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By Marianne Garvey, CNN A new trilogy continuing the story of “The Exorcist” will have original star Ellen Burstyn reprising her role of Chris MacNeil, a mom whose daughter Regan, played by Linda Blair, begins exhibiting strange behavior. Burstyn, who was nominated for an Oscar for the role, will start alongside “Hamilton” actor Leslie Odom

By Lisa Respers France, CNN It looks like the Kutcher-Kunis family is saving money on soap. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis appeared on an episode of Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast and the talk turned to bathing. After Shepard told co-host Monica Padman that using soap everyday rids the body of natural oils, Kutcher and

By Chloe Melas and Marianne Garvey, CNN The 2020 Tokyo Olympics continue Tuesday. Here just some of the events that viewers can enjoy watching. (Don’t forget: Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Time in the US.) Women’s Gymnastics: Suni Lee, Grace McCallum, Jordan Chiles and the rest of Team USA compete in the team

By Chloe Melas, Jon Passantino and Julia Jones, CNN Britney Spears’ newly hired lawyer filed a petition Monday seeking to remove the singer’s father, Jamie Spears, as conservator of her estate. The petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by lawyer Mathew Rosengart seeks to oust her father as conservator and replace him with Jason

By Chloe Melas, CNN Apparently, Machine Gun Kelly isn’t a fan of his new movie, “Midnight in the Switchgrass.” The rapper tweeted over the weekend, “if i don’t talk or tweet about a movie i’m barely in it’s because it’s [trash can emoji].” CNN has contacted Kelly’s representatives for further comment. Kelly, 31, whose real

By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Dexter” is back. Showtime released the first trailer for the revival of the show, which will premiere in November. It will be a 10-episode limited series. Michael C. Hall is once again Dexter in “Dexter: New Blood,” and is now living in the fictional upstate New York small town of Iron

By Lisa Respers France, CNN We may still be waiting to see who (if anyone) her character on “Insecure” ends up with, but in real life, Issa Rae is now a married woman. The star of the HBO show posted wedding pictures on her Instagram account from her intimate ceremony with longtime love Louis Diame,

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The 2020 Tokyo Olympics continue Monday. Here just some of the events that viewers can enjoy watching. (Don’t forget: Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Time in the US.) Beach Volleyball: Team USA’s April Ross and Alix Klineman will face Liliana Fernandez and Elsa Baquerizo of Spain. The events airs

By Lisa Respers France, CNN John Travolta remembered his late wife over the weekend by posting a clip from her final film. Travolta shared a trailer from the film “Off the Rails,” which was the last movie for his wife, Kelly Preston, who died in July 2020 following an undisclosed battle with breast cancer. She

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Dieter Brummer, the Australian actor best known for his role as heartthrob Shane Parrish on TV soap “Home and Away,” has died at the age of 45. New South Wales Police confirmed to CNN affiliate 9News that Brummer’s body was found in the Sydney suburb of Glenhaven on Saturday afternoon after

By Adrienne Vogt, CNN With more medals set to be awarded at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, here are just some of the events that viewers can check out this weekend. (Remember, Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Time in the US.) Swimming: The swimming qualifying heats continue in the women’s 400-meter freestyle

By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A retired judge hired to arbitrate a custody dispute between actors Angelia Jolie and Brad Pitt should be disqualified due to a possible conflict of interest, a California appeals court ruled Friday. The actors’ divorce was finalized in 2016, but custody and visitation issues for their six children

By Andy Rose, CNN Comedian Jackie Mason, known for his rapid-fire befuddled observations in a decades-long standup career, died at a New York hospital Saturday at the age of 93, long-time friend and collaborator Raoul Felder told CNN on Saturday night. “He died peacefully with several close friends and family at his side,” Felder said.

By Alaa Elassar, CNN For beloved Bennifer fans, the long desired reunion of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck might actually be happening. Lopez posted photos from her birthday on Saturday, including one of her kissing someone who appears to be Affleck. She did not tag him in the post. “5 2 … what it do

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Amanda Kloots, whose husband Nick Cordero died of Covid-19 last year, responded to criticism over her announcement that she is dating again. Kloots said on “The Talk” on Friday that she has started dating again, saying that “it is hard.” “Both of my husbands, I met doing Broadway shows,” she said.

By Dakin Andone, CNN Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington is recovering after undergoing emergency heart surgery, the band said on its Facebook page. Rossington, the band’s only original member still playing in the current iteration, is “home resting and recovering with his family,” according to the post on Friday. “He wants everyone to know he

By David Williams, CNN LeVar Burton will have all the answers on Monday when he debuts as guest host on “Jeopardy!” The beloved former “Reading Rainbow” host and producer, who’s known for his roles as Geordi La Forge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and Kunta Kinte in “Roots,” will be behind the lectern through