Entertainment

By Jay Croft and Deanna Hackney, CNN Actress Tawny Kitaen, who appeared in “Bachelor Party” and provocative 1980s rock videos, has died in California. She was 59. Kitaen — whose real first name was Julie — died Friday at home in Newport Beach, according to a release from the Orange County Coroner’s Office. The cause

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Take a look at this motley crew. Lily James and Sebastian Stan are basically unrecognizable in the first photos of the pair transformed into Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, respectively, for the upcoming Hulu limited series “Pam & Tommy.” Hulu released the images on Friday. The series, which Hulu described as

By 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

By 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

Review 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

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

Review 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

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

By 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

By 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

By 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

By 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

By 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