Entertainment

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé knows how to break the internet. She attempted to do that again on Sunday when she teased the release of new music in a Verizon ad that debuted during the Super Bowl. Moments later on her official website, the Grammy-winner and Texas-native posted a clip of a new

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Usher promised a celebration for his Super Bowl halftime show and he did not fumble. The Grammy-winning artist kicked off a 13-minute mashup of his hits with “Caught Up” and a performance that was a nod to his Las Vegas residency. Accompanied by dozens of dancers, showgirls and

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The trailer for the highly anticipated “Wicked” two-part movie musical event made its debut on Sunday, with the film’s first look airing during the Super Bowl LVIII. The movie’s stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are featured as Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, in the trailer as Erivo can be

By Dan Heching and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — One of the most anticipated movie trailers of the year arrived during Super Bowl LVIII. Much has already been said of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which will see Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool joined by Hugh Jackman, back as Wolverine after last appearing as the razor-clawed hero in

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Reba McEntire, Andra Day and Post Malone kicked off America’s unofficial holiday with entertainment ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. Country star McEntire performed the national anthem, R&B singer and songwriter Day sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” while rapper and singer Malone performed an acoustic version of “America

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is celebrating with Chiefs fans everywhere tonight. Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs came up victorious in their Super Bowl battle against the San Francisco 49ers, a rollercoaster of a game that had Swift bringing her best sideline hype. The teams were tied at 19 as

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Every Sunday, Nikki Gough and her family gathered around the table for breakfast and listened to The Beatles’ “White Album.” Growing up in a household that celebrated music, especially the offerings from classic rock-era bands, Gough claimed her parent’s passion for music as her own as she stepped into

By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Usher was 15 years old when he released his first album in 1994. Now, some 30 years later, the R&B singer will perform in his first Super Bowl halftime show. In that time, he has sold over 80 million records worldwide and earned eight Grammys. Some were taken by

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Prime time’s longest-running TV medical drama is gearing up for its 20th season next month, and at least one familiar face will be back in the hallways of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. “Grey’s Anatomy” will welcome back Jessica Capshaw as Dr. Arizona Robbins when it returns for its landmark season,

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — In 2007, singer and now-fashion mogul Jessica Simpson showed up to a Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles football game wearing a pink Cowboys jersey to support her then-boyfriend Tony Romo, the Cowboy’s star quarterback. The Cowboys lost that game after Romo played what is widely considered one of the worst game

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — A woman of a certain age will be getting her moment in primetime this fall. ABC has given the greenlight to “The Golden Bachelorette,” a female-fronted spinoff to the historic senior citizen dating show “The Golden Bachelor,” which aired last year. News of the spinoff was announced by ABC

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Get ready for a truly stellar and eclectic class of new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees for induction this year. On Saturday, the esteemed music institution announced that Cher, Lenny Kravitz, Sinéad O’Connor, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and Mariah Carey are up for the honor, with

By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — CBS introduced its version of “The Equalizer” after the Super Bowl the last time the network aired the big game, and programmers liked what they saw. So they’re capitalizing on that massive platform again to help launch a very similar series, “Tracker,” built around the likability of “This is