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Chris Harrison's announcement that he would step aside as the host of "The Bachelor" for an undetermined length of time following controversial remarks he made has reignited conversation about the reality franchise's problematic history regarding issues of race and diversity.

"American Idol" returned Sunday night, with Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie behind the judges table once again.

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.

John Oliver returned to TV Sunday after a winter hiatus from "Last Week Tonight."

Something you have on your 2021 bingo card? Netflix is adding another true-crime series to its ever-growing roster.

Nicki Minaj's father has died in a hit-and-run accident, police said.

"Bachelor" host Chris Harrison said Saturday he is "stepping aside" from the show "for a period of time" after defending a frontrunner on the current season who came under scrutiny for social media photos from her past.

Actress Ashley Judd is in an ICU unit in South Africa after her leg was "shattered" in an accident in the Congo, which she recounted in an Instagram Live interview.

The final five-time champion of "Jeopardy!" while Alex Trebek was still host died unexpectedly last week, according to a statement from his mother.

Justin Timberlake is trying to make good.

I couldn't help but wonder ... how will they write off Samantha?

Blake Shelton loves being a stepdad to fiancée Gwen Stefani's three sons.

Dave Chappelle has given his blessing to Netflix to run "Chappelle's Show," which will start streaming again Friday after the service pulled it over the comedian's displeasure with the licensing of the show.

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.

If there's one thing beauty vlogger James Charles knows really well, it's how to cause a stir.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was already the subject of a splendid documentary in CNN Films' "RBG" and a dramatic movie ("On the Basis of Sex"), both released before her death last year. But "Ruth - Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words" serves as a fitting companion, drawing heavily from Ginsburg speeches, appearances and interviews, garnished by fond reflections from those who knew her.

As the wife of Trump administration Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Louise Linton seems to understand there's no separating the art from the artist, so her new movie, "Me You Madness," doesn't try. Instead, this whatever's-beyond-vanity project that she wrote, directed, produced and stars in winks at the camera so often you begin to fear for her eyelids as well as your own.

The sobering history of detentions at Guantanamo Bay has already been well documented, yielding a so-so movie last year in "The Report." "The Mauritanian" thus feels like an earnest but uninspired movie that only marginally advances the ball, assembling a stellar cast in the service of one detainee's terrible ordeal, while its marquee stars largely take a back seat to Tahar Rahim in the central role.

"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 performance -- while serving as kind of a companion to two other recent releases: "The Trial of the Chicago 7" and the documentary "MLK/FBI."

The legal battle over conservatorship of Britney Spears' estate continued in court on Thursday.