Entertainment

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

By Marianne Garvey, CNN “The Crown” star Emma Corrin is opening up about gender identity. The actor, who earned a Golden Globe for playing Princess Diana in the Netflix hit, took to Instagram to detail the “journey” of being queer and binding their chest. “Some time before I bought my first binder…very intimate, very new,

By Chloe Melas, CNN Scarlett Johansson says her highly anticipated movie “Black Widow” began to really take shape in 2017, amid the #MeToo movement. Johansson said in a new interview with Yahoo that she and the screenwriters felt inspired to draw comparisons between the Marvel character’s story and that of women who had experienced abuse

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Halsey has debuted new video tied to her upcoming album. A pregnant Halsey is seen in the 13-minute, silent video walking through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York before stopping to reveal her own album cover art for “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power,” her fourth album.

By Faith Karimi, CNN First there was blackface. Now there’s “Blackfishing.” The term has been increasingly in the news to describe behavior by White entertainers who appear to be imitating the appearance of Black people. It’s not a compliment. The latest example is pop star Iggy Azalea, who has drawn criticism for her look in

By Chloe Melas, CNN Lynne Spears is asking the Los Angeles County Superior court to allow her daughter Britney Spears to choose her own conservatorship attorney. In a court filing obtained by CNN Wednesday and dated July 1, Lynne Spears states via her attorneys that her daughter is in a much different place than when

By Stella Chan, CNN Suzzanne Douglas, an accomplished stage and screen actress who starred “Tap” and the television series “The Parent ‘Hood,” has died, her representative told CNN in a statement on Wednesday. She was 64. “The industry has lost a truly talented artist with the passing of Suzzanne Douglas,” her publicist Penny Vizcarra said.

By Chloe Melas, CNN Robert Downey Jr. is paying tribute to his father, Robert Downey Sr., who died Tuesday. He was 85. “RIP Bob D. Sr. 1936-2021…Last night, dad passed peacefully in his sleep after years of enduring the ravages of Parkinson’s ..he was a true maverick filmmaker, and remained remarkably optimistic throughout..According to my

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Juvenile doesn’t just want you to get his latest song stuck in your head, he wants you to get stuck in the arm. The New Orleans-based rapper has teamed up with fellow artists Mannie Fresh and Mia X to remake his iconic hit “Back That Thang Up” into a new

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Hasan Minhaj will host a star-studded virtual event to assist the people of India as they battle the Covid-19 crisis. Vax.India.Now will spotlight what’s happening on the ground in India and educate viewers on how they can help save lives and make an impact in the region, which has been

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN An intruder was removed from the “Love Island” villa after a security breach on Tuesday evening, a spokesperson for the hit British reality TV series has confirmed. “Last night a security breach was identified and an intruder was removed from the Villa with immediate effect,” a spokesperson for “Love Island” said

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King have a truly unique friendship. The two, who have been friends for over 40 years, say their deep bond is due to a lack of jealously over each other and a genuine happiness for their respective achievements. In a video posted to Oprah Daily, the two

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Val Kilmer says he has tried for years to find his voice and he’s still using it, even after losing it to cancer. The trailer for his documentary, “Val,” has dropped and looks to offer an intimate portrait of the esteemed actor. “For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Model Gigi Hadid shares 10-month old daughter Khai with singer Zayn Malik. The two have decided to protect their child’s privacy when it comes to paparazzi, the press and social media, saying they will not be sharing photos of her face. Hadid posted an open letter on Twitter Tuesday, in which

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Matt Mauser, whose wife died in a helicopter crash along with Kobe Bryant, his daughter 13-year-old Gianna and six others last year, paid tribute to her during his “America’s Got Talent” audition which aired Tuesday night. Christina Mauser was a coach at the basketball legend’s Mamba Sports Academy. Her husband

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The penultimate episode of “Loki” began with the main Loki blustering that he had “several thousand questions” for the new variants that he had encountered, which was understandable after the fourth-episode cliffhanger. Yet like the third installment, this frustrating placeholder of an episode left any major revelations for another day

By Chloe Melas, CNN Samuel D. Ingham, a court-appointed attorney who has represented Britney Spears for the entirety of her almost 13-year conservatorship, has submitted a petition to resign from his position, according to a court filing obtained and dated Tuesday by CNN. In the filing, Ingham stated that the resignation would be effective upon

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Monsters at Work” basically does for “Monsters, Inc.” what Marvel’s Disney+ series have done for its movies, creating a space to expand on situations and characters outside the confines of a major film. While not quite as grand in its ambitions, the Pixar show — two decades after the first

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Elmo’s latest companion is going to find her fur-ever home on Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop on Tuesday announced a new resident: Tango, Elmo’s adopted puppy. Tango will be introduced officially in “Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy,” a 30-minute special debuting August 5 on HBO Max. (HBO Max and CNN

By Lisa Respers France, CNN We see you living your best post-break-up life, Jennifer Lopez! While the paparazzi capture photos of Lopez and former, and now apparently on again, bae Ben Affleck strolling hugged up in the Hamptons, she’s sharing how happy she is at the moment. “I’m super happy,” she said in an interview

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Pete Davidson says he’s about two years away from removing the last of his tattoos he’d like to forget. The “Saturday Night Live” recently opened up about the painful and “embarrassing” process, because he can’t believe some of the tat choices he’s made over the years. “I’ve made a lot of

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Iggy Azalea is fighting back against accusations she’s “Blackfishing” in her latest music video for her single “I Am The Strip Club.” In the video the rapper wears a brunette wig and some on social media have noted that her skin appears to be darker. In response to discussion about

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Oh “Gossip Girl,” you really should have stayed retired, kid. Instead, the show comes back via HBO Max, in another reboot that makes the case that not all intellectual property deserves a second chance. Misguided on multiple levels, this “Girl” gives ’em something to talk about, not much of it

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Apparently, who Robert Downey Jr. follows on Instagram means a great deal to fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actor, who plays Tony Stark a.k.a. Iron Man in the MCU, has people speculating about his future in the films after they noticed that he is no longer following his

By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Bachelorette” star Clare Crawley has revealed that due to health reasons, she is having her breast implants removed. The reality star posted an Instagram video over the Fourth of July holiday weekend explaining her decision. “The truth is, I’ve been going through things medically with my body that I have not

By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears’ manager of 25 years, Larry Rudolph, has resigned. A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed the news to CNN. Rudolph’s letter of resignation was sent to Spears’ father Jamie Spears and to the conservator of her person, Jodi Montgomery. “It has been over 2 1/2 years since Britney

By Megan Thomas Richard Donner, an accomplished Hollywood producer and director known for his work on the “Lethal Weapon” franchise and “The Goonies,” died Monday, according to multiple reports, citing his wife and their production company. He was 91. No cause of death was shared. CNN has contacted Donner’s attorney and Warner Bros., the studio

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Out of all the people, she wanted him the most. Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, who sang a version of the aforementioned lyric on a highly underrated No Doubt song called “Running,” are married. The “Voice” coaches tied the knot on Saturday, according to a post from Stefani on Instagram in

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Amanda Kloots paid tribute to her late husband, actor Nick Cordero, one year after he died of complications from Covid-19. Kloots, who co-hosts “The Talk,” posted a message to Instagram about Cordero, calling him an “angel in heaven.” “One year. Today hurts, there is no other way around it. One year

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Florence Pugh and Zach Braff are going strong after more than two years together. The actress, who has a major role in the upcoming “Black Widow,” says that because she is 25 and Braff is 46, they often face criticism about their age difference. “I think it bugs people that it’s

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The “Friends” reunion is still going strong. Courteney Cox took to Instagram Sunday to reveal that she celebrated July 4 with her former costars Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow. In a second slide Cox snapped a picture with Laura Dern, who was also at the party. “Happy 4th! xoxo,” Cox captioned

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Matthew McConaughey left some people “Dazed and Confused” with his July Fourth message. The actor, who is said to be mulling a run for governor of Texas, posted a message on social media wishing the US a happy birthday. The tweet of his 2 1/2-minute video was captioned “happy 245th

By Lisa Respers France, CNN There was backlash over Vanessa Williams performing for Independence Day before it even happened. Williams hosted PBS’ “A Capitol Fourth” on Sunday, and it had been announced that she would sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which has become known as the “Black national anthem.” In the promotion leading up

By Lisa Respers France, CNN If you can’t be sexy in the summertime, when the H-O-T as hell can you be? Seriously. High temps, more skin and plenty of cocktails with umbrellas. Count me in. And after surviving a pandemic, you had better praise ANY body you’re living in and designate it summer-ready. That’s why

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon’s Big Red Machine has released “Renegade,” the first of two collaborations with Taylor Swift. Dessner co-produced and co-wrote Swift’s 2020 albums “Folklore” and “Evermore.” Of the collaboration, Swift wrote on Instagram: “I can’t believe I get to work with Aaron Dessner. When Aaron came into my

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sadly, Bobby Brown and Keith Sweat couldn’t make it last forever Thursday night, but they kept the audience enthralled for every little step during their Verzuz. The R&B legends were the latest to use their respective catalogs to “battle,” this time as part of the virtual Essence Festival of Culture.