Entertainment

By Dan Heching, CNN Awards season has barely begun, and one of the stars of streaming’s most decorated shows is weighing in on the debate over whether legacy awards shows such as the Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs should fuse their gendered acting categories to avoid a binary system. Emma Corrin, who starred in Season 4

By Sonya Hamasaki, CNN Jay Leno is returning to the comedy stage Sunday night, two weeks after sustaining significant burn injuries in a gasoline fire. The former “Tonight Show” host will perform in front of a sold-out crowd at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California, according to a spokesperson for the club.

By Dan Heching, CNN In the age of reboots, revivals and prequels, Antonio Banderas is sharing thoughts on who would make a great choice to follow in his masked footsteps as the legendary Zorro. The actor, who played the swashbuckling hero in 1998’s “The Mask of Zorro” and sequel “The Legend of Zorro” in 2005,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN According to Margot Robbie, she needed a little bit of liquid courage to film a now-famous scene in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” The Daily Mirror reported that during remarks at a BAFTA: A Life In Pictures recording, the Australian actress shared some of what happened behind the scenes when

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Mariah Carey made the 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade a family affair. Carey closed out the annual event with a performance of her iconic holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas is You” and she was joined by some special guests. Her twins with ex-husband Nick Cannon, Monroe and Moroccan,

By AJ Willingham, CNN Watching Christmas movies is a whole tradition unto itself. Every family has their mainstays, whether it’s an animated classic from yesteryear or a more modern take on holiday cheer. Get to know some of the fascinating stories behind the stories, so you can watch your old favorites with fresh eyes. (And

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Melanie Martin celebrated her son Prince’s first birthday, while also honoring her child’s late father, singer Aaron Carter. The boy celebrated his first birthday just three weeks after his dad was found dead in the bathtub at his Lancaster, California home. Carter was 34. Martin, who had been engaged to

By Yoonjung Seo, CNN K-pop superstar Jin will begin his mandatory military service next month, a source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed Friday, after the BTS singer appealed to the supergroup’s devoted fans to stay away from his South Korean army training center. The source said the 29-year-old star, BTS’ oldest member, will

By Dan Heching, CNN There was a lot riding on the casting choice for the titular character of the new Netflix series “Wednesday.” In addition to someone who could pull off creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, the role of raven-haired, pigtail-braided Wednesday Addams needed to go to a young actress who could rise to the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kelly Rowland is speaking out about grace after her support for singer Chris Brown at the American Music Awards was met with some backlash. “I believe that grace is very real and we all need a dose of it,” the actress and singer told a photographer for TMZ. “Before we

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Valerie Bertinelli is now “happily divorced.” The actress and Food Network star posted a video Tuesday on her verified Twitter account in which she celebrated of her divorce from Tom Vitale being finalized. In the video, Bertinelli said she was at the airport heading to see her son Wolfgang Van

By Lisa Respers France, CNN The new film “Fantasy Football” capitalizes on some of its stars natural talent. Marsai Martin channels lots of girl-boss energy playing Callie Coleman, a tech-savvy young woman whose father’s long career in the NFL lands him with the Atlanta Falcons team. Her production company is behind the family-friendly film. (Martin,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Director DeMane Davis has been so busy, some things have yet to fully sink in. Including the fact that the hit OWN show she has worked on, “Queen Sugar,” is ending with its seventh season. “I’ve been so in it that I haven’t cried yet because it’s over,” Davis, who

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Nicki Aycox, who played Meg Masters on the CW series “Supernatural,” died last week, her family announced. She was 47. Aycox’s sister-in-law, Susan Raab Ceklosky, revealed the news on Facebook on Nov 17. “My beautiful, smart, fierce, incredibly talented, and loving sister-in-law, Nicki Aycox Raab, passed away yesterday with my brother,

By Sonya Hamasaki and Zoe Sottile, CNN Actor Jason David Frank, best known for starring in the original “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” TV franchise, has died, according to multiple reports citing his representative. The actor died in Texas, his representative Justine Hunt told TMZ. According to People, Frank’s representative asked for privacy for the actor’s

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The 50th American Music Awards will take place Sunday night. The event celebrates some of the year’s best music and performances, and the winners are voted on by fans. The host Actor, producer and musician Wayne Brady will bring his talents to the stage to helm the event. Performers Viewers can

By Faith Karimi, CNN Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN Tosca Musk strides onto the red carpet at a Regal Cinemas, statuesque in a white pant suit and glistening burgundy silk top. A hush comes over a group gathered outside the theater’s doors. Some whip out cell phones and start recording her every move. It’s a

By Josh Campbell, Cheri Mossburg and Chloe Melas, CNN Text messages pulled from Alec Baldwin’s phone in the days and weeks following the deadly shooting while filming the movie “Rust” indicate the actor was concerned the incident was the result of possible sabotage and questioned the Santa Fe Sheriff Department’s ability to properly investigate that

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Al Roker has revealed he has been recently hospitalized and receiving treatment for blood clots. The “Today” weatherman has been absent from the show for two weeks and talked about his condition on Instagram, writing, “So many of you have been thoughtfully asking where I’ve been.” “Last week I was admitted

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is facing fierce criticism in South Africa after saying her mother tongue, Afrikaans, is “a dying language.” The “Monster” and “Tully” star made the comments on Monday’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast, saying that the language that she grew up speaking was fading out. Theron, 47, who

By Marianne Garvey, CNN B. Smyth, an R&B artist who found success with his songs “Win Win” and “Twerkaholic,” has died, his brother announced on the singer’s Instagram page. He was 30. In a post on Thursday, Smyth’s older brother, Denzil, wrote the artist had “passed away this morning from respiratory failure after a long

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The hard work of journalism doesn’t always readily translate to the screen, a problem magnified as doors slammed in faces has been supplanted by cellphone hang-ups and ignored texts. “She Said” nevertheless joins a long tradition of movies about dogged reporters exposing injustice, and in this case helping spawn a

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN A movie about dreams becomes the stuff of nightmares in Netflix’s utterly misguided “Slumberland,” an attempt to build a sprawling fantasy adventure from the bones of the early-20th-century newspaper comic strip. Most notable as a vehicle for Jason Momoa, this wannabe spectacle from “The Hunger Games” director Francis Lawrence serves

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Bones and All” mashes up a lot of genres, coupled with the promise of a “Call Me By Your Name” mini-reunion of director Luca Guadagnino and Timothée Chalamet, until now the star less likely to appear in a story with the word “cannibal” in it. A road movie about youthful

By Marysabel Huston-Crespo Angela Álvarez made Latin Grammy history on Thursday by winning the award for best new artist at age 95. The singer tied in the category with musician and songwriter Silvana Estrada, but she had already set a record going into the event with her nomination as the oldest musician ever nominated in

By Marysabel Huston-Crespo, CNN The 23rd Latin Grammy Awards were presented on Thursday. A list of nominees in several top categories follows below. The winners are indicated in bold. The full list of all 22 categories can be found here. Record of the year “Pa’ mis muchachas,” Christina Aguilera, Becky G, Nicki Nicole feat. Nathy