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By Marianne Garvey, CNN The latest internet “challenge” involves milk crates and serious pain. In “The Milk Crate Challenge,” started recently on TikTok, someone gathers a bunch of milk crates and stacks them as high as they can, then attempts to step up one side and down the other without the crates faltering underneath them.

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Arthur, the bespectacled aardvark beloved by generations of viewers, is finally about to start the fourth grade. And in the new school year, he and his pals will befriend some new classmates — including a Sikh boy named Samir. The character of Samir will make his debut in “Arthur’s First Day,”

By Hilary Clarke, CNN Charlie Watts, the unassuming son of a truck driver who gained global fame as the drummer for the Rolling Stones, has died. He was 80. ”It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts. He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded

By Chloe Melas, CNN Alyssa Milano gave fans an update on her uncle following the car accident they were in last week. “Uncle Mitch is still in and out of consciousness. He’s on life support,” Milano said in a TikTok video. “My brother went there yesterday and played him some oldies, and his whole body

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Taylor Swift posted her first TikTok and of course her fans went wild. The singer took to the social media platform to promote the vinyl edition of the upcoming release of the re-recording of “Red,” currently available for presale. “Lots going on at the moment,” Swift wrote. “Red (my version) vinyl

By Lisa Respers France, CNN An Afghan pop star is sharing her harrowing story of fleeing her country. Aryana Sayeed and her fiancé, Hasib Sayed, got out as the Taliban took over Afghanistan and talked to “Access Hollywood” about their experience, some of which she shared on her verified Instagram account. “I was feeling that

By Chloe Melas, CNN Melissa Joan Hart wants fans to know that she’s doing much better after contracting Covid-19. The actress recently revealed that despite being fully vaccinated, that she is sick with the virus. “I’m just sending an update because so many people have been checking on me,” the actress said Sunday on her

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Chip Gaines is chopping his locks for charity. The HGTV star and face of the Magnolia Network said on Instagram that he’s taken note of the comments on his currently long hair and has agreed to get it cut — if people donate to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. “WOW.. turns out

By Marianne Garvey, CNN “The Morning Show” Season 2 has a new trailer and Jennifer Aniston is as fierce as ever in it. The second season of the Apple Original drama series, also executive produced by Jennifer Aniston along with Reese Witherspoon, will debut globally on Sept. 17 on Apple TV+. The show will premiere

By Chloe Melas, CNN Netflix’s live-action “Cowboy Bebop” is right around the corner and the streaming network has just released a first look. The photos show stars John Cho, Mustafa Shakir and Danielle Pineda. The show is based on the 1998 Japanese anime series which is set in the year 2071 and follows the lives

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Loretta Lynn‘s ranch foreman, Wayne Spears, died in the Tennessee floods on Sunday after he was swept up in the rising waters, according to a Facebook post from a “heartbroken” Lynn. “There are no words at the ranch today…only tears. Our ranch family is our family. We lost my amazing ranch

By Chloe Melas, CNN John Travolta has been candid concerning how he talked to his young son about his wife Kelly Preston’s death. Preston died in July 2020 from breast cancer. “(Ben) said to me once, ‘Because mom passed away, I’m afraid you’re going to,’” Travolta told Kevin Hart on Hart’s talk show. “I said,