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By Rebekah Riess, CNN Actor Drake Bell, best known for the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake & Josh,” pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of attempted endangering of children and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office in Ohio. Bell previously had pleaded not guilty. The charges stemmed from incidents in Cleveland in

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The latest trailer for “The Suicide Squad” is here, thanks to some cast members who released it a little early, according to director James Gunn. The trailer features the squad being recruited by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) on a mission to destroy a Nazi-era prison and fighting Starro, a telepathic starfish.

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Elton John has announced a final tour called “Farewell Yellow Brick Road,” three and a half years after his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour.” “The shows that I announce today will be my final tour dates ever in North America and Europe. I’m going to go out in the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Michael B. Jordan has issued an apology regarding his new liquor brand following some high-profile complaints. The “Creed” actor recently launched a line of rum called called J’Ouvert, joining the many celebs who have gotten into the spirits industry. But the name quickly drew complaints of cultural appropriation because it

By Lisa Respers France, CNN A “Karen” once again has the internet upset. The trailer for the BET thriller starring Taryn Manning, Cory Hardrict and Jasmine Burke has set Twitter abuzz. According to IMDB.com the movie, written and directed by Coke Daniels, is about “A racist, entitled white woman in the South (who) terrorizes her

By Lisa Respers France, CNN That highly publicized feud between Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson a few years ago? Chalk it all up to “tough love.” In an interview with Men’s Health, Diesel offered up his explanation as to why he and his former “Fast & Furious” franchise co-star had a falling out,

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Sharon Stone has opened up about the “iconography” associated with Meryl Streep, adding that she feels she is a “much better” screen villain than the three-time Oscar-winner. In an interview with the website Zoomer, Stone was asked a question about “finally” getting to work with Streep, whom she starred alongside in

By Chloe Melas, CNN The world may hear from Britney Spears regarding her court-ordered conservatorship in a hearing on Wednesday. Spears has yet to address the court since her court-appointed attorney, Samuel Ingham III, filed to suspend her father Jamie Spears as the conservator of her estimated $60 million estate last year. The elder Spears

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Rachel Zegler is going from the West Side to Disney. Zegler, who will make her feature film debut in December in the long-awaited Steven Spielberg-directed “West Side Story,” has been cast to play iconic Disney princess Snow White in an upcoming live-action reimagining of the story, Disney confirmed to CNN. “Rachel’s

Singer Avril Lavigne opened her new TikTok account with a rendition of “Sk8er Boi” featuring skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.

By Marianne Garvey, CNN But what about Chad? Pete Davidson says he doesn’t know if he’ll be returning to “Saturday Night Live” in the fall. The comedian appeared on “Gold Derby,” where he addressed speculation that he would not be back next season. “Speaking for myself, I don’t know what the plan is,” he said.

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Lorde appeared on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Monday, where she discussed her new album “Solar Power,” which drops August 20. The singer revealed that the new album’s artwork, which Colbert said he was not allowed to show, was shot by a friend. “My friend just took it,” Lorde said.

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The Emmy Awards will allow “Actress” and “Actor” winners to be called “Performers,” the Television Academy has announced. According to the official Emmys website: “No performer category titled ‘Actor’ or ‘Actress’ has ever had a gender requirement for submissions. Now, nominees and (or) winners in any performer category titled ‘Actor’ or

By Jack Guy, CNN Superstar singer Billie Eilish has apologized after a video surfaced of her apparently mouthing along to a song as an anti-Asian racial slur is used. Seven-time Grammy winner Eilish posted a statement on her Instagram Stories Monday addressing the edited compilation of videos, which was widely circulated earlier this month. In

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Avril Lavigne has joined forces with a true “Sk8er Boi” legend to mark her TikTok debut. In a video posted to her social media account Monday, the Canadian songstress is lip-syncing her way through the 2002 hit. Set against a sunny beach backdrop, Lavigne is dressed in black shorts and a

By Rob Picheta, CNN In 2009, Britney Spears superfan Megan Radford read a blog post about her idol’s new legal arrangement, and something didn’t feel right. So Radford staged a one-woman protest outside the star’s concert in Dallas, wearing a T-shirt she’d made herself, emblazoned with a quirky slogan: “Free Britney.” “I was all alone

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN If this Clubhouse room was an actual club, it’d be the most FOMO-inducing spot in town. Drink special of the night: piping hot tea. It’s March, and some of the most accomplished Latinx voices in Hollywood are debriefing on two recent reports on an old problem. One, conducted by the Directors

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The lads from Richmond have an uphill battle to climb in season 2 of Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso,” but Ted might know someone who can maybe whip them into shape … Led Tasso. His apparent meaner alter ego makes only a brief appearance in the trailer released Monday, but it could