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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Remarks and music with lyrics about love, loss and heaven were a common thread throughout the public memorial held for Naomi Judd Sunday at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. CMT aired the emotional event for the singer and songwriter who died by suicide in April at the age of 76.

By Marianne Garvey Winners of the Billboard Music Awards, which celebrate top performers on the Billboard Music Charts across genres, will be revealed Sunday. Sean “Diddy” Combs is producing and hosting the event, taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Weeknd leads among finalists with nods in 17 categories. Silk

By Chloe Melas Travis Scott is scheduled to perform at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, marking his first major public performance since a crowd surge killed ten people and injured thousands at his Astroworld Festival in Houston last November. Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is the executive producer and host of this year’s Billboard Music

By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Ukraine’s folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, surfing a wave of goodwill from European nations to clinch the country’s third win at the glitzy event. The band’s song “Stefania,” written about the frontman’s mother, beat competition from main rivals the United Kingdom and

By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears made a devastating announcement Saturday. The Grammy winner posted a joint message on her Instagram account, telling her fans she and her fiancé, Sam Asghari have lost their pregnancy. “It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Kendrick Lamar’s highly anticipated new album includes a personal, if problematic, song about his transgender relatives. In the song “Auntie Diaries,” off his new record “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” Lamar raps about his uncle and cousin — depicted as two important, beloved figures in his life — who are

By Marianne Garvey Fred Ward, a veteran character actor in film and television, has died, according to his publicist Ron Hofmann. Ward, known for his work in “The Right Stuff,” “Short Cuts,” and numerous other films, died on May 8 at age 79. No cause of death was given. Ward started acting in the early

By Lisa Respers France, CNN It’s that time of the year again when TV networks announce new and renewed shows. But it’s also when they announce the series that have been canceled. Here are some of the shows by network that have been axed or are ending: ABC “Black-ish” (final season) “Promised Land “ “Queens”

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sunday’s public celebration for the life of Naomi Judd will feature tributes from family and friends, along with never-before-seen performances. “Good Morning America’s” Robin Roberts, who is a close family friend to the Judds, will host the memorial for the famed country singer who died in April. She was 76.

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Adapted from the novel that became a not-particularly-memorable movie in 2009, “The Time Traveler’s Wife” now transforms its bizarre love story into an HBO series. Rose Leslie and Theo James star, but in keeping with the time-travel rules that state there’s no changing things or saving people, despite their heroics

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Drew Barrymore had just done “E.T.” when they planted her in front of a wind machine for “Firestarter,” probably the most memorable visual of that 1984 movie. But nothing by Stephen King can stay dead forever, which explains a new do-over that can barely generate enough heat to qualify as

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Gwyneth Paltrow was involved in an announcement this week that some people thought was, well, pardon the intended pun, crap. On Wednesday, a posting on the verified Instagram account of the company she founded, Goop, introduced “The Diapér.” “Our new disposable diaper lined with virgin alpaca wool and fastened with

By Rob Picheta, CNN It tells you plenty about the Eurovision Song Contest that Norway’s participants — two grown men in wolf costumes who sing about bananas and the imminent consumption of their grandparents — are flying relatively under the radar this year. The continent’s garish and much-loved singing competition returns in Turin, Italy on