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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Christopher Meloni has garnered many a fan in his role as detective Elliot Stabler on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and now “Law & Order: Organized Crime.” He is so popular that he’s been dubbed a “zaddy,” which is pretty much a hot dad. “To the best of my

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter wants the world to know she is embracing chapter 40, revealing her new age has brought a sense of freedom. In a rare personal letter to fans, shared on her website, the singer said she is grateful to be “grown” and refuses to feed into the notion

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN If you like Jake Gyllenhaal up close and sweaty, do we have a movie for you. Remaking a 2018 Danish movie, “The Guilty” is a taut, remarkably spare thriller that casts Gyllenhaal as a 911 dispatcher, taking a series of disparate calls — and one particularly significant one involving an

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Get ready all you cool cats and kittens, Netflix has announced “Tiger King 2” is coming coming to the streaming service. The first season of the series, “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” was told over seven episodes. The second season was filmed in 2020 and into part of 2021. It’s

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Despite its Broadway credentials, “Dear Evan Hansen” hits screens faced with an inherent tension: Can its songs and cast, led by Ben Platt reprising his Tony-winning role, overcome the uncomfortable premise and problematic protagonist? The answer is not completely, despite tweaks seemingly made specifically to try softening those edges. Although

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Matthew McConaughey is still considering a run for political office. The “Dallas Buyers Club” actor, a native of Texas, said in a recent episode of the “Set‌ ‌it‌ ‌Straight:‌ ‌Myths‌ ‌and‌ ‌Legends” podcast that he’s “measuring” the idea after members of the country band Midland said he should run for office

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sarah Jessica Parker acknowledged “Sex and the City” costar Chris Noth’s tribute to Willie Garson, but she’s not there yet. Garson, who played Parker’s character’s gay best friend Stanford Blatch in the “Sex and the City” series, died this week. He was 57. On his Instagram account, Noth, who played

By Megan Thomas, CNN Melvin Van Peebles, a trailblazing African-American director who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema in the 1970s, has died, his son announced Wednesday. He was 89. Van Peebles, father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles, died at his home on Tuesday night, according to a statement shared

By Marianne Garvey, CNN “The Wire” creator David Simon won’t be filming an upcoming HBO series in Texas due to a controversial abortion law passed in the state, he announced on Twitter. “As an employer, this is beyond politics,” Simon wrote. “I’m turning in scripts next month on an HBO non-fiction miniseries based on events

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Early ’90s TV is hitting the refresh button this fall, in the case of “The Wonder Years,” delivering an impressive and ambitious ABC dramedy. Coming on the heels of Disney+’s “Doogie Howser, M.D.” reboot, the two shows join the earlier “One Day at a Time” in proving it’s possible to

By Chloe Melas, CNN Happy Birthday … yikes! Nicole Richie was celebrating her 40th birthday and has now shared a video of her hair catching fire right as she blew out her birthday candles. She captioned the video, “Well… so far 40 is” then the fire emoji. Since Richie posted the video to her Instagram,