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By Chloe Melas, CNN DaBaby is trying to make amends following disparaging comments he made about gay men and HIV during a performance at a Miami music festival last month. The rapper, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, met with Black leaders from nine HIV organizations across on Tuesday, according to a joint press release

By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Candyman” director Nia DaCosta has become the first Black female director to have a film debut in the top spot in the US box office, Universal Pictures announced Tuesday. According to Box Office Mojo, the horror film, a sequel of the 1992 movie, made over $22 million over the weekend. The

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The “American Crime Story” banner launched by O.J. Simpson’s trial is an odd one for FX’s “Impeachment,” an otherwise engrossing, undeniably juicy limited series that puts the women front and center in the Bill Clinton impeachment scandal. Sarah Paulson’s portrayal of Linda Tripp steals the show, but there’s no shortage

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello is pleading for help to bring a group of young female guitarists in hiding in Afghanistan to safety. Morello wrote an open letter after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, which was sent to Billboard by former House of Lords band member and guitar teacher

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Penn Badgley’s creepy stalker Joe Goldberg is now in the suburbs with a baby on the way. A new trailer for “You” Season 3 features a voiceover from the actor revealing his character and Love, played by Victoria Pedretti, will become parents in the next chapter of the Netflix drama. “A

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Sandra Oh says quick rise to fame with the success of “Grey’s Anatomy” was “traumatic” and led her seek out a good therapist. Oh appeared on “Sunday Today” over the weekend with Willie Geist, where she spoke about losing her privacy when she first became famous. Oh, who played Dr. Cristina

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Only Murders in the Building” might have been co-created by Steve Martin, but it has the feel of Woody Allen’s lighter mysteries, drenched in New York-centric touches and characters as eccentric as the décor in their high-rise apartments. Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez play the unlikely sleuths, in a

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Sarah Paulson says she has regrets about wearing padding to portray Linda Tripp in “Impeachment: American Crime Story.” The actress told The Los Angeles Times that she wonders if she should have said no to the part after facing backlash for the padding. “It’s very hard for me to talk about

By Chloe Melas, CNN Kid Rock canceled two shows over the weekend after an outbreak of Covid-19 in his band. The concerts were scheduled for this past Friday and Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas. The artist took to Twitter to explain that the cancellationsw were due to coronavirus writing, “I am pi–ed. Over half

By Chloe Melas, CNN Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are every parent whose kids have left the house to start their own lives. The couple shared a photo of themselves sitting on their couch after their youngest child headed off to the University of Michigan, writing on Instagram, “So far we are crushing this empty

By Todd Leopold, CNN Ed Asner, who rose to fame as the crusty but lovable newsman Lou Grant on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died Sunday morning, his publicist confirmed to CNN. He was 91. Asner was was surrounded by family in Los Angeles, publicist Charles Sherman said. The news was also shared in a

By Megan Thomas, CNN After a delay and multiple listening events in recent weeks, Kanye West released his new studio album “Donda” on Sunday. The album includes contributions from Jay-Z, The Weeknd, Young Thug, Jay Electronica, The Lox, Travis Scott and others. There are 27 tracks listed on the Spotify playlist for the album. The

By Jordan Gass Poore, CNN Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman… Do you dare say his name in front of a mirror? You probably wouldn’t go through with it if British filmmaker Bernard Rose, the writer and director of the original “Candyman” movie, had his way in 1992. “The shooting script for ‘Candyman,’ it said 13

By Leah Asmelash, CNN A recent episode of the Apple TV+ sitcom “Ted Lasso” features a moment that brings the characters together: a love of rom-coms. In the episode, titled “Rainbow,” the happy-go-lucky titular character extolls the virtues of the romantic comedy while giving his team, the players of AFC Richmond, a pep talk: “If

By Kelly Murray, CNN She’s the girl who dared to challenge Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl to an “epic” online drum duel — and won. And finally, the multi-instrumental phenomenon has realized her dream of playing on stage with her musical hero. On Thursday, topping off the band’s live performance at The Forum in Inglewood,

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN At some point when I was about halfway through the film “Midsommar” and someone was being bludgeoned to death, I had a thought: I need to do better about picking my pre-sleep programming. As someone who dedicates most of my waking hours to watching television — taking a break only to

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a look-alike. An Alabama law enforcement officer has gone viral due to his uncanny resemblance to “The Jungle Cruise” star. So much so, when the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office posted a picture of Patrol Lieutenant Eric Fields on Facebook, the responses poured in. “It’s cool that

By Chloe Melas, CNN Macaulay Culkin made his “American Horror Story” debut on Wednesday night. The actor appeared in “American Horror Story: Double Feature” which also stars Evan Peters and Lily Rabe, as well as longtime star Sarah Paulson. It’s the 10th season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology — as its title suggests, it will air

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Another year, another double dose of movies devoted to serial killer Ted Bundy. For the same reasons that Bundy became a disturbing source of fascination before his execution in 1989, Hollywood remains infatuated by the name and the commercial prospects of Bundy-related titles. Recent examples include the movie “Extremely Wicked,

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Kanye West’s latest “DONDA” listening party featured him leaving the stage hand in hand with Kim Kardashian West in a wedding dress. West appeared at Chicago’s Soldier Field for his third listening party, where he had a replica built of his childhood home. But that was just the beginning. Throughout the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Vanessa Estelle Williams may be killing it in horror projects these days, but don’t expect her to pull out a Ouija board anytime soon. The actress is reprising her role from the original 1992 “Candyman” film in the new sequel and guest starred on the TV series “American Horror Stories.”

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Mamma Mia, here they go again. ABBA has something coming, but we’re not sure what. The Swedish group has launched an ABBA Voyage site and is encouraging people to sign up to receive information. The site looks to be going live September 2, according to a tweet sent from its

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN An Olympic medalist and an internet personality are the first contestants to join the new season of “Dancing with the Stars” — and one of them is going to be making history. Jojo Siwa will be dancing with a female pro, it was announced at a news conference Thursday during the

By Lisa Respers France and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Porn star Ron Jeremy has been charged with forcibly raping three women and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents dating back to 2014, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced Tuesday. Jeremy, 67, was charged with three counts each of forcible rape and forcible penetration by

By Cheri Mossburg and Steve Almasy, CNN Porn star Ron Jeremy is facing an additional 20 counts of forcible rape, sexual battery, sodomy and more, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. Jeremy, whose legal last name is Hyatt, was initially charged in June with several counts of sexual assault, including three counts of

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The new trailer for ABC’s reboot of “The Wonder Years” hits all the right notes as it starts out with that iconic song from Joe Cocker. From there, narrator Don Cheadle and an all-new cast take the reins of the beloved title. This take on the coming-of-age story focuses on the

By Chloe Melas, CNN Who doesn’t love an excuse to celebrate our furry four-legged friends? Thursday marks International Dog Day, first established in 2004 by pet advocate Colleen Paige to encourage dog adoptions for animals in need of homes. We thought we’d brighten the dog days of summer with a look at some of our

By Lisa Respers France, CNN TLC is still “CrazySexyCool.” Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas are heading out on tour September 3 in honor of the 27th anniversary of the release of their diamond certified “CrazySexyCool” album. The pair told CNN attendees can expect special guests, performances from tour mates Bone Thugs n’ Harmony

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Way to make us cry Mandy Patinkin. The actor shared a moving backstory about his role in the cult classic film “The Princess Bride” on his official TikTok account in response to a user sharing her own. Amanda Webb posted a video in which she shared that the movie was

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Kanye West is holding more listening events in anticipation of his “Donda” album, and the next one will have Covid-19 vaccines available. West is scheduled to appear at Soldier Field stadium in Chicago on Aug. 26 for a listening party, the final one before the album release. “The Donda Listening Experience”

By Megan Thomas, CNN Actress Letitia Wright was injured overnight during production of Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” a source close to the production tells CNN. The news was first reported by Variety. “Letitia Wright sustained minor injuries today while filming a stunt for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. She is currently receiving care in a

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Candyman” juggles quite a lot in creating a sequel to an almost 30-year-old movie — an even tougher feat when one hand is a hook. The result is a thought-provoking contemplation on racial injustice through the prism of horror, somewhat awkwardly serving its bloodier expectations while draping the story over

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Michael Nader, the actor best known for playing Farnsworth “Dex” Dexter on the hit soap “Dynasty,” has died age 76. The Missouri-born star’s manager, Richard Schwartz, confirmed to USA Today that he died in his California home on Monday after a short battle with cancer. A statement from Nader’s wife, Jodi

By Rob Picheta, CNN Tennis legend John McEnroe, who earned plaudits for an unlikely turn as narrator of the popular Netflix teen drama “Never Have I Ever,” has credited his voice-over career to his famous 1981 outburst in which he screamed, “You cannot be serious” at an umpire. McEnroe serves as the narrator of Mindy

By Sarah Moon and Steve Almasy, CNN Porn star Ron Jeremy has been indicted on more than 30 counts of sexual assault involving 21 women over the past two decades, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Jeremy, whose legal last name is Hyatt, is accused of sexually assaulting the women over a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson is turning 16 this weekend. The girl who spent much of her childhood on reality tv series talked to Teen Vogue about some of the difficulties she’s experienced in her life, including her mother’s substance abuse and her struggle to make friends in high school.

By Marianne Garvey, CNN When you text Tom Cruise you never know what you’re going to get. “The Late Late Show” host James Corden, who is friends with the actor, revealed on his show Tuesday that the two were texting when they realized they were both in the UK at the same time, Corden filming

By Rob Picheta, CNN Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s 1991 album “Nevermind,” has claimed the record’s iconic artwork is child pornography and is suing the band over alleged “child sexual exploitation.” The rock album’s cover features Elden, then an infant, swimming underwater while undressed, his eyes fixated

By Lisa Respers France, CNN We now know more about the new “Matrix” sequel. Deadline reports that footage and a title were unveiled by Warner Bros. (which is owned by CNN’s parent company) at CinemaCon. According to the publication, the trailer for “The Matrix: Resurrections” includes Neil Patrick Harris as a therapist talking to Keanu

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Like so many who die young, Aaliyah is forever frozen in time — youthful, beautiful and left with dreams unfulfilled. The singer and actress was 22 years old when the plane she was traveling on crashed soon after takeoff from the Bahamas on August 25, 2001, killing her and eight

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood have paid tribute to their Rolling Stones bandmate Charlie Watts, who died Tuesday at the age of 80. Drummer Watts, who became part of the Stones’ longtime foursome alongside Jagger, Richards and Wood, played for the band for more than 50 years. His bandmates

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Clickbait” is one of those intriguing ideas that’s likely to lose followers as it progresses, a social-media-age whodunit that features a different character every episode, building toward an increasingly convoluted payoff. If you start watching you’ll probably want to see this Netflix death-by-Internet mystery through to the end, but as

By Hilary Clarke, CNN Charlie Watts, the unassuming son of a truck driver who gained global fame as the drummer for the Rolling Stones, has died. He was 80. ”It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts. He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Arthur, the bespectacled aardvark beloved by generations of viewers, is finally about to start the fourth grade. And in the new school year, he and his pals will befriend some new classmates — including a Sikh boy named Samir. The character of Samir will make his debut in “Arthur’s First Day,”

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The latest internet “challenge” involves milk crates and serious pain. In “The Milk Crate Challenge,” started recently on TikTok, someone gathers a bunch of milk crates and stacks them as high as they can, then attempts to step up one side and down the other without the crates faltering underneath them.

By Chloe Melas, CNN Alyssa Milano gave fans an update on her uncle following the car accident they were in last week. “Uncle Mitch is still in and out of consciousness. He’s on life support,” Milano said in a TikTok video. “My brother went there yesterday and played him some oldies, and his whole body

By Lisa Respers France, CNN An Afghan pop star is sharing her harrowing story of fleeing her country. Aryana Sayeed and her fiancé, Hasib Sayed, got out as the Taliban took over Afghanistan and talked to “Access Hollywood” about their experience, some of which she shared on her verified Instagram account. “I was feeling that

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Chip Gaines is chopping his locks for charity. The HGTV star and face of the Magnolia Network said on Instagram that he’s taken note of the comments on his currently long hair and has agreed to get it cut — if people donate to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. “WOW.. turns out

By Marianne Garvey, CNN “The Morning Show” Season 2 has a new trailer and Jennifer Aniston is as fierce as ever in it. The second season of the Apple Original drama series, also executive produced by Jennifer Aniston along with Reese Witherspoon, will debut globally on Sept. 17 on Apple TV+. The show will premiere

By Chloe Melas, CNN Netflix’s live-action “Cowboy Bebop” is right around the corner and the streaming network has just released a first look. The photos show stars John Cho, Mustafa Shakir and Danielle Pineda. The show is based on the 1998 Japanese anime series which is set in the year 2071 and follows the lives

By Chloe Melas, CNN John Travolta has been candid concerning how he talked to his young son about his wife Kelly Preston’s death. Preston died in July 2020 from breast cancer. “(Ben) said to me once, ‘Because mom passed away, I’m afraid you’re going to,’” Travolta told Kevin Hart on Hart’s talk show. “I said,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bye, Samantha Jones. Hello, Lisa Todd Wexley. Sarah Jessica Parker has posted a photo on her official Instagram account that is leading many to believe that Kim Cattrall has been replaced in the “Sex and the City” foursome by Nicole Ari Parker in the new reboot. The latter Parker plays

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Loretta Lynn‘s ranch foreman, Wayne Spears, died in the Tennessee floods on Sunday after he was swept up in the rising waters, according to a Facebook post from a “heartbroken” Lynn. “There are no words at the ranch today…only tears. Our ranch family is our family. We lost my amazing ranch

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The mega money and major family drama of “Succession” will return for it’s next chapter this fall. The network announced on Twitter that the Emmy-winning hit will debut in October. There is no exact date yet. While a trailer released last month showed the Roy children battling their father, this latest

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Don Everly, the last of the silken-voiced Everly Brothers music duo known for their harmonies, has died, according to an announcement on the group’s official Instagram. He was 84 years old. Everly died Saturday. Don and his younger brother, Phil Everly, became pop idols in the early days of rock ‘n’

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Eric Stonestreet is engaged to fiancée Lindsay Schweitzer, the “Modern Family” star announced in an Instagram post over the weekend. The couple posed in a series of pictures with Schweitzer showing a stunning ring. Stonestreet captioned the pictures: “She said, ‘She’d have her people call my people.’” The couple’s famous friends

By Lisa Respers France, CNN One of Molly Shannon’s most famous “Saturday Night Live” characters was awkward, clumsy, Catholic school student Mary Katherine Gallagher. In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Shannon explained how the character came to be after a tragic car accident resulted in the death of her mother, sister and cousin when

By Rob Picheta, CNN Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards and Liverpool footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have announced the birth of their first child. The pair, both 28, wrote on Instagram that the child had been born on Saturday. They shared black and white images of the child’s head and feet, but did not reveal a name

By Ally Hill, CNN Jennifer Hudson and Andrea Bocelli wowed the crowd with their vocals, and classics from Earth, Wind & Fire and Santana brought high energy to “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert” before weather halted it. These are the best moments of the night, and the aftermath of the interruption. Andrea Bocelli delivers

By Chloe Melas, CNN It’s a concert to mark the resilience of a city. Some of music’s biggest names will descend on the Great Lawn at New York City’s iconic Central Park for the “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert” on Saturday to perform for a vaccinated crowd of 60,000. The concert is meant to

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN I’ve spent the last week listening to people talk about fall TV during the summer edition of the Television Critics Association virtual press tour, my sun-averse skin is dreaming of whatever “winter” means in Los Angeles and today, my campaign to get “Blursday” officially recognized as a day of the week

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Country music singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall died Friday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, at the age of 85, according to his son. “Our family asks for privacy during this difficult time,” Dean Hall said in a tweet, Hall, who was born in Olive Hill, Kentucky, was inducted into the Country

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Just when we thought live music was coming back, there’s been a pause. With the Delta variant stretching the pandemic out even further around the world, concert tours and festivals have once again been postponed or canceled — the latest being the planned world tour of K-pop superstar group, BTS.

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Angelina Jolie, a notoriously private celebrity with no public social media presence, has joined Instagram, using the platform to draw attention to the situation in Afghanistan. Jolie joined the platform on Friday, posting a letter she says she received from a teenage Afghan girl, whose name and location has been blurred.

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Protégé” brings a few novel little touches to what’s otherwise a generic action vehicle for Maggie Q, in part by flanking her with Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson. The result is a sporadically stylish, mildly unpredictable and thoroughly violent thriller where the principals seemingly endure at least as