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By Marianne Garvey The Country Music Association Awards will be presented on Wednesday night . The CMA Awards honor the best country music, performances and music videos of the year, selected by more than 7,300 members of the Country Music Association. The event is taking place in Nashville with pandemic protocols in place. Those in

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN There’s a scene in Rebecca Hall’s film “Passing” in which the character Irene Redfield vents to her husband about a childhood friend. The friend is Clare Kendry, a light-skinned Black woman who for years has been living as White. Since the two reconnected during a chance encounter in Chicago, Clare has

By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Dancing with the Stars” paid tribute to Janet Jackson this week, and featured a double elimination and one judge’s save. The legendary singer called in for a video chat with host Tyra Banks, telling her, “I think it’s great. I love all styles, all types of dance.” “It’s a way to

By Brian Lowry, CNN Welcome to movie-awards season, as two films arriving this week, “Belfast” and “Passing,” look back to the past through the lustrous filter of glorious black and white — the former seeing Ireland’s tumult in the 1960s via the eyes of a child, the latter America’s racial history in Harlem during the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Wendy Williams misses her audience. The talk show host recently posted a health update on the “Wendy Williams Show’s” verified Instagram account, writing “HOW YOU DOIN’? I MISS YOU ALL!” “As everyone knows, my health has been a hot topic,” the statement reads. “I’m making progress but it’s just one

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Clifford the Big Red Dog” is a big boy, but not a particularly good one, in a live-action adventure that reminds us, again, that for all the wonders that computer animation can conjure on screen, nothing quite beats a real live dog. Adapted from Norman Bridwell’s Scholastic books turned PBS

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bella Hadid is getting real about her mental health. In a lengthy Instagram post Tuesday, the model shared some tearful selfies and quoted singer and “Red Table Talk” cohost Willow Smith. “‘That feeling of thinking that you’re good enough or being insecure about your art- is natural- but at the

By Jack Guy and Yoonjung Seo, CNN “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed that he will make a second season of the smash hit Netflix drama. The reaction to the series has left him with “no choice” but to make another, Hwang said at a red carpet event for “Squid Game” at NeueHouse in

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN First, a confession: Unlike many fans who have surely stayed loyal through thick and thin, “Supergirl” long ago lost this humble critic, who continued watching out of a sense of curiosity and obligation through a convoluted sixth and final season. This comes from someone who liked the show when it

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Never has counting been so unexpectedly emotional. During her visit to TV’s most famous fictional block, Billie Eilish sat down with the Count from “Sesame Street” for a lesson on the number 2 set to the tune of her hit “Happier Than Ever.” A warning for those intending to press play

By Alisha Ebrahimji and Scottie Andrew, CNN Travis Scott concerts are known for being raucous and rowdy. But the 2021 Astroworld Festival, where he was set to close out the first night of performances, went beyond expected levels of rowdiness when it took a deadly turn. Footage from the day of his performance showed a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Emilio Estevez is setting the record straight about his exit from “Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.” The actor shared a lengthy statement with Deadline in response to the publication’s recent story that stated “Disney Television Studios’ ABC Signature, which produces the hockey-themed sequel series, made the decision not to pick up

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Watch out, Leonardo DiCaprio as Jeff Bezos may have a special delivery for you. The mega-mogul had a funny response to Variety tweeting a video from their editor Marc Malkin showing DiCaprio chatting with Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez at the LACMA Art + Film Gala.” In it,

By Chloe Melas, CNN Drake is speaking out for the first time since the Astroworld Festival in Houston which resulted in the deaths of eight concertgoers. He took to Instagram and wrote, “I’ve spent the past few days trying to wrap my mind around this devastating tragedy. I hate resorting to this platform to express