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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Dolly Parton has been a country music icon for more than 50 years and has no plans to stop anytime soon. “I would never retire,” Parton said last week during an interview with Ken Bruce on the UK’s “Greatest Hits Radio,” going on to joke she will “just hopefully

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Somehow, the original “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” premiered on Bravo two decades ago this month, presenting five gay men – each specializing in a specific lifestyle area – as they descended upon a (usually) heterosexual male subject in need of some support, whether it was with clothing

By Niamh Kennedy, Nicole Mowbray and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Jane Birkin, the British singer and actress who found fame in France, has died aged 76, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported Sunday, citing its sources. Birkin spent nearly six decades in the limelight in her adopted home, to which she moved at just 20 years

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — HGTV star Ty Pennington had a bit of a health complication this week, just two days after attending the ritzy “Barbie” premiere. The television personality, 58, posted on his verified Instagram on Friday, including a carousel of photos and beginning his caption with, “From the red carpet, to the

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the fall of 2016, Jimmy Donaldson did not seem like a future celebrity multimillionaire. The shy 18-year-old had been posting videos on YouTube for five years from his mom’s North Carolina house without much traction. His mother urged him to go to college, but he dropped out of

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Studio comedies are a dying breed. It’s not just comedies — mid-budget movies, things like courtroom dramas, horror movies, etc, have been on the decline for years, in favor of wide-appealing blockbusters like superhero movies and Christopher Nolan flicks. It’s a far cry from the 1990s, a decade many

By Dan Heching, Cheri Mossburg and Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — Oscar winner George Clooney has joined the chorus of artists calling for change as actors hit the picket lines in their first strike against film and television studios since 1980. “This is an inflection point in our industry,” Clooney told CNN in a statement

By Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN Friday. Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died age 19, according to an announcement from his mother Drena on social media earlier this month. No

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Stanley Tucci had some initial concerns about the age difference with his now wife, Felicty Blunt. At 62, Tucci is 21 years older than Blunt, who is actor Emily Blunt’s sister. Tucci and Blunt married in 2012, years after his first wife, Kate Tucci, died of breast cancer. “I

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Two years after their legal battle ended, Chris Perez appears to be on better terms with the family of his late wife, Tejano star Selena Quintanilla. Perez posted photos on his verified Instagram account Thursday of him with the singer’s sister and father, Suzette and Abraham Quintanilla. “Made

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — As a host of Hollywood actors join film and TV writers in a strike against major studios and streaming services, filming and production of some popular shows – including “House of the Dragon” and “Industry” – could continue, due to UK strike laws. Though British acting union Equity

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — To anyone whose first thought hearing Wilt Chamberlain’s name is the number of women he claimed to have slept with, rest assured, “Goliath” has you covered. But the three-part Showtime documentary proves most notable for portraying the sensitive soul underneath the NBA great’s brash exterior, as well as

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Rowland has done plenty of interviews over the course of her career, but her friend Beyoncé factors into Rowland’s “worst moment ever.” During a recent conversation on the “Yeah, I F**ked That Up” podcast, Rowland was asked by host Billy Mann about the biggest mistake she’s ever

By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Like a lot of things in Hollywood, “The Blacklist” didn’t know when to quit, hanging on for two listless seasons beyond the exit of Megan Boone as Liz Keen in 2021. Yet the show at least knew to provide viewers with a pretty definitive ending, as it did with

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Richard Simmons is 75 years old and happy. The fitness guru celebrated his birthday on Wednesday, and his representative Tom Estey told Entertainment Tonight that his 75th is a “big milestone.” “I just want to see him happy, which he is,” Estey said, in the rare update on the

CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Fran Drescher, the president of the SAG-AFTRA union, responded to criticism on Thursday for traveling to Italy to attend Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda festivities this past weekend as her 160,000-member actors’ union faced a deadline to go on strike. At a press conference that day – during