Entertainment

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — On its surface, Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” has all the fascination of a good episode of “Dateline” – there’s the aspiring comedian who bartends to make ends meet, an odd-but-harmless-seeming female admirer who becomes his stalker and a cautionary tale in it all that will leave viewers thinking twice about

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Padma Lakshmi is undeniably beautiful, but more importantly, she’d like to be valued for her humor. After announcing last year she would be stepping down as host of the cooking competition “Top Chef,” the author and producer’s next move may surprise fans. Lakshmi spoke with The New Yorker and

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — In Prime Video’s horror anthology “Them: The Scare,” Luke James portrays Edmund Gaines, an aspiring actor, who works at a fictitious pizza restaurant similar to Chuck E. Cheese as he tries to break into the industry. “That’s his audience. That’s his stage. That’s the only time he gets

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The 1980 miniseries “Shōgun” is rightly considered a landmark of its time, both creatively and commercially. Yet the recent FX/Hulu retelling of James Clavell’s epic novel set in feudal Japan brought the story into the 21st century with a production that improved on it in fundamental ways, while

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Turns out Taylor Swift doesn’t just speak now when it comes to writing, but has long had a reputation for being fearless. Two of her former teachers recently spoke to CBS News Philadelphia about how a young Swift foreshadowed her talent. “She always was writing poetry, always,” said

By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Maya Hawke has released a new song called “Hang In There,” an “elegantly delicate track” from her upcoming album, “Chaos Angel.” Hawke worked with longtime collaborators Christian Lee Huston, Benjamin Lazar Davis and Will Graefe on the album. The new music is billed as a “meditative album about falling

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Blink and you’ll miss the new trailer for director Zoë Kravitz’s upcoming thriller starring Channing Tatum. Kravitz unveiled the first trailer for “Blink Twice,” her directorial debut, on Tuesday and it’s every bit as creepy as the title sounds. “So, everybody’s dead,” Tatum says at the start of the

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Uma Thurman is fully aware of how important “Pulp Fiction” was to Hollywood. The TCM Classic Film Festival kicked off recently with a 30th anniversary screening of “Pulp Fiction” at the TCL Chinese Theatre over the weekend. Prior to the screening, Thurman was joined on stage by fellow

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Bunnie XO is not happy with how her husband, singer Jelly Roll, has been treated on the internet. In a clip from “Dumb Blonde” podcast shared on TikTok, she said the celebrated country artist “got off the internet because he is so tired of being bullied about his

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kim Kardashian has led quite the life. While she has been sharing much of it with the public in reality TV series since 2007, Kardashian actually revealed some new gems during an appearance Monday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” For example, she and her sister Kourtney used to walk

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is already breaking hearts and records since she released “The Tortured Poets Department,” but to what extent she’s done the latter will be known in more detail when full sales figures for the album are released next week. In short: It could be historically big. The all-encompassing