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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Back in 2020, Nicki Minaj said she was “not gonna jump on the Trump bandwagon” after years calling out his anti-immigration politics. Five years later, she’s singing the president’s praises as a full-throated MAGA supporter. What gives? The rapper was effusive in her praise for Trump during an

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — When audiences first met Jinkx Monsoon on the fifth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in 2013, she already seemed fully formed: eccentric and witchy in that Pacific Northwestern way, heartbreakingly earnest, and dripping with the tipsy wit and affect of a 20th-century character actress. In 2025, Monsoon finally became

CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Bowen Yang got teary-eyed during the final sketch on Saturday’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” which was his last. The 5-time Primetime Emmy nominee – who confirmed via his social media earlier on Saturday that he was retiring from “SNL” after the telecast – played a Delta Sky

CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Bowen Yang is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after this weekend’s Christmas show, in the middle of Season 51. Yang confirmed his departure in an Instagram post on Saturday. “i loved working at SNL, and most of all i loved the people,” he wrote. “i’m grateful for every minute

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Bowen Yang is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after this weekend’s Christmas show, in the middle of Season 51. Yang confirmed his departure in an Instagram post on Saturday. “i loved working at SNL, and most of all i loved the people,” he wrote. “i’m grateful for every minute of

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Travis Kelce might want to add a special dance moment with his future mother-in-law at his wedding reception with Taylor Swift. Thanks to the newly dropped episodes of “The End of an Era” docuseries on Disney+ we now know that her mother Andrea Swift was the MVP when

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Pete Davidson and his partner, Elsie Hewitt, have welcomed their first child and have named her Scottie. “Our perfect angel girl arrived 12/12/2025,” reads the caption of an Instagram post, made Thursday night on Hewitt’s page, which features images of the couple snuggling with their newborn. In one photo,

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — In May 1981, a 26-year-old photographer named Michele Singer took a meeting with Jerry Bowles, then editor of a business magazine in New York. She had worked her way up from being a photographer’s assistant — a grungy gig that involved a lot of carrying heavy equipment and running

By The Associated Press Tennessee’s governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville native’s long road back from drugs and prison through soul-searching, songwriting and advocacy for second chances. The rapper-turned-singer whose legal name is Jason Deford has spoken for years about his redemption arc

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Tom Constanten wasn’t a part of the Grateful Dead for very long, but fans still value his time with the iconic group. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Deadheads have rallied around the 81-year-old and are raising money to help pay for the radiation treatments he is undergoing

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Dropping the first two episodes of her Disney+ docuseries the day before her birthday apparently wasn’t enough of a gift from Taylor Swift to her fans. The final two episodes of “The End of an Era” docuseries have been moved up to December 23, the streaming service said

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — When Jeff Hiller won an Emmy for his work on “Somebody Somewhere,” the first people to react were his fellow nominees: Michael Urie (“Shrinking”), Colman Domingo (“The Four Seasons”) and Bowen Yang (“Saturday Night Live”) all immediately began rejoicing as if their own names had been called. That his

By Josh Campbell, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Rob and Michele Reiner died from “multiple sharp force injuries,” according to new records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner listing their cause of death. The couple’s son, Nick Reiner, is accused of fatally stabbing his parents. The medical examiner determined the manner of death to

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — For a time in the 1990s, Rob Reiner turned his attention from the movies that had made him famous towards a particular passion project. Attachment theory was the growing rage — the idea that a child needs to form secure bonds with a caregiver in the first three

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Gil Gerard, the actor best known for playing sci-fi hero Buck Rogers, has died. He was 82. His death in hospice on Tuesday was announced by his wife, Janet Gerard, on Facebook. She wrote: “Early this morning Gil – my soulmate – lost his fight with a rare and

By Aditi Sangal, Taylor Romine, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their home, their grown son, Nick Reiner, was charged with murder in the deaths of his parents. Many aspects of the case are still uncertain as authorities keep details

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Rob Reiner once called directing “Stand by Me” the “richest experience” he had making a film, a big statement from a man who gave the world some of its most beloved movies. The 1986 film almost didn’t get made before rocketing to cult status and helping launch the careers

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “You are not to be a fan, but you have to represent the fans.” That phrase was said to me years ago by someone in a newsroom and it stuck. My job as an entertainment journalist is to cover celebrities, not to be enchanted by them. When it