Entertainment

Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift announced that her concert scheduled for Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has been postponed due to high temperatures. “I’m writing this from my dressing room in the stadium. The decision has been made to postpone tonight’s show due to the extreme temperatures in Rio,” Swift wrote on

By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A Taylor Swift fan died Friday night before an “Eras Tour” show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the singer said on Instagram Stories. “I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show,” Swift said. “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this. There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she

By Alli Rosenbloom, Megan Thomas and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A settlement was reached Friday between singer Cassie Ventura and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, one day after Ventura accused him in a federal lawsuit of rape and years of abuse, according to statements from both sides. “We have decided to resolve this matter

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — George Brown, a drummer and songwriter who co-founded the band Kool & the Gang, died on Thursday. He was 74. The news was confirmed to CNN via email from Kool & the Gang’s publicist Jerry Digney. Brown died in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer, according to Digney.

By Lisa Respers France, Brynn Gingras, Kristina Sgueglia and Alli Rosenbloom CNN (CNN) — There’s been an outpouring of support for Cassie Ventura since news broke Thursday that she is suing producer Sean “Diddy” Combs over allegations he raped and subjected her to years of abuse when they were in a relationship. The singer, model

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Apple TV+ is giving us all something else to be grateful for in honor of the 50th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.” The streaming service has announced that the beloved holiday classic will be available to stream for free on Apple TV+ on Saturday, Nov. 18 and

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Following months of a halt to Hollywood production due to contract negotiations and strikes, Netflix has canceled a number of shows. “Shadow and Bone,” a fan-favorite fantasy series, is among them. Also canceled are the comedy “Glamorous” and the sitcom “Agent Elvis.” Leigh Bardugo, the author on whose book

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — When Jasmine Harper first conceived an idea to help others, it was smaller than what it has become. The professional dancer who came to fame on “So You Think You Can Dance” before gracing the stage with artists like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Usher, wanted to create a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — A reimagining of the 2005 film that brought Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie together is coming to Prime Video next year. Amazon has announced that the eight-episode series “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” will release on Feb. 2, 2024. According to a press release, the new project is co-created

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The indie supergroup boygenius released a charity single on Friday, paying tribute to Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer-songwriter who died in July at age 56. Boygenius collaborated with Irish folk duo Ye Vagabonds to produce a cover of the popular folk song “The Parting Glass,” with the proceeds going

By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Giving an unsung hero of the civil-rights movement his overdue moment, “Rustin” shines a flattering if dutiful spotlight on Bayard Rustin – the ally of Martin Luther King Jr. who organized the March on Washington – in a movie biography that isn’t as good as Colman Domingo’s central performance.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The cast of “Modern Family” reunited for the first time since the show ended in 2020, but not everyone made it. Cast members Sofia Vergara, Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson shared photos and videos of the gathering on Instagram. Ferguson wrote they had a “Nearly perfect @modernfamily

By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Emerald Fennell knew exactly what she was doing, dressing Jacob Elordi like that. The “Euphoria” actor is having a busy fall. First, Elordi was Elvis Presley in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” now he stars in “Saltburn,” Fennell’s latest provocation, playing Felix, an aristocrat who takes a fellow student under his

By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — On November 20, 1983, a record audience estimated at more than 100 million Americans assembled in a very different TV era to watch a “What if?” movie about nuclear annihilation. That made-for-TV film, “The Day After,” not only served as a highwater mark for the genre but almost surely

By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Back in the day, Albert Brooks made a nifty transition from producing “Saturday Night Live” shorts to full-blown movies. The Please Don’t Destroy trio don’t fare as well with “Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain,” an irreverent and silly comedy that, keeping NBC’s modern stooges in the

CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Director Taika Waititi’s eclectic resume has ranged from Marvel’s Thor sequels to oddball comedies featuring vampires and Nazis, which makes his latest, the whimsical fact-based sports movie “Next Goal Wins,” notable mostly for how conventional it is. Warm and eager to please, it’s part underdog story, part