Entertainment

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — With this week’s premiere of “Ahsoka” on Disney+ – the latest live-action series to round out the ever-expanding “Star Wars” universe – a long-held hope of franchise obsessives and even some casual fans is being realized. Ahsoka Tano, previously voiced by Ashley Eckstein in 2008’s animated “Star Wars: The

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Mushroom Kingdom will soon bid farewell to one of its longest-tenured residents. Charles Martinet, the longtime voice of Nintendo’s beloved plumber Mario, is stepping away from the role after nearly 30 years, the video game company announced. Martinet will become a Mario ambassador instead, “sharing the joy of Mario”

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lana Del Rey is hitting the road. Live Nation announced on Monday that the singer is heading out on a limited tour this fall. It all kicks off on Thursday, September 14 in Franklin, Tennessee and will make stops across ten cities in the US, including Austin, Texas,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Charlize Theron knows she may be looking a bit different these days, and she’s perfectly fine with that. The actress told Allure magazine in a recently published interview: “My face is changing, and I love that my face is changing and aging.” Still, she told the publication, “people

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Pamela Anderson has a more natural look these days for a reason. The former “Baywatch” star says she now wears little to no makeup compared to when she was on the series in the early ’90s. Anderson told Elle that back then, “I just went along with what

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Being one the hottest female rappers in the game doesn’t shield you from a healthy bout of nerves. Just ask Latto, who at the age of 24 can already count herself among the new wave of hip-hop queens while also enjoying crossover success in reality TV. The Atlanta

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — “EVERYBODY MOOOOOVEMENT!”  Eurodance maybe wasn’t due for a comeback for another few decades. But “Planet of the Bass,” a Eurodance parody track that’s become a TikTok hit and a legitimate banger in its own right, makes a compelling case for a return to a more innocent, synth-heavy time. It’s

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift capped off her sixth and final “Eras Tour” concert at Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium on Wednesday with a big announcement that Swifties had been speculating about for weeks. During the surprise song portion of the concert – in which she sang two songs including “New Romantics” –

By Marianne Garvey (CNN) — “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” will reveal the fates of the original film franchise’s many characters, including Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens’ Troy and Gabriella. Many of the movies’ original cast members make an appearance In the Season 4 premiere of the Disney+ series, including Corbin Bleu (Chad),

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Covering the same terrain as “Dopesick” in too-precious fashion, “Painkiller” is a semi-fictionalized look at the opioid crisis and how Purdue Pharma cashed in on OxyContin at the expense of those who became hooked on the drug. Yet the tonal excesses and wild dramatic devices undermine this Netflix

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The telecast of the 75th Emmy Awards has been pushed back to air in January, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Television Academy and Fox announced Thursday. The awards show has historically aired in September, but there had been speculation that it would either be postponed or