CNN Entertainment

By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Did you enjoy the papal conclave for its politicking, its gaudy hats and its general focus on peace and love, but think: “Instead of picking a pope, I wish these cardinals would step into some cheetah-skin body suits and gyrate suggestively on an exercise ball in a debasing

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Stephen “Demo” DeMaria has been at “Saturday Night Live” from before the late-night show even premiered. The now 87-year-old Brooklyn native helped build the audience seats for the show’s Oct. 11, 1975 premiere, according to The Gothamist. He talked to the publication about his plan to retire on

By Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, Kara Scannell, and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Friday could be the final day on the stand for star witness Cassie Ventura, whose imminent childbirth has become a significant storyline in the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs. After two days of the prosecution’s questioning, Cassie Ventura faced a tougher

By Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, Eric Levenson, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — After being in the hot seat for about nine hours over two days, Cassie Ventura is done with direct questioning from prosecutors. Next comes the cross-examination from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense team. Building on her testimony a day earlier, on Wednesday the

By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — Tom Cruise was last at Cannes in 2022, when the film festival gave him an honorary Palme d’Or and, in return, got one of the last bona fide Hollywood stars to grace their red carpet as he launched “Top Gun: Maverick.” Fighter jets swooped overhead, and Cruise, who hadn’t

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rihanna may not have her ninth studio album ready to release quite yet, but she does have a new song coming out soon to tide everyone over. The track, titled “Friend of Mine,” was featured on Wednesday for the first time in the new trailer for the “Smurfs” movie,

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Elizabeth Hurley is sounding pretty giddy about her relationship with Billy Ray Cyrus. The model and actress recently spoke with European news outlet RTL TV at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s 2025 Hot Pink Party about her romance with the country singer, People magazine reported. “I have to

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Celine Dion made a surprise video appearance at Eurovision on Tuesday, 37 years after winning the song contest for this year’s host nation, Switzerland. The Canadian-born star delivered a heartfelt message to contestants, organizers and viewers at the semi-final event. The singer won the contest for Switzerland in 1988

By Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, Eric Levenson, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — “The government calls Cassandra Ventura.” With those five words, the prosecution dove into the heart of the racketeering and sex trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs – the testimony of his former longtime girlfriend. Known as “Victim 1” in the indictment and

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Tory Lanez is “deeply thankful to God” and thanking his supporters after he was attacked Monday at a California prison where he’s serving a 10-year sentence for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet. A post on his verified social media on Monday shared that Lanez, who was

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — “Barbie” actor and Marvel star Simu Liu has announced his engagement to girlfriend Allison Hsu. The Chinese-Canadian actor, who was Marvel’s first Asian superhero and played a Ken doll in the 2023 hit “Barbie” movie, shared a series of romantic snaps on Instagram Sunday. “Us forever,” Hsu wrote in

By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — For a fortnight every May, Cannes hosts more stars than there are in heaven (or the old MGM backlot). This year the French film festival will be even glitzier than usual as a who’s-who of Hollywood talent descends on the Côte d’Azur to rub shoulders with the great and

CNN, KCAL, KCBS, WCBS, USAO SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, GETTY IMAGES, CHRISTINE CORNELL, KCAL/KCBS By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Cassie Ventura would not have been blamed had she decided to disappear from public life and social media. The singer and actress first detailed years of disturbing abuse allegations in a lawsuit filed

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, Kara Scannell, Eric Levenson, Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs had just released a new album and was granted the key to New York City when he was accused of abuse and violence in a startling 2023 civil lawsuit from his former girlfriend. Combs denied the allegations,

CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, Kara Scannell, Eric Levenson, Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs had just released a new album and was granted the key to New York City when he was accused of abuse and violence in a startling 2023 civil lawsuit from his former girlfriend. Combs denied the

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Clarksdale, Mississippi – which serves as inspiration for the setting of the Michael B. Jordan-starring film “Sinners” – does not have a local cineplex, but the city is finally getting a long-awaited screening. Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed in a press release that screenings of the hit movie will be

By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift has been subpoenaed in the case between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Swift – a longtime friend of Lively’s – was first mentioned in connection to the ongoing legal dispute between Lively and her “It Ends with Us” director and costar when text exchanges

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ellen DeGeneres looks to be enjoying life in the English countryside. The former daytime talk-show host recently shared with her social media followers how different both she and her view look these days. In a video posted on her verified Instagram account, a now brunette DeGeneres is seen

By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Cassie Ventura, the former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and one of his accusers, could take the stand as early as Monday as one of the first three witnesses called in the government’s sex-trafficking case against the music mogul. Prosecutors indicated in court on Friday

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Liev Schreiber is opening up about his 16-year-old daughter, Kai, who is transgender. The “Ray Donovan” star talked to Variety about the teen joining him and his wife, Taylor, for the Ali Forney Center’s A Place at the Table Gala being held Friday night in New York City.

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — A$AP Rocky’s grandmother stayed up all night at his Met Gala after party while waiting for one special person to arrive. The rapper appeared alongside Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour on Wednesday’s episode of “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” where he talked about how he partied with his grandmother Cathy

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Pierce Brosnan only ever appeared with Robin Williams in one film, but the Irish actor now says he didn’t quite work with Williams. “I really never worked with Robin Williams,” Brosnan recalled recently. ”I only worked with Mrs. Doubtfire.” The star rewatched some of his old films during