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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Cannon sampled a song from his ex-wife Mariah Carey’s in his new single, “Alone” and says people are reading into that. On his daytime talk show Wednesday, Cannon responded to reports that he was using the song in an effort to win Carey back. “Alone” features a sample from

By Lisa Respers France, CNN It was all good in the hood during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, according to Dr. Dre The uber producer, who performed along with Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar Sunday, told TMZ there was no problem with Eminem taking a knee during the show. The gesture

By Marianne Garvey Verzuz will still be free to watch after backlash over plans to add a paywall to view the live-streaming “battles” between recording artists. The streams are competing performances by pairs of legendary artists in Hip-Hop and R&B. It became popular during the pandemic. Swizz Beatz and Timbaland produce the battles. After Verzuz

By Lisa Respers France, CNN As municipalities around the country begin to relax their Covid-19 mandates, Coachella and Stagecoach have announced that they are dropping vaccination and mask requirements for concert goers. The two music festivals, which are held outside, will no longer require the Covid-19 safety requirements, including testing. “As we prepare to spend

By Lisa Respers France, CNN “Teen Wolf” is getting the pack back together. Paramount (formerly ViacomCBS) has announced the first joint production from MTV Entertainment Studios and MGM’s Orion Television will be a full-length “Teen Wolf” movie. The film will air on Paramount+ and will reunite original cast members Tyler Posey, Holland Roden, Shelley Hennig

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN A superstar origin story, “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” is the product of an extraordinary bet made nearly a quarter-century ago: that young, then-fledgling music producer Kanye West would become a Grammy-winning headliner. Yet that front-row view of West’s meteoric rise in the first two parts of this docu-trilogy then gives

By Amy Simonson, Aya Elamroussi, Tina Burnside and Kate Conerly, CNN A Florida judge on Wednesday granted a temporary injunction blocking the release of additional records related to the death investigation of actor and comedian Bob Saget. The judge’s decision comes after Saget’s family filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block the release of certain records, citing

By Marianne Garvey When Brittney Johnson floated on stage in a magic bubble Monday night, she got a standing ovation. Johnson also got a two-minute ovation at the close off the show. As the full-time Glinda in the Broadway musical “Wicked,” Johnson made history on Monday as the first Black woman to play the lead

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kanye West is all over the headlines right now. Between his (now mostly deleted) social media posts about estranged wife, Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend, “SNL” star Pete Davidson, to the end of his brief relationship with actress Julia Fox and his forthcoming “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” coming to Netflix,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN “The Sopranos” went off the air in 2007, but people are still debating the ending. Which is one of the reasons why people were happy to see Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who played Meadow Soprano on the drama, recreate the show’s opening credits sequence in a Super Bowl ad. The actress is

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Tyrese Gibson is mourning the death of his mother Priscilla Murray, who died on Monday from Covid-19 and pneumonia, according to the actor. Murray had been hospitalized last week and died on Monday, Gibson shared. “On behalf of my family and everyone who ever spent anytime praying for my mother, this

By Sandra Gonzalez and Lisa Respers France, CNN And the Oscar host duties go to … Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall. On Tuesday the trio were officially named hosts of the upcoming 94th Academy Awards during the “Good Morning America” telecast. “Good morning America I’m not sure who thought this was a good

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Naturally, Netflix gifted us with a look at the new season of “Bridgerton” on Valentine’s Day. A teaser trailer dropped Monday and it did not disappoint. It starts with a voice over by Julie Andrews, who serves as the voice for “Lady Whistledown.” “Dearest gentle reader,” she asks. “Did you

By Chloe Melas, CNN Jordan Peele has another movie bound to give you a fright. The director, who rose to fame for his hit 2017 film “Get Out,” has released a trailer for his upcoming horror movie, “Nope.” The film starts Keke Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya, where they are playing characters who are working on

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Celebrities spotted not wearing a mask at Sunday’s Super Bowl game were met with cries of “hypocrisy” by some on social media. Those attending the event at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles were given KN95 masks because Los Angeles county requires masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at “mega

By Chloe Melas, CNN Whoopi Goldberg has returned to “The View” since being suspended by ABC News over controversial comments she made and apologized for about the Holocaust. “I want to thank everybody who reached out while I was away,” Goldberg said Monday in her return. “I listened.” Goldberg did not mention her suspension specifically.

Text by Leah Asmelash and Scottie Andrew; illustration by Leanza Abucayan, CNN Everyone loves a good romantic comedy, and those who claim they don’t are lying. Though often ridiculed, or dismissed as “chick flicks,” these movies appeal to something we all crave: love. To watch these movies is to be charmed — don’t we all,

By Marianne Garvey A wild trailer for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” aired during Sunday’s Super Bowl. The movie is set after the events in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Avengers:Endgame.” An official synopsis for the movie reads: “After the events of ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ Dr. Stephen Strange continues his research on the Time

By Kelly McCleary and Chris Boyette, CNN Ivan Reitman, a storied producer and director behind some of Hollywood’s biggest comedies, has died, according to the CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. He was 75. Reitman was behind some of the 80s and 90s most enduring comedic films, including 1984’s “Ghostbusters,” which he produced and

By Joe Sutton and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Rapper Kodak Black was among four people shot early Saturday near an after-party in West Hollywood for singer Justin Bieber, Black’s lawyer said. Attorney Bradford Cohen posted about the shooting near The Nice Guy restaurant and lounge on his verified Instagram account Saturday. “There was an unprovoked attack

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Old skool hip-hop showed the kids a thing or two Sunday night at the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. The “original gangsters” Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre performed with Dre’s mentee Eminem, the Queen of R&B hip-hop Mary J. Blige, and rap star Kendrick Lamar. It marked not only

By Jay Croft, CNN Few debut hits have had the broad and lasting impact of “A Thousand Miles.” Just ask Terry Crews, who can thank it for his big break. Vanessa Carlton’s debut single — released 20 years ago on February 12, 2002 — was an undeniable smash. Now, after 1,000 and 20, here are

By Philip Wang, CNN Major Chinese streaming platforms have censored an LGBTQ plotline in the popular TV series “Friends,” causing fans of the show to express their anger on social media. In the first episode, conversations regarding the character Ross’s ex-wife, Carol, who divorces him after realizing she is a lesbian, were deleted. Other conversations