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Celebrities often use their star power to promote films, TV shows and products. These celebrities have used their far-reaching platforms to create buzz about health issues.

"Alien" taught us that in space, no one can here you scream. The latest offshoot of its DNA, "Alien: Covenant," offers the lesson for fans of early incarnations that in theaters, people can indeed hear you sigh.

Royalty and celebrities gathered Saturday to watch as Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Middleton, the younger sister of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, married millionaire hedge fund manager James Matthews in Englefield, England.

Bill Cosby spoke with CNN's Michael Smerconish on his Sirius XM radio show about his upcoming criminal trial, saying the legal system is manipulated in a way that makes it difficult for him to defend himself.

Singer and songwriter Jewel experienced firsthand just how vicious the poverty cycle can be.

It's not quite a royal wedding, but on the scale of hotly anticipated nuptials, it's pretty close.

When "The Real World: New York" debuted on May 21, 1992, Norman Korpi became the first bisexual man on reality television. Except he wasn't.

Eager to find its next "Making a Murderer," Netflix devotes seven hours to "The Keepers," a cold case that has as its center the unsolved 1969 murder of a Baltimore nun. While the story takes several engrossing twists and unexpected turns, the project labors at times under ts complexity, lacking the clear "Steve Avery: Innocent or guilty?" through line that its forerunner possessed.

Chris Cornell's widow disputed an official finding that her rocker husband died by suicide and revealed Friday that he had "taken an extra Ativan or two" shortly before he was found unresponsive.

Disney is giving Lin-Manuel Miranda a chance to have some adventures in Duckburg, and he is not throwing away his shot.

It's hard to believe that it's already been 40 years since "Alien" roared into theaters and terrified audiences with its famous chest-bursting scene. Now, director Ridley Scott is back with everyone's favorite Xenomorph for more screams in "Alien: Covenant," which hits theaters on Friday.

Harry Styles makes crying look cool, folks.

"The Wizard of Lies" digs deep into Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, while providing a less-illuminating peek under its subject's skin. The coup of casting Robert De Niro as Madoff showers prestige on this HBO film, which ultimately provides only slightly better dramatic returns than ABC's so-so 2016 miniseries starring Richard Dreyfuss.

The "Guardians of the Galaxy" are being beaten by a pair of female wrestlers.

If there is an advantage that the "Star Wars" half-marathon has over most races of that distance, it may be that it has more fun per mile than most other 13.1-milers. It also may have an invisible, ancient energy that binds all the runners all together like an awakening "Force."