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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in several years, festival season will welcome back shirt-optional crowd-pleaser, Justin Bieber. His Coachella performance this weekend will mark an important moment in his slow-walked return to the stage following a turbulent few years marked by health struggles and cancelled tours, as well as bright

By Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown, CNN New York (CNN) — A panel of federal appellate judges on Thursday grilled US prosecutors and lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs over the validity of his 50-month prison sentence for his conviction on prostitution-related charges. Combs’ lawyers are seeking the music mogul’s release from prison, arguing his trial judge

Stephanie Goldberg, CNN (CNN) — Lately, Lifetime has been looking a little different. No, the network hasn’t traded in the made-for-TV love stories that first charmed the network’s loyal female viewers. It has, however, adopted a new slew of original programming designed to help Lifetime stay competitive in the age of reality TV. To that

By Jack Guy and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Organizers of a popular London music festival say it has been canceled after the headliner, Kanye West, was blocked from traveling to the United Kingdom. The announcement that West, who is known as Ye, would headline the three-day Wireless Festival had sparked criticism from Jewish groups

By Diego Mendoza, Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The rapper Offset was hospitalized after being shot Monday evening near a casino in Florida, according to his representative, who said he is in stable condition. Offset, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, was formerly married to Cardi B, with whom he has three children,

By Elex Michaelson, CNN (CNN) — TMZ’s founder Harvey Levin knows what the people want to see. Usually, that’s celebrity drama and misbehavior by athletes. As the site flooded the internet this week with photos of lawmakers on vacation while Congress is in recess in the middle of a punishing partial government shutdown, it was

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A former guitarist of the Grammy-winning rock band Turnstile has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and assault after he allegedly struck the father of the group’s lead vocalist with his car in suburban Maryland, authorities said. Brady Ebert, 33, a founding member of the Baltimore band, was arrested

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge tossed out Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against her “It Ends With Us” director Justin Baldoni, roughly a month before the high-stakes trial was set to begin. The judge threw out 10 of the 13 claims in Lively’s lawsuit, leaving only three claims against defendants that

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — No one would blame Prince and Bruce Springsteen if they had been rivals. In 1984, they were two giants vying for one musical throne. In August of that year, Prince’s “Purple Rain” knocked Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” from the top of the charts. But rivalry never took

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Celine Dion, who was previously sidelined from performing due to a rare neurological disorder, has announced a series of concerts that will bring her back to the stage. Making good on rampant speculation, Dion is set to perform 10 concerts in Paris, according to an announcement shared Monday

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — On a weekend when millions of Americans took to the streets to say no to “kings,” an intimate, star-studded crowd in Hollywood showed up in support of a “Sir.” Stevie Nicks, Taylor Swift, Margot Robbie, Billie Eilish and Ringo Starr were among those who gathered to hear Paul McCartney

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Throughout an almost two-decade writing career, Rufi Thorpe had written three books. The third and most acclaimed one, “The Knockout Queen,” was optioned for the screen in what she called a “normal way,” by one company trying to make it into a movie. Then she wrote her fourth novel,

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — One Taylor Lautner … two Taylor Lautner … three! Taylor Lautner and his wife, also called Taylor, are expecting their first child. “What’s better than two Taylor Lautners?” the couple playfully asked in a joint Instagram post Thursday –– and from the pictures, the answer is obvious. The carousel

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The Academy Awards will soon have a new home, one that doesn’t also include an attached shopping center. In 2029, the Oscars will move from the Dolby Theater in the heart of Hollywood to the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live, a sprawling tourist hub in Downtown Los Angeles, the

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — The boy who lived will rise again on Christmas Day 2026 as HBO Max reboots the tale of orphaned wizard Harry Potter in an eight-episode opening series bearing the name of the original novel: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” And in case you’ve been living in a cupboard

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — FX’s “Love Story” — the Ryan Murphy-produced show that revisits the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy — concludes this week with the episode that won’t be easy to watch, even if everyone knew it was coming. The nine-episode series began by teeing up the

By Sofía Hanalei Sanchez New York (CNN) — On a cool, wintry afternoon in early March, a crowd of people streamed towards New York’s Washington Square Park for a Miley Cyrus lookalike contest. Many in the audience were die-hard Hannah Montana fans, including Iranian-American cousins, Sophia, 23, and Ariana Parizadeh, 22. Growing up the children

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — As a culture, we are nosy. That’s why tabloid culture — both in its grocery store checkout aisle and online forms —thrives, especially when it involves celebrities behaving badly. But it’s one thing to read about an incident and another to see it. An incident with Justin Timberlake

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Television relationship coach Mel Schilling, who starred in the Australian and British series of “Married at First Sight,” has died aged 54. Schilling was diagnosed with colon cancer in December 2023 and said earlier this month that the disease had spread to her brain. “Melanie Jane Brisbane-Schilling passed away

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — “The Comeback” was by no means the first series to hold a funhouse mirror up to the entertainment industry, but the comedy starring co-creator Lisa Kudrow, which returns for its final season on Sunday, has certainly always done it in its own navel-gazing yet endearing way. As eternally optimistic

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Nicholas Brendon, who played the character of Xander in the hit ’90s TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” has died. He was 54. The news was confirmed in a post on Brendon’s verified Instagram on Friday. It said the actor died in his sleep of natural causes. “Most people

CNN By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Chuck Norris, veteran, martial arts world champion, action hero and early 2000s Internet meme inspiration, whose rugged demeanor was immortalized on hit show “Walker, Texas Ranger,” has died. He was 86. “It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Chuck Norris, veteran, martial arts world champion, action hero and early 2000s Internet meme inspiration, whose rugged demeanor was immortalized on hit show “Walker, Texas Ranger,” has died. He was 86. “It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday

CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Picking Taylor Frankie Paul to be the next star of “The Bachelorette” was always a spicy choice. The reality star’s tribulations in life and love, including a violent incident with a former boyfriend for which she faced charges, were central to the plot of the other reality

CNN By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — The rapper Afroman did not defame seven sheriff’s deputies or invade their privacy when he put out a series of catchy, flamboyantly insulting music videos about them after they raided his home in 2022, an Adams County, Ohio jury ruled on Wednesday. In a three-day trial that pitted

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Picking Taylor Frankie Paul to be the next star of “The Bachelorette” was always a spicy choice. The reality star’s tribulations in life and love, including a violent incident with a former boyfriend for which she faced charges, were central to the plot of the other reality show

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — The rapper Afroman did not defame seven sheriff’s deputies or invade their privacy when he put out a series of catchy, flamboyantly insulting music videos about them after they raided his home in 2022, an Adams County, Ohio jury ruled on Wednesday. In a three-day trial that pitted two

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Sean Penn finally got his hands on his third Oscar… sort of. The “One Battle After Another” star, who was a no-show at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday when he won the best supporting actor Oscar for that film, was seen in a video published on