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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Before there was the Fyre festival — with its absurdly comic snafus and dueling documentaries — there was Woodstock 99. The HBO documentary “Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage” examines that event — described as morphing from a comedy into a horror film — and finds within it a dire

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Val Kilmer joins the ranks of celebrities that fastidiously documented their lives via video, then shared that in documentary form. But “Val” feels more deeply personal and fascinating than most, catching its star in the wake of a terrible illness and exploring the “difficult” label he bore as an actor,

By Brian Lowry and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Is “Ted Lasso” a great show, or was it just the show we (or at least a lot of us) needed last summer during the pandemic? That’s the question as the Apple TV+ series returns for its second season, fresh off a record haul of Emmy nominations for

By Lisa Respers France, CNN There’s a now-famous clip of acoustic version of Amy Winehouse singing “Love Is a Losing Game.” Winehouse, in what appears to be a recording booth, rings every emotional nuance from her song as she sings the lyrics: “Over futile odds/And laughed at by the gods/And now the final frame/Love is

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kanye West premiered his 10th studio album, “Donda,” during a listening event Thursday night at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It was the first original material from the provocative rapper since his Grammy-winning 2019 album “Jesus Is King.” Here’s what you need to know about the sold out event that

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Comedian Kevin Hart has upped the ante in the epic prank wars between himself and Nick Cannon by broadcasting his friend’s cell phone number on a billboard for anyone needing “advice on fatherhood.” In a post shared on his Instagram on Thursday, the “Fatherhood” actor, 42, explained that it was his

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Old toys never die. They just keep coming back in new poses and flexing different muscles as movies and TV shows. This weekend brings two popular artifacts from many a childhood back to screens: “Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins” hits theaters, with Henry Golding (“Crazy Rich Asians”) as the martial-arts

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN M. Night Shyamalan is up to his old tricks in “Old,” but after his heralded breakthrough with “Split,” he’s back on a downward trajectory. While the premise again has an eerie “Twilight Zone”-type quality, the long journey to a payoff — littered with pretty awful dialogue — might be picturesque,

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Not unlike his “Ted Lasso” character Dani Rojas, for 15-year old Cristo Fernández, football — known stateside as soccer — really was life. At 15 and already in the professional soccer system in his native Mexico, Fernández had little else besides the game on his mind. He’d attend high school at

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Tommy Dorfman has reintroduced herself as a trans woman, taking to social media to say “my pronouns are she/her.” “I’m especially grateful to every single trans person who walked this path, broke down barriers, and risked their lives to live authentically and radically as themselves before me. thank you to all

By Hannah Ryan, CNN Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds got honest this week about his mental health and the impact that anxiety has had on his life and work. Appearing on the latest “SmartLess” podcast episode, Reynolds opened up after Sean Hayes — one of the podcast’s hosts — brought up an Instagram post the actor

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Prince may have left us five years ago, but his music lives on and remains always right on time. His estate and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, have debuted a previously unreleased song by the late legend, titled “Hot Summer.” The single is from “Welcome 2 America,”

By Lisa Respers France, CNN After a couple stops, The Rolling Stones’ “No Filter” tour is now set to go on. On Thursday the iconic band announced new dates for the tour. “We are thrilled to be able to announce the rescheduled dates for the Rolling Stones 2020 US tour, which will now go ahead

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Megan Fox may not remember a great deal from the 2009 Golden Globe Awards, but she does know she “got in a lot of trouble” for things she said on the red carpet while tipsy. During a recent appearance on “Who What Wear” the “Till Death” star revisited some of

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Lorde got her drink on with Seth Meyers in the return of the drinking game on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” The singer appeared on the show on Wednesday to mark the first full production musical performance on “Late Night” since March 2020. Lorde last appeared on the show in 2017.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN A photo of Ice T’s look-alike 5-year-old daughter Chanel went viral and, according to him, it yielded some nice results. On Wednesday, the “Law & Order: SVU” star tweeted a thank you on behalf of his daughter with wife Coco Austin. “Today @BabyChanelworld just wanted to say THANKS! for all

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Michaela Coel has joined the cast of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The film will be the sequel to Marvel’s “Black Panther,” and Variety reports that Coel is currently filming at Atlanta’s Pinewood Studios, where production began last month. She joins an ensemble cast that includes Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Daniel Kaluuya,

By Hannah Ryan, CNN Anna Faris has let slip that she and her partner Michael Barrett recently eloped. The reveal came on an episode of her podcast “Anna Faris is Unqualified” earlier this week after the “Mom” star interviewed “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons. After speaking to Simmons, Faris was joined by matchmaker April Beyer