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By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: This article uses both person-first and identity-first language, in keeping with the latest conversations among autism communities and advocates.  It’s rare to see autism portrayed in media, and rarer still to see representation for adults with autism. The Netflix reality show “Love on the Spectrum,” based on

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — “Dune: Part Two” spiced up the box office with a $81.5 million opening weekend, becoming the biggest film, so far, of 2024. With success, often comes sequels — and in the case of “Dune,” director Denis Villeneuve has made it no secret that he hopes to complete his storytelling

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kristin Cavallari is 37 and dating a 24-year-old. Not that it should matter. The reality star and designer has addressed criticism she’s received since sharing that she is dating TikToker Mark Estes. Cavallari posted a video on social media of her playfully lip-syncing to a woman saying, “So

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Turns out Taylor Swift was spot on naming her forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The company Ancestry, which helps people trace their genealogy, has found evidence that Swift is distantly related to the famed poet Emily Dickinson. “We need to calm down…but how can we when we

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Bono paid tribute to women at U2’s final show at Las Vegas‘ Sphere venue this weekend. The band wrapped their Vegas residency that began in September with a weekend of performances that reportedly had some star-studded attendees. There was one person in attendance who Bono recognized before the

By Lianne Kolirin and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Bruce Willis’ wife has hit out at an online report that “there is no more joy” in her husband’s life. Emma Heming Willis said in a video posted to her Instagram profile on Sunday that she had been “clickbaited” by a headline “to do with my

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It’s been 10 years since Ellen DeGeneres broke X (then still Twitter) by posting an instantly iconic selfie packed with A-List actors during the 2014 Oscars telecast. DeGeneres managed to squeeze Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Spacey, Lupita Nyong’o

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sydney Sweeney is once and for all shutting down those rumors that she and her “Anyone But You” co-star Glen Powell are romantically involved. “The craziest rumor I’ve seen is that while I was filming ‘Anyone But You,’ I was having an affair with my co-star Glen Powell,” first-time

Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — Dean MacNeil couldn’t eat. Couldn’t sleep. He was on emotional autopilot because something “tore a hole in the soul of my family and me.” It was the summer of 1991, and MacNeil had taken a road trip from Connecticut to Vermont with his younger brother, Scott. They hiked,

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — England’s biggest night in music took place Saturday across the pond, and one international superstar received one the highest honors. Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue was honored at the Brit Awards in London with the global icon award, recognizing her nearly 40-year career in music. She was also nominated

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The Brit Awards – the top prize in music in the United Kingdom – unfolded in London on Saturday, and some of the biggest names from pop to rock from around the world are hoping to walk away with a statuette or three. The night belonged to English singer-songwriter

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — “Dune: Part Two” is landing in theaters this weekend, and the movie is already a promising franchise hit, with (to date) an impressive 94% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and an audience score one percentage point higher. After 2021’s first entry fared similarly well – and picked up a