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CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN On Monday night, the Writers’ Guild of America officially called for a strike after failing to reach an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Stephen Colbert, who taped his “Late Show” on Monday before the negotiations halted, addressed the possibility of a strike in his opening

By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose enduring folk hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died Monday, his spokesperson told CNN. He was 84. Lightfoot died of natural causes at 7:30 p.m. at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, spokesperson Victoria Lord said. His death comes less

By Brian Lowry, CNN With the premiere of HBO’s “White House Plumbers,” the Watergate scandal is having yet another moment, 51 years after the original break-in that ultimately led to Richard Nixon’s resignation. Watching some of the newer and more recent productions devoted to that story, as well as revisiting older ones, offers a few

CNN By Brian Lowry, CNN With the premiere of HBO’s “White House Plumbers,” the Watergate scandal is having yet another moment, 51 years after the original break-in that ultimately led to Richard Nixon’s resignation. Watching some of the newer and more recent productions devoted to that story, as well as revisiting older ones, offers a

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The Met Gala is an evening of style, glamour and… baby news. In a pair of stylish debuts, tennis world champ Serena Williams and model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss both stepped on to the Met Gala red carpet on Monday in New York City sporting very special accessories: babies on the

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are celebrating their twins’ 12th birthday. The duo paid tribute to Monroe and Moroccan on Instagram on April 30, with Carey posting a picture of herself with the twins on the beach and at Christmas. “Happy birthday to my favorite people on the planet!!!” she captioned

CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN There’s a battle going on between writers and entertainment studios that may affect your television viewing. Members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike as of midnight Monday because they couldn’t reach a new contract agreement with studios as the industry shifts more to streaming. Here’s where

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Aerosmith is heading into retirement with a farewell tour. The group announced Monday that they will have a 40-date North American tour, featuring special guests The Black Crowes. “It’s not goodbye it’s PEACE OUT!,” Aerosmith said in a joint statement. “Get ready and walk this way, you’re going to get

CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The greatest heroism often resides in the actions of ordinary people in extraordinary situations and times, and so it is with “A Small Light,” which tells the story of Anne Frank through the eyes of Miep Gies, the woman who helped hide her and her family. Slow starting at

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Watergate meets “Veep” in “White House Plumbers,” an at-times-surreal HBO limited series that occasionally feels a little too over the top, mostly because the real-life characters actually were. At its best, it’s a lightweight companion to “All the President’s Men,” presenting the flip side of all that planning and frantic

By Jack Guy, CNN Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have celebrated 35 years of marriage with a heartfelt post on social media. “35 years of marriage. April 30, 1988. Love is everything,” Wilson wrote in a post on Twitter and Instagram. Hollywood actor Hanks and actor, singer and film producer Wilson have two children, Chet

By Lisa Respers France, CNN A year after filing for divorce from her now ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus, congratulations are in order for Tish Cyrus. Over the weekend, she shared the news of her engagement to “Prison Break” actor Dominic Purcell. “A thousand times…. YES,” read the caption on a pair of photos of Cyrus