By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship is over. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny terminated the court-ordered arrangement during a hearing on Friday. Addressing the court, Spears’ attorney Matthew Rosengart said a “safety net” is in place for the singer’s finances and personal care. “The time has come today to end
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By Megan Thomas, CNN Winter, an injured dolphin who learned to swim with a prosthetic tail and whose story served as the inspiration for two heartwarming films, died Thursday, according to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, where she resided. “Animal care experts from around the country worked to treat her gastrointestinal abnormality. The CMA family is
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By Sara Spary, CNN It’s the moment “Sex and the City” fans have been waiting for — a date for the return of Carrie and friends, 17 years after the original show ended. In a teaser-trailer released Friday, streaming service HBO Max announced that the new 10-part spinoff series “And Just Like That…” will debut
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Waylon Smithers Jr, the loyal assistant to cantankerous billionaire Montgomery Burns, will finally find love in a landmark episode of “The Simpsons.” The character, who came out in a 2016 episode of the animated Fox series, will be at the center of a gay romance storyline in an episode set to
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The House of Mouse is celebrating the second birthday of Disney+. In lieu of a slice of sheet cake — though, Mmmm, cake — the streaming service on Friday released logos, trailers and release dates for a number of highly anticipated TV and film projects. Here’s a look at what’s coming
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Britney Spears’ 13-year court-ordered conservatorship may finally end on Friday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny is expected to answer Spears’ request to terminate her conservatorship at an afternoon court hearing. The court date comes a little over a month since Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, was suspended as the
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Paris Hilton is a married woman. The media personality and heiress tied the knot with fiancé Carter Reum on Thursday in a lavish ceremony at a private estate in Los Angeles, People reported. On Friday morning — in her first Instagram post as a wife — Hilton shared a shot of
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By Brian Lowry, CNN There’s a long history of comedic actors — cinematic clowns, for lack of a better term — yearning to get serious. Through the years Bill Murray, Robin Williams and others all took on dramatic movie roles, in sometimes-jarring fashion for their fans. Streaming, however, seemingly represents an ideal venue when it
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Oscar Holland, CNN and Ben Wedeman, CNN At a museum in Brescia, northern Italy, Shanghai-born artist Badiucao is making final adjustments to an exhibition that has enraged Chinese officials. Images of President Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh — a tongue-in-cheek comparison now widely censored on Chinese social media — hang alongside a tribute to
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN and Ben Wedeman, CNN At a museum in Brescia, northern Italy, Shanghai-born artist Badiucao is making final adjustments to an exhibition that has enraged Chinese officials. Images of President Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh — a tongue-in-cheek comparison now widely censored on Chinese social media — hang alongside a tribute to
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN It’s official. Taylor Swift has unlocked the vault. On Friday, the Grammy award-winning singer unveiled “Red (Taylor’s Version),” a rerecording of her acclaimed 2012 album “Red,” as part of her ongoing mission to regain ownership of her early music. While the original album was 16 tracks, “Red (Taylor’s Version)” is an
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By Marianne Garvey Paul Rudd is objectively cute. He’s funny. He’s a family man. He is charitable. But … sexy? People magazine’s selection of Rudd as this year’s Sexiest Man Alive came as a surprise to some, including Rudd, according to Dan Wakeford, the Editor-in-Chief of People, who said the actor was “baffled” by the
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Home Sweet Home Alone” is a very odd duck — a movie that basically replicates the three-decades-old “Home Alone” template, but in a way that feels slightly weird and ill-conceived. Dropping on Disney+ in connection with the streaming service’s two-year anniversary, it’s a reminder that not all well-known intellectual property
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jerry Douglas, best known for his role as family patriarch John Abbott on the CBS soap opera “The Young and the Restless,” has died. He was 88. Douglas was beloved on the soap as the chairman of Jabot Cosmetics, a role he began in 1982. John Abbott, along with his
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN There was a time not long ago when comedian Gary Gulman couldn’t get out of bed. Now he’s headlining Carnegie Hall. Gulman’s had quite a journey through the depths of crippling depression to a new 90-minute show, “Born On 3rd Base,” which he will perform at Carnegie on November 13 as
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN CBS has offered up a first look at their “Adele One Night Only” special. In it, the British singer sits down with Oprah Winfrey to talk about her life and new music. “I invite you to join me for one night only,” Adele says to the camera. With her highly
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Adele might be the queen of speaking truth to our heartbreaks, but it was her role in bringing two people together that stole the show during her Sunday night CBS special. The set up was this: A man reached out to what he believed was a show — but it was
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By Marianne Garvey Chris Stapleton had a strong night at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday, winning six awards including song and album of the year. The singer also won single of the year for “Starting Over” off his album of the same name and trophies for being a producer on both the single and
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN It was a special night for T.J. Osborne. He and his brother John perform as the Brothers Osborne and won vocal duo of the year at the 2021 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. It was their fourth time taking home that trophy. T.J. Osborne, who publicly shared for the first
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN It’s set to be one of the largest private residence yachts in the world when it launches in 2024, but what does a luxury apartment on board the 728 foot Somnio actually look like? Interior renderings of the $600 million vessel have just been unveiled, offering a glimpse inside what’s being described
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