Entertainment

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Mark Withers, an actor known for several high-profile television roles, including gay character Ted Dinard on 1980s-era primetime soap “Dynasty,” has died. He was reportedly 77. The news of his November 22 death was confirmed to Variety on Friday by Withers’ daughter, Jessie Withers, who identified the cause as

By Michelle Watson, Dan Heching and Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Steve Mensch, the president and general manager of studio operations at Tyler Perry Studios, died in a plane crash Friday night, according to officials. In an email to CNN on Saturday, Tyler Perry Studios said: “We are incredibly saddened by the passing of our

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — In a year in which it seemed like every great luminary got a moment under the documentary lens, it can be a bit difficult to parse out which were not-to-be-missed. From a fresh and very different take on a founding father, to an eye-opening portrait of a cherished Ukrainian

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Jamie Foxx told a packed audience at a taping for his Netflix special that he had a “near-death experience” and was in a weeks-long coma during his mystery health crisis that had him hospitalized in 2023. Foxx’s Netflix standup special – “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was,” which premieres

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Dolly Parton needs help finding Dolly Parton. The iconic country star shared Thursday that casting has begun for a forthcoming Broadway show about her life, “Dolly: an Original Musical.” “Now I’m announcing the search for Dolly,” Parton said in a video. “Whether you’re chasing your dreams from a

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift was still a new-to-the-scene country artist when she performed at Cowboys, a small bar in the Colorado Springs area, in 2007. At the end of the show, she took two purple beaded bracelets off of her wrist and handed them to a woman who’d been at the

CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift was still a new-to-the-scene country artist when she performed at Cowboys, a small bar in the Colorado Springs area, in 2007. At the end of the show, she took two purple beaded bracelets off of her wrist and handed them to a woman who’d been at

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” Victor Willis, who headed up the 1970s disco band and wrote the song with producer Jacques Morali, has taken to social media to insist that

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Angelina Jolie may have done pretty well in the movies and on stage, but acting was not actually her first pick when considering professions. The Golden Globe, Oscar and Tony Award winner revealed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday that before taking to acting she had

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — When Margo Martindale signed on to star in Prime Video’s new dark comedy series “The Sticky,” out Friday, she did not realize just how dramatic maple syrup could be. In fact, the “Cocaine Bear” star told CNN in a recent interview that when she learned that the Jamie Lee

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The phrase “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” has never proven more accurate than with respect to legendary nonagenarian actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke. The “Mary Poppins” star, who turns 99 next week, appears in a brand new longform music video for the Coldplay song “All