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By Marianne Garvey, CNN “The Last of Us” star Melanie Lynskey is responding to criticism over her casting in the hit HBO series. Earlier this week, former reality star Adrianne Curry tweeted that she didn’t think Lynskey was a good fit the role, writing, “Her body says life of luxury…not post apocolyptic warlord.” Lynskey had
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg, CNN The parents and sister of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was shot and killed during a rehearsal on the ‘Rust’ film set in 2021 are suing actor Alec Baldwin, the movie’s production company and others over her death. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges the defendants caused
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Joining a genre of docuseries best described as “The Weirder the better,” “Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence” details how a group of college students allowed their lives to taken over by a friend’s father, who coached, bullied and ultimately controlled them. Luckily for the producers, Larry Ray
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France and David Close, CNN Instead of having “Love On The Brain,” Rihanna has had Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII halftime show on her mind. The superstar singer said Thursday that all her attention is going toward preparing for her performance. “I’ve been so focused on the Super Bowl that I totally forgot
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Lisa Respers France, CNN Yes, the seven floating stages during Rihanna’s Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show were theatrical and cool, but they also had a very practical purpose. And it had everything to do with the grass on the field. That’s according to Bruce Rodgers, the halftime show production
Continue ReadingCNN, A&M RECORDS, COLUMBIA RECORDS, GETTY IMAGES, GRAMERCY PICTURES, NEW LINE CINEMA, TWENTY CENTURY FOX FILM PRODUCTION, ORION PICTURES, TRISTAR PICTURES By Lisa Respers France, CNN Burt Bacharach has one of the most impressive songbooks in the history of the music industry. And while he is incredibly well known for hits like “Walk on By”
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel and Brandon Griggs, CNN Burt Bacharach, the acclaimed composer and songwriter behind dozens of mellow pop hits from the 1950s to the 1980s, including “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “(They Long to Be) Close to You” and the theme from the movie “Arthur,” has died, a family member of Bacharach confirmed
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Evangeline Lilly has offered an update on her Marvel colleague Jeremy Renner’s recovery. The “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” actress told “Access Hollywood” she had recently visited with Renner, who was crushed by his snow-removal tractor during an accident on New Year’s Day. The pair starred together in the 2008
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” is less a coda to the franchise than a muted riff on it, an encore without much of a purpose. What drew director Steven Soderbergh back to material this thin is anybody’s guess, but if strippers like to talk about making it rain, this third and
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “You” has already wrung an impressive amount of mileage out of its concept, getting the audience to identify with — if not necessarily root for — a suave, murderous stalker. Yet while the fourth season begins in characteristically twisty fashion, before it’s over the Netflix hit feels dangerously close to
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Jackson, CNN Wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler is recovering in a Florida hospital after having a massive stroke on Monday, according to a post on his Twitter account. His speech is limited, but with rehabilitation he will make a full recovery, the post, published Wednesday, reads. “He
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The Mouse House is not letting go of prize properties “Frozen” or “Toy Story” anytime soon. Disney CEO Bob Iger said on Wednesday during the company’s earnings call that there are plans for additional sequels to both hit franchises in the works. “We’ll have more to share about these productions soon,
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Indiana Jones might be a few decades older than when the first film about the titular hero was released, but Harrison Ford doesn’t want the character’s age to be a punchline. “In (new film ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’) there were a lot of old jokes in the script.
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN With her bonkers new movie “Cocaine Bear,” Elizabeth Banks knew she wanted “to make something muscular and masculine.” In a new interview with Variety published on Wednesday, Banks — who directed and coproduced the film about a drug-fueled bear on a killing rampage — shared how difficult it was to convince
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Derek Zoolander is back and, yes, he remains “really, really, really ridiculously good looking.” Ben Stiller — who first appeared as the vapid supermodel character in the 2001 movie “Zoolander” and the 2016 sequel — is blue steeling once again, this time for Pepsi’s new Super Bowl LVII ad, which was
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN David Hasselhoff walked daughter Taylor Hasselhoff done the aisle last weekend. Hasselhoff married her fiancé Madison Fiore in Escondido, California. “It was so great being able to bring everybody together from our families and friends, and have everybody in the same room,” she told People of their wedding, adding that guests
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Did Jonah Hill and Lauren London really kiss in “You People?” Their costar Andrew Schulz recently claimed on his podcast “The Brilliant Idiots” with his cohost Charlamagne Tha God that the two costars did not actually kiss in the closing scene of the film. During an episode featuring the two
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Marc Maron was deep in the throes of trauma and grief over the sudden loss of his creative partner and girlfriend, Lynn Shelton, in the spring of 2020. Like many of us, he was also feeling isolated and lonely due the pandemic. At the time, Maron would often take to his
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France and Dan Heching, CNN While audiences seem to be into the new film “80 for Brady,” there’s one scene they won’t be seeing. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy told Variety his cameo in the film included him “making out” with “M3GAN” actor Brian Jordan Alvarez, but the scene was cut from the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Riding high with her success with Broadway’s “Funny Girl” revival, Lea Michele is reflecting on the drama she had with some of her former costars on “Glee.” In a discussion with “Interview” magazine, Michele talked about her experience in 2020, when some of her fellow “Glee” actors said she had
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