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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The producers of Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie” are not going to let our dreams shatter: Dolly Parton will be joining her “9 to 5” co-stars in the upcoming final season of the show. The streamer announced the guest spot on Friday, tweeting, “It’s finally happening: Dolly Parton will appear in the

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Welcome to November. Insert your screams here. Enjoy this week’s TV OT: Is TLC the weirdest network on TV? Although I generally prefer to keep my blemishes covered under layers of well-blended concealer, there’s a public pimple I must pop in the name of transparency: Over the years, I have watched

By Marianne Garvey ,CNN Angelina Jolie is responding to her new movie “Eternals” apparently being banned by certain Gulf Nations. Jolie, who plays warrior Thena in the Marvel film, discussed Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar’s request by censors to make changes to the film, reportedly because it features a same-sex relationship, which Disney declined to

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Four decades since their last album, Swedish pop legends ABBA are finally back, in one of the most anticipated musical returns in recent years. Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog reunited this year after going their separate ways in 1982. “ABBA: Voyage,” their new album released Friday,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Grand opening, grand closing. One day after Jay-Z launched his verified Instagram account, it appears he deleted it. The rapper/entrepreneur/producer is well known for not being active on social media, so there was some excitement when he showed up on the Gram this week. Jay-Z stayed true to his minimalist

By Lisa Respers France, CNN In a post meant to praise his current wife, some people think Chris Pratt took a swipe at his former one. Pratt posted a tribute to his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger earlier this week, about six weeks before her birthday, on his verified Instagram account. In a heartfelt caption, the “Guardians

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Red Notice” has the polished feel of something concocted in a lab for maximum social-media attention (Dwayne Johnson! Ryan Reynolds! Gal Gadot!), then pieced together Frankenstein-style from parts of other movies. Yet the net effect is mildly enjoyable, creating a throwback caper film that showcases its stars doing what they

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Dexter” finished on such a dreary note in 2013 that the first reaction to a planned revival was “Why?” Yet time has helped expunge the bad taste, as the limited series “Dexter: New Blood” infuses new, um, juice into the old serial killer with a code, placing him in a

By Marianne Garvey Kanye West discussed a range of topics — from Kim Kardashian to his concept of a house — on a new podcast episode of “Drink Champs.” West spoke with hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, marking his first major interview since the release of his “Donda” album. Saying a house is an idea

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Princess Diana lived a life so sensational and so public that it’s no wonder writers and directors have mined it for TV and film since the world first learned her name. Just a 19-year-old aristocrat when she got engaged to Charles, a 20-year-old princess when she became one of the most

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Guy Fieri has said “I do,” to officiating Kristen Stewart’s wedding — and she seems thrilled. The recently engaged “Spencer” star mentioned during her press tour in support of the new film that she and fiancée Dylan Meyer heard that Fieri “officiates a lot of gay weddings.” “The idea of that

By Lisa Respers France, CNN “The Harder They Fall” has a scene which honors the late Chadwick Boseman. The Western features a predominately Black cast, including Idris Elba, Regina King, LaKeith Stanfield and Jonathan Majors. A train appears in the film marked “C.A. Boseman.” Boseman, a beloved and esteemed actor, died in August 2020 after

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Chrissy Teigen says she has no idea if Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson are a couple, but she still has some thoughts about it. Teigen and her husband, singer John Legend, have been close friends with Kardashian and Kanye West whom she filed for divorce from in February. Kardashian has

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Apple TV+ must really like Tom Hanks, with “Finch” representing the second movie featuring the actor the service scooped up during the pandemic. Like “Greyhound,” this one is in a modest affair that would likely have been hard-pressed to make waves in theaters, casting Hanks in a last-man-on-Earth scenario that’s