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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola has vivid memories of his experience surviving polio. In interview with Deadline regarding his new film “Megalopolis,” Coppola, who was diagnosed with polio as a child around the age of 9, recalled the quick onset of the disease. “People don’t understand that polio

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — This holiday, the NFL is giving us the gift of a Christmas Day Beyoncé performance. The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer is set to headline the Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game’s the halftime show on December 25, after the Kansas City Chiefs play the Pittsburgh Steelers play earlier in the day.

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Perched atop of a platform on the Eiffel Tower at the start of the Paris Olympics in July, Celine Dion, gone for years amid a bitter health battle, marked her return in grand fashion with a rendition of Edith Piaf classic “Hymne À L’Amour.” It was, you could say,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Thanks to meme culture, a whole new generation is enjoying the beloved 2003 holiday movie, “Elf.” We are now learning the behind-the-scenes story about one particular scene that has gone viral. According to Mark Acheson, who played “Mailroom Guy” in the film, not only was much of his

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Blake Lively is getting some high-profile support in the midst of allegations she’s made against her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star, Justin Baldoni. The author of the book that film was based on, Colleen Hoover, posted a message of support on her Instagram stories over the

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — When The CW’s answer to a telenovela, “Jane the Virgin,” came to an end in 2019, Justin Baldoni – the actor who was one side of the love triangle that powered the series – was looking toward a bright future, one bolstered by lessons he said he learned on

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Some American holidays are intrinsically tied to certain traditions. Fourth of July and fireworks shows. Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping. And then there’s Christmas and the movie theater. Moviegoing may not be the first thing you think of when considering the Christmas season. There are the trees, sure, then

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It was an evening of star power on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, when Paul Rudd, Emma Stone, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and others who have hosted the show multiple times welcomed the newest member of the “five-timers club,” Martin Short. Tom Hanks set the stage for Short as

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Blake Lively has accused her “It Ends With Us” costar and director Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation in a civil rights complaint, alleging he and his team designed a “plan” to “destroy” her reputation. In a complaint filed with the California Civil Rights Department on Friday and

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of “Saturday Night Live’s” holiday episode, a performance on the show by Adam Sandler 30 years ago is still bringing the “funukah.” Co-written by “SNL” writers Ian Maxtone-Graham and Lew Morton, Sandler first debuted “The Chanukah Song” during a Weekend Update segment on December 3, 1994, expressing his

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — We see what you did there, Kelly Clarkson. The singer and daytime-talk show host released a fireside video to accompany her 2021 holiday album, “When Christmas Comes Around” that she dubbed, “When Christmas Comes Around…Again.” The music video kicks off with Clarkson’s cover of The Ronettes hit single

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Joss Stone has revealed that she is pregnant, just weeks after she and her husband adopted a baby boy. The British singer-songwriter shared the news on social media, along with a slideshow of photos of herself of her looking shocked as she reads the result of a pregnancy test.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Billy Bob Thornton doesn’t mind playing a bad guy, but there are some lines he will draw. During an appearance on The Playlist’s “Bingeworthy” podcast, the acclaimed actor talked about turning down roles as a villain in two notable films. Thornton said he was approached to play Norman

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr got back to where they once belonged on Thursday night – performing together, live on stage in London. Starr made a surprise appearance at the O2 Arena on the last night of McCartney’s “Got Back” tour. Announcing his special guest, McCartney said: “The

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Throughout Coldplay’s nearly 30-year career as a rock band, frontman Chris Martin has heard it all. From devoted fans who’ve time and again turned out en masse to fill stadiums to see them perform in concert, to the haters and internet trolls who can’t handle how utterly positive Coldplay’s