Entertainment

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lil Nas X has an already-famous penchant for stoking controversy, and his latest music video is sure to add to that legacy. The rapper dropped the video for “J Christ” on Friday, which features him on a cross as if he had been crucified. The “Industry Baby” artist

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The latest installment of “True Detective” gets overshadowed by another six-episode limited series premiering the same night, only this one featuring a detective out of the past, Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade. With a hat tip to “The Maltese Falcon,” AMC’s “Monsieur Spade” creates a nicely moody sequel built

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — People were upset about host Joy Koy making a joke about Taylor Swift at the recent Golden Globe Awards and it sounds like Koy doesn’t totally get it. Koy talked to the Los Angeles Times about his performance at the show and when asked which joke didn’t “land”

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey still receive producer credits on “True Detective,” an unintentional reminder this unlikely franchise peaked with its first edition a decade ago. The fourth installment, “True Detective: Night Country,” features a showy (and snowy) role for Jodie Foster, but after a promising start this

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage has asked police in Nigeria for “urgent intervention,” in a complaint letter filed Tuesday against Grammy-nominated musician Davido that was circulated widely on social media. Police launched an investigation on Tuesday after receiving the hand-delivered letter at its headquarters in the Lagos State city of

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jason DeFord, the rapper and country star known as “Jelly Roll,” testified during the Senate’s Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday where he lobbied for stronger legislation against the ongoing fentanyl crisis in the United States. DeFord began his testimony during the committee’s “Stopping the Flow

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Kristen Stewart has some afterthoughts about the “Twilight” movies, one of the biggest movie franchises of the aughts in which she starred alongside Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. The Oscar nominee, who is openly gay after coming out in 2017 while hosting “Saturday Night Live,” told Variety in an

CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Mean Girls” earns its seat at the cool kids table, behind the strength of an insanely talented cast, catchy songs, nods to the original movie and ageless (if familiar) lessons about life in high school. That still leaves the challenge of differentiating itself from the Disney Channel/teen-musical

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — While the prospect of a Jason Statham action vehicle seemingly designed for those who find “John Wick” too intellectually demanding has possibilities, “The Beekeeper’s” revenge plot gets stuck in convoluted detours. The star’s latest film should attract flies, all right, not with honey, but rather the stale aroma

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Carlin is not happy about a comedy special centering on her late father. Carlin spoke out against “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” which uses artificial intelligence to recreate the famed comedian’s voice and image. “My dad spent a lifetime perfecting his craft from his very human

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Almost a year to the day of her mother Lisa Marie Presley’s death, Riley Keough has announced a posthumous project on behalf of Presley. The “Daisy Jones & The Six” star took to social media to share the news. “I’m honored to help put my mother’s book out

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — A first look at the Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black” is here. The movie stars “Industry” actor Marisa Abela as Winehouse, and it’s directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. “Back to Black” follows Winehouse’s early rise to fame and the release of her Grammy-winning album of the same title. “Told

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sally Field is sharing more about what she says happened in her relationship with the late Burt Reynolds. The Academy Award winning actress dated Reynolds for about five years back in the 1970s. He died at the age of 82 in 2018. People reports that Field talked about

CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The diagnosis took Michael Strahan by surprise. On Thursday morning, the “Good Morning America” anchor revealed that he had “no idea” that 19-year-old daughter Isabella’s headaches would result in a diagnosis of brain cancer. In an interview with anchor Robin Roberts, the father-daughter duo shared that Isabella was