Entertainment

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There was plenty of excitement last year when Zahara Jolie-Pitt enrolled at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Videos of her and her mom, Angelina Jolie, visiting the campus went viral and sparked conversation about the importance of historically Black colleges and universities. The 18-year-old daughter of Jolie and

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The first trailer for “Madame Web” has dropped. The Marvel film stars Dakota Johnson as an emergency responder turned mutant who finds out she can see into the future. Her secret identity is Cassandra Webb, a blind and paralyzed medium. According to the official synopsis for the movie: “Madame

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Ke Huy Quan wants to feel the force of “Star Wars.” “I was able to connect with my ‘Indiana Jones’ family during the award season. And, as you know, Kathleen Kennedy was the producer,” Quan recently told Collider. “And she’s the head of Lucasfilm now. I did go up

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Remember when Travis Kelce said he was going to stick to talking about football and not his private life? Good thing for the Swifties, it looks like he didn’t mean it. On Wednesday’s episode of his “New Heights” podcast with his brother and fellow professional football player Jason

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A series of videos exclusively obtained by NBC News show actor Alec Baldwin handling at least one prop gun during filming of the movie “Rust,” days before a deadly on-set shooting. In the videos, which appear to be raw footage from the western, Baldwin is seen firing a gun as he

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Set 64 years before the movie that launched the cinematic franchise, “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” is the prequel nobody really needed, exploring the origins of Panem’s authoritarian leader Coriolanus Snow. Splitting the movie into three chapters seems appropriate, since the film delivers a

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Robert Pattinson’s Batman has not yet used the Batboat in his adventures, but the British actor said that he previously made use of another multifunctional boat – an inflatable one that he used for sleeping, sitting and eating on. “There was a time when the only piece of furniture

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Blame it on the subject matter, or perhaps merely the difference between more recent events and decades-old ones, but “The Crown” has saved the worst for last, following its disjointed fifth season with a sixth that feels more tabloid-y and less stately. After sweeping the Emmys with the

By Raja Razek (CNN) — An iconic artist with over 1,000 illustrations – including movie posters for the movies “Jaws” and “The Empire Strikes Back” – Roger Karl Kastel has died at age 92 in Worcester County, Massachusetts, according to his website. His wife, Grace Kastel, told the Hollywood Reporter that he died of kidney and heart failure

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — We “wish you well,” The Pleasance & Awkward Productions. The London-based production company is staging a musical based on one of the more diverting and even amusing passages from 2023 – Gwyneth Paltrow’s now-famous skiing accident trial from the spring. Back in March, the Oscar-winning Goop founder attended

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Jimmy Kimmel is returning to host the Academy Awards again, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) – the body that puts on the Oscars – announced on Wednesday. This will be the late night host’s fourth time at the helm of the prestigious cinematic awards, previously serving

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Hart is set to receive one of the most prestigious awards in the world of comedy. He will be presented the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on March 24, 2024 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. “I’ve been doing comedy since the inception of this

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Kim Kardashian is the man. The reality star and entrepreneur has been named one of GQ’s Men of the Year, she announced on Instagram. Kardashian graces the magazine’s cover as more specifically, Tycoon of the Year, posing in a tie with a bag of Cheetos. She was joined by