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By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — An emotional Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to the late producer Norman Lear at the top of his ABC show on Wednesday night, calling him “one of the most important and impressive people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting.” Kimmel, having teamed with the producer, who died Tuesday at

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The winner of Netflix’s “Squid Game: The Challenge” has been named. Mai Whelan, number 287, took home the top prize of $4.56 million during Wednesday’s season finale episode after playing a high-stakes game of “rock paper scissors.” The 55-year old Virginia-native played against runner-up Phill Cain, a scuba instructor

By Sandy Thin, CNN (CNN) — In this era of prestige television, few shows have generated as many column inches as Netflix’s jewel: “The Crown.” Helmed by writer and showrunner Peter Morgan, the series has traversed 60 yearsof world history through the lens of the British monarchy, and next week comes to aclose as the

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is clearing a few things up related to the much-debated timeline of her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. In an interview with Time Magazine published Wednesday – wherein Swift was named the outlet’s 2023 “Person of the Year” – she said her relationship

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Yes, people are still giving handy wipes to Tony Shalhoub. That’s because for years he so convincingly portrayed ace investigator and germaphobe Adrian Monk that people assumed Shalhoub, too, was paranoid about clean hands. “It was funny the first thousand times and now it’s gotten a little old,”

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Dan Levy tugs at the heartstrings in the trailer for his new film, “Good Grief,” which he both wrote and directed. It’s the “Schitt’s Creek” co-creator’s feature directing debut. Levy plays an artist named Marc, who is mourning the death of his husband Oliver, played by Luke Evans. He

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Producer Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing new allegations of sexual assault, at least the third civil complaint filed against him in as many weeks. According to new complaint filed Wednesday and obtained by CNN, Combs is accused of sex trafficking and gang rape, among other allegations, naming him along with Harve Pierre,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee has announced the end of his music career in order to dedicate his life to his Christian faith. In a speech at the end of his final concert on Sunday, the singer, whose real name is Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, told the crowd that he

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — According to almost every beloved romantic comedy ever — and even some not-so-beloved ones — romance and the holiday season go hand-in-hand. That has to be the reason for the myriad of holiday-themed romantic comedies, from cult favorites like “The Holiday” and Netflix efforts like “The Knight before Christmas.”

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — “Dancing with the Stars” has crowned a Season 32 winner. Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy walked away with the Len Goodman Mirrorball trophy in the season finale Tuesday night. It was the first finale in “DWTS” history to feature five couples. Also in the finale alongside the pros were

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Angelina Jolie says she wouldn’t be an actress if she was starting out in the entertainment industry today. That was just one of the revelations the star shared in her recently published interview with the Wall Street Journal Magazine. In an article, titled “Angelina Jolie Is Rebuilding Her

CNN By Eric Levenson and Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Famed television producer Norman Lear, whose wildly successful TV sitcoms including “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” fused comedy with trenchant social commentary and dominated network ratings in the 1970s, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced on his website.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — John Krasinski isn’t really Jenna Fischer’s love interest, he’s just played that on TV. Just ask his real life wife, Emily Blunt. The actress recently appeared on “Variety’s Award Circuit” podcast, where she said viewers of the sitcom have an interesting reaction when they see her and Krasinski

By Eric Levenson and Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Famed television producer Norman Lear, whose wildly successful TV sitcoms including “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” fused comedy with trenchant social commentary and dominated network ratings in the 1970s, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced on his website. He

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Former “Dancing with the Stars” professional Mark Ballas and his wife, BC Jean, welcomed a baby boy last month, the pair announced on social media. The pair broke the news on their individual Instagram accounts on Tuesday, sharing the same black-and-white image of their hands holding that of their

By Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Seoul/Hong Kong (CNN) — All four members of K-pop supergroup Blackpink have renewed their contracts with label YG Entertainment, according to the label’s regulatory filing published Wednesday. The singers – Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé – will remain a quartet. The filing did not specify the length of their contracts. Their

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Steven Spielberg has made public remarks about the deadly October 7 Hamas attacks in Israel. The Oscar-winning director made the remarks in a feature published Friday by the USC Shoah Foundation, an organization he founded in 1994 to record and preserve interviews with Holocaust survivors and other witnesses. “I

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Joey King doesn’t agree with her “Kissing Booth” costar Jacob Elordi’s criticism of their Netflix franchise. The actress responded to Variety recently about Elordi’s less than flattering words about the beloved teen rom-coms. “I think it’s unfortunate anyone would feel that way,” King said. “I had a great

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Murphy is at it again with some more high society drama in Season 2 of “Feud,” the long-awaited followup to the first outing in 2017. On Tuesday, FX unveiled a first-look at the poster for the series, which features stars Demi Moore, Molly Ringwald, Naomi Watts, Chloe Sevigny,

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Denny Laine, co-founder of bands Wings and The Moody Blues and longtime collaborator of Paul McCartney, died on Tuesday morning, according to Laine’s wife Elizabeth Hines. He was 79. Hines wrote in a post on Laine’s official Instagram account that Laine had “been in ICU on a ventilator this