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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor are bringing back that warrior princess feeling. The pair, who co-starred in the ’90s series ‘Xena: Warrior Princess,” have reunited in the Acorn TV series “My Life is Murder.” Set in New Zealand, it stars Lawless as retired detective Alexa Crowe, who gets back to

By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Britney Spears has cause for celebration — she’s finally the proud owner of an iPad, calling it “a ground-breaking day.” The 39-year-old singer took to Instagram on Thursday to share her unbridled excitement at her new purchase. She told her 32.9 million followers: “My life does seem different with an iPad…

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Aniston stirred some feelings when she recently said she has “lost a few people in my weekly routine who have refused or did not disclose” whether they had been vaccinated against Covid-19. Aniston made the remark to In Style, and almost immediately folks on social media were offering their

By Marianne Garvey, CNN An arrest has been made in the hit and run incident that led to death of “Gone Girl” actress Lisa Banes in June. The NYPD announced that Brian Boyd, 26, was arrested Thursday. Possible charges include leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and failure to yield to a

By Marianne Garvey, CNN The Weeknd has released the video for his new single “Take My Breath.” The video features The Weeknd partying at a rave, where he meets a mysterious woman with an oxygen tank. She gives The Weeknd hits of oxygen before eventually choking him with her braid and dragging him along a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kanye West hosted another listening event in Atlanta for his “Donda” album, but there was more chatter about his personal life than music. It was the second time West held a listening party at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium where he’s been staying as he completes the album named for his late

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Taylor Swift is hinting at the music and collaborators on the long-awaited re-release of “Red.” On Thursday, the singer shared a mysterious video of a vault, opening it to re-recorded tracks from her 2012 album. In the 30-second video, scrambled words appear on the screen, which had fans guessing who will

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Annette” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, buoyed by the intriguing tandem of Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard in an original musical. The resulting movie, however, hits the wrong notes, repeating mundane lyrics without uttering the words that keep coming to mind, which are “precious” and “pretentious.” French director Leos

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN In “Mr. Corman,” it’s Apple that gets a teacher, although it’s a decidedly bittersweet one. Three little words explain Apple TV+’s interest in “Mr. Corman,” and those are Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who created, produces, writes, directs, stars and even performs music in this melancholy series, elevating a concept that looks at

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN From “Full Metal Jacket” in the ’80s to “Mean Girls” in the ’00s, Asian and Pacific Islander women have historically been exoticized and hypersexualized in Hollywood — and the problem lingers today. Female Asian and Pacific Islander characters are more likely than female characters of any other race to be objectified

By Chloe Melas, CNN An attorney for Britney Spears has filed a petition requesting the judge in her conservatorship case move up a hearing to determine immediately whether Jamie Spears will be removed as the co-conservator of his daughter’s estate, according to court documents obtained by CNN on Thursday. The next hearing is currently set

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Ellen Burstyn is set to guest star in the upcoming season of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” on NBC. The actress will reprise her role as Bernadette Stabler, the widow of Joseph Stabler and mother of Detective Elliot Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni. Burstyn won an Emmy for the role in

By Neelam Bohra and Scottie Andrew, CNN Lil Nas X, the 22-year-old juggernaut known by most for “Old Town Road,” is in prison. He’s in the shower, naked — save for some humble pixelation — and twerking, surrounded by eight male backup dancers. And he seems to be having the time of his life. It’s

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Free Guy” is a cleverly programmed wedding of star (Ryan Reynolds) and subject matter, in a movie that’s silly, handsome-looking and a great deal of fun, in roughly inverse proportion to how much one sweats the details. Traveling inside videogames doesn’t always end well cinematically, but this “Guy” braves that

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Val Kilmer’s children say their father is continuing to recuperate from throat cancer. Mercedes and Jack Kilmer, the actor’s daughter and son, talked to “Entertainment Tonight” recently about their father’s new documentary, “Val,” which debuts Friday on Amazon Prime. Mercedes Kilmer said their dad is “doing really well” these days

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN After putting the wind in “Moana‘s” sails with his music and lyrics, Lin-Manuel Miranda brings his stage-honed chops to another animated movie in “Vivo,” a sweet if slight love story built around an inordinately resourceful kinkajou. Premiering on Netflix, Miranda’s songs elevate a small-boned effort — call it cute, without

By Marianne Garvey, CNN Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts will likely to miss the band’s upcoming “No Filter” tour through North America. The news comes after Watts turned 80 in June and had undergone a medical procedure for an unknown condition. A spokesman for the stones issued a statement on Twitter stating that the drummer

By Lisa Respers France, CNN The estate of Aaliyah has a message to those who have tried to release unauthorized projects about the late star. The singer, who was born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, died August 25, 2001, at the age of 22 in a plane crash that also took the lives of eight others. Aaliyah’s

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Suicide Squad” is a rather ironic title for a do-over, but that’s what DC and Warner Bros. have essentially done, taking another stab at the team of supervillains five years after a prior effort. On the plus side, writer-director James Gunn’s movie is superior to its predecessor on most