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By Elizabeth Joseph and Alaa Elassar, CNN Kool & the Gang co-founder Dennis Thomas, often referred to as “Dee Tee,” has died. He was 70 years old. Thomas passed away in his sleep in New Jersey on Saturday, according to a statement posted to the Grammy Award-winning band’s verified Facebook page. Born in Orlando, Florida,

By Dakin Andone, CNN Guns N’ Roses fans are finally getting treated to new music after 13 years. The legendary rockers released their new song “Absurd” this week, writing in a tweet early Friday morning, “New. Fn. Song.” The tweet included a video of what appears to be a computer-generated Medusa with a snippet of

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s the end of another week, end of another Olympics and the end of my hopes of becoming the next “Jeopardy” host (Although, I never had any chance because I’m a woman and a person of color. Bazinga.) With all these endings, let’s start something. How about this week’s TV OT?

Alyssa Kraus, CNN The Olympics are winding down this weekend, with the closing ceremony on Sunday. However, several events are still in full swing, with medals being awarded in baseball, basketball, football and more on Saturday. Here are some events you won’t want to miss on Saturday. Remember, Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of US

By Chloe Melas and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Britney Spears’s father, Jamie Spears, rejected the assertion that he should be removed as conservator of his daughter’s estate and cited a recent “plea for help” regarding his daughter’s mental health, according to a new court filing obtained by CNN. The singer’s newly hired attorney, Mathew Rosengart, filed

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The season finale of Apple TV+’s “Physical” brought to a, erm, climax a story that began as a tale about an unfulfilled housewife (Rose Byrne) in the ’80s and concluded with a woman set free. Well, she’s at least starting to set herself free. In the episode, which began streaming Friday,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor are bringing back that warrior princess feeling. The pair, who co-starred in the ’90s series ‘Xena: Warrior Princess,” have reunited in the Acorn TV series “My Life is Murder.” Set in New Zealand, it stars Lawless as retired detective Alexa Crowe, who gets back to

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Britney Spears has cause for celebration — she’s finally the proud owner of an iPad, calling it “a ground-breaking day.” The 39-year-old singer took to Instagram on Thursday to share her unbridled excitement at her new purchase. She told her 32.9 million followers: “My life does seem different with an iPad…

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Aniston stirred some feelings when she recently said she has “lost a few people in my weekly routine who have refused or did not disclose” whether they had been vaccinated against Covid-19. Aniston made the remark to In Style, and almost immediately folks on social media were offering their

By Marianne Garvey, CNN An arrest has been made in the hit and run incident that led to death of “Gone Girl” actress Lisa Banes in June. The NYPD announced that Brian Boyd, 26, was arrested Thursday. Possible charges include leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and failure to yield to a

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The Weeknd has released the video for his new single “Take My Breath.” The video features The Weeknd partying at a rave, where he meets a mysterious woman with an oxygen tank. She gives The Weeknd hits of oxygen before eventually choking him with her braid and dragging him along a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kanye West hosted another listening event in Atlanta for his “Donda” album, but there was more chatter about his personal life than music. It was the second time West held a listening party at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium where he’s been staying as he completes the album named for his late

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Taylor Swift is hinting at the music and collaborators on the long-awaited re-release of “Red.” On Thursday, the singer shared a mysterious video of a vault, opening it to re-recorded tracks from her 2012 album. In the 30-second video, scrambled words appear on the screen, which had fans guessing who will

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Annette” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, buoyed by the intriguing tandem of Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard in an original musical. The resulting movie, however, hits the wrong notes, repeating mundane lyrics without uttering the words that keep coming to mind, which are “precious” and “pretentious.” French director Leos

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN In “Mr. Corman,” it’s Apple that gets a teacher, although it’s a decidedly bittersweet one. Three little words explain Apple TV+’s interest in “Mr. Corman,” and those are Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who created, produces, writes, directs, stars and even performs music in this melancholy series, elevating a concept that looks at

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN From “Full Metal Jacket” in the ’80s to “Mean Girls” in the ’00s, Asian and Pacific Islander women have historically been exoticized and hypersexualized in Hollywood — and the problem lingers today. Female Asian and Pacific Islander characters are more likely than female characters of any other race to be objectified

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Ellen Burstyn is set to guest star in the upcoming season of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” on NBC. The actress will reprise her role as Bernadette Stabler, the widow of Joseph Stabler and mother of Detective Elliot Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni. Burstyn won an Emmy for the role in