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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN A classic Disney theme park attraction is coming alive in the new teaser trailer for this summer’s “Haunted Mansion” movie, and it appears to have some spooky thrills in store. “This house has a way of playing tricks on you,” the film’s star Rosario Dawson says in the clip shared by

By Dan Heching, CNN After a whirlwind and drama-filled ride, “Funny Girl” has an end in sight. The Broadway musical revival currently starring “Glee” alum Lea Michele has announced that it will close on Sunday, September 3, according to a statement shared with CNN on Thursday. No reason was given for the decision. The Tony-nominated

By Marianne Garvey, CNN From his early days on “Saturday Night Live” to his first standup special “Bring the Pain” and next a history-making live event on Netflix, Chris Rock’s comedy has been shaping popular culture for more than three decades. On Saturday, Rock’s latest special, “Selective Outrage,” will mark the first global live event

Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Wayne Shorter, a Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer who helped shaped the sound of contemporary jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 89. Shorter died Thursday in Los Angeles, his publicist Cem Kurosman with Blue Note Records told CNN in an email. No cause of death was shared. Shorter was nominated

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Will Smith returned to the award show stage in person for the first time since slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars last year. Smith accepted the Beacon Award at the African American Film Critics Association Awards on Wednesday alongside his “Emancipation” director Antoine Fuqua. After Fuqua spoke, thanking the cast and

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The “Rocky” sequels aren’t exactly known for their nuanced opponents, so give “Creed III” credit for trying to flesh out its antagonist, played by Jonathan Majors. But bulking up the back story slows the pacing, in a movie that finally delivers the goods but whose broader ambitions under director/star Michael

By Brandon Griggs, CNN Today’s a day to celebrate The work of someone gone but great. Come on now, don’t be obtuse, Let’s all give thanks to Dr. Seuss. His name was Theodor Seuss Geisel And all the kids they think he’s swell. Born March 2, 1904 His family, they brewed beer and more. By

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN If Pedro Pascal has been doing anything lately, it’s definitely slaying — and Sarah Michelle Gellar has taken note. Before Pascal was fighting the Infected on “The Last of Us,” he was a college student-turned-vampire on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” as the titular TV star pointed out on Instagram on Monday.

By Brynn Gingras, Chloe Melas and Zenebou Sylla, CNN The New York Police Department is investigating allegations that musician Travis Scott assaulted a sound engineer and causing $12,000 worth of damage to sound equipment at a club in New York City early Wednesday morning, according to a law enforcement source. No charges have been filed

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The internet is not done talking about “#spitgate” — the term born online last year when viral footage from the Venice Film Festival showed singer and actor Harry Styles making a motion that caused some to believe he had spit on his “Don’t Worry Darling” co-star Chris Pine. Months after the

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN To anyone familiar with the 1994 movie “True Lies,” the first question for a series adaptation is where to begin. CBS perhaps wisely splits the difference by clueing in the wife on her husband’s clandestine life as a superspy during the premiere, setting up a double-secret scenario that plays out

By Amarachi Orie, CNN Fans bracing themselves to say goodbye to “Stranger Things” after its fifth and final season may not have to do so after all. The hit sci-fi horror will take on a new life as a stage play, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” Netflix announced on Wednesday. The play will have its

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Success has its privileges, including the freedom to get off to the relatively slow start that “The Mandalorian” indulged with its third-season debut, reintroducing the central players and a few peripheral ones, while laying out the bones of a plot that might be called Mission to Mandalore. In one of

By Amarachi Orie, CNN Justin Bieber fans waiting eagerly for new dates for his postponed international tour have been told the shows won’t be going ahead. Fan sites have reported that the remainder of the Canadian singer’s Justice World Tour dates have been canceled, and Bieber’s website doesn’t currently list any dates. On ticket company

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The trailer for Disney’s “Peter Pan & Wendy” — based on the Mouse House’s 1953 animated classic “Peter Pan” — dropped on Tuesday, and it certainly presents a movie that looks far more inclusive than past retellings of the original J.M. Barrie tale. “But you’re not all boys,” Ever Anderson’s Wendy

Marysabel Huston-Crespo, CNN Shakira feels emotionally empowered after her song with Argentine producer Bizarrap. “I think I would be in a very different place if I had not made that song, [to have] the chance to express myself, to think about pain,” the Colombian singer told Mexican journalist Enrique Acevedo in her first interview since

By Brian Lowry, CNN “M*A*S*H” ran for 11 seasons, even though the Korean War, during which the CBS series was set, lasted three years. When the show finally signed off 40 years ago — with a special 2.5-hour episode titled “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen” — it set a ratings record that will never be equaled,