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By Marianne Garvey, CNN British comic Sean Lock has died after a long battle with cancer, his agent announced on Wednesday. He was 58. “It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Sean Lock,” read a statement from his agent posted to Instagram. He died at home from cancer, surrounded

By Lisa Respers France, CNN A federal trial for singer R. Kelly, who has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges that could send him to prison for decades, is underway. But the accusations of abuse, manipulation and inappropriate encounters with girls and young women have been around — and vehemently denied —

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Deeply personal, complex and timely, “In the Same Breath” charts the initial outbreak of novel coronavirus in Wuhan, while paralleling the Chinese reaction to the outbreak with the US. Chinese-born filmmaker Nanfu Wang has created an unsettling window into the early days of the crisis and food for thought about

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Laura Prepon has stopped practicing Scientology. The “Orange Is the New Black” actress revealed the news in an interview with People, saying the religion is no longer part of her life. “I’m no longer practicing Scientology. I’ve always been very open-minded, even since I was a child. I was raised Catholic

By Lisa Respers France, CNN We have a new royal couple. As per their standard practice of bringing in different actors as the characters age, “The Crown” has cast Dominic West as Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in Season 5. The pair play the estranged couple through the early 1990s and take

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Britney Spears went from declaring she would be posting less on social media to baring some skin. The singer has posted a few topless photos recently on her verified Instagram account. In the shots she covers her bare breasts with her hands. In one series of photos Spears explained in

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Selma Blair has in recent years faced some serious health struggles, but she says she’s met these moments with a dose of humor. The actress, speaking to reporters during the Television Critics Association virtual press tour on Monday, emphasized the importance of lightness in managing her multiple sclerosis. “I always like

By Brian Lowry, CNN Disney’s recent run-ins with talent have seemingly complicated life for Marvel, as Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige spent part of the premiere for “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” on Monday cleaning up a “misunderstanding” involving Disney CEO Bob Chapek and the movie’s star, Simu Liu. During an earnings

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN With a mini-reunion of key players from “Big Little Lies” at its core, “Nine Perfect Strangers” combines a book by Liane Moriarty with Nicole Kidman and writer-producer David E. Kelley, then surrounds them with an equally impressive cast. The series is another one of those riddles wrapped in a mystery,

By Laura Ly, CNN A lawsuit filed in New York City claims that legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in 1965, according to court documents filed Friday. The now-68-year-old woman, identified in the lawsuit as J.C., alleges that “over a six-week period” the singer “befriended and established an emotional connection” with her

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Well, that was quick and yet not. Ryan Reynolds’ latest film “Free Guy” just came out and already there is talk of a sequel. Over the weekend, Reynolds took to his verified Twitter account to confirm it. “Aaannnnd after 3 years messaging #FreeGuy as an original IP movie, Disney confirmed

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Debra Winger has shared why she says Geena Davis replaced her in the 1992 film “A League of Their Own.” In an interview with The Telegraph, Winger says she left the Penny Marshall directed film about a pioneering group of women baseball players following the addition of Madonna to the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN According to Johnny Depp, the past five years have been “surreal” for him. In his first published interview since losing a libel suit against against the publisher of Britain’s The Sun newspaper, the actor talked to The Sunday Times about his new movie “Minamata.” Depp, who also served as one

By Lisa Respers France, CNN “Boys Don’t Cry,” but in the case of Simon Gallup, they do post their feelings on Facebook and offer their resignation publicly. In a public post on Facebook over the weekend, The Cure bassist wrote, “With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure! Good

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Travis Barker has flown on a plane for the first time since he survived a deadly plane crash 13 years ago, TMZ reports. According to the online outlet, the Blink-182 drummer took a flight to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, from Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Kourtney Kardashian, on Saturday. Photographs obtained

By Deanna Hackney, CNN Folk and country singer and songwriter Nanci Griffith, whose album “Other Voices, Other Rooms” won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, died on Friday. She was 68. Griffith passed away in Nashville, Tennessee, according to her management company. A representative for Gold Mountain Media did not give a

By Scottie Andrew, CNN There’s a scene in the very first episode of HBO’s critically acclaimed prestige drama, “Succession,” that is about as viscerally unsettling to watch as a Jigsaw death trap in a “Saw” film. The pilot sees the media magnate Roy family — an amalgam of the Murdochs, the Hearsts and other dynasties