Entertainment

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

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — What do witches and gladiators have in common? The same thing dolls had in common with atomic bombs last year, when “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” were in theaters at the same time in a cultural phenom dubbed “Barbenheimer.” Now we have “Glicked,” read on. “Wicked” Based on the hit

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Cara Delevingne and Taylor Swift are closer than we knew. In an “Interview” conversation with Nikki Glaser, the actress and model shared that she had once lived briefly with Swift. It came up after Glaser said, “I mean, as a Swiftie, I would love a roast of Taylor

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Kristin Chenoweth doesn’t always sing “For Good,” the soaring duet of heavenly harmonies from the musical “Wicked,” at her shows. But the petite powerhouse, who originated the role of Glinda, really wanted to do it over her two-night run at LA’s historic Hollywood Bowl in 2013. Sarah Horn is