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By Lisa Respers France, CNN The countdown to Beyoncé’s new album just got more exciting. She shared a track list on Wednesday for “Renaissance,” her upcoming album, on her Instastories. The group of 16 songs includes her already released single “Break My Soul,” as well as “Alien Superstar,” “Move,” “Virgo’s Groove,” “America Has a Problem”

By Scottie Andrew, CNN This year’s crop of Kennedy Center honorees includes a former Batman, several members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and a Pulitzer Prize winner. George Clooney, U2 and the Cuban-American composer Tania León are Kennedy Center honorees this year, the arts organization announced Thursday. Rounding out the 2022 inductees

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” marked such a thrilling directing debut that the pretty-good things he’s done in the five years since, including “Us” and a full plate of TV shows, have felt somewhat less exciting by comparison. “Nope,” another monosyllabic title, initially seems destined to buck that trend, but turns

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Hours before Dave Chappelle was set to hit the stage in Minneapolis, the venue canceled the sold-out show. First Avenue, well known as the venue featured in Prince’s 1984 film “Purple Rain,” declined to host Chappelle’s comedy show after backlash over comments in some of his previous Netflix specials that

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Extreme heat in Europe has caused famed rock band Pearl Jam to cancel its concert in Vienna on Wednesday night. The band told fans on Instagram that lead singer Eddie Vedder’s throat was “damaged” at his last show outside Paris due to heat, dust and smoke from nearby fires. “To all

By Leah Asmelash, CNN From the Winter Olympics to Tom Brady’s unretirement, it’s been a wild year in sports. And this year’s ESPYS will highlight just that. The ESPYS, ESPN’s annual awards show celebrating the year in sports, is set to air Wednesday night. Here’s everything you need to know about the show. Steph Curry

By Chloe Melas, CNN Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart are always keeping us laughing. Johnson posted a video to his Instagram of the two stars doing a “tortilla challenge,” a TikTok trend that involves two individuals slapping each other across the face with a tortilla while trying not to spit out a mouthful

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nolan Neal, who won a standing ovation on “America’s Got Talent” with a song he wrote about getting sober, has died, according to multiple media reports and tweets from “The Voice,” on which he also performed. He was 41. The Nashville native appeared as a contestant on Season 10 of

By Marianne Garvey The first trailer for “Halloween Ends” is here. The movie is the third and final installment in the “Halloween” sequel-trilogy. Jamie Lee Curtis’ resumes her character Laurie Strode from 1978 original and once again faces off with villain Michael Myers, telling him “Come on, let’s go,” before they end up in a

By Marianne Garvey Three years after suing Netflix, Mo’Nique is airing a special on the streamer. “Thrilled to announce that Netflix is the home for the next original stand-up special from the groundbreaking, trailblazing, and iconic Mo’Nique!” Netflix tweeted Tuesday. In a video with the tweet, Mo’Nique said, “Can y’all believe this s—?” I done

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN There’s an understandably strong sentimental streak running through “Dickie V.,” a documentary tribute to ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, as he deals with his mortality after being sidelined by cancer. Yet the lack of depth about Vitale’s influence over how college basketball is covered, to use his parlance, prevents this from

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Justin Bieber will be resuming his tour after being diagnosed with an illness which left him with partial facial paralysis. “Justin Bieber RESUMES WORLD TOUR!!!” AEG Presents UK tweeted Monday. “Starting a run of European festivals in Italy on 31st July, then continue across South America, South Africa, The Middle

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bruce Willis revisited the site of one of his most famous films. The actor’s wife, Emma Heming Willis, posted a video on her verified Instagram account recently that showed her husband visiting Fox Plaza in Los Angeles, which was the setting for Nakatomi Plaza in his now iconic 1988 film,

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jon Hamm would like to introduce everyone to the “Hamm Slamm.” Get your mind out of the gutter. Ahead of the MLB All-Star Game, the “Mad Men” star stepped in as a field reporter and spoke to some of baseball’s biggest names about their favorite nicknames for a home run —

By Yenny Sanchez, CNN The emerging queen of broadcast comedy is set to play the former queen of daytime. “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson is slated to take on the role of Oprah Winfrey in The Roku Channel’s highly anticipated biopic “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” starring Daniel Radcliffe as the musician parodist.

By Marianne Garvey Sometimes singing competition shows get right, other times they pass on Maren Morris. “The Middle” singer was just 17 when she auditioned for “American Idol” in August 2007. Though Morris didn’t get past the audition round, her mom, Kellie, saved her ticket — then found it years later. “My mom found my

By Mark Morales A 31-year-old man who was working for the production crew of the NBC show “Law & Order: Organized Crime” was shot and killed as he saved parking spots early Tuesday morning, New York City police said. The victim, who was contracted to do parking enforcement for the production company and has not

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Harry Styles inspires more questions than he does easy answers. Questions like: How does one make the leap from boy band stud to formidable solo artist, or successfully style sweater vests and high-waisted trousers? And what, exactly, is the true meaning of “watermelon sugar”? We may never get the answers from

By Marianne Garvey Drew Barrymore is in a real life rom-com with the rain. The talk show host took to Instagram with a video of herself running outside into a rain shower and enjoying every second of it. “Whenever you can, go out into the rain!” she shouted, while getting drenched outside. “Do not miss

By Marianne Garvey Chelsea Handler and Jo Koy are taking a break from their relationship. Handler, who had been noticeably absent from Koy’s Instagram feed lately, wrote on her own Instagram account Monday that the two are taking a break. She also shared video that the two had planned to post on their upcoming one-year

By Lisa Respers France, CNN From the looks of it, David Hasselhoff’s 70th birthday celebration went swimmingly. Hasselhoff shared a video on Instagram Monday in which guests sang happy happy birthday to him at a celebration. Some of his former “Baywatch” costars, including David Chokachi, Jeremy Jackson, Kelly Packard and Parker Stevenson, were in attendance.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Alex Rodriguez sounds like he has no hard feelings when it comes to his split from Jennifer Lopez. Days before Lopez married Ben Affleck in Las Vegas, an episode of “The Martha Stewart Podcast” featuring Rodriguez was released. The former baseball player was asked about his former relationship with Lopez,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Limp Bizkit will not be kicking off the UK and European leg of their “Still Sucks” tour. Frontman Fred Durst and the band posted a note on their verified Instagram account. “For personal health concerns and based on medical advice given by my personal physician to take an immediate break

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s the end of “Desus & Mero.” Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, the duo behind the Showtime late-night series, announced on Twitter that they will be “pursuing separate creative endeavors moving forward” and ending their series. A Showtime spokesperson confirmed the news that “Desus & Mero” would not be returning

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Marcus Mumford has teamed up with a film legend for the music video to his powerful new single, “Cannibal.” According to Mumford, lead singer of British rock band Mumford & Sons, the video was filmed on July 3 in a high school gym in New York. “I’ve been overwhelmed by the

By Leah Asmelash, CNN Pink’s new song, “Irrelevant,” is a protest song for the times. The singer teased the new track last week, writing “Woke up. Got heated. Wrote song. Coming soon.” On Monday, the music video for the “Irrelevant” dropped — a four-minute indictment against some of the most pressing issues facing the country.

By Scottie Andrew, CNN From the moment it was announced that Beanie Feldstein would lead “Funny Girl” in its first Broadway revival, many theater fans wondered: How would Lea Michele take the news? Michele, a Broadway veteran known for starring on “Glee,” has been publicly angling for the role of comic heroine Fanny Brice for

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Emilia Clarke says she had “the most excruciating pain” after suffering two brain aneurysms, but is grateful for both her recovery and for working on “Game of Thrones” at the time. “It was incredibly helpful to have ‘Game of Thrones’ sweep me up and give me that purpose,” she said