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Essay by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — At the unveiling of Oprah Winfrey’s new portrait at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday, she recalled a story about her grandmother once instructing her to boil clothes outside to get them clean. The family was so poor they had no running water, and her grandmother said

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Actor and author Mayim Bialik will no longer host the long-running game show “Jeopardy!” she announced Friday in a social media post. Bialik said Sony, which produces the show, informed her that she will no longer host the “syndicated version of Jeopardy!” she wrote on Instagram. “I am incredibly

CNN By Josh Campbell and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — “Friends” star Matthew Perry died as a result of “acute effects of ketamine” and subsequent drowning, an autopsy report shows. The report, released Friday by the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office, shows Perry’s blood tested positive for ketamine, which is known to treat depression and

By Josh Campbell and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — “Friends” star Matthew Perry died as a result of “acute effects of ketamine” and subsequent drowning, an autopsy report shows. The report, released Friday by the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office, shows Perry’s blood tested positive for ketamine, which is known to treat depression and anxiety.

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Despite its big swings with series like “The Lord of the Rings,” some of Amazon’s clearest Prime Video successes have involved more meat-and-potato-type offerings, like “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” and “Reacher.” The latter returns for a second season that again casts Alan Ritchson as an appropriately hulking version

By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Whatever Tony McNamara made from “Poor Things,” his son deserves a cut of dad’s check. The Oscar-nominated screenwriter’s uproarious, frequently filthy adaptation of Alastair Gray’s novel about Bella Baxter, a deceased woman reanimated with the brain of an unborn child, is not short of quotable lines. But it’s hard

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Devoted fans of classic anime series “Yu Yu Hakusho” now have a five-episode live-action adaptation. The Netflix series stays close to the story of Yusuke and his friends, but also features an extensive cast of characters. Takumi Kitamura stars as the teenage Yusuke. Sei Shiraishi plays Yusuke’s best friend

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — We will never know what Timothée Chalamet would have been like in “Barbie.” The “Wonka” star talked about a cameo that never was during a recent appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Chalamet confirmed the rumor that there had been discussions about him making a brief

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The great thing about animation is characters don’t age (just ask Bart Simpson), which allows Aardman Studios to hatch the sequel “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” 23 years after its rightfully admired predecessor. If only the movie lived up to its witty title, in a Netflix film

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — To quote a famous rap song, Eddie Murphy is going going, back back, to Cali Cali. The teaser trailer for “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” is out and Murphy has reprised his role as detective Axel Foley in the fourth film in the franchise. “Detective Axel Foley (Eddie

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — Sharon Osbourne has said that having cosmetic surgery on her face was “the worst thing I ever did.” Osbourne, the British-born former “America’s Got Talent” judge, who is married to Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne, has had facelifts, Botox, fillers, “lifts” to her legs and arms, a tummy tuck