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(CNN)Fifteen years after their cross-country car trip, besties Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King have hit the road again.The vaccinated buddies took a "multi-stop adventure through Santa Barbara," dubbed "The OG Chronicles: Joy Ride."King did all of the driving this time around."Tell the people: You don't like to merge," King tells Winfrey.

(CNN)Bennifer 2.0 is red carpet official. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck appeared together Friday on the red carpet of the premiere of Affleck's film "The Last Duel" during the Venice Film Festival in Italy.

(CNN)Amanda Kloots returned to Broadway to honor her late husband, Nick Cordero.The co-host of "The Talk" attended the opening night of "Waitress," a Broadway musical which her husband starred in before his death last year.Cordero died from complications of Covid-19.Kloots posted to her Instagram page a series of photos from New York City's iconic The Barrymore Theater."A standing ovation before the show even began! What a night! To see a Broadway show again tonight was unbelievable.

(CNN)After a season that saw a lot of returns, "Grey's Anatomy" will see another familiar face in its upcoming 18th season. Kate Walsh, who plays Addison Forbes Montgomery in the "Grey's Anatomy" universe, is set to scrub in once again, ABC confirmed to CNN.

(CNN)Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wants to toss one back with his now famous doppelgänger. Last week, Alabama patrol lieutenant Eric Fields went viral after people noticed his uncanny resemblance to the "Jungle Cruise" star.

(CNN)Akbar Gbajabiamila is getting ready for his debut as a co-host on "The Talk."Former NFL player Gbajabiamila will join Sheryl Underwood, Amanda Kloots and Jerry O'Connell for the upcoming Season 12. In order to get some tips for the hosting gig, he called fellow athlete turned "Good Morning America" host Michael Strahan for help."We played during the same time but I never met him, never knew him.

(CNN)ABBA has announced their first studio album in 40 years."Voyage" is scheduled for release on November 5. The group also announced a set of virtual concerts where avatars of the band will perform at a specially built venue in London's Olympic Park to begin next May.The show will play six nights a week, with ABBA band members appearing in digital form.

(CNN)Drake has dropped his new album, "Certified Lover Boy." He revealed the news with an Instagram post saying, "CLB FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE EVERYWHERE @ 2AM EST."Music producer Benny Blanco commented on the post, writing, "when u see a timestamp on a drake album u don't even have to press play to know it's outta here."A recent billboard campaign by the rapper revealed multiple artists make cameos on the tracks.

(CNN)Aaliyah's music is back.Friday marked the re-release of five time Grammy-nominated superstar's studio album, "One In A Million," which hit streaming services.The singer, who was born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, died August 25, 2001, at the age of 22 in a plane crash that also took the lives of eight others as they traveled back from filming her music video in the Caribbean.Fans have long complained about the lack of availability of her music.

(CNN)K-Pop's biggest group won't be touring after all.BTS's "Map of the Soul Tour" has been canceled for now, it's record label Big Hit Music announced in a statement posted on the fan platform Weverse and verified by multiple outlets."Our company has worked hard to resume preparations for the BTS Map of the Soul Tour, knowing that all fans have been waiting eagerly and long for the tour," the statement read.

(CNN)One of Molly Shannon's most famous "Saturday Night Live" characters was awkward, clumsy, Catholic school student Mary Katherine Gallagher.In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Shannon explained how the character came to be after a tragic car accident resulted in the death of her mother, sister and cousin when the actress was 4 years old."I was very heartbroken and very sad and just trying to hold it all together as a kid," she said.

(CNN)Seeing celebrities through their own eyes and stories can be fraught with ... exaggeration.

(CNN)Jennifer Hudson has Aretha Franklin to thank, in part, for her career.Hudson first came to fame in 2004 as a finalist on "American Idol." She auditioned for the reality singing competition with Franklin's song, "Share Your Love With Me."Fast forward to 2021 and Hudson is now a Grammy winning singer and an Academy Award winning actress whom Franklin handpicked to portray her in the biopic "Respect" prior to her death in 2018.

(CNN)Jon Stewart and Pete Davidson are gathering some of comedy's biggest names in remembrance of the 20th anniversary of 9/11."NYC Still Rising After 20 Years: A Comedy Celebration" was announced Monday as a one-night-only event to be held September 12 at Madison Square Garden.Scheduled performers include Amy Schumer, Bill Burr, Colin Jost, Colin Quinn, Dave Attell, Dave Chappelle, Jay Pharoah, Jimmy Fallon, John Mulaney, Jon Stewart, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Ronny Chieng, Tom Segura and

(CNN)Elton John and Dua Lipa love each other.And we should be grateful for that because it's yielded us the track "Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)," which dropped on Friday.The song features John singing lyrics from his 1989 single "Sacrifice" and Lipa coming with lyrics from the classic John hit, 1972's "Rocket Man."Both artists shared the love on social media in announcing the song."This track is the culmination of a beautiful friendship with you Dua and I'm so happy we can now share it - I hope you

(CNN)The Kunis-Kutcher kids took a shower, you guys.We know that thanks to a funny video Ashton Kutcher posted Wednesday on his verified Instagram account of wife Mila Kunis standing in the bathroom as their children were cleaning up.

(CNN)There's a now-famous clip of acoustic version of Amy Winehouse singing "Love Is a Losing Game." Winehouse, in what appears to be a recording booth, rings every emotional nuance from her song as she sings the lyrics: "Over futile odds/And laughed at by the gods/And now the final frame/Love is a losing game."As the music fades we hear Winehouse ask quietly, and seemingly sadly, "Is that alright?"It's a heartbreaking moment from a tremendously talented star who fell too quickly.Friday July 23

(CNN)The "House of Gucci" trailer is out and the film looks like fire.Starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, it is based on the true life story of the murder of Maurizio Gucci, head of the Gucci fashion house.Driver stars as Gucci and Gaga as his ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted of arranging the killing.And because who doesn't love a true crime narrative as well as the beauty of fashion, here's some of what you can watch to get ready for the forthcoming film: 'Lady Gucci: The Story of

(CNN)Prince may have left us five years ago, but his music lives on and remains always right on time.His estate and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, have debuted a previously unreleased song by the late legend, titled "Hot Summer."The single is from "Welcome 2 America," an album that Prince recorded in 2010 that will be released from his legendary Paisley Park vault in standard and deluxe editions on July 30.The album is described as "a powerful creative statement that

(CNN)DaBaby has attracted some high-profile critics.Elton John, Madonna, Questlove and others have come out to condemn the rapper's comments last weekend at the Rolling Loud music festival in Miami.During the performance, he made false and insulting comments about gay men and HIV, and spoke crudely about women, as well.John, who is gay and a longtime HIV activist, took to Twitter to say "We've been shocked to read about the HIV misinformation and homophobic statements made at a recent DaBaby

(CNN)We see you living your best post-break-up life, Jennifer Lopez!While the paparazzi capture photos of Lopez and former, and now apparently on again, bae Ben Affleck strolling hugged up in the Hamptons, she's sharing how happy she is at the moment."I'm super happy," she said in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 that aired Monday. "I know people are always wondering.

(CNN)When the world thinks "troubled" Britney Spears, the paparazzi captured images of her with a shaved head, attacking a photographer's vehicle with an umbrella in 2007 probably come to mind.But there was another moment, again captured by a crush of photographers, that is, perhaps, more troubling.The time was May 2006 and Spears has been descended upon by photographers outside of a Manhattan hotel as she struggled to juggle a cup in one hand with her then 8-month-old son Sean Preston in her

(CNN)That highly publicized feud between Vin Diesel and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson a few years ago? Chalk it all up to "tough love."In an interview with Men's Health, Diesel offered up his explanation as to why he and his former "Fast & Furious" franchise co-star had a falling out, something Johnson had addressed publicly back in 2018.According to Diesel, as a producer for the franchise he had to take a hard stance with Johnson who played Luke Hobbs."It was a tough character to embody, the Hobbs

(CNN)Will Smith is excited for you to read his memoir.The superstar put up a few posts over the weekend on his verified Instagram account regarding his forthcoming autobiography, titled "Will."In one, Smith used a filter to give him a Disney character style face -- noting that it was "weird" -- to talk about his first book. "It's been a labor of love," Smith said.

(CNN)We don't know much about Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for a reason.In a rare interview with i-D, Mary-Kate Olsen says she and her twin are "discreet people -- that's how we were raised."That's a bit of an understatement.The former child stars of "Full House," who went on to build a media empire when they were tweens, are now 30 something fashion moguls and considered practically hermits when it comes to the celebrity world.They almost never grant interviews, aren't on social media, and agreed

(CNN)Welcome new generation of rich kids for us to obsess about.HBO Max (which shares CNN's parent company) has released a trailer for the "Gossip Girl" reboot.The teen drama ran on The CW from 2007 to 2012 and helped make big stars of some of the cast, including Blake Lively and Penn Badgley.The new version is developed by showrunner Joshua Safran, a writer and executive producer on the original series.

(CNN)Garth Brooks is planning to hit the stage in multiple cities this summer.The country music legend has expanded his summer stadium tour, much to the excitement of his legion of fans. Brooks' first show will be July 10 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, his first in a stadium since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the US.Then he'll be crossing the country to bring famous tunes like "Two Pina Coladas" and "Friends in Low Places" to multiple cities following the Sin City kickoff.

(CNN)Like everything else she's done, Rita Moreno is an exceptional storyteller, turning "Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It" -- an "American Masters" documentary hitting theaters first -- into a dazzling look at the much-adorned star's career, and the doors left shut, despite her success, by being a Latina in Hollywood during the days of the studio system.Moreno is in the select group EGOT winners -- people who have earned an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

(CNN)Rest assured that Regé-Jean Page is well aware of all the buzz and speculation he's been stirring."I spend a lot of time at the moment talking about what other people are saying about me, as opposed to anything I'm actually doing," the "Bridgerton" star told Variety in a recent interview.From his rise to global fame via one of Netflix's hottest shows to hosting "Saturday Night Live" and causing a clamor for him to take over the James Bond role from Daniel Craig, Page is definitely having a

(CNN)Jordana Brewster may be in one of the summer's most eagerly awaited films, but to her sons, she's just a mom who has a cool job.The "F9" (aka "Fast & Furious 9") star recently talked to CNN and said Rowan, 4, and Julian, 7, get that mom is a movie star and have enjoyed their times on set with her.But when it came to home schooling during the pandemic, they were less than impressed with her skills -- especially Julian."He needs to be in a classroom setting with teachers he respects," she