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By Issy Ronald, CNN Michael Flatley, the creator and star of the hit show “Riverdance,” has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form of cancer,” according to an announcement on his official Instagram account Wednesday. In the post it was revealed that the 64-year-old “has undergone surgery and is in the care of an excellent team

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jerrod Carmichael had a pitch for Tom Cruise and Church of Scientology in one of his Golden Globes jokes. The comedian and host of Tuesday’s ceremony referenced Cruise having returned his Globe statues in 2021 in the midst of controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN The nominations for the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor some of the year’s best television and film performances by actors, were announced on Wednesday. “Emily In Paris” star Ashley Park and Haley Lu Richardson from HBO’s hit series “The White Lotus” revealed the nominees, which streamed on Instagram

By Swati Gupta, CNN Indians have been celebrating Wednesday, after a home-grown movie won a Golden Globe award for the first time ever. “RRR,” a Telugu-language drama set during India’s struggle for independence from its colonial ruler, Britain, was nominated in two categories at the 2023 Golden Globes. The movie won in the best original

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared in a video message during the Golden Globes telecast to thank his allies in the “free world.” Sean Penn introduced the Ukrainian comedian-turned-politician with nods to ongoing protests in Iran, during which several citizens have been executed, and the women’s rights movement in Afghanistan. The Oscar

By Brian Lowry, CNN Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical “The Fabelmans” and the understated Irish period piece “The Banshees of Inisherin” claimed the top prizes at the Golden Globe Awards, on a night that saw the event return to television and directly address the controversy that prompted its TV absence in 2022. Host Jerrod Carmichael reminded the

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The 80th Golden Globes Awards were presented Tuesday in Los Angeles. ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and HBO’s “The White Lotus” were some of the big TV winners of the night, and in film, “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “The Fabelmans” walked away with two of the most coveted awards of the night.

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Even while accepting a Golden Globe for his dynamic performance as Elvis Presley in the eponymous film, Austin Butler just couldn’t drop the King’s Mississippi drawl. The California-born actor won the award for best actor in a dramatic motion picture at Tuesday’s ceremony for his portrayal of Presley from adolescence to

By Dan Heching, CNN Michelle Yeoh won best performance by an actress in a musical or comedy motion picture for her role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” at the Golden Globes on Tuesday night, a career first for the veteran actress. Though she had to stop her acceptance speech momentarily to threaten violence to

By Scottie Andrew and Dan Heching, CNN Ke Huy Quan cheered Steven Spielberg and harkened back to his days as an ’80s child actor in a moving Golden Globes acceptance speech, the first award of the night at Tuesday’s event. Quan won the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a motion picture for his

By Dan Heching, CNN Angela Bassett made history on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, when she won the Golden Globe for best supporting actress in a film for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” becoming the first performer to win a Globe in an acting category for their role in a Marvel film. Bassett accepted the trophy

By Leah Asmelash, CNN The biggest music festival of the spring has just released its lineup — with international stars dominating the lineup. Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny and Korean pop group Blackpink are set to headline the first two days of Coachella, the annual desert music festival in Indio, California. Frank Ocean, who was