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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Dolly Parton took a moment during the 2023 ACM Awards to remember two of her friends. The superstar singer, who co-hosted the awards show with fellow country star Garth Brooks, paid honor to Loretta Lynn and Naomi Judd, who both died in 2022. Parton sang an a cappella version of

CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN One of Hollywood’s most famous power couples score a split decision starring in separate thrillers hitting the market the same day, as Ben Affleck‘s lower-profile “Hypnotic” significantly outshines Jennifer Lopez’s just-in-time-for-Mother’s Day Netflix movie, “The Mother,” which comes across as an ultra-violent Hallmark card. Lopez puts on her Liam

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN One of Hollywood’s most famous power couples score a split decision starring in separate thrillers hitting the market the same day, as Ben Affleck‘s lower-profile “Hypnotic” significantly outshines Jennifer Lopez’s just-in-time-for-Mother’s Day Netflix movie, “The Mother,” which comes across as an ultra-violent Hallmark card. Lopez puts on her Liam Neeson

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Ghosts” concluded its season with the smallest of cliffhangers, leaving the audience to dangle into the fall (and possibly beyond, depending on how long the writers strike drags on). Yet the finale more broadly underscored the growth of this very funny CBS comedy, which has joined ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” in

By Amy Woodyatt and Dan Heching, CNN Michael J. Fox is getting candid about life with Parkinson’s disease, and the moment he decided to step away from acting for good. The “Back to the Future” star recalled that during filming for “The Good Fight,” a spin-off of legal drama “The Good Wife,” he couldn’t remember

By Niamh Kennedy, CNN A request by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address the Eurovision Song Contest final in the English city of Liverpool on Saturday has been denied by broadcasters. In a statement posted on its website on Thursday, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is an alliance of public service media organizations that

CNN By Niamh Kennedy, CNN A request by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address the Eurovision Song Contest final in the English city of Liverpool on Saturday has been denied by broadcasters. In a statement posted on its website on Thursday, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is an alliance of public service media organizations

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The 58th Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards took place Thursday with co-hosts Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks live from the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. The ACM’s celebrate country music’s biggest stars and emerging talent. Lainey Wilson was the night’s standout artist with three wins, including album of the year,

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Paul Walker’s daughter, model Meadow Walker Thornton-Allan, is honoring her late father’s legacy by making a cameo in the upcoming “Fast X” movie. Thornton-Allan posted a preview of her appearance in the movie on her verified Instagram page on Thursday, and wrote about how much it meant to her to be

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jacklyn Zeman, who starred on the soap opera “General Hospital” for more than four decades portraying Bobbie Spencer, has died, the show’s executive producer, Frank Valentini, announced on Wednesday. She was 70. “Jackie will be greatly missed, but her positive spirit will always live on with our cast and crew.

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN There’s a new kid on the block. “Sesame Street” recently introduced TJ, its first Filipino muppet, on a segment with Kal Penn. TJ and his friend Ji-Young, a Korean American muppet who debuted in 2021, talk to the actor about the word of the day: confidence. Confidence, Penn explained, is “when

By Caolan Magee, CNN Cillian Murphy has appeared in some of the biggest movies and television shows of the 21st century, taking on a range of critically-acclaimed and cinematic roles, from “Peaky Blinders” boss Thomas Shelby to “Batman” villain Scarecrow. Yet the Irish actor has revealed that fans are actually “underwhelmed” when they meet him.

By Lisa Respers France, CNN A second opinion helped turn around actor Dolph Lundgren’s battle with cancer. In an interview on “In Depth With Graham Bensinger,” Lundgren, 65, shared that he has quietly been fighting cancer since doctors found a tumor in his kidney in 2015. The “Rocky” franchise star said he believed he had