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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Zendaya, who voices Lola Bunny in “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” is surprised by the controversy over the redesign of Lola in order to make the character less sexualized. “Lola [Bunny] was very sexualized,” director Malcolm D. Lee had told Entertainment Weekly of the character, back in March. “This is a

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Nominations for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards Emmy Awards were announced Tuesday. Father and daughter actors Ron Cephas Jones of “This Is Us” and Jasmine Cephas Jones of “Blindspotting” revealed the nominees. “The Mandalorian” and “The Crown” scored the most nominations per program with 24 each, followed by “WandaVision” with

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Zac Efron jokingly busted his 93-year-old grandpa Hal out of his senior living home. The “High School Musical” star and his brother Dylan Efron recreated a “Mission Impossible” moment in an Instagram video, with Zac sneaking into the home and swiping a pass from an employee to gain entry. He rolled

By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears is consulting with Mathew Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor, about potentially representing her in her conservatorship battle, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. Samuel D. Ingham was first appointed by the court as counsel to Spears at the beginning of her conservatorship in 2008. He submitted a

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Paris Hilton and Netflix are getting into the kitchen together and hoping the result is, well, so hot. Neither party, however, are under the delusion that the forthcoming show, “Cooking with Paris,” will showcase gourmet grub. In fact, they’re seemingly counting on it being a little bit of a can’t-look-away disaster

By Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Actor Drake Bell, best known for the Nickelodeon sitcom “Drake & Josh,” was sentenced by an Ohio court to one year of probation on Monday, stemming from charges of attempted child endangerment and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles. Bell pleaded guilty to the charges — related to incidents in Cleveland, Ohio

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN This year’s Emmy Awards will be hosted by a first-timer. CBS and the TV Academy on Monday announced that Cedric the Entertainer will make his Emmys hosting debut in September as the big show returns to a live, in-person format. A “limited audience of nominees and their guests” will also be

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Patricia Heaton is three years sober from alcohol. The former “Everybody Loves Raymond” star took to Instagram on Saturday to share that she feels a lot better now that she doesn’t drink. “It’s July where we celebrate our nation’s freedom, also celebrating three years of freedom from alcohol for me,” she

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The cast of “Glee” reunited over the weekend. The show’s stars Chord Overstreet, Heather Morris, Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz got together to reminise about their time on the series. Writer Matt Hodgson also joined, as did Michael Hitchcock, who played Dalton Rumba. Overstreet posted a photo of the group to

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett will celebrate the first anniversary of their podcast, “SmartLess,” by bringing the show on the road. The “SmartLess Tour Live” will have a limited run, set to kick off on Feb. 2, 2022 at Toronto’s Massey Hall followed by stops in Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Ronan Farrow’s dogged reporting about now-convicted movie mogul Harvey Weinstein earned him a Pulitzer Prize, as well as a book and podcast. “Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes” nicely translates the spoken and written word into a six-part HBO docuseries, one that plays like a journalistic thriller with Farrow as

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy were a match made in heaven on the big screen — now their children are writing their own love story. Jasmin Lawrence and Eric Murphy, the eldest offspring of the legendary comedians, have made their romance Instagram official. On Saturday, Jasmin, who is Lawrence’s daughter with

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN A dress believed to have been worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in the classic 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” has been found on top of mailboxes in a university drama department. The Catholic University of America, in Washington DC, said in a release on Thursday that the dress had

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Chick Vennera, who starred in “The Golden Girls” and the 1978 comedy “Thank God It’s Friday,” has died at his home in Burbank, CA., a representative for the actor told CNN. He was 74. Vennera, born Francis Vennera in New York, played the recurring role of Enrique on “The Golden Girls,”

By Chloe Melas, CNN Disney+ has released the trailer for their animated series, “What If…?” It features the late Chadwick Boseman as a version of his “Black Panther” character Prince T’Challa called “Star-Lord.” The actor died last August after battling cancer. He was 43. Boseman’s final onscreen role was in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Boseman

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN If you’re itching for a tropical vacation, “The White Lotus” might cool those jets. The latest product from the dark and twisty mind of Mike White (“Enlightened”) deals with class in a way few recent TV productions have, in an edgy, engrossing six-part HBO limited series that follows multiple stories

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Valerie Bertinelli has faced one internet troll too many. The actress took to Instagram with a powerful response to a follower who commented on her weight. “If I could lose the weight and keep it off I would, but since I haven’t been successful with that my whole entire life, at

By Chloe Melas, CNN Madonna is speaking out against Britney Spears’ nearly 13-year conservatorship. The reigning queen of pop posted a throwback photo of herself in a shirt that read “Britney Spears” to her Instagram stories with the caption: “Give this woman her life back. Slavery was abolished so long ago! Death to the greedy

By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears‘ father, Jamie Spears, states in a new court filing that he and other family members have received death threats as a result of the legal battle surrounding the singer’s nearly 13-year conservatorship. The revelations come after the pop star’s conservator of her person, Jodi Montgomery, filed a petition on