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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It turns out not everyone loved “American’s grandmother,” Betty White. During a conversation on the podcast “Let’s Talk About That! With Larry Saperstein and Jacob Bellotti,” actress Sally Struthers shared an experience she said she had years ago with White, who died in 2021 at the age of

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Conan O’Brien has been selected by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, will be awarded at a gala performance on March 23

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Timothée Chalamet may have been blowing in the wind a bit when he biked to the red carpet premiere of his Bob Dylan bio-pic, but making you feel his love for the environment cost him. The actor, who stars as the legendary singer in the film “A Complete

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Wendy Williams is fighting back against reports that she is impaired after having been diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The former talk-show host spoke with the “The Breakfast Club” on Thursday, where she denied that she needs the level of care she’s currently receiving. One of

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Renée Zellweger is about to appear as one of her most iconic characters for a fourth go-round, and couldn’t be happier about it. In an interview with her “Bridget Jones” costar Hugh Grant published in British Vogue on Wednesday, the double Oscar-winner explained why she was ready to return

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Drake is battling his own record label over a song that is the lynchpin of a now legendary hip-hop feud. In a lawsuit against UMG Recordings, Inc., brought Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Canadian rapper and actor has accused

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman has denied allegations of sexual assault made by multiple women that were most recently reported in an article published by New York Magazine on Monday. In a statement on his website, Gaiman said he has “never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone” and

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Holy smokes, a film that dramatizes the process to choose a Pope leads the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards. “Conclave” earned 12 nominations, beating out the musical about a drug lord getting gender affirming care, “Emilia Pérez,” which had 11. Period drama “The Brutalist” scored nine nominations. The three

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The daughter of a deceased actor who provided the voice of Sylvester Stallone in French-dubbed movies for decades has criticized an AI clone of her father’s voice developed for use in the new film “Armor.” In a since-deleted post on X published January 10, UK-based AI startup ElevenLabs said

By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ignore. “I certainly felt a tremendous void, and that void is due to the lack of knowledge

CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ignore. “I certainly felt a tremendous void, and that void is due to the lack of

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Before “Friends,” David Schwimmer certainly had some odd jobs. Aside from being a rollerskating server at Chicago’s famed retro-style diner Ed Debevic’s, Schwimmer worked for his mother Arlene – a divorce lawyer – as a process server, he shared while appearing on Monday’s episode of “The Late Show with

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Danielle Fishel is sharing an update about her health. The “Boy Meets World” star said on Monday’s episode of her “Pod Meets World” podcast that she has completed “active cancer treatment” following her announcement in August that she was diagnosed with DCIS, which stands for ductal carcinoma in situ

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rachel Accurso, better known as toddler-educator-of-the-internet Ms. Rachel, is bringing her popular YouTube series to Netflix. A four-episode season of Ms. Rachel’s videos that will include “interactive lessons that teach letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and more” will be available to stream on January 27, the streamer announced on Tuesday.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ben Stiller and his wife, actress Christine Taylor, are known to be one of Hollywood’s longest and happiest marriages, but that has not always been the case. In an interview with the New York Times, Stiller was asked about he and Taylor, who married in 2000, having split

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé is postponing an announcement she had previously teased to unveil on January 14, writing in a statement posted to her Instagram page that her decision to postpone was “due to the devastation caused by the ongoing wildfires around areas of Los Angeles.” “I continue to pray for healing

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jimmy Kimmel got emotional Monday night as he addressed the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. “As you know it has been a very scary, very stressful, very strange week here in LA, where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school,” Kimmel said with his

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch are friends who have stayed in touch since their series “Big Bang Theory” went off the air in 2019, but they have once again worked together. Bialik is playing an exaggerated version of herself on Tuesday’s episode of “Night Court,” which Rauch stars

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Singer Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson have announced their separation. Simpson said in a statement on Monday night that she and her husband of ten years have “been living separately” while “navigating a painful situation in our marriage.” “Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is