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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Emilia Clarke was thrilled to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but a near accident involving Samuel L. Jackson almost sent her reeling. “I nearly ran him over,” the “Game of Thrones” star revealed to Yahoo Entertainment in a video interview published on Friday, in reference to a mishap on
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The legendary Tina Turner will receive a posthumous tribute this weekend as part of the 2023 BET Awards. Patti LaBelle is set to honor the late icon with a performance during the awards show that will capture “the essence of Turner’s unparalleled legacy,” according to a release from BET.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lance Bass loves adventures, but lately he’s been staying close to home. “I’m a risk taker. I love skydiving, all that type of stuff,” he said. “But these days, I don’t really need to risk that, you know? Cause it is really all about my kids right now,
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 Kennedy Center honorees have been announced. The show will take place on Dec. 3, at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C., and will broadcast later that month on CBS. The honorees include comedian and host Billy Crystal, soprano Renée Fleming, singer-songwriter-producer Barry Gibb, rapper, singer
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There was a 13-year gap between the first “Avatar” movie in 2009 and its sequel, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” during which time filmmaker James Cameron indulged in another of his passions: deep sea exploration. Cameron, who is also the director of the Oscar-winning movie “Titanic,” has
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There was a 13-year gap between the first “Avatar” movie in 2009 and its sequel, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” during which time filmmaker James Cameron indulged in another of his passions: deep sea exploration. Cameron, who is also the director of the Oscar-winning movie “Titanic,” has shared
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “The Perfect Find” falls well short of perfection, but it’s the kind of low-key romance that often finds an appreciative audience on Netflix. Gabrielle Union plays the newly single woman who falls for a much-younger man, in a movie that emphasizes chemistry over eroticism, landing somewhere between Hallmark
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Paul McCartney is offering more information on how artificial intelligence is being used for what he said will be a “final” Beatles song. “We’ve seen some confusion and speculation about it,” read a note posted in a story on his verified Instagram account Thursday. “Seems to be a
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “No Hard Feelings” is the kind of hard-to-characterize movie that isn’t served by a splashy ad campaign, in mostly good ways. Part French sex comedy, part “American Pie”-like coming-of-age story, this raunchy vehicle for Jennifer Lawrence also possesses darker and deeper streaks that elevate it above its “Pretty.
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — A solid candidate for weirdest series of the year, “I’m a Virgo” represents an outlandish concept from writer-director Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You”), contemplating how the world would respond to a 13-foot-tall young Black man. As metaphorically intriguing as that sounds – and indeed, is at the
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Kevin Flower, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors on Thursday charged “Rust” film armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed with tampering with evidence in relation to the shooting death of the movie’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, an amended complaint filed Thursday shows. The charge is in addition to two counts of involuntary manslaughter filed against Gutierrez
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — James Cameron, who directed the hit 1997 film “Titanic” and has himself made 33 dives to the wreckage, offered his thoughts Thursday after it was announced that a missing Titanic-bound submersible suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing all five people on board. “I think there’s
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The archetypal white gown that Carrie Fisher wore while playing Princess Leia in 1977’s “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” could be yours to own, if you have a couple million dollars to spare. Propstore Auction, billed as a vendor of entertainment memorabilia that sells props and collectibles
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Kesha and producer Dr. Luke, whose legal name is Lukasz Gottwald, announced on Thursday that they’ve “agreed to a resolution” regarding the years-long legal dispute they’ve been embroiled in since 2014. Posting the same statements on their respective verified Instagram pages, Kesha and Gottwald said that they have “agreed
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — For a show about giant monsters, “Skull Island” feels puny in every conceivable way, from the characters to the story to the uninspired animation. Designed as a TV foray into the cinematic “MonsterVerse” occupied by Kong and Godzilla, the series that washes ashore via Netflix is mostly aimed
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — James Cameron, who directed the hit 1997 film “Titanic” and has himself made 33 dives to the wreckage, offered his thoughts Thursday after it was announced that a missing Titanic-bound submersible suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing all five people on board. “I think there’s a
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Country music duo Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney, known as Dan + Shay, are gearing up to put their music expertise to use. The Grammy-winners are set to take a seat in a “double red chair” on NBC’s “The Voice” as the first-ever coaching duo to appear on the
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Clarkson’s new album, “Chemistry,” has a song featuring Steve Martin. Yes, that Steve Martin. On her song “i hate love,” Clarkson sings: “And ‘The Notebook’ lied/’It’s Complicated’ is more like what happens/So you can keep Gosling and I’ll take Steve Martin.” Clarkson told The Hollywood Reporter she loves
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Wendy Rush, the wife of the pilot killed in a Titanic-bound submersible that coast guard officials say suffered catastrophic implosion, is the descendant of a couple who perished on the ship in 1912. Rush is the great-great granddaughter of retailing magnate Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida, who
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — To those wide-eyed romantics who dared hope that a second season would fix all the things wrong with the first one of “And Just Like That…,” the “Sex and the City” sequel returns with its abundant flaws intact. Awkward, unconvincing and only sporadically funny, the show remains a
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