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Leslie David Baker as Stanley Hudson in "The Office" in 2008.

‘The Office’ star Leslie David Baker will return Kickstarter money to fans who tried to get his spinoff to air

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Leslie David Baker, who played Stanley Hudson on “The Office,” is returning Kickstarter money to supporters who tried to get his “Stanley” spinoff up and running. Baker announced on social media that he is returning donations totaling $110,629.81. The Kickstarter campaign first launched in 2020, with Baker saying the

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Will Smith is pictured here in 1997's 'Men in Black.'

Will Smith says Steven Spielberg ‘sent a helicopter’ to convince him to star in ‘Men in Black’

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Steven Spielberg went to great lengths to convince an initially apprehensive Will Smith to star in the 1997 sci-fi blockbuster “Men in Black.” Appearing on Kevin Hart’s Peacock show “Hart to Hart” on Thursday, Smith said that Spielberg “sent a helicopter for me… to talk,” in order to convince

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Joe Locke and Kit Connor in season 2 of the Netflix series "Heartstopper."

How ‘Heartstopper’ became the anti-’Euphoria’ with its tender coming-of-age tone

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Nothing particularly dramatic happens during “Heartstopper,” the British teen drama that returns for its second season this week. And that alone, oddly, makes the show – which the San Francisco Chronicle rightly dubbed “the anti-‘Euphoria’” – feel somehow revolutionary, even more so a year after its US debut.

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George Clooney (left) and Meryl Streep are seen here in a split image.

George Clooney, Meryl Streep among ‘highest-earning’ actors donating to SAG emergency fund during strike

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — George Clooney and Meryl Streep have made significant donations to the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) emergency fund as the actors’ strike continues. A news release on Wednesday stated that with the help of “some of Hollywood’s top-earning stars,” the SAG-AFTRA Foundation has raised

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