Entertainment

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Actor Billy Dee Williams has said there is nothing wrong with performers wearing blackface, because “if you’re an actor, you should do anything you want to do.” Speaking to Bill Maher on the “Club Random” podcast, published Sunday, conversation on the issue began with 87-year-old Williams discussing White actor

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Special prosecutors in New Mexico claim in a new legal filing that actor Alec Baldwin’s behavior on the “Rust” movie set contributed to “safety compromises” that led to the fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Prosecutors sought to defend their case in a filing Friday after

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Billie Eilish has new music debuting this spring. The “Bad Guy” singer announced on her Instagram page on Monday that her third studio album, titled “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” will release on May 17. Eilish shared a photo of herself underwater, appearing to fall out of an open

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé may have proclaimed that her latest project “ain’t a country album,” but someone forgot to tell the charts that. The superstar has made history as the first Black woman to come in at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with her “Act II: Cowboy Carter,”

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Country music star Jelly Roll has recovered from a flight scare over the weekend. He and his wife Bunnie XO were on their way from California to Austin, Texas for the CMT Music Awards on Sunday, when their private jet was forced to make an emergency landing after experiencing

By Jeff Winter and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — Actor Jonathan Majors was sentenced to a 52-week mandatory in-person domestic violence prevention program for the assault and harassment of his former girlfriend during a domestic dispute, a New York criminal judge ruled Monday. Majors will have to give DNA as it’s his first conviction, and

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood superstar Jackie Chan has addressed fans’ concerns about his health in a social media post celebrating his 70th birthday. “Not so long ago, a lot of friends saw some recent photos of me on the internet, and they were all concerned about my health,” Chan, who is best

By Amanda Musa and Jeremy Grisham, CNN (CNN) — Country music star Morgan Wallen was arrested in Nashville late Sunday for allegedly throwing a chair off a downtown rooftop. Wallen was arrested on three felony charges of reckless endangerment, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in an X post Monday morning. According to arrest affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate WTVF, several

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — A total solar eclipse is one of those rare, almost once-in-a-lifetime, primarily visual spectacles that must be seen to be believed. What better way to get in the mood than by taking pleasure in another visual spectacle – the art of cinema – with these eclipse-themed movies? The below

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — J. Cole said he already regrets releasing a Kendrick Lamar diss track in the midst of his ongoing beef with his fellow musician. Videos posted on social media showed Cole talking to the crowd at Dreamville Festival on Sunday, two days after releasing his new album “Might Delete Later,”

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — We’re in the thick of the pre-summer movie doldrums. While movie theaters are anxious to continue their post-pandemic recovery, the residual impact of 2023 strikes by the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild — which halted work on productions for months at a time — is

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Larry David appears to pride himself on not caring what people think, which made the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” series finale, and the nod to criticism he received for “Seinfeld’s” sendoff 26 years ago, that much funnier. Yet, he also used the occasion as a trip down memory lane,

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The late country music legend Toby Keith was honored during Sunday’s CMT Music Awards with an energetic and celebratory tribute performance by Brooks & Dunn, Lainey Wilson and Sammy Hagar. Brooks & Dunn opened the tribute with a lively performance of Keith’s “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.” Rock legend Sammy

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It was a big night for Jelly Roll at the CMT Music Awards. Jelly Roll took home all three of the awards for which he was nominated, including video of the year for his hit song “Need a Favor.” In his acceptance speech, Jelly Roll thanked his wife Bunnie