Entertainment

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Netflix has released a film collection dedicated to sharing Palestinian stories in a move a Palestinian filmmaker is calling “bold.” The streaming service launched the “Palestinian Stories” collection, featuring 32 award-winning films created by Palestinians or about Palestinian stories, on October 14, the company said in a press release. Ameen Nayfeh,

By Chloe Melas What better way to get in the spooky spirit than curl up and watch some scary flicks. From the creepy crawly to family classics, we’ve got you covered this Halloween. “Hocus Pocus” The Sanderson Sisters are the perfect witches to get you ready for Halloween. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy

By Chloe Melas, CNN Cue the tears. Meadow Walker, daughter of the late actor Paul Walker, married actor Louis Thornton-Allan earlier this month. Walker’s “Fast & Furious” co-star, Vin Diesel, walked his longtime friend’s daughter down the aisle. The moment was captured in a photo she posted on Instagram. The couple married in the Dominican

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Adele has returned to the top spot of the UK charts and broken the national record for most streams in a week, with her new single “Easy on Me.” The song is her third chart-topping single in the UK after “Someone Like You” and “Hello,” and Adele also has four number-ones

By Aya Elamroussi, Chloe Melas and Claudia Dominguez, CNN An assistant director handed Alec Baldwin a prop firearm and yelled “cold gun” before the actor fired the weapon, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza, according to a court document. The “cold gun” remark was meant to indicate that the weapon did not

By Maria Santana, CNN After 44 years as the loveable Maria on Sesame Street, Sonia Manzano thought she was finally ready to move to a quieter, non-puppet inhabited neighborhood where she could spend her days writing children’s books. “I didn’t think I was going to continue in television,” said Manzano, 71, who was on Sesame

By Marianne Garvey, CNN There is a moment in the beginning of the new book from Christine Pride and Jo Piazza that is written from the perspective of a 14-year-old Black boy. After being shot by police, he thinks of his school picture that his mom will use when he dies and his death becomes

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Hollywood is the land of make believe, but the very real specter of death can hover over television and movie sets. The death of 42-year-old director of photography Halyna Hutchins while working on the movie “Rust” in New Mexico after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun is just the

By Lisa Respers France and Sofia Couceiro, CNN The goal of movies and TV series is to make scenes look realistic. When it comes to prop guns, they don’t just look dangerous. Such was the case in the death Thursday of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust” in New Mexico. The 42-year-old