By Elena Nicolaou, TODAY Henry Louis Gates Jr. is in the business of finding family secrets. Gates, who has been the host of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots” since it premiered in 2012, has helped many celebrities uncover what’s hiding in their
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN NBC puts together a high-profile tag team in “Young Rock” and “Kenan,” comedies featuring Dwayne Johnson and Kenan Thompson. While the former feels a tad overinflated in its biographical dive into the star’s early life, the latter
Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN The pandemic has upended the calendar in a variety of ways, and the movie awards “season” is no exception. That explains why this year, February is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. It’s around Christmas, traditionally,
Rob Picheta, CNN Freed from the formalities that accompany a traditional royal baby announcement, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, turned to a friend to reveal their news on Sunday. The result was an understated, black-and-white portrait of the pair, gazing
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sterling K. Brown became involved with the CNN Original Series “Lincoln: Divided We Stand,” in part, to learn more about the man who served as America’s 16th president. “I was just trying to get more information. He’s
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Judas and the Black Messiah” recounts a fascinating fact-based story in somewhat disjointed way, as it oscillates between two key characters. Despite that imbalance the movie has plenty to recommend it — beginning with Daniel Kaluuya’s crackling
At 56, Lenny Kravitz is still one of the coolest and sexiest musicians ever. The singer-songwriter, actor, and designer (he owns a boutique design firm for high-end hotels) is not just an award-winning rockstar. He won the Grammy Award for Best Male
By Brandon Griggs, CNN Poetry and football. Two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence. One is a lyrical, niche art form. The other is a violent, mass-consumed sport. There’s something discordant about putting them together, like a mash-up gone
By Marianne Garvey, CNN Gayle King’s daughter Kirby Bumpus and her longtime boyfriend Virgil Miller tied the knot at Oprah Winfrey’s house in a socially distanced celebration in December, reports O Magazine. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Bumpus and Miller, who live
The Oscar-nominated and BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning feature film animation studio LAIKA is best known for animated films like Coraline, Kubo, and the Two Strings, Missing Link. They are partnering up with Bowie State University to fund the first in the
By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Cicely Tyson was a petite woman, but to those lucky enough to walk any of the paths she carved in Hollywood, she was the giant on whose shoulders they stood. Tyson, an actress known for her pioneering career