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Late night hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert defend Jimmy Kimmel and free speech

By John Liu, Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart defended Jimmy Kimmel and free speech during their Thursday night shows, after ABC indefinitely suspended his popular late-night show on Wednesday amid a controversy over recent comments made by the longtime host about the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer. “Jimmy, I

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Jimmy Kimmel’s sudden suspension shocked his staff — and celebrity guests who were en route to appear on the show

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — As news was breaking of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show being suspended, guests booked on Wednesday’s episode were already on their way to the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood where “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is recorded, sources told CNN. The sudden decision made by ABC to pull the show from air

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Sundance Institute President and Founder Robert Redford speaks at the festival's opening day press conference in 2012.

Philanthropist and environmentalist Robert Redford’s legacy goes far beyond Hollywood

By CNN Impact Your World and Lindsay Benson (CNN) — While Robert Redford made his mark with Hollywood films such as “All the President’s Men,” “Barefoot in the Park” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the lifelong environmentalist and philanthropist was also committed to sparking change, protecting the earth and supporting up-and-coming filmmakers. “I’m

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Glenn Close revisits palpable on-screen chemistry with Robert Redford: ‘What’s most powerful is sometimes the simplest’

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Just a few movies into her now-storied career, Glenn Close found herself starring opposite one of the most handsome and popular male movie stars of the time. In “The Natural,” Robert Redford played an aging baseball player who becomes a phenom. Close played his former girlfriend with whom he

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Actor Robert Redford is seen in a recreation of The Washington Post's offices in 1976 in a publicity photo for "All the President's Men." Redford  died September 16

Robert Redford, actor, director, environmentalist, dead at 89

CNN, GETTY IMAGES, WARNER BROS., COLUMBIA PICTURES, 20TH CENTURY FOX, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, PARAMOUNT PICTURES, ALLIED FILMMAKERS, WILDWOOD ENTERPRISES, BALTIMORE PICTURES, HOLLYWOOD PICTURES, ALLIED FILMMAKERS/WILDWOOD ENTERPRISES, BALTIMORE PICTURES/HOLLYWOOD PICTURES/WILDWOOD ENTERPRISES By Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion causes

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