By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Actress HIlary Swank has welcomed twins with her husband Philip Schneider. “It wasn’t easy. But boy (and girl!) was it worth it,” she posted to Instagram Monday, alongside a picture of her standing in front of a sunset holding two small infants. The “Alaska Daily” actress also posted an Easter greeting
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By Brian Lowry, CNN In one astonishing turn, “Succession” took its audience back to where the show began five years ago, and indeed, the very roots of its title. The Emmy-winning HBO show kicked off, after all, with a media empire being thrown into chaos when its imperious leader fell ill, leaving his children and
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Michael Lerner, a veteran character actor who received an Oscar nomination for his performance as an overbearing studio head in the 1991 film “Barton Fink,” has died, his nephew, actor Sam Lerner, announced in a post on social media. He was 81. “We lost a legend last night,” Sam Lerner wrote
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” powered up at the box office with an impressive opening. The movie ran up the score with more than $200 million in the US and Canada for its five-day opening run, according to a news release, and an estimated $377 million worldwide — the latter topping
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By Chloe Melas and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Taylor Swift and actor Joe Alwyn have broken up after six years together. A source close to Taylor confirmed the news to CNN saying “Taylor and Joe broke up a few weeks ago. They simply grew apart and plan to remain friends.” CNN has reached out to Swift
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Molly Shannon hosted “Saturday Night Live” on April 8 and reprised her iconic character, 50-year-old woman Sally O’Malley. The character returned in a sketch featuring the episode’s musical guest, the Jonas Brothers, with Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas all appearing on stage to introduce Sally O’Malley as the band’s new choreographer.
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN To quote one profiler’s words back in 1992, he was “the hunky heir.” Brandon Lee’s athleticism made him a natural fit for the martial arts-forward roles that got his foot in Hollywood’s door and the perfect person to take up the mantle left by his legendary father Bruce Lee’s death. But
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By Sara Smart, CNN One of the doctor’s treating Jeremy Renner following his snowplow incident says the actor has come a long way incredibly quickly. Dr. Christopher Vincent, a chiropractic sports physician, spoke to CNN’s Alisyn Camerota Friday night from Winter Park, Colorado, about the rehab process for Renner, an Oscar-nominated star of Marvel’s “Avengers”
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jeremy Renner sat down with Diane Sawyer for his first interview since being crushed by a snow plow he was operating on New Year’s Day. The Marvel star was the subject of “Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview — A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph,” which detailed the accident
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By Christian Edwards, CNN S Club 7 singer Paul Cattermole has died at the age of 46, weeks after the British pop group announced a major reunion tour. “We are truly devastated by the passing of our brother Paul,” Cattermole’s bandmates said in a post on Twitter Friday. “There are no words to describe the
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Get ready for Lady Gaga in the “Joker” sequel. The singer and actor, who plays Harley Quinn in the movie, took to Instagram to announce that filming is complete on “Joker: Folie à Deux.” “That’s a wrap X, Harleen,” she captioned a picture of herself in movie makeup. Director Todd Philips
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner has released autopsy findings in the death of Coolio more than six months after the “Fantastic Voyage” rapper was found unresponsive at a Los Angeles home. The report lists the effects of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine as the cause of the late artist’s death
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Molly Shannon is so excited to return to “Saturday Night Live,” she showed up three days early. In anticipation of her hosting gig this Saturday, she asks in a promotional clip, “Where is everyone?” A crew member replies, “They don’t come in until Saturday.” “It’s OK. I’m just gonna wait back
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jeremy Renner sat down with Diane Sawyer for his first interview since being crushed by a snow plow he was operating on New Year’s Day. The Marvel star was the subject of “Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview — A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph,” which detailed the accident
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN It’s nice to see families working together, even in the jaded confines of Hollywood. But “Unstable” plays a little too conspicuously like a father-and-son bonding opportunity for Rob Lowe and John Owen Lowe, yielding a breezy Netflix comedy series that’s so lightweight it could easily just blow away. The origins
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Netflix makes an early bid for the year’s juiciest new series with “Beef,” a twisty, dark and stellar showcase for Steven Yeun and Ali Wong in which the escalating fallout from a road-rage encounter spirals out of control. Disarmingly funny and increasingly nasty, it should make everyone think twice before
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By Christian Edwards, CNN The live action remake of “The Little Mermaid” will have updated lyrics to include consent, the songwriter has said. The classic Disney movie, originally released as an animation in 1989, has been updated to reflect changing social attitudes towards consent, according to composer Alan Menken, who wrote the soundtrack to the
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Mick Mars, guitarist for the 1980’s heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the band that he was a part of for four decades. Mars is requesting that seven corporate entities associated with Mötley Crüe hand over records related to their business dealings following a 2022 dispute
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By Alli Rosenbloom In a surprise announcement, actress Emmy Rossum shared on Thursday that she and producer husband Sam Esmail have welcomed a new member to their family. “On a foggy Wednesday morning, our son was born,” Rossum posted on her verified Instagram account, noting the child’s April 5 birth date. Rossum’s post also included
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN The internet’s memory can be both long and short when it comes to celebrities. A recent clip of Ben Affleck talking about his new film “Air” in Spanish with La Cadena SER, a radio network in Spain, is amazing those who did not know the actor is conversationally fluent in
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