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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ladies and gentlemen, Meryl Streep has finally made her “Saturday Night Live” debut. Streep has never hosted nor appeared on “SNL” before Sunday, when she made her first-ever appearance during the long-running sketch show’s starry 50th anniversary special. The three-time Oscar-winner joined a recurring “Close Encounter” sketch, featuring “SNL”

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The 2025 BAFTA Film Awards took place on Sunday at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with actor David Tennant returning as the prestigious ceremony’s host. “Conclave” led with 12 nominations and took home four by the end of the evening, including outstanding British film and best film. Period drama “The

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Saturday Night Live” is celebrating its big 50th anniversary milestone in a way that only the long-running sketch show can: with a very star-studded special. “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” is set to air this Sunday with favorite “SNL” alums like Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy and Kate McKinnon, among many

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — A Jane Doe who alleged Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z sexually assaulted her 25 years ago has withdrawn her lawsuit against them. In a notice of voluntary dismissal filed Friday, attorneys for the woman dropped the lawsuit with prejudice, preventing it from being re-filed in the future. “Counsel of

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Scott Foley is well aware that people are buying homes in Italy to renovate them, and he’d liked to help. “Scott really is out here trying to get anybody to get a home so he can renovate it,” Maia Reficco, who shares the screen with Foley in the

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Sabrina Carpenter is riding off into the sunset with a true musical legend. The “Espresso” singer surprise-dropped a new version of her hit song “Please Please Please” on Thursday night, featuring the one and only Dolly Parton, who compliments Carpenter’s vocals on the track with a beautiful falsetto. In

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Less a ‘whodunnit’ than a ‘whowasitdunnto,’ “The White Lotus” features the discovery at each season’s opening of a dead body (or bodies) at an eponymous upscale resort, followed by a reset to one week prior, which slowly fills in the pieces of what happened, how it happened, and most

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The awards campaign for an Oscar frontrunner hasn’t quite gone the way Netflix executives had hoped. With 13 nominations and a history-making star, “Emilia Pérez” leads among Oscar-nominated films this year. Then Karla Sofía Gascón, who plays the movie’s titular character, found herself in a firestorm after her

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — An unemployed Oregonian, a divorced mother of three, a freshman college student, the governor of South Dakota and an 80-year-old grandmother from New Orleans all wanted the same thing: to host “Saturday Night Live.” On November 19, 1977, the five finalists of the show’s first — and, ultimately, only

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Insecure” star Issa Rae has canceled a previously scheduled event set to be held at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts following news that President Donald Trump was elected the center’s new chairman. In a statement posted to her Instagram Story Thursday, Rae thanked her followers for “selling

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Wedding bells are ringing for “Cobra Kai” costars Mary Mouser and Tanner Buchanan, and the timing couldn’t be better. The couple announced that they are engaged in an Instagram post shared to both of their pages on Thursday, the same day that Netflix dropped the final episodes of the

By Lisa France, CNN (CNN) — Lily Allen is sharing details surrounding a recent visit to a treatment center. The singer discussed the visit on the latest episode of her BBC podcast “Miss Me?” with her cohost Miquita Oliver. Oliver began the episode by expressing excitement that Allen was back, with Allen responding in part,

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Applause is in order for Lady Gaga, for her performance on “Hot Ones.” The “Abracadabra” singer appeared on Thursday’s episode of the hot wing interview show, and she took on the so-called “wings of death” like a true rock star, only showing weakness with a mere giggle. Perhaps what

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — As TV viewers get ready to lose themselves in another immersive, chaotic and dangerous luxury experience at the White Lotus, it’s difficult not to wonder where the resort might open its next location, now that the award-winning series is set for a fourth go-round. Ahead of this weekend‘s Season

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — This summer will mark five years since “Glee” star Naya Rivera drowned while boating with her young son, Josey. The boy’s father and Rivera’s ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey, has shared new details about how they have coped with the tragedy and the pain their son lives with. “Something he’s

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Television personality Teddi Mellencamp, who is best known for appearing on three seasons of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” announced on Wednesday that she will undergo surgery to remove “multiple tumors” on her brain. “Yesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization,” Mellencamp wrote on her Instagram page

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Duo, the green cartoon owl mascot for language learning app Duolingo, has mysteriously died, and singer Dua Lipa is grieving. The brand announced Duo’s passing on Tuesday, writing in a cheeky statement on their official X page that “Authorities are currently investigating his cause of death and we are

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Scarlett Johansson is condemning antisemitism and calling for legislation to protect the public from artificial intelligence after a deepfake video of her and other celebrities, created with the technology, widely circulated on social media this week. The AI video showed an image of Johansson in a T-shirt emblazoned with

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Anthony Mackie is starring in a new film that brings patriotism into the spotlight. “Captain America: Brave New World” was written and filmed long prior to the 2024 election, but that hasn’t stopped people from suggesting the movie is about the current political climate in the United States.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — From a pop diva to a jam band, the nominees for this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were announced Wednesday. To be eligible to be nominated, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year