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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Lisa Ling grew up ashamed of her Chinese heritage. The history books she read in school made no mention of Asian immigrants’ many contributions to the United States. She assumed no one cared about their stories. Now she knows better. And with her new show, the veteran journalist is telling

By Marianne Garvey Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi,” is voicing his support for Covid-19 vaccines after revealing he lost his grandparents to the virus. Liu took to Twitter, writing, “I lost my grandparents to COVID last year. They were still waiting for their vaccines. I’m fortunate to have been double-vaccinated and boosted when

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Telling stories from shifting perspectives a la “Rashomon” has become pretty commonplace in premium-TV and streaming, from Showtime’s “The Affair” to Netflix’s “Clickbait.” Enter “The Afterparty,” an Apple TV+ comedy series with one murder, plenty of suspects and minimal intrigue — the sort of show that’s modestly entertaining but doesn’t

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Janet Jackson gave a documentary crew access for five years, but with Jackson and brother Randy Jackson serving as executive producers the resulting project, “Janet Jackson,” feels too conspicuously like a licensed product. Addressing some uncomfortable parts of her biography but sidestepping others, it’s pretty obvious who’s in control here.

By Brian Lowry, CNN The title might be the funniest thing about “The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window,” which is sort of the verbal equivalent of that “Spaceballs” visual gag where the spaceship just won’t end. Beyond that, this Netflix series provides a fun showcase for Kristen

By Marianne Garvey Bob Saget’s daughter wrote a touching tribute to honor her late father, who died earlier this month at age 65. Lara Saget, the second of Saget’s three daughters, shared her thoughts on Instagram Thursday, writing that she felt so loved by her father and that she was grateful to have had him

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN “The Mighty Ducks” star Shaun Weiss has celebrated a two-year sobriety milestone in his battle against methamphetamine addiction with an inspiring transformation picture. The 43-year-old former child star, best known for playing Greg Goldberg in the Disney comedy franchise about a misfit hockey team, became unrecognizable at the height of his

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Evangeline Lilly said she attended a rally against vaccine mandates in Washington, DC, last weekend — the same event where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invoked Nazi Germany and Anne Frank in a speech. The “Ant-Man and the Wasp” star, in an Instagram post, said she attended the rally to “support bodily

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Once you get past the astonishing makeup and prosthetics, “Pam & Tommy” essentially functions as two miniseries in one, the first devoted to the central couple, and the latter to the hapless guy who turned them into a pioneering Internet sensation. The former works better, in a limited series that

By Marianne Garvey, CNN They’ve left Dunder Mifflin behind, but not each other. John Krasinski will direct his former “The Office” costar Steve Carell in his new movie, “If.” The movie is a tale about “a child’s journey to rediscover their imagination,” reports Deadline, and will be directed, written and produced by Krasinski. Krasinski took

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Actress Kathryn Kates, who appeared in hit TV series including “Orange is the New Black” and “Seinfeld,” has died aged 73, her representatives confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. “After a long, hard-fought battle with lung cancer, Kathryn passed away peacefully this past Saturday surrounded by her brother Josh, his wife