noth of sexually assaulting them. The alleged incidents occurred in 2004 in Los

By Chloe Melas, CNN Nick Cannon is opening up more about grieving his late son, Zen. The television host and actor appeared on NBC’s “Today” show on Thursday to discuss Zen’s tragic death. The infant, who was just 5 months old, died earlier this month from a brain tumor. “You pray for miracles,” Cannon told

By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears appears to have welcomed a new addition to her family. The singer took to Instagram on Wednesday and teased her fans by posting a video of herself rocking what appeared to be a baby, with her back turned to the camera while holding a baby bottle. She captioned it,

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Ben Affleck is trying to set the record straight. After giving an expansive interview on Howard Stern’s radio show, Affleck faced backlash over some of the comments he made about his marriage to actress Jennifer Garner and how their troubles contributed to his alcoholism, saying if they hadn’t split in 2015,

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s a Christmas miracle for “Ted Lasso” fans. If you’re missing the Richmond gang, Apple TV+ on Wednesday released a stop-motion animated short that will help fill the Ted-shaped hole in your heart this holiday season. In the short, Ted and the gang go on a search after Ted’s iconic mustache

By Marianne Garvey, CNN There is a new official music video for George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord.” The video, which comes 51 years after the song’s release, stars former Beatle Ringo Starr, along with a slew of musicians, actors and comedians who make cameos. Joe Walsh and Jeff Lynne, who played with Harrison in the

By Radhika Marya, CNN The holiday season is one for time-honored traditions: Baking cookies, decorating, gathering with family and friends — and blasting holiday music. Whether on the radio, over a store’s loudspeaker or via a curated streaming playlist, you’ll likely hear many of the same songs in rotation, from Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” to

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Not even asking Santa is going to get us a Mariah Carey and Beyoncé match-up on Verzuz. The famous franchise brings together music artists to “battle” with their hits. Recently, super producer L.A. Reid shared during an appearance on “The Real” that Carey and Bey would be his “ideal” Verzuz.

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Remember the old days, when “Saturday Night Live” sketches kept becoming movies, with a few hits (“Wayne’s World”) and way more misses (“A Night at the Roxbury,” “Ladies Man,” “It’s Pat,” etc.)? Now one of those, “MacGruber,” makes the trip back to TV, offering an unnecessary reminder that not everything

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Two years after its debut “The Witcher” returns to Netflix, looking every bit as brawny as its maiden flight and less messy structurally. Although the series developed a solid following (unlike some of the streamer’s other recent fantasy efforts that met the executioner’s ax), the show remains uneven and somewhat

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Mason Disick has apparently learned a big lesson. And the 12-year-old wants to share his knowledge with his 8-year-old cousin, North West. Her mother, Kim Kardashian, shared text messages from her young nephew after North recently went live on TikTok without permission on the joint account she shares with her

By Laura Ly and Kelly McCleary, CNN Several Broadway shows were forced to cancel performances this week due to positive Covid-19 tests among the cast or crew, a setback for the industry that comes just months after it raised the curtain on an 18-month shutdown due to the pandemic. Since its return, Broadway has required

By CNN’s Lianne Kolirin and Reuters Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish has spoken about an addiction to watching pornography, starting at age 11, and how it gave her nightmares and messed her up when she started dating. Eilish, who turns 20 on Saturday, was speaking on “The Howard Stern Show” on Sirius XM radio on Monday.

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN “The Voice” doesn’t have just one new champ; it has three. Sibling trio Girl Named Tom, of Team Kelly Clarkson, won NBC’s “The Voice” on Tuesday night, besting steep competition and becoming the first group to win on the show. Caleb, Joshua and Bekah Liechty beat out fellow Team Kelly contestant

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The King’s Man” is a prequel to the “Kingsman” movies, but its closest spiritual kin would be “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” another film based on a graphic novel that brought the superhero/spy genre into an earlier era and mostly flubbed the migration process. Fun in places, this World War

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Nomintions for the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards, the scrappy, independent alternative to the Academy Awards, were announced Tuesday. “Zola,” a dark comedy about an exotic dancer’s road trip, led among nominees, earning seven nods. The Spirit Awards will air on IFC on Sunday, Mar. 6. Below is the full list

By Lisa Respers France, CNN When it comes to pronouncing a bunch of names early in the morning, it’s kind of hard being Snoop D-O-double G. The rapper/actor and arguably the best Olympics commentator ever was a surprise guest Monday at the announcement of the nominations for the Golden Globe Awards. Rocking a red cap

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The critics have made their choices for best film of the year. The film nominations for the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards were announced on Monday with “Belfast” from Focus Features and “West Side Story” from 20th Century Studios leading the pack, earning 11 nominations each. With the momentum from Monday’s

By Jack Guy, CNN Kim Kardashian has passed a law exam and moved a step closer to being able to practice as an attorney in the state of California. Kardashian revealed that she passed the exam at the fourth attempt in an Instagram post published Monday. “OMFGGGG I PASSED THE BABY BAR EXAM!!!!,” Kardashian wrote,

By Marianne Garvey The official trailer for the third “Fantastic Beasts” movie is here. The movie, titled “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” comes after a video celebrating the 20th anniversary of the franchise had dropped in early December, teasing the new movie. The teaser gives us a look at Mads Mikkelsen as Gellert Grindelwald,

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Keanu Reeves has revealed why he turned down the 1997 movie “Speed 2: Cruise Control.” Reeves starred with Sandra Bullock in the 1994 film “Speed,” about a bus that will explode if it drops below 50 miles per hour. The actor appeared on “The Graham Norton Show,” where he said, “At

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nominations for the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best in television and film, were revealed on Monday. The movies “The Power of the Dog” and “Belfast” led film nominees, earning seven nods each. The HBO drama “Succession” earned the most nominations for TV series with five, followed closely

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Doja Cat has announced she’s dropped out of the 2021 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour after testing positive for Covid-19. The singer posted on her verified Instagram account that some members of her production team also tested positive. “I’m sad to share that I just tested positive as well and will