CNN – Entertainment

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Barbie” comes roaring out of the gate with an inventiveness and energy the movie perhaps inevitably can’t sustain. Amid all the hype that has made its release an increasingly rare movie-going occasion, director Greta Gerwig’s film proves an admirably ambitious attempt to ponder where Barbie fits in the

By Lisa Respers France and AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — There has been more fallout regarding Jason Aldean’s controversial single, “Try That in a Small Town.” CMT confirmed to CNN on Wednesday that the music video for the song has been pulled off the country network’s air. Billboard was the first to report the news.

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Fran Drescher, actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) – the union representing about 160,000 Hollywood actors who went on strike Friday – said on a livestream with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday that she believes it will one day be

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rachel Zegler is, yet again, addressing criticism related to casting decisions on Disney Studios’ upcoming live-action remake of its 1937 animated classic “Snow White,” in which she stars as the titular heroine. “Extremely appreciative of the love I feel from those defending me online, but please don’t tag me

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that it executed a search warrant at a location in Henderson, Nevada in connection with the ongoing investigation into the murder of musician Tupac Shakur in 1996. The statement from the LVMPD reads: “LVMPD can confirm a search warrant

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Britney Spears has some new music dropping soon. The pop star is collaborating on a new single with producer and former Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am, who teased a new song titled “Mind Your Business” on his Instagram on Monday. “Uh oh!!! This summer is about to be hot!!!”

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Charity Lawson is fully aware that “The Bachelorette” doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to participants find lasting love. “The Bachelor” franchise as a whole has seen most of its couples fail at creating a happily ever after, but Lawson isn’t focused on that. “I

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Just seeing Timothy Olyphant locked and loaded again as Raylan Givens will probably be enough for fans of “Justified,” but the FX revival subtitled “City Primeval” more than justifies the encore. Featuring an older Givens with more to lose facing off against a truly nasty bad guy, the

By Alexandra Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Country superstar Jason Aldean is responding to the criticism surrounding his latest single, which has been subject to even more controversy since the recent release of its music video. Aldean’s single, “Try That in a Small Town,” was released in May. On the surface, it has the makings of a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It’s up to you to debate whether this is a case of divine intervention. While Hollywood has ground to a halt due to parallel writers’ and actors’ strikes, there’s a US-based series that is being allowed to continue to production. “The Chosen,” a faith-based series about the life

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is breaking records by making records. The superstar pop singer has now broken the record for most No. 1 albums by a female artist, according to Billboard. By notching her 12th No. 1 with “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),” Swift has surpassed the former record holder Barbra

CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Miranda Lambert just wants to sing her songs, and she wants her concertgoers to put their phones down to listen. The opposite was the case during her performance in Las Vegas on Sunday, where video footage from the concert shows the country star stopping mid-song because some audience

By Thomas Page and David Daniel, CNN (CNN) — “The bomb, Dimitri. The hydrogen bomb,” an exasperated US president reminds his Soviet counterpart in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 classic “Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” As if the bomb could ever be forgotten. At the height of the Cold

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello’s marriage of nearly eight years is officially ending. The couple shared the news in a statement to PageSix on Monday, saying, “We have made the difficult decision to divorce.” “As two people that love and care for one another very much, we politely ask

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Lohan’s family just got a little bigger. The “Mean Girls” actor and her husband Bader Shammas have welcomed a son, according to a representative for Lohan who confirmed the happy news in a statement sent to CNN on Monday. “Lindsay Lohan and her Financier husband, Bader Shammas, welcomed

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Miranda Lambert just wants to sing her songs, and she wants her concertgoers to put their phones down to listen. The opposite was the case during her performance in Las Vegas on Sunday, where video footage from the concert shows the country star stopping mid-song because some audience members

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Four years after Jordyn Woods found herself at the center of a Kardashian/Jenner controversy, she’s been spotted out with her one-time close friend, Kylie Jenner. The Daily Mail published photos showing the pair leaving a sushi restaurant together in Los Angeles over the weekend. Woods and Jenner became

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — “The Golden Bachelor” is looking for love. ABC’s first-ever senior citizen “Bachelor,” Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old grandpa from Indiana, will star in the spinoff series ABC calls a “whole new kind of love story, one for the golden years.” The description says it’s a chance for Turner to find

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — At Christmas, you tell the truth and this year it will be coming from a stage. Richard Curtis, writer and director of the famed 2003 film “Love Actually” has announced a stage production of “Christmas Actually.” Curtis told BBC News that rather than an adaption of his iconic