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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Get ready for both a familiar and a new face turning chairs on “The Voice.” It was announced Wednesday that Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine is returning to the NBC singing competition and will be joined by a new coach, country and pop singer/songwriter Kelsea Ballerini. The

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It sounds like Jennifer Lopez is trying to keep it positive. Following her cancellation last week of her summer concert tour so she could spend more time with her family, Lopez has offered a note of gratitude to her fans. Visitors to her On The Jlo were greeted

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The expected conservative media quadrants lashed out at “Queer Planet,” a Peacock documentary about queer behavior in the animal kingdom, which, in terms of getting attention, already represents a kind of win for the NBC-owned streaming service. Yet the Pride month-themed special does represent an intriguing wrinkle on

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard might be part of the same sprawling showbiz family, but their on-set etiquette is quite different from the dynamic they share as family around the dinner table. When time came for Gyllenhaal to help cast the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Presumed Innocent,” in which

By Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — The person accused of punching actor Steve Buscemi and another man in New York last month has been charged with one count of second-degree assault and two counts of third-degree assault, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office says. The suspect, 50-year-old Clifton Williams, has pleaded not guilty, according to court

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Filmmaker Joshua Zeman didn’t tell his parents that he was traveling to Ukraine in the fall of 2022, just months after Russia had launched a full-fledged military operation in the country. So when his phone kept pinging while on location, he knew it wasn’t them. It was the app

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Miranda Derrick is pushing back on some of the allegations in the recent Netflix docuseries, “Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult.” Derrick, a dancer with more than 2 million followers on TikTok, and her family are featured in the three-part series that explores a religious organization

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lady Gaga would like to redirect your attention from speculating about future baby monsters to the importance of voting. The pop superstar adeptly took on false chatter she is pregnant with a TikTok that borrowed from another famous singer. Gaga uses a voiceover clip in which a person

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Chris Colfer played a character on the hit series “Glee” who was gay, but he had not yet publicly identified himself as a gay man when he first started playing the role. Colfer played Kurt Hummel, one of the first openly gay teen characters on prime time television,

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — For all the violence in “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” (and there’s plenty), the fourth entry in a near-30-year-old franchise, the movie feels like a safe space for Will Smith, a strategic retreat after a string of prestige roles and that unfortunate Oscar slap. The result has that

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Halsey is sharing more about their health in a series of confessional posts on social media. On Wednesday, the singer and actor – who uses the pronouns she/they – revealed on Instagram that in 2022, they were “first diagnosed with Lupus SLE and then a rare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder.”

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A former Manhattan prosecutor reached a settlement with Netflix Tuesday after she sued the company and the creators of the 2019 series “When They See Us” for defamation, according to a statement from her attorney and court filings. Linda Fairstein, a former prosecutor who was part of the Manhattan District Attorney’s

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Record producer and singer-songwriter The-Dream (Terius Gesteelde-Diamant) is accused of sex trafficking, rape and sexual battery in a lawsuit that was filed on Tuesday. According to the complaint, obtained by CNN, Gesteelde-Diamant “used his age and influence” in the music industry to “manipulate” the plaintiff Chanaaz Mangroe, a singer-songwriter

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Boy Meets World” actress Trina McGee’s family is growing. McGee announced on her Instagram page on Monday that “at the tender age of 54, I have found myself pregnant.” “Please bless us with your prayers for a safe delivery,” she added, writing in the caption that she’ll be also

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are bringing their large family and their expected big adventures to TLC. The couple and the network simultaneously announced Tuesday that they will be the focus of a reality series about their family, set to debut on TLC in 2025. In the video announcement

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has sold a majority stake in Revolt, the media company and television network he founded in 2013, according to the company. Revolt, a Black-owned multi-platform media company, has announced its largest shareholder group is now its own employees. In a press release, a spokesperson for Revolt

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Costner has revealed that in some ways, he took the role of playing Whitney Houston’s bodyguard into real life. During a recent conversation on “Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, Costner talked about the friendship that he and Houston developed while co-starring in the 1992 film, “The Bodyguard.”

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Star Wars: The Acolyte” explores a fresh quadrant of that galaxy, jumping back a century to create a mystery in the days of Jedi past. Exhibiting influences that blend martial-arts movies, young-adult fiction and the detective genre, it’s an intriguing if modest addition whose lack of connection to

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mark Ross, the rapper who performed as Brother Marquis as a member of the hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died, according to posts shared on 2 Live Crew’s social media accounts on Monday night. He was 58. No cause of death was shared. CNN has reached out

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — In a rare victory for the Clippers over the Lakers, “Clipped” is the second recent drama series devoted to one of Los Angeles’ NBA teams but also the superior one, chronicling the spectacular fall of owner Donald Sterling. Rotating among four principal players, with Ed O’Neill as Sterling,