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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Live from New York, it’s revelations about paydays on “Saturday Night Live.” Some of the former and current cast members of “SNL” shared in a video shared by New York magazine about their financial splurges after joining the show. Pete Davidson, who was a cast member from 2014

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Amy Adams is a Swiftie and welcomes any opportunity to be connected to Taylor Swift. That is part of the reason why Adams said she is embracing calls to have her play Swift’s longtime publicist, Tree Paine, in any potential bio pic about the artist. Adams talked about

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jamie Foxx is setting the record straight about a health crisis he experienced last year in his upcoming Netflix comedy special. A trailer for the special, titled “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was,” was released on Thursday, showcasing the Oscar-winning actor and comedian taking the stage in front of

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Every year, we Spotify users eagerly await Wrapped, the year-end roundup of our most-played artists and songs. And every year, at least in the last five, Spotify unleashes a new Wrapped feature so divisive that it threatens to eclipse the most popular music of the year. For its 2024

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kendrick Lamar really is “Not Like Us.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper not only dropped a surprise new album recently, but he’s also hit the top of the charts and announced he’s heading out on tour with a frequent collaborator. His latest, titled “GNX,” debuted at No. 1 on

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The actor who played Kid Loki in the first season of the Marvel series “Loki” has appealed for help from the public after falling on hard times. Jack Veal recently posted on TikTok about his difficulties, saying “Hi. I’m a famous actor, I’m 17 and I’m homeless.” “You

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — With Christmas music blaring through the speakers of the stadium’s sound system, an army of 500 elementary-age students from ten schools across Los Angeles, lined up to have Demi Lovato help them shop for toys and Jordana Brewster size them for a new winter jacket inside an

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lin-Manuel Miranda is a busy man but also careful. The “Hamilton” creator appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” this week, where Fallon mentioned that he and Miranda are both going to be on Broadway together in “All In: Comedy About Love,” which will mark Fallon’s Broadway

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — British indie band Sports Team have been robbed at gunpoint at the very start of a tour of the United States. The six-person group, who are due to play dates across the US this month, had not even performed their first show when their tour van was broken into

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé has been named the greatest pop star of the 21st century by Billboard, the music charting site announced on Tuesday as part of an ongoing series. “Beyoncé tops our staff-chosen editorial list based on her full 25 years of influence, impact, evolution,” Billboard’s Andrew Unterberger wrote. In their

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kieran Culkin didn’t “make his family disappear,” but he’s definitely been withholding some aspects of it. The “Succession” star talked to “E! News” on the red carpet Monday at The Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards in New York City and shared some family info. Turns out Culkin’s children

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Wicked” is all the rage these days, the director of the movie adaptation sounds like he couldn’t be more pleased with the timing of it all. Jon M. Chu spoke with CNN’s John Berman Tuesday about his hit movie musical, which stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. “There

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The stars were out Monday night for this year’s Gotham Awards, held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The event “honors visionary talent in front of and behind the camera, expands the audience for groundbreaking film and television, and supports the year-round work of the not-for-profit

By Sandra Gonzalez and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of sexual battery by a woman who claims that in September 2016 the music producer dangled her from a 17-story balcony as others were on site, including his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura. In a suit filed late last week, Bryana

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Saturday Night Live” is enlisting some of the show’s biggest alums to host the last few shows of the year. On Monday, the long-running sketch show announced that comedian Chris Rock will return to Studio 8H to host the December 14 episode, marking his fourth time hosting. Rock was

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Margot Robbie made a creative decision to slap Leonardo DiCaprio during her “Wolf of Wall Street” audition instead of kissing him, according to the “Barbie” star. The result, she joked during a recent episode of the “Talking Pictures” podcast, was that slapping her scene partner was actually a form

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Who’s the Boss?” star Danny Pintauro is sharing that he underwent emergency surgery after he was injured in an accident while riding on a scooter. Pintauro said that the accident happened on Thanksgiving night but his symptoms escalated the next day, according to a post on his Instagram page,

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Actor James Van Der Beek said he is selling signed “Varsity Blues” merchandise to help families struggling with the cost of cancer treatments, following his revelation last month of his own cancer diagnosis. In an Instagram post last week, Van Der Beek, 47, shared photos of himself wearing a

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Wicked” actress Marissa Bode is asking for kindness after receiving ableist comments on social media. In a video posted to her TikTok page on Saturday, Bode said that while she is usually a “deeply unserious person” and loves joking around, she has received “gross and harmful” comments about her