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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Petri Hawkins Byrd has responded to inquiries as to why he’s not in the trailer for “Judy Justice.” The longtime bailiff on the syndciated court show told EW he wasn’t asked to participate in Judge Judy Sheindlin’s new series with IMDB. “My assumption is if you were going on to

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Jesy Nelson is addressing accusations of Blackfishing and cultural appropriation leveled against her following the release of her new music video on Friday. The former Little Mix member faced a barrage of criticism on social media over the weekend, with many commentators accusing her of intentionally changing her style in a

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN When the biggest band in British musical history, the Beatles, broke up in 1970, fans pointed the finger at co-lead vocalist Paul McCartney. Now, more than half a century later, McCartney has revealed it was, in fact, John Lennon who instigated the split. In an upcoming interview on BBC Radio 4,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Live from New York it was Saturday night and Kim Kardashian West did better than some people thought she would. Even Kardashian West pointed out in her monologue that she seemed an odd choice to host “Saturday Night Live.” It was one of her many funny moments on “SNL”: Roasting

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN I briefly stopped watching Chris Taylor’s walk-off home run in this week’s National League wild-card game to write this week’s TV OT. You gotta get with my friends While many of the hetero relationships on “Ted Lasso” ended the season with unknowns, I’d like to take a moment to laud one

By Lisa Respers France, CNN How does one come up with a paranormal buddy comedy tied, in part, to the antebellum era of history? If you are brothers Justin and Christian Long, it’s not that hard. “The first part is easy, we love buddy comedies,” Christian Long told CNN. “We’re buddies,” Justin Long quipped. The

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Tiwa Savage, the award-winning Nigerian singer-songwriter, says she’s being blackmailed over some intimate footage she filmed with her current boyfriend. Appearing on the radio station Power 105.1 in New York on Friday, the Afrobeats star said she is refusing to pay a blackmailer who is threatening to release the video. “I

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Jaclyn Moore, writer and showrunner on the series “Dear White People” and the upcoming reboot of “Queer as Folk,” is boycotting Netflix after the streaming service released Dave Chappelle’s latest stand-up special, which contained a slew of jokes aimed at transgender people. Chappelle’s special, “The Closer,” includes several minutes of jokes

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Kim Kardashian West hosts “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, and in a teaser for the episode, she jokes that she thinks it’ll be easy. Kardashian West appears with “SNL” cast member Cecily Strong and this week’s musical guest Halsey in the teaser. When Strong says, “Oh my gosh, this crazy thought

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Months after teasing her involvement in the “Real Housewives of Potomac” reunion, Nicki Minaj has confirmed that she will indeed be taking over hosting duties from Andy Cohen. On Thursday, the hip hop star shared behind-the-scenes photos of the two of them on the set of the highly anticipated event. “GUESS

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN If watching the trajectory of Nate Shelley, the formerly meek now mean assistant coach-turned-traitor on “Ted Lasso,” has made you uncomfortable this season, you’re not alone. Count me among those who felt during most of the season that the character Nate (Nick Mohammed) had been done dirty by a room of

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The cast of the Netflix hit “Squid Game” appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday, where they talked about the massive success of the show. The cast — including Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon and Jung Ho-yeon — appeared virtually. Park, who plays Sang-woo, told Fallon: “I’m

By Lisa Respers France, CNN “Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran has apologized to Whoopi Goldberg after Corcoran was accused of body shaming Goldberg on “The View.” Corcoran posted a video on her verified Twitter account Thursday. “I just came back from ‘The View’ and saw my old friend Whoopi,” she said. “She has a phenomenal

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Issa Rae has spoken out about the lack of diversity in TV, revealing that she was once advised to always include a White character in her shows to ensure the project would “blow up.” In an interview with Mic magazine, the 36-year-old actress and producer recalls a conversation she had with