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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Marking Billy Porter’s film directing debut, “Anything’s Possible” is a sensitive high-school love story that’s so light on conflict as to risk blowing away. Placing a trans teen at its center adds some heft to material that would in an earlier era would have been presented as an after-school special,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Do not try and label Jordan Peele as the “best horror director of all time.” The “Nope” director gently shut down a Twitter user who asked whether Peele could rightly claim that title after favorable reviews for his newest film, as well as Peele’s previous hits, 2019’s “Us” and 2017’s

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Actress Selma Blair says she is hoping to “at least make a cameo” in “Legally Blonde 3.” Released in 2001, the original “Legally Blonde” starred Reece Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a California sorority president turned Harvard Law student. The 2003 sequel “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde” ended with Elle

By Chloe Melas, CNN Ryan Reynolds thinks Disney should reconsider the ratings on a few of the studio’s classic films. As Disney+ announced Thursday that the R-rated Marvel movies “Deadpool,” “Deadpool 2” and “Logan” will soon be available to stream on the service, Reynolds, Deadpool himself, couldn’t help but share his thoughts on the move.

By Lauren del Valle, Sonia Moghe and Sonia Moghe, CNN Amber Heard took a first step toward appealing the verdict in the defamation case with her ex-husband Johnny Depp and he did the same. Attorneys for Heard filed a notice of appeal in Virginia on Thursday, telling the court they intend to appeal the jury

By Chloe Melas, Melissa Alonso and Jean Casarez, CNN A nephew of singer Ricky Martin who claims he and Martin shared a romantic relationship has dropped allegations of harassment against the pop star. A judge lifted a temporary restraining order against Martin on Thursday at a hearing in San Juan, Puerto Rico. According to police

By Brian Lowry, CNN After virtual and scaled-back events due to the pandemic, Comic-Con — a convention where masks were popular before they served any practical purpose — is back at near-full-force this year, with well over 100,000 people expected to attend the celebration of all things pop culture in San Diego. While movies remain

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” marked such a thrilling directing debut that the pretty-good things he’s done in the five years since, including “Us” and a full plate of TV shows, have felt somewhat less exciting by comparison. “Nope,” another monosyllabic title, initially seems destined to buck that trend, but turns

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Hours before Dave Chappelle was set to hit the stage in Minneapolis, the venue canceled the sold-out show. First Avenue, well known as the venue featured in Prince’s 1984 film “Purple Rain,” declined to host Chappelle’s comedy show after backlash over comments in some of his previous Netflix specials that

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nolan Neal, who won a standing ovation on “America’s Got Talent” with a song he wrote about getting sober, has died, according to multiple media reports and tweets from “The Voice,” on which he also performed. He was 41. The Nashville native appeared as a contestant on Season 10 of