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By Sara Spary, CNN Irish actor Cillian Murphy has said it was “very strange” to film the final series of “Peaky Blinders” without Helen McCrory, as he remembered his “brave” and “magnificent” former co-star. Murphy, who plays protagonist Tommy Shelby in the hit series, said in an interview with Esquire on Tuesday that McCrory was

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Though still in its first season, “Abbott Elementary” has captured the hearts of millions. The show, a new mockumentary comedy on ABC, follows a group of teachers at an underfunded elementary school in Philadelphia, who are just trying to make things work. Sure, the lights flicker. And the textbooks are so

By Mirna Alsharif and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Four men have been arrested for allegedly being part of a drug trafficking organization that sold deadly fentanyl-laced heroin to actor and producer Michael K. Williams, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York. Williams, best known for

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Weeks after she announced the postponement of her eagerly awaited Las Vegas residency, Adele has shared a few places where she can be seen. The singer posted on her verified Instagram account Tuesday that she plans to perform on the Brit Awards next week and will appear on an upcoming

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Cheslie Kryst’s grandfather is struggling to make sense of her death. Gary Simpkins talked the New York Daily News about the former Miss USA, attorney and entertainment correspondent who died by suicide over the weekend, according to the New York City Medical Examiner. Simpkins said his granddaughter was “a light

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Thirty-five years after “Dirty Dancing,” Fox takes Baby out of the corner (or more accurately, storage) as the basis for an unscripted/celebrity/competition/dancing show, called (what else?) “The Real Dirty Dancing.” It’s unlikely you’ll have the time of your life watching, except perhaps for those who choose to laugh at it

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Mickey Guyton, a multi-Grammy-nominated artist, will sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVI in Inglewood, California, the National Football League (NFL) announced Tuesday. Guyton’s 2021 debut album, “Remember Her Name,” earned her a Grammy nomination for best country album, the first-ever for a Black artist. “👏🏾Look👏🏾at👏🏾God,” Guyton wrote on Twitter.

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN After apologizing on social media for her comments about the Holocaust, Whoopi Goldberg opened “The View” on Tuesday by addressing the situation again. “Yesterday on our show, I misspoke. I tweeted about it last night but I want you to hear it from me directly,” the comedian and actor said. “I

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Garner is coming back to television. Starz has announced that Garner has been added to the revival of “Party Down” as a regular. The actress is set to play play Evie, a producer in a relationship with Henry Pollard (played by Adam Scott). Her last major TV role was

By Scottie Andrew, CNN India Arie is the latest prominent artist to announce she’ll be removing her music from Spotify because it platforms Joe Rogan, a podcast host who has repeatedly made false claims about the Covid-19 vaccine. Arie’s departure from the service is over a different set of comments Rogan made. The R&B singer

By Marianne Garvey Jessica Biel wished husband Justin Timberlake a happy 41st birthday on social media. “The Sinner” actress took to Instagram on Monday, writing, “Happy birthday, 80s baby,” alongside a snap of the two in ’80s inspired looks on the beach. The two will celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary in October and share two

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Moses J. Moseley, who portrayed one of the zombies on “The Walking Dead,” has died, his talent manager Gail Tassell confirmed to CNN Tuesday. He was 31. “We are heartbroken by his loss and he will forever be in our hearts and deeply missed,” Tassell told CNN. “He was a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Love is even sweeter the second time around for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Lopez talked to People magazine about how she’s “never been better.” She credits part of her happiness to reuniting with Affleck. The two were previously engaged to back in 2002 before they split in 2004. Both

By Chloe Melas, CNN Let’s talk about Bruno. The hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from the animated Disney movie “Encanto” is now the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The catchy tune, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, knocked Adele’s “Easy On Me” out of the top spot and became the first

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN “The View” moderator Whoopi Goldberg has apologized after provoking outrage for repeatedly asserting that “the Holocaust isn’t about race.” Her initial comments came during a segment of the ABC talk show on Monday that focused in part on a Tennessee school district’s decision to ban “Maus,” a graphic novel that depicts