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By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — R. Kelly was recently taken to the hospital after allegedly being given too much medication by prison staff while in solitary confinement, according to a filing from the disgraced R&B singer’s legal team. The 58-year-old, born Robert Kelly, is currently serving two federal sentences, one for sex trafficking and

By Alli Rosenbloom and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Anne Burrell, a chef and television personality whose joyful demeanor made her a beloved fixture on the Food Network, has died, according to the network. She was 55. Burrell died Tuesday morning at her home in New York, the network said. Burrell’s family said in a

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ariana Grande announced Tuesday that her grandmother Marjorie Grande, known to the singer’s many fans as Nonna, has died. She was 99. The “Yes, And” singer shared the news on her Instagram Stories, writing in a family statement that “we are devastated to share that the beloved matriarch of

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas are set to be the honorees at this year’s Governors Awards, as given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the Oscars. Scheduled to take place in Hollywood in November, the quartet will earn honorary

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé is showing her gratitude to the McCartney family in connection to the legendary Beatles song “Blackbird.” The superstar – currently on her international “Cowboy Carter” tour – covered the 1968 track on her groundbreaking album of the same name and performs it during the show. Following her six-night

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Leave it to Steve Carell to turn a commencement speech into a dance party. While speaking at Northwestern’s 2025 commencement ceremony over the weekend, the “Office” star asked everyone to rise before breaking into what he called “the mid-commencement address dance break,” according to a clip of the moment

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Brad Pitt really enjoyed playing a race car driver in his new film “F1: The Movie,” but it’s not the same for him when driving off screen. The star talked to “Extra” about the thrill he felt portraying Sonny Hayes in the movie. “It’s like nothing I’ve ever

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mariah Carey has fully embraced a timeless divadom. The superstar songstress recently spoke with UK radio station Capital FM and said she doesn’t really acknowledge the passage of time. The show’s co-hosts Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby asked Carey to clarify what she meant. “I just

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Before there were influencers, Fonzworth Bentley became famous for being adjacent to the influential — namely Sean “Diddy” Combs. Whether he was the umbrella-holder-in-chief or making appearances on Combs’ various television projects, as Combs’ personal assistant, Bentley was in the orbit of new millennium cool of the early

By Taylor Romine, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — One of the doctors accused of providing ketamine to actor Matthew Perry, who died in October 2023, has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, a plea agreement filed Monday shows. Dr. Salvador Plasencia, of Santa Monica, California, is one of five people

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — In this time of division, a group of New Yorkers found themselves agreeing with each other about one thing this past weekend: Two Pedro Pascals are better than one. On Sunday, Brooklyn eatery Son del North hosted a Pedro Pascal lookalike contest, ultimately crowning George Gountas, a lighting designer

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bruce Willis’ family celebrated him on Father’s Day, while acknowledging holidays can feel “hard” as he lives with dementia. “Happy Father’s Day to all the dads living with disability or disease, showing up in the ways they can and to the children who show up for them,” Wills’ wife,

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Al Pacino and film producer Andrea Iervolino met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Iervolino shared on his Instagram page Monday. Iervolino, who is the producer of the upcoming film “Maserati: The Brothers,” in which Pacino appears, posted photos on his Instagram page showing himself and Pacino meeting

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Actor Eric Dane is opening up about living with ALS. In his first television interview since revealing he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Dane, 52, recalled the symptoms that led to discovering his diagnosis about a year and a half ago. “I started

By Jemal Polson, CNN (CNN) — There are few patriarchs within the teen film genre like Mel Horowitz in “Clueless.” The straight-talking litigator portrayed by Dan Hedaya terrifies everyone in his path – with the exception of his daughter Cher, played by Alicia Silverstone in the beloved 1995 film. He’s a man of multitudes. Direct

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Al Pacino is a proud dad. When the actor was preparing to shoot the 1992 film “Scent of a Woman” – in which he played a freewheeling and curmudgeonly retired Army veteran who is blind – Pacino recently told E! News that he asked his eldest daughter, who was

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The eagerly awaited Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has been canceled for the weekend, with severe weather impacting the area as the cause. According to the festival website, the National Weather Service’s forecast for the region where the festival was to continue, in Manchester, Tennessee, pointed to “significant and

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — While the prosecution has called nearly 30 witnesses, the case against Sean “Diddy” Combs has primarily relied on a handful of people who have accused the hip-hop mogul of sex trafficking, prostitution, kidnapping, arson, forced labor and more. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to one count of racketeering

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Getting “some work done” is no longer taboo to discuss publicly. Ricki Lake shared on an episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” this week that she recently underwent cosmetic surgery. “I’ll reveal this to you [although] I’ve told other people,” the actor and former talk-show