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Will Smith is pictured here in 1997's 'Men in Black.'

Will Smith says Steven Spielberg ‘sent a helicopter’ to convince him to star in ‘Men in Black’

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Steven Spielberg went to great lengths to convince an initially apprehensive Will Smith to star in the 1997 sci-fi blockbuster “Men in Black.” Appearing on Kevin Hart’s Peacock show “Hart to Hart” on Thursday, Smith said that Spielberg “sent a helicopter for me… to talk,” in order to convince

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Joe Locke and Kit Connor in season 2 of the Netflix series "Heartstopper."

How ‘Heartstopper’ became the anti-’Euphoria’ with its tender coming-of-age tone

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Nothing particularly dramatic happens during “Heartstopper,” the British teen drama that returns for its second season this week. And that alone, oddly, makes the show – which the San Francisco Chronicle rightly dubbed “the anti-‘Euphoria’” – feel somehow revolutionary, even more so a year after its US debut.

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George Clooney (left) and Meryl Streep are seen here in a split image.

George Clooney, Meryl Streep among ‘highest-earning’ actors donating to SAG emergency fund during strike

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — George Clooney and Meryl Streep have made significant donations to the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) emergency fund as the actors’ strike continues. A news release on Wednesday stated that with the help of “some of Hollywood’s top-earning stars,” the SAG-AFTRA Foundation has raised

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