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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The main character in “Moana 2” can walk on water and move oceans, but is she a princess? Auli’i Cravalho, who voices Moana in both the 2016 original animated film and new the sequel, said she’s more than that. “Films are always representative of their times,” Cravalho told

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Before she became a platinum-selling artist, rapper Latto was a contestant on the reality competition, “The Rap Game.” Now she’s flipping the stage as a judge for the new season of Netflix’s hip-hop competition series, “Rhythm + Flow.” “It was fun to be on the other end of

By Alicia Park, CNN (CNN) — When 12-year-old Josh said he heard multiple gun shots fire one summer night in 1989, his mother didn’t believe him. After all, gunshots seemed unimaginable in their wealthy Beverly Hills neighborhood. But then they awoke to the news that just two doors down their street, neighbors Jose and Kitty

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jude Law has broken a few hearts by sharing some behind-the-scenes information about the classic film, “The Holiday.” During a recent interview with BBC Radio, Law discussed the 2006 Christmas movie that is a must-see for many each winter holiday season. He plays Cameron Diaz’s love interest and

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Thanksgiving is not the time to diet. That doesn’t just apply for the food on the table as there’s plenty of delicious content to binge as well. Here’s just some of what you can watch over the holiday if you need a break from friends and family, or

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Musician Drake alleges that Universal Music Group “conspired” to artificially boost Kendrick Lamar’s searing diss track “Not Like Us” on Spotify, according to a pre-action petition submitted to a New York court on Monday. According to a copy of the petition, obtained by CNN, the rapper claims that UMG

Essay by Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Over the weekend, I came upon a hilarious post from a good ol’ social media influencer titled “Before Wicked vs After Wicked,” showing him doubting all the initial praise for the new movie – with people telling him, “It’s going to win best picture!” and him exclaiming, “Can

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Some of Angelina Jolie’s children have worked with her on entertainment projects, but they have no desire to be in the spotlight. The award-winning actress and director spoke with “Good Morning America’s” Michael Strahan while promoting her latest movie, “Maria,” based on the life of the late opera

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Zayn Malik played his first concert since the death fellow One Direction member Liam Payne and it was emotional. Payne died in October after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31. Malik ended his show in Leeds, England over the

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely planning to lean in this holiday season. There are, of course, many ways to do that, like helping myself to an extra serving of stuffing, downing that second cup of eggnog, and cuddling up to some favorite on-repeat holiday classics: “The

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The time has finally come for singer Adele to say goodbye to her Las Vegas residency Weekends with Adele. Adele on Saturday performed her final show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and made an emotional speech about the show that drew a starry crowd and became one of

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Cher recalls a curious interlude from her rich and many-chaptered history in her new book “Cher: The Memoir, Part One.” The Oscar- and Grammy-winner writes about how, when she went to apply to change her legal name in 1979, she was “shocked” to discover that on her birth certificate

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé proved that she and her Destiny’s Child sisters are true survivors with a warm appreciation post shared to her Instagram on Saturday morning. The “Cowboy Carter” star posted a slideshow containing images and video from the Broadway premiere of the new “Death Becomes Her” musical on Thursday night

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — With the premiere of “Wicked: Part One,” Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande join an exclusive club of women who have played two of the most challenging roles in musical theater. Elphaba and Glinda begin as enemies in the loose adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel, “Wicked,” which was itself based

By Kara Scannell, CNN New York, NY (CNN) — Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday pleaded with a judge to release him from jail, arguing the embattled music producer is not the danger to the community that prosecutors allege he is. Following nearly two hours of arguments, Judge Arun Subramanian said he would issue