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Associated Press (CNN) — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the UK’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95. In a statement Friday, her family said Plowright died the previous day at Denville Hall, a retirement home for

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that actors Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone would be “Special Ambassadors” to Hollywood, California. “They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries,

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Justin Baldoni has sued Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, alleging that the Hollywood couple sought to “destroy” him and his career, after hijacking his film, “It Ends With Us.” Baldoni’s complaint is the latest escalation in the ongoing legal battle stemming from the film that Baldoni directed

CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Justin Baldoni has sued Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, alleging that the Hollywood couple sought to “destroy” him and his career, after hijacking his film, “It Ends With Us.” Baldoni’s complaint is the latest escalation in the ongoing legal battle stemming from the film that Baldoni

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The lineup for the FireAid benefit concert, a musical event set up to aid the relief efforts following the deadly and devastating Los Angeles wildfires, has been announced. Among the artists who are performing at the concert are native Angelenos Billie Eilish, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Gracie

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bruce Willis is showing his gratitude for the first responders in Los Angeles as several wildfires ripped through the city over the past week. Willis was seen in a rare black-and-white video and photo posted to his wife Emma Heming’s Instagram page on Thursday, shaking the hand of two

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — David Lynch, an influential director known for his unique and surrealistic films and TV shows including “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78. His death was confirmed via his official Facebook page, where his family wrote: “It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Conan O’Brien has been selected by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, will be awarded at a gala performance on March 23

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Timothée Chalamet may have been blowing in the wind a bit when he biked to the red carpet premiere of his Bob Dylan bio-pic, but making you feel his love for the environment cost him. The actor, who stars as the legendary singer in the film “A Complete

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Wendy Williams is fighting back against reports that she is impaired after having been diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The former talk-show host spoke with the “The Breakfast Club” on Thursday, where she denied that she needs the level of care she’s currently receiving. One of

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Renée Zellweger is about to appear as one of her most iconic characters for a fourth go-round, and couldn’t be happier about it. In an interview with her “Bridget Jones” costar Hugh Grant published in British Vogue on Wednesday, the double Oscar-winner explained why she was ready to return

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Drake is battling his own record label over a song that is the lynchpin of a now legendary hip-hop feud. In a lawsuit against UMG Recordings, Inc., brought Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Canadian rapper and actor has accused

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Holy smokes, a film that dramatizes the process to choose a Pope leads the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards. “Conclave” earned 12 nominations, beating out the musical about a drug lord getting gender affirming care, “Emilia Pérez,” which had 11. Period drama “The Brutalist” scored nine nominations. The three

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The daughter of a deceased actor who provided the voice of Sylvester Stallone in French-dubbed movies for decades has criticized an AI clone of her father’s voice developed for use in the new film “Armor.” In a since-deleted post on X published January 10, UK-based AI startup ElevenLabs said

By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ignore. “I certainly felt a tremendous void, and that void is due to the lack of knowledge

CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ignore. “I certainly felt a tremendous void, and that void is due to the lack of