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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mary J. Blige just might be the most famous native of Yonkers, New York, and yet she’s not forgotten her roots there. The newly announced Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is giving back to the community that helped launch her start. Blige’s “Strength of a Woman

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Ellen DeGeneres is reflecting on how her talk show came to an end. The comedian began performing potential preview material from her “Ellen’s Last Stand…Up Tour” this week. The tour will be her first major project since “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” finished its run in 2022. “Oh yeah, I got kicked out of

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Actress Sophia Bush has come out as queer, a year after announcing that her short-lived marriage had ended. The 41-year-old star of “One Tree Hill” has opened up about her love life in an intimate feature-length magazine article. Writing in Glamour, she described the cold feet she experienced before tying

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Before there was conversation over whether Beyoncé is country enough for country music, there was the Black Opry, holding space for music lovers and artists of color in the genre. The organization billed as the “home for Black artists, fans and industry professionals working in country, Americana, blues,

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies weren’t particularly good, but they had Jim Carrey and made a lot of money, so inevitably, there’s more. Lacking Carrey to help carry the load, “Knuckles,” spun out of that game-to-screen universe, isn’t just bad, but a next-level degree of bad, starting with

By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “In space, no one can hear you scream.” “Alien” premiered with that memorable advertising line in June 1979. Nonetheless, science fiction fans being what they are (see “Star Wars” and “May the Fourth”), the film’s de facto anniversary comes this weekend, in the form of an April 26 re-release

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke couldn’t hide her disappointment on Thursday in a hastily arranged press conference following news that once-powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes conviction had been overturned by the New York Court of Appeals. But her resolve was just as strong. On a day when reactions

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Madonna may be the reigning Queen of Pop, but she’s a mother first. As the “Vogue” singer approaches her 80th show on her “Celebration” tour, she took a moment to appreciate how much her six children have helped her get to this point after being hospitalized last year before

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Courteney Cox’s longtime partner Johnny McDaid once broke up with her in a therapy session. Cox appeared on the “Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver” podcast, saying it happened about five years ago. The “Friends” star and the Snow Patrol rocker were engaged at the time. “So three years in,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mama Kelce is loving Taylor Swift’s new album. Donna Kelce, mother to Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce as well as Jason Kelce, was a part of QVC’s Age of Possibility summit held in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. During a pre-show livestream shared on YouTube, Kelce was asked about

By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — I just don’t get Taylor Swift. There, I said it. (DISCLAIMER: I do not dislike her at all. She seems nice and I wish her all the happiness in the world. Since she has become a political firebrand as of late, I must also note that I speak only

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Yes, Zendaya has seen the meme and thinks it’s “funny.” The “Challengers” star was recently asked about a viral meme that points out that she, Kirsten Dunst and Emma Stone have all gone on to play tennis players after appearing in “Spider-Man” films. Zendaya plays a champion tennis

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — In tennis, “love” means nothing. Love also has little to do with “Challengers,” which uses the sport as the backdrop to serve up an elaborate, non-linear psychological triangle that proves twisty and enticing for much of the match, before double faulting by whiffing on the ending. Seduction and

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Emma Stone is setting the record straight about her viral reaction to a joke made at this year’s Oscars by host Jimmy Kimmel. In March, a clip of Stone’s reaction to Kimmel’s joke went viral on social media with many users collectively concluding, based on speculative lip-reading, that Stone

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell really didn’t mind those pesky dating rumors that circulated when they were promoting their 2023 rom-com “Anyone But You.” In fact, they were very much involved in amplifying the buzz, according to Sweeney – who also served as an executive producer on the movie

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — On its surface, Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” has all the fascination of a good episode of “Dateline” – there’s the aspiring comedian who bartends to make ends meet, an odd-but-harmless-seeming female admirer who becomes his stalker and a cautionary tale in it all that will leave viewers thinking twice about

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Padma Lakshmi is undeniably beautiful, but more importantly, she’d like to be valued for her humor. After announcing last year she would be stepping down as host of the cooking competition “Top Chef,” the author and producer’s next move may surprise fans. Lakshmi spoke with The New Yorker and

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — In Prime Video’s horror anthology “Them: The Scare,” Luke James portrays Edmund Gaines, an aspiring actor, who works at a fictitious pizza restaurant similar to Chuck E. Cheese as he tries to break into the industry. “That’s his audience. That’s his stage. That’s the only time he gets

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The 1980 miniseries “Shōgun” is rightly considered a landmark of its time, both creatively and commercially. Yet the recent FX/Hulu retelling of James Clavell’s epic novel set in feudal Japan brought the story into the 21st century with a production that improved on it in fundamental ways, while

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Turns out Taylor Swift doesn’t just speak now when it comes to writing, but has long had a reputation for being fearless. Two of her former teachers recently spoke to CBS News Philadelphia about how a young Swift foreshadowed her talent. “She always was writing poetry, always,” said