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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Ella Langley’s country anthem “Choosin’ Texas” has spent nearly half the year atop the Billboard Hot 100. Its 24-week run has surpassed even Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” making it the longest-running No. 1 single in US history. And lots and lots of people say

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — The ladder to fame, Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger declare, is broken. For a decade, the two have been picking apart the gradations of fame on their podcast, “Who? Weekly,” watching as the old monoculture fades into a blur of indistinct stardoms and not-really-stardoms. “If A-listers are calling the

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — An anonymous woman who had accused Jay-Z of sexually assaulting her now says that he never raped her. Jane Doe recanted her claims in a legal declaration, filed in New York on Thursday evening. She said she has never met or spoken to the rapper and mogul, whose real

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — If you are one of the many people mourning how life is not all you hoped it would be — between this K-shaped economy, our entrenched political divisions and our expensive wars — go ahead and add what’s happening with Taylor Swift to the list of unsettled feelings

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Ed Sheeran’s weekend concerts at Gillette Stadium have been canceled due to weather, the Robert Kraft-owned venue said Friday, as controversy continues to swirl around the tour and Kraft’s role in getting Macklemore dropped from the tour’s US dates for his onstage support of Palestine. Event organizers canceled the

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It’s been 20 years since Hayden Panettiere uttered one of the most memorable lines in the first-ever episode of “Heroes,” in which she played indestructible cheerleader Claire. When asked how her day was, she deadpans: “I walked through fire, and I didn’t get burned.” It wasn’t a metaphor. The

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — As part of legendary prog rock band Yes, Rick Wakeman saw some pretty wild gigs in his time — but perhaps none quite as untamed as his most recent concert. The 77-year-old musician flew out to Vietnam earlier this week for a special performance Thursday in front of more

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A teen guitar hero who was recently busking night markets in her native Thailand will open for one of America’s biggest metal bands, after taking the crown at America’s Got Talent and becoming an icon back home. Nene Royal, 16, is set to open for Avenged Sevenfold at their

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — When “A Different World” premiered on September 24 back in 1987, the president was a lame- duck conservative Republican who was dealing with Middle East issues. Thirty-nine years later, a Netflix sequel to the hit NBC series set at the fictitious historically Black Hillman College is premiering on

Associated Press (AP) — Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning. Weinstein’s sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant Miriam Haley followed a legal odyssey spanning more than six years after his 2020 conviction was overturned. A jury

By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — “Primetime,” the new movie starring Robert Pattinson as “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen, kicks off in 2006 — an era recreated on screen via puka shell necklaces and Fergie songs. Hansen and his show about uncovering pedophiles have become a cultural juggernaut. He’s been celebrated on Oprah

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Coldplay singer Chris Martin has surprised a street musician in central London for an impromptu performance of the British band’s hit “Viva la Vida.” Ahn Ji-hoon, who performs as HannyJunee, from South Korea, told CNN that the moment was “like a movie.” He said the crowd chose the track

By Emma Tucker, Gloria Pazmino, MariaSole Campinoti, Rebekah Riess, Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Ed Sheeran opened his show Saturday night in Philadelphia with an apology to fans for his “mistakes,” after the singer-songwriter’s tour became mired in controversy this week over free speech and the conflict in Gaza. Sheeran, alone on the stage

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Five or so years ago, Amrit Singh kept catching glimpses of something that looked like home. He was doing customer phone support in Quebec, for a Canadian company that makes trail cameras, helping hunters, farmers and ranchers across rural North America troubleshoot their equipment. In the camera images from

Associated Press (AP) — Duncan Sheik, the Tony- and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who crafted the music for “Spring Awakening,” has died. He was 56. Sheik died Thursday night, according to a post on his Instagram page. “The world has a lost a singular talent, and deeply influential voice in music and theater,” the post reads. “His

By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — Miley Cyrus has revealed what she and her godmother, the late singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, spoke about in their final conversation. Speaking to DJ and producer Zane Lowe on his Apple Music show in an episode released Thursday, Cyrus became emotional discussing her close relationship with Parton, who died in

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Millie Bobby Brown and her husband Jake Bongiovi have welcomed their second child, a year after adopting their first baby. The couple shared an image of baby hands holding onto theirs in a joint Instagram post on Thursday, with the caption, “hi little guy!” A “mom” ring can also

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday, Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, onstage at AT&T Stadium in skinny jeans and a tie-up crop top, told the crowd around her, “Right now, we are experiencing Black joy to the highest level!” Inside the building, it was an uncontroversial, if not obvious, thing to say. Crockett

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Actress and writer Lena Dunham and her husband Luis Felber have welcomed a baby daughter via surrogate. Writing in an op-ed published by Vogue on Wednesday, Dunham, 40, who is best known as the creator of hit TV series “Girls,” revealed that the couple’s first child had arrived 13

By Choire Sicha, CNN (CNN) — On Wednesday, the rapper Macklemore said he would donate $1 million, his full net earnings from his now-truncated role on the Ed Sheeran tour, to six organizations that supported Palestinian people. He invited New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft to do the same. “Whatever we disagree about,” Macklemore wrote,