Review by Brian Lowry, CNN In the spirit of Billy Crystal’s last directing effort for the baseball movie “61*,” “Here Today” serves up slow pitches for Crystal and Tiffany Haddish to knock out of the park, delivering another comedic odd couple with carefully massaged heart. As thin star showcases go, it’s an occasionally effective bit
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Don’t worry, Ellen DeGeneres is still very much married. The talk show host is explaining why she’s currently living in friend Courteney Cox’s house. “I should explain. I’m not having marital troubles,” DeGeneres, who is married to actress Portia de Rossi, said as she introduced Cox as a guest on
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Matt James isn’t ready to give up on his relationship with Rachael Kirkconnell The first Black “Bachelor” and the woman he chose to receive the final rose had a very public breakup after photos of her at an antebellum plantation-themed fraternity formal in 2018 surfaced and made the rounds on
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Monster” represents a minor coup for Netflix, not as much due to the movie’s merits as who’s in it. More than three years after its festival run in 2018, the film arrives with a timely theme and a cast whose stock has soared in the intervening time — including Kelvin
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN In the spirit of Billy Crystal’s last directing effort for the baseball movie “61*,” “Here Today” serves up slow pitches for Crystal and Tiffany Haddish to knock out of the park, delivering another comedic odd couple with carefully massaged heart. As thin star showcases go, it’s an occasionally effective bit
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It appears as though Eleven’s dark past will have some light shed on it in the upcoming season of “Stranger Things.” That is what we can gather, anyway, from a new teaser trailer released on Thursday. In a creepy one-minute clip, viewers are taken to an institution in which a bunch
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Reunited, and it feels so painful, as Jason Statham, co-writer/director Guy Ritchie and an old-fashioned revenge plot add up to “Wrath of Man,” a serviceable, ultraviolent thriller if you can weather the exceptionally bad tough guy dialogue. Statham doesn’t speak in much of it, in a movie that operates under
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Water Man” arrives with the coveted Oprah Winfrey seal of approval, marking the directing debut of David Oyelowo, who also co-stars. Yet this coming-of-age movie is a very small-boned family movie, one that charitably would perhaps work best for older kids, in what feels like a too-lengthy trek to
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Plus-size model and body positivity activist Tess Holliday is talking about her disordered eating. Holliday recently went public with a diagnosis of anorexia she said she has received from a professional. Given her weight and her focus on embracing curves, Holliday told “Good Morning America” not everyone has welcomed her
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Before Destiny’s Child became famous, there were the Spice Girls — and according to Victoria Beckham, they inspired Beyoncé. During an appearance on the “Breaking Beauty” podcast the former Posh Spice said she doesn’t talk a great deal anymore about her time in the beloved girl group though she’s very
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Tiffany Haddish overcame insurmountable odds to get to the top of her field. Haddish has been open about her struggles, from being homeless to Kevin Hart loaning her money to help get back on her feet. In a recent interview with CNN the comedian turned actress gave some advice for anyone
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN It was a heavy Mother’s Day surprise on “Red Table Talk” when Willow Smith rounded up her mom’s former metal band for a performance. Jada Pinkett Smith appeared thrilled when her daughter reunited her with Wicked Wisdom, the nu metal band Pinkett Smith founded in 2002. The Mother’s Day episode
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN Fans of the HBO blockbuster TV series “Game of Thrones” can now get a look at the first official images from the upcoming prequel “House of the Dragon.” The new series is based on George R.R. Martin’s book “Fire & Blood” and covers the history of House Targaryen some 300 years
Continue Reading “Conan” late night show coming to an end next month.
Continue Reading By Jeanne Bonner, CNN Eric Alper is a music publicist. But if social media is any gauge, he spends a good part of his day sparking conversation by crafting questions on Twitter, like “What opening lyric of a song gives you chills?” More than 45,000 people responded to a question he posted about the film
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Emily in “Emily in Paris” is going to be a bit more Parisian in Season 2. Creator Darren Star says Emily, played by Lily Collins, will learn how to better assimilate into French culture. “For me, it’s the evolution of the character. I think when someone goes to Paris for the
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN “Tiger King” star Carole Baskin is “purring like a bobcat rolling in catnip” after launching her own cryptocurrency. Baskin’s new digital currency, called $CAT, allows fans to buy merchandise or online experiences from Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue animal sanctuary in Tampa, FL., starting at five dollars. Baskin tweeted about the new
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Tallulah Willis is engaged. The daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis announced the news on her Instagram on Tuesday evening. Willis will be marrying filmmaker Dillon Buss. Willis shared a close-up video of the gorgeous sparkler with the caption, “Hands still shakin’ — Mom’s spaghetti — I’m fiancenched.” Buss posted
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Nick Kamen, the British model and singer who appeared in a famous 1985 Levi’s commercial, has died at the age of 59. A friend of the family confirmed his death to the PA Media news agency on Wednesday. The agency said it understood that Kamen — born Ivor Neville Kamen —
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kelly Osbourne is talking about a lot lately, but there’s one person she’s not sharing with. The reality star/actress is promoting her new weekly podcast “The Kelly Osbourne and Jeff Beacher Show” and has been giving interviews. During an appearance that ran this week on family friend Dax Shepard’s “Armchair
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