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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Turns out Taylor Swift was spot on naming her forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The company Ancestry, which helps people trace their genealogy, has found evidence that Swift is distantly related to the famed poet Emily Dickinson. “We need to calm down…but how can we when we

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Bono paid tribute to women at U2’s final show at Las Vegas‘ Sphere venue this weekend. The band wrapped their Vegas residency that began in September with a weekend of performances that reportedly had some star-studded attendees. There was one person in attendance who Bono recognized before the

By Lianne Kolirin and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Bruce Willis’ wife has hit out at an online report that “there is no more joy” in her husband’s life. Emma Heming Willis said in a video posted to her Instagram profile on Sunday that she had been “clickbaited” by a headline “to do with my

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It’s been 10 years since Ellen DeGeneres broke X (then still Twitter) by posting an instantly iconic selfie packed with A-List actors during the 2014 Oscars telecast. DeGeneres managed to squeeze Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Spacey, Lupita Nyong’o

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sydney Sweeney is once and for all shutting down those rumors that she and her “Anyone But You” co-star Glen Powell are romantically involved. “The craziest rumor I’ve seen is that while I was filming ‘Anyone But You,’ I was having an affair with my co-star Glen Powell,” first-time

Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — Dean MacNeil couldn’t eat. Couldn’t sleep. He was on emotional autopilot because something “tore a hole in the soul of my family and me.” It was the summer of 1991, and MacNeil had taken a road trip from Connecticut to Vermont with his younger brother, Scott. They hiked,

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — England’s biggest night in music took place Saturday across the pond, and one international superstar received one the highest honors. Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue was honored at the Brit Awards in London with the global icon award, recognizing her nearly 40-year career in music. She was also nominated

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The Brit Awards – the top prize in music in the United Kingdom – unfolded in London on Saturday, and some of the biggest names from pop to rock from around the world are hoping to walk away with a statuette or three. The night belonged to English singer-songwriter

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — “Dune: Part Two” is landing in theaters this weekend, and the movie is already a promising franchise hit, with (to date) an impressive 94% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and an audience score one percentage point higher. After 2021’s first entry fared similarly well – and picked up a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sydney Sweeney was not down for a meet cute. In a promo for her hosting spot on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, the “Anyone But You” star bumps into “SNL” cast member Michael Longfellow in studio 8H and his script and her book go flying. He picks up

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Millie Bobby Brown is talking about her marriage proposal from Jake Bongiovi. The actress and Bongiovi, the son of rocker Jon Bon Jovi, first shared news of their engagement in April 2023. On Thursday, Brown appeared on “The Tonight Show,” where she shared with host Jimmy Fallon new details

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There has been some chatter about Joey Graziadei’s eyes appearing yellow on “The Bachelor” this season, and he’s now explained the cause. In a video posted on his verified Instagram account, Graziadel revealed that he has Gilbert syndrome, which was first diagnosed when he was in high school

By Michelle Watson and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A private jet carrying Grammy-winning artist Karol G made an emergency landing at a Los Angeles area airport after a report of smoke in the cockpit Thursday night. Video captured by CNN affiliate KABC shows the plane landing without incident at Van Nuys Airport and appears

By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — After her Emmy-winning roles in “Mildred Pierce” and “Mare of Easttown,” HBO would probably say “yes” to a series in which Kate Winslet reads the phone book. Alas, they’ve come a little too close to that with “The Regime,” a political satire that’s weird but not very good, other

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Former “Vanderpump Rules” cast member Rachel Leviss filed a lawsuit against two of the reality show’s stars, Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, over matters stemming from a 2023 scandal. Filed Thursday with the Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by CNN, the complaint alleges revenge porn, invasion of

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It’s not a bird or a plane… it’s James Gunn bringing us news about Superman, and on Leap Day, no less. The director and co-CEO of DC Studios (which, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) said on his Instagram on Thursday that principal photography has begun on

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — “Selling Sunset” stars Jason Oppenheim and Mary Bonnet have shared some difficult news about their dog Niko. In a joint Instagram post on Thursday, the celebrity realtors, who once dated, said the dog they shared for 18 years has died. Alongside a touching carousel of photos that showed the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It’s fair to call Linda Hamilton the queen of sci-fi. How it happened, she believes, was a “lucky accident.” “I actually really love reading sci-fi too. I really do enjoy the characters that they have brought to me to get to play,” Hamilton recently told CNN. “In terms

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jamie Foxx has some jokes to tell. The Oscar winner posted a funny video of himself on Instagram from his 2002 HBO special “I Might Need Security” in which he is doing an impression of Prince. Foxx teased his possible return to the standup stage. “PRINCE singing the Brady

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Coming soon to an AMC theater near you: New Nicole Kidman ads. AMC’s Oscar-winning spokeswoman will appear in three updated, 30-second versions of the original ad for the movie theater chain, which play during AMC’s pre-show. One of the new ads will debut in theaters on March 1, the