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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Oprah Winfrey may have stepped away from Weight Watchers, but she’s not staying out of the conversation about weight. The mogul will host “a sit-down conversation around the radical impact of prescription weight loss medications” in “An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution,” scheduled to

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Camila Cabello loves Shawn Mendes, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be reuniting as a couple. The singer was a guest on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast this week, where she said her “impulsive” qualities had her contacting former boyfriends in the past, like when she got back together with

By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Getting a movie off the ground is hard. Just ask Kristen Stewart. Her directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” has been stuck in development hell, struggling to find financing – to the point she took a stand in January, telling Variety she would not make another movie before she

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Event producer Trell Thomas is a big fan of Sunday dinners in the Black community. The warmth, the togetherness, and, of course, the delicious dishes speak to his soul and remind him of growing up in South Carolina. “You go to church and after church you have Sunday

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about being a stepmother. The actress and GOOP founder discussed parenting during a chat with her friend Nicole Avant at the Visionary Women’s International Women’s Day Summit on Wednesday. Avant is married to Netflix co-chief executive officer to Ted Sarandos, who has two

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot has given birth to her fourth child, the actress announced on social media Wednesday. “My sweet girl, welcome,” Gadot wrote in a post on Instagram. “The pregnancy was not easy and we made it through.” The 38-year-old Israeli actress posted an image of herself cradling her baby

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Coming 16 years after the original movie and eight since the most recent sequel, “Kung Fu Panda 4” actually benefits from what feels like pent-up demand, coupled with “The Simpsons” effect that animated characters don’t grow older. Slick and briskly paced, the film incorporates its origins while conjuring

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Matteo Garrone knew how his movie would end. But the Italian director waited until the last moments of filming to reveal the ending to the actors playing the lead roles. “Io Capitano” tells the “Odyssey”-like story of migrant teens making a dangerous journey from Africa to Europe. It

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The story behind “The Gentlemen” might be more interesting than the show, with director Guy Ritchie rebooting his 2020 movie as an eight-episode Netflix series. Yet despite the dashing presence of Theo James as the unexpected heir to a cannabis empire, the net result blows by briskly enough

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The 96th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday and while the gowns and the guests will be beautiful, we’ll be watching to get in our feelings with moving acceptance speeches. Honestly, the crazier or more emotional, the better. Let’s look back at some of the more unforgettable Oscars

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Paul McCartney knows a thing or two about writing love songs. But the former Beatle has faced criticism from some who feel he’s perhaps written too many love songs, with some that skew “soppy.” “I think a lot of people who are cynical about it haven’t been lucky enough

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Playfully letting John Cena flex his comedy muscles, “Ricky Stanicky” works from an amusing premise that owes an unlikely debt to a 51-year-old “MASH” episode, in which an imaginary character must be brought to life. Also serving as a reunion of Zac Efron and director Peter Farrelly, the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — A new series about the “Dark Side of Kids TV” will feature former Nickelodeon child star Drake Bell sharing his account of abuse he says he experienced while working in entertainment as a minor. A new clip from the upcoming docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Madonna is talking about how serious her health emergency was last summer. She told the crowd at the opening of a five-night run for “The Celebration Tour” in Los Angeles that her doctor, Dr. David Agus, and more of her medical team were in the audience. “It was a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is leveraging the attention on Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-nominated film “Oppenheimer” in an attempt to elevate the conversation about nuclear threat. In the run-up to Sunday night’s Academy Awards, the organization is launching a “Make Nukes History” campaign Wednesday in Los Angeles. Utilizing billboards,

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Actress Helen Mirren has said she is “blown away” by a new Barbie created in her likeness. The glamorous doll, complete with its own Academy Award, is one of a series of eight launched by toymaker Mattel to mark International Women’s Day on Friday. Despite holding the Oscar –

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Garrison Brown, whose large family is at the center of the long-running TLC reality series “Sister Wives,” has died. He was 25. His mother Janelle Brown and father Kody Brown posted similar statements to social media Tuesday confirming the news. “Kody and I are deeply saddened to announce the

By Alli Rosenbloom and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — TV producer Nigel Lythgoe is denying accusations of sexual assault and harassment levied against him by former “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance” judge Paula Abdul. His denial came in a legal response filed Tuesday and obtained by CNN. Lythgoe called the allegations

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-nominated historical drama, is technically a film about the Holocaust. The film centers on the real-life Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family, who live bucolic and seemingly mundane lives next door to the infamous concentration camp. But viewers never see the unspeakable