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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mark Ross, the rapper who performed as Brother Marquis as a member of the hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died, according to posts shared on 2 Live Crew’s social media accounts on Monday night. He was 58. No cause of death was shared. CNN has reached out

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — In a rare victory for the Clippers over the Lakers, “Clipped” is the second recent drama series devoted to one of Los Angeles’ NBA teams but also the superior one, chronicling the spectacular fall of owner Donald Sterling. Rotating among four principal players, with Ed O’Neill as Sterling,

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Coldplay say they have surpassed their own target for cutting carbon emissions for live shows. In 2019, frontman Chris Martin announced that the band was putting touring on hold while considering how to make their performances more environmentally friendly. Two years later, Coldplay announced its Music of the Spheres

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “House of the Dragon” actor Steven Toussaint is sailing into Season 2 of the “Game of Thrones” prequel series buoyed by the positive response to his powerful performance. It’s safe to say he’s starting the sophomore season of “Dragon” on a more positive note than Season 1, which was

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Time After Time” singer Cyndi Lauper has announced her farewell tour. In what will be her first major tour in more than a decade – and her final – the Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter will headline concerts at 23 cities across North America from

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Dolly Parton thinks Beyoncé’s take on her classic song “Jolene” is “bold” breath of spring. Parton talked about the pop star’s rendition of the tune for ”Cowboy Carter” in a recent interview with “E! News.” “Well, I think it was very bold of her,” Parton said during an

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Katy Perry has reimagined a recent commencement speech by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker that was criticized as homophobic and sexist. The pop star and former “American Idol” judge posted on her social media an edit of Butker’s May 11 address at Benedictine College, a small Catholic

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Fans of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce curious about where the couple’s relationship is headed can thank Jason Sudeikis for trying to get them closer to some answers. Kelce joined Sudeikis and comedians Robert Smigel and George Wendt onstage during a comedy skit at the annual Big Slick Celebrity

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Adele is making it clear that hateful comments are not tolerated at her concerts. Over the weekend, the Grammy-winner offered a profanity-laced response to an audience member who, according to a video posted to social media, yelled out “Pride sucks” during her concert, a reference to annual event during

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Just call her #batgirl. Musician and former “Gossip Girl” star Taylor Momsen is seemingly taking everything in stride after being bit by a bat while on stage in Spain last week. Momsen and her band The Pretty Reckless were in the middle of performing a song when a bat

By Penelope Patsuris, CNN (CNN) — Unlike Logan Roy’s offspring in “Succession,” Liev Schreiber can appropriately be described as a serious person. He’s a producer, writer, director, a Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Yale School of Drama trained classical actor who can embody a tough fixer in “Ray Donovan” as smoothly as he lays

By Lisa Respers France, Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wagmeister (CNN) — Months after singer Cassie Ventura filed suit against her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs, his life looks very different. The man who rose from an intern at a record label to building his own music empire in Bad Boy Records, was once a beloved figure

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Reynolds this week unveiled arguably the most anticipated and sure-to-be coveted merchandise tied to his upcoming film “Deadpool & Wolverine”: the movie’s novelty popcorn bucket. Said to be designed by Deadpool himself, the bucket, modeled after Wolverine, features a large opening akin to the quick-healing mutant’s wide-open mouth,

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Thirty years after Nicole Brown Simpson’s murder, and a few months after O.J. Simpson’s death, Lifetime revisits “the trial of the century” with “The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson,” a project whose title indicates its desire to paint her as more than just a victim. While

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Turns out Jennifer Lopez will not be getting loud after all. On The JLo newsletter subscribers received an email from Lopez on Friday, stating “Representatives for Live Nation announced today that the Jennifer Lopez US Summer 2024 Tour ‘THIS IS ME…LIVE’ is canceled.” “Jennifer is taking time off

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Jessica Lange met the movie public perched in King Kong’s giant palm, but her real breakthrough came in 1982 when she played a pair of actresses, earning Oscar nominations for both roles: as a fictional soap-opera star in “Tootsie” and the real-life Frances Farmer in the tragic biography

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Slim Shady is back, back again. But, apparently, not for long. Eminem appears to be killing off his alter ego in his latest project, an album titled, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace).” He has dropped the album’s first single, “Houdini,” which samples the Steve Miller

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Jim Henson: Idea Man” threads a difficult needle, celebrating the creative genius of the Muppets mastermind without sidestepping or whitewashing the thornier aspects of his personal life, as related by his grown children. The result is a particularly rich Disney+ documentary that captures the man as well as

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lenny Kravitz’s leather pants continue to stay on. In a recently published interview with The Guardian, Kravitz opened about discovering that his father was having an affair, a story recounted in his 2020 memoir. His father, he said, told him he too would end up cheating on his

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — An actor who has appeared in film and TV projects like “Rebel Moon” and “How I Met Your Mother” has been arrested and charged with stabbing his estranged girlfriend multiple times. Nick Pasqual, 34, was charged with one count of attempted murder; one count of first-degree residential burglary