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By Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Miles Caton was prepping for his first-ever movie role when the film’s director Ryan Coogler sent him a playlist of essential blues music. “It had the greats on there — Charley Patton, Buddy Guy, B.B. King — so I just started to listen to that for the first couple

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There’s a new Ozzy Osbourne. Jack Osbourne, son of the late rocker, has announced that his newborn daughter has been named after his dad. “Introducing Ozzy Matilda Osbourne,” reads the caption on an Instagram video showing the new baby. She is the second child of Osbourne and his

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Two Oscar-nominated Iranian films will have a moment on the global stage at Sunday’s Academy Awards as Hollywood contends with how to address a fraught political reality on a night often seen as a celebration of escapism. The films, documentary feature “Cutting Through Rocks” and best international

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — With both the Seattle Opera and the Music Center in Los Angeles announcing they launched discount codes like “TIMOTHEE” and “CHALAMET” for their upcoming fine arts performances, an undeniable question is begging to be answered: How in the world did we get here? Between Timothée Chalamet’s now totally out-of-control

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ivanna Ortiz, the 35-year-old woman criminally charged after “trying to kill” singer Rihanna, made her first court appearance Monday, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Ortiz was arrested Sunday after allegedly firing a semiautomatic weapon at Rihanna’s LA home. Ortiz is facing

By Lisa Respers France, Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — Meghan Markle and Netflix are ending their partnership on her lifestyle brand. The artist also known as the Duchess of Sussex developed her As Ever brand with the streaming giant, launching last year with her Netflix series “With Love, Meghan.” The brand has grown to include

By Sam Peters, CNN (CNN) — Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling made their first official appearance together in public in more than a decade on Thursday night, when the “Barbie” star surprised his partner for her 52nd birthday. Gosling had Mendes brought onstage during the filming of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” so that

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — In the course of its rapid rise, horny hockey show “Heated Rivalry” has escaped the criticism lobbed at many other sex-forward shows to become television’s naughty North Star. But how? Tyler McCall, a journalist and novelist whose erotic fiction turns on the heat for users of the audio app

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It is an irrefutable truth: the Internet loves cat videos. Now, a pair of well-known personalities have taken it upon themselves to publicly oppose the felines that inspire all those adorable and zany clips, issuing statements that have clearly elicited, er, catty responses. On Monday, Doechii chose violence on

CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — With the Academy Awards right around the corner, it’s difficult to find another year when the race was this wide open, this late in the game. The Golden Globes, Critics Choice, BAFTA and Actor (formerly SAG) Awards are now firmly in the rearview mirror, and while some elements

CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — With the Academy Awards right around the corner, it’s difficult to find another year when the race was this wide open, this late in the game. The Golden Globes, Critics Choice, BAFTA and Actor (formerly SAG) Awards are now firmly in the rearview mirror, and while some elements

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — David and Victoria Beckham have both posted birthday messages to their estranged son, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, extending what appears to be an olive branch amid a very public feud. The couple took to Instagram to wish Peltz Beckham well, both posting the same image of themselves in a

By Dan Heching, CNN With the Academy Awards right around the corner, it’s difficult to find another year when the race was this wide open, this late in the game. The Golden Globes, Critics Choice, BAFTA and Actor (formerly SAG) Awards are now firmly in the rearview mirror, and while some elements have come into

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jim Carrey’s representative wants you to know that was absolutely the actor making an appearance at an awards show in France last week. “Jim Carrey attended the César Awards, where he accepted his Honorary César Award,” Marleah Leslie told CNN. Why the fuss? Photos and video of Carrey

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Actors Zendaya and Tom Holland have tied the knot at a secret wedding ceremony, according to Zendaya’s stylist, Law Roach. Speaking on the red carpet at the 2026 SAG Actor Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Roach told media outlet Access Hollywood that “the wedding has already happened.” “You

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The show formerly known as the SAG Awards took place on Sunday. Now, it’s a nonstop rush to the Academy Awards on March 15. “Sinners,” which had five nods going into the evening, walked away with two top trophies. One was for Michael B. Jordan, who pulled double duty

By Dan Heching, Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — US women’s hockey team gold medalists Megan Keller and Hilary Knight skated by some ongoing drama related to the US men’s hockey team when they appeared on the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live.” The episode, hosted by “Heated Rivalry” star Connor Storrie, took place days after

By The Associated Press Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright melodies made him a top act in the early years of rock ‘n’ roll and led to a second run of success in the 1970s, has died. Sedaka, whose hits included “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” and “Laughter in the

By Kyung Lah, Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — Singer d4vd has been named as the “target” in a murder investigation surrounding the death and mutilation of a 14-year-old girl. d4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, “may be involved in having committed the following criminal offenses against the laws of the State of California, to

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood star Christina Applegate has said that she spends a lot of time in bed now because of her multiple sclerosis (MS). In 2021, the “Dead to Me” actress revealed that she had been diagnosed with MS. Two years later, she told Vanity Fair that she was unlikely to

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — When director Ryan Coogler called Raphael Saadiq to run him through the script of “Sinners,” the celebrated R&B singer and songwriter knew the song he wanted to write before he hung up the phone. Saadiq felt guided, picked up a guitar and a few hours later, he and

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Oliver “Power” Grant, a music producer who closely collaborated with the Wu-Tang Clan, has died aged 52. His passing was announced by the legendary hip-hop group on social media, although no further details of his death were given. The group’s Instagram post on Wednesday simply stated: “Rest in Power,

By Isa Cardona, CNN Bogotá, Colombia (CNN) — Music cuts and restarts inside a dance studio in the country’s capital, as dancers count out loud, refining precise transitions late into the night. V14 is one of many dance studios in the city known for training urban styles like Reggaeton. But tonight, the choreography filling the

By Radhika Marya, CNN (CNN) — For Donald Faison, stepping back into the shoes of Turk — the lovable surgeon who for about a decade was one half of the zaniest bromance on television — was like riding a bike. “By the time I got to the end of the block, I’m already doing wheelies

By Hanna Park, Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Robert Carradine, known for his roles in “The Long Riders,” “Revenge of the Nerds” and the television series “Lizzie McGuire,” has died at 71, his management company told CNN. “It is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother Robert

By Alli Rosenbloom, Nick Watt, CNN (CNN) — Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of his parents, famed director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday. Reiner waived his right to a speedy preliminary

By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — It was the clip heard around the world after Sunday night’s BAFTA ceremony in London — a man yelling the n-word as two celebrated Black actors, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, presented an award on stage. The man was John Davidson, the subject of the British indie film

By Thomas Page, Dan Heching, CNN London (CNN) — The battle for Britain’s biggest film award was won. The BAFTA Film Awards crowned Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” the top film of the year, possibly giving those sizing up the race for the upcoming Academy Awards some indication of how Oscars voters could