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By Alli Rosenbloom, Dan Heching and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — As the reality of Liam Payne’s death sets in, his family, friends and former One Direction bandmates are still trying to make sense of the devastating loss while authorities press forward in their investigation into the circumstances surrounding Payne’s final moments and fatal fall.

Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Many One Direction fans are struggling to understand the death of the former group’s member, Liam Payne. The 31-year-old singer died Wednesday after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Grief over an artist’s death can be a strange parasocial

By Sandra Gonzalez, Jessie Yeung, Amarachi Orie, Dan Heching, Elizabeth Wagmeister and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Former One Direction band member Liam Payne died at age 31 on Wednesday after falling from the third floor of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to police. The exact circumstances surrounding his death are under

By Sandra Gonzalez and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — More than an hour after sundown in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, a red van backed up to a side door of the four-star CasaSur Palermo Hotel to remove the body of former One Direction band member Liam Payne from the premises. Payne, 31, had died earlier

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sydney Sweeney is tapping into the ring as she prepares for a new film role that will stand out as compared to her previous body of work. The actress and producer shared an update on her Instagram page on Wednesday, revealing how production is going on a still-untitled biopic

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Don’t mess with the “Wicked” witch. Cynthia Erivo, who stars as Elphaba in the upcoming “Wicked” adaptation, slammed the various memes and fan-made takes on the film’s poster, which she said “degrades” and “erases” her involvement. Earlier this month, fans were inspired to edit the latest poster for the

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — When life gets tough, sometimes the best medicine is laughter. At least that’s what “Shrinking” co-creator Bill Lawrence thinks about while working on the Apple TV+ comedy, which debuts its second season Wednesday. The seasoned writer and showrunner behind “Scrubs,” “Ted Lasso,” and “Spin City,” among others, knows the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The bold never bothered Kristen Bell anyway. That’s what we discovered, thanks to a recently published interview in Vanity Fair in which Bell confessed to sneaking a naughty joke into the beloved “Frozen” movie for which she voiced a main character. In a TikTok video posted by the

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Elisabeth Finch, a former writer and consulting producer on the hit ABC series “Grey’s Anatomy” and subject of a new documentary series, has admitted in an Instagram post that she “lied about so much.” The Peacock docuseries, “Anatomy of Lies,” is based on a Vanity Fair story published in

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Jerry Seinfeld says he “officially” takes back his claim that the “extreme left” is suppressing the art of comedy. In an interview with The New Yorker earlier this year, the comedian reminisced about how comedy once was – and spoke out against the current cultural climate. “It used to

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Whoopi Goldberg knows the value of leaving nothing unsaid to those you love. It’s a philosophy that the “View” co-host only recently realized has played a role in how she’s grieved her mother, Emma Johnson, who died 14 years ago after suffering a stroke. It has also influenced Goldberg’s

CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Whoopi Goldberg knows the value of leaving nothing unsaid to those you love. It’s a philosophy that the “View” co-host only recently realized has played a role in how she’s grieved her mother, Emma Johnson, who died 14 years ago after suffering a stroke. It has also influenced

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rock guitarist Jake E. Lee, who’s played with heavy metal heavyweight Ozzy Osbourne, was hospitalized early Tuesday morning after he was shot “multiple times” in Las Vegas, a representative for the musician told CNN in a statement. “Lee is fully conscious and doing well in an intensive care unit

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superman’s dog! In movie news that is sure to have comic book fans barking with excitement, James Gunn has announced that Krypto – Superman’s super-pet, named for the Man of Steel’s home planet Krypton – will be a part of next summer’s

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Musician Rufus Wainwright is speaking out against the use of his famous cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign at a recent event. Wainwright shared a statement on his verified Instagram in which he referred to a Monday town hall held by the campaign in Oaks,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — All Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is to look her best at all times. In a clip from her appearance on iHeart Radio’s “Las Culturistas Podcast,” the superstar singer shared her dislike for the lighting in public spaces, which she finds less than flattering. “I can’t with the