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By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — It’s been five years since Daniel Craig bid farewell to the role of 007 in “No Time to Die,” which ended with a closing credit promise that “James Bond will return.” And while corporate machinations have slowed the character’s reappearance, the battle to play cinema’s most famous secret agent

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Disgraced British comedian and actor Russell Brand was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison after being convicted of raping a fan and assaulting three women during his showbiz career. Judge Joel Bennathan opened his sentencing remarks by saying that Brand, now 51, had

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The trailer for “Ebenezer,” Paramount Pictures’ newest entry into the “A Christmas Carol” lore, is more like a promo video for star Johnny Depp himself. Playing a man haunted by the ghosts of his past in his first major release since his ex-wife’s allegations of abuse and a slew

By T.M. Brown, CNN (CNN) — On October 29, the fan fiction site Archive of Our Own, more commonly known as AO3, unexpectedly went offline. Would-be visitors landed on a page saying it was shut down for maintenance, and a message on the AO3 Tumblr page said the work would take at least 12 hours

By Jack Guy (CNN) — Batman’s motorbike, known as the Batpod, is going under the hammer as part of a movie memorabilia auction, with an estimate of up to £900,000 ($1.2 million). The vehicle was used in Christopher Nolan movies “The Dark Knight” (2008) and “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012), both of which starred Christian

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Martha Stewart has said she is “distressed” and “sorry,” after her choice of Halloween costume sparked a backlash. In a since-deleted image on Instagram, the TV personality, entrepreneur and author — who is America’s first self-made female billionaire — appeared dressed as a homeless person, wearing a black hat,

CNN, GETTY, 20TH CENTURY FOX, PARAMOUNT By Sara Spary, CNN (CNN) — Patrick Stewart, the gentlemanly British actor best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek” and later as the erudite mutant mentor Professor X in “X-Men,” has died at the age of 86, according to his spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak.

By Sara Spary, CNN (CNN) — Patrick Stewart, the gentlemanly British actor best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek” and later as the erudite mutant mentor Professor X in “X-Men,” has died at the age of 86, according to his spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak. Stewart died at his Los Angeles

CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The NFL didn’t have to look far for next year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performer. Rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z, who has served in an advisory role to the NFL through his company Roc Nation since 2019, announced he will perform at the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show

CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The NFL didn’t have to look far for next year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performer. Rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z, who has served in an advisory role to the NFL through his company Roc Nation since 2019, announced he will perform at the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Walter Koenig, who played exuberant Russian navigator Pavel Chekov on the original “Star Trek” series and many of the franchise’s ensuing films, has died at the age of 90. The actor died “of old age at home in North Hollywood” on Sunday, his agent Zachery McGinnis said in an

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Eric Bauza, the voice actor behind the modern-day Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, among other iconic animated characters, has died at age 46, according to his family and official health records. The Emmy Award-winner passed away Sunday from hypertensive cardiovascular disease, according to records from the Los Angeles County

By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — The arc of Bradley Whitford’s career makes for a grim report card on the state of the country. Whitford first became internationally famous as Josh Lyman, the pinup boy for competent and courageous liberalism over seven seasons of “The West Wing,” Aaron Sorkin’s paragon of institutional optimism. But in

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Nathan Fielder has been quietly building his cultish brand of meta-comedy since 2013 and has now exploded into mega-stardom thanks to “You Can See Everything,” the three-hour documentary about now-imprisoned Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. For those unfamiliar with Fielder’s career or filmmaking approach, his ascent to award season hopeful

By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — Since Joanie Montgomery saw Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary “You Can See Everything,” there has been one moment she can’t get out of her mind: a shot of Fielder wearing briefs and swimming in the ocean with his subject, Elizabeth Holmes. “It was very intimate, and he looked

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Tom Skerritt, the plucky and handsome actor who charmed audiences on both the big and small screen in titles ranging from “Top Gun” to “Picket Fences,” has died. He was 93. “While the world knew Tom through his remarkable acting career, we knew him for his humor, curiosity, wisdom,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — No performer, even one of the greatest voices in American music, can be expected to be at the top of their game in their 80s, but there was something about the way Gladys Knight appeared disoriented at one of her summer concerts that sounded alarm bells that have