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By Chloe Melas In the moments following Will Smith’s stunning on-stage slap of Chris Rock during Sunday’s Oscars telecast, members of the Academy of Motion Picture and Arts and Sciences leadership “firmly asked” Will Smith’s publicist for the actor to leave the ceremony, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Smith “was firmly

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The Razzies, a tongue-in-cheek award show that hands out honors to the worst cinema of the year, has rescinded its prize for Bruce Willis after the actor’s family revealed he is struggling with aphasia, a medical condition that affects his cognitive abilities. “After much thought and consideration, the Razzies have made

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN There’s a new furry friend in the neighborhood. Ameera, the latest Muppet character from the team at Sesame Workshop, will soon make her debut on the new season of “Ahlan Simsim,” the version of “Sesame Street” that airs in the Middle East and North Africa. A born leader, Ameera is 8

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Many know Chris Pine as the blue-eyed, Captain Kirk-portraying member of the Hollywood Chrises (other members: Evans, Hemsworth, Pratt). A partygoer at an Oscars shindig over the weekend knew him as … Joey Lawrence? Pine, in a Wednesday appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” recounted to Kimmel that after the partygoer mistook

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Joseph Patel, one of the producers behind Oscar-winning documentary “Summer of Soul,” has spoken out about the slapping incident for the first time, calling Will Smith’s actions “selfish” and admonishing Chris Rock for comments he made when awarding the film. In a now-deleted Twitter thread, Patel — who, along with Ahmir

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bruce Willis and his family shared some personal news this week and his daughter Scout felt the supportive response. On Wednesday, his family announced that Willis is stepping away from his career because he has aphasia, which is affecting his cognitive abilities. Aphasia hinders a person’s ability to communicate, making

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Devotees of all things Westeros, our long night of pining after the new “Game of Thrones” series is nearly over — “House of the Dragon” is finally hatching this summer. The highly anticipated prequel to HBO’s fantasy megahit will premiere August 21, the network announced this week, after months of teasing

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Deeply personal in a way that should resonate with anyone who lived through the era (and maybe few others), Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood” captures the infinite possibilities the space program conjured and the quirks associated with growing up in the 1960s, though not really in

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN As Marvel movies go, “Morbius” is more a sip than a gulp, a relatively small-boned Jekyll-and-Hyde tale that moves another Spider-Man villain into the spotlight. Significantly better than “Venom” but still somewhat lacking in bite, this origin story perhaps inevitably grows more pallid toward the end but until then proves

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Machine Gun Kelly has shared his experience hanging out with Taylor Hawkins days before the Foo Fighters drummer tragically passed. Hawkins died while on tour in South America with the band. He was 50. Kelly told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show that he and his band were on the

By Faith Karimi, CNN As Covid cases decline and the world reopens, Michelle Zauner is having a moment. Her indie rock band, Japanese Breakfast, has been nominated for two Grammys — best new artist and best alternative music album for last year’s “Jubilee.” Her bestselling 2021 memoir, “Crying in H Mart,” is being turned into