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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Dolly Parton is opening up about losing the man she loved for six decades. Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, died earlier this month in Nashville, Tennessee at age 82. The couple were married for nearly 60 years, meeting when a now 79-year-old Parton was 18 and marrying in 1966.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Clarkson got vulnerable while marking a milestone for her popular daytime talk show. Several guest hosts had filled in for Clarkson in recent weeks as she was absent for unknown reasons. The singer on Thursday welcomed her audience 1000th episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” which first

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Amanda Seyfried is standing by a call she made to turn down the offer to star as Gamora in Marvel’s blockbuster franchise “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Seyfried opened up about her thought process on the decision on Wednesday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, saying that she “got

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Quinta Brunson has filed for divorce from her husband Jay Anik. The “Abbott Elementary” star filed a petition for dissolution of marriage on Thursday in a Los Angeles courthouse, according to a copy of the filing obtained by CNN. Brunson cited “irreconcilable differences” as grounds for divorce and did

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Blake Lively is asking a judge to dismiss Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against her, arguing that her “It Ends With Us” co-star is “weaponizing” his own defamation claim to retaliate against her for publicly speaking out about her sexual harassment accusations against him. Lively’s motion to dismiss, filed

By The Associated Press (CNN) — A former Eminem studio engineer was charged Wednesday with stealing the Detroit rapper’s unreleased music and selling it online, federal prosecutors announced. Investigators say more than 25 songs have been played or distributed online without the consent of Eminem or Interscope Capital Labels Group, which owns Eminem’s music, the

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bella Ramsey is sharing that they were diagnosed with autism. The “Last of Us” star, who uses they/them pronouns, opened up about their diagnosis in an interview with British Vogue published Thursday. “I’ve spoken a bit about neurodivergence before, but I always for some reason didn’t want to,” Ramsey

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — As Sean “Diddy” Combs battles criminal charges and dozens of civil suits, his life and some of those in it are under intense scrutiny. Now the former chief of staff of his Combs Enterprises (now known as Combs Global), Kristina Khorram, is speaking out. “For months, horrific accusations

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Fresh off of her big Oscar win, “Anora” star Mikey Madison is set to make her “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut. Madison, who won her first-ever Academy Award last month for lead actress for “Anora,” has been tapped to host the March 29 episode, the long-running sketch show announced

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rumer Willis, daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, is sharing an update about her father’s health as the “Die Hard” star celebrates a milestone birthday. Ahead of Bruce Willis turning 70 years old on Wednesday, Rumer Willis answered some questions written by her followers on her Instagram Story

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Leave it to Penn Badgley to give us something unexpected. (But stop reading now if you don’t want to know a spoiler for the original “Gossip Girl” series.) Badgley played Dan Humphrey on that show and Kristen Bell was the narrator. These days he stars as Joe Goldberg

By The Associated Press (CNN) — A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11 million from Netflix for a sci-fi show that never aired, instead steering the cash toward cryptocurrency investments and a series of lavish purchases that included a fleet of Rolls-Royces and a Ferrari. Carl Erik Rinsch – perhaps

By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Reynolds is asking a judge to drop him as a defendant from Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit, claiming that Baldoni’s argument against him has no legal bounds and amounts to “hurt feelings.” The filing – submitted on Tuesday and obtained by CNN – claims

By Alli Rosenbloom and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Universal Music Group is requesting to dismiss Drake’s federal defamation lawsuit against the label over Kendrick Lamar’s blockbuster song “Not Like Us,” saying in a legal filing that the rapper’s lawsuit is a “misguided attempt to salve his wounds” after he “lost a rap battle that

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — If you thought living through adolescence was hard, Netflix is here to remind you with a new limited series about a horrible murder that kids today have it even harder. The four episodes of the British miniseries “Adolescence” that premiered on Netflix last Thursday have taken the cultural conversation

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Stanley Tucci experienced a delayed effect of cancer treatment from years ago that caused him a fair amount of concern. On a recent episode of “David Tennant Does a Podcast With…,” the “Conclave” star described feeling “so tired in the afternoon” while filming episodes of his “Searching For Italy”

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Remaking Disney’s first animated movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was always going to be controversial, but Disney’s new live-action retelling of the 1937 film may just whistle its way to box office success. The original film’s creator Walt Disney was lauded for his “monumental innovation” in creating