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By Marianne Garvey Cats, possibly the most disinterested animals on the planet, are getting into gaming. “Stray,” a new game from BlueTwelve Studio and Annapurna Interactive publishing for PlayStations 4 and 5, allows you to play as a cat living in a dystopian world. Turns out, it’s so realistic looking, housecats have been caught staring

By Lisa Respers France, CNN The countdown to Beyoncé’s new album just got more exciting. She shared a track list on Wednesday for “Renaissance,” her upcoming album, on her Instastories. The group of 16 songs includes her already released single “Break My Soul,” as well as “Alien Superstar,” “Move,” “Virgo’s Groove,” “America Has a Problem”

By Scottie Andrew, CNN This year’s crop of Kennedy Center honorees includes a former Batman, several members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and a Pulitzer Prize winner. George Clooney, U2 and the Cuban-American composer Tania León are Kennedy Center honorees this year, the arts organization announced Thursday. Rounding out the 2022 inductees

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Extreme heat in Europe has caused famed rock band Pearl Jam to cancel its concert in Vienna on Wednesday night. The band told fans on Instagram that lead singer Eddie Vedder’s throat was “damaged” at his last show outside Paris due to heat, dust and smoke from nearby fires. “To all

By Leah Asmelash, CNN From the Winter Olympics to Tom Brady’s unretirement, it’s been a wild year in sports. And this year’s ESPYS will highlight just that. The ESPYS, ESPN’s annual awards show celebrating the year in sports, is set to air Wednesday night. Here’s everything you need to know about the show. Steph Curry

By Chloe Melas, CNN Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart are always keeping us laughing. Johnson posted a video to his Instagram of the two stars doing a “tortilla challenge,” a TikTok trend that involves two individuals slapping each other across the face with a tortilla while trying not to spit out a mouthful

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN There’s an understandably strong sentimental streak running through “Dickie V.,” a documentary tribute to ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, as he deals with his mortality after being sidelined by cancer. Yet the lack of depth about Vitale’s influence over how college basketball is covered, to use his parlance, prevents this from

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Justin Bieber will be resuming his tour after being diagnosed with an illness which left him with partial facial paralysis. “Justin Bieber RESUMES WORLD TOUR!!!” AEG Presents UK tweeted Monday. “Starting a run of European festivals in Italy on 31st July, then continue across South America, South Africa, The Middle

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bruce Willis revisited the site of one of his most famous films. The actor’s wife, Emma Heming Willis, posted a video on her verified Instagram account recently that showed her husband visiting Fox Plaza in Los Angeles, which was the setting for Nakatomi Plaza in his now iconic 1988 film,

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jon Hamm would like to introduce everyone to the “Hamm Slamm.” Get your mind out of the gutter. Ahead of the MLB All-Star Game, the “Mad Men” star stepped in as a field reporter and spoke to some of baseball’s biggest names about their favorite nicknames for a home run —

By Marianne Garvey Sometimes singing competition shows get right, other times they pass on Maren Morris. “The Middle” singer was just 17 when she auditioned for “American Idol” in August 2007. Though Morris didn’t get past the audition round, her mom, Kellie, saved her ticket — then found it years later. “My mom found my