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Divide 18 strangers into three "tribes"; drop them on remote islands with little food and no shelter, and have them outwit and outplay one another until the last competitor standing is crowned the winner of a $1 million prize. When the adventure reality game show "Survivor" debuted on CBS in May 2000, nothing like it had been seen on American television before.

Lynne Marie Stewart, who starred on-screen in productions like "Pee-wee's Playhouse" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," died at age 78 on Friday after a quick illness, a spokesperson told CBS News on Saturday.

As the year 2000 ushered in the new millennium, boy bands and pop stars dominated the music charts, and the International Space Station welcomed its first crew, while back on Earth, reality TV was forever changed by an inaugural group of castaways on the CBS show "Survivor" — all when more than 70% of Americans didn't own a cellphone and only half of U.S. households had a computer.

A Great Big World, the Grammy-winning musical duo of Chad King and Ian Axel, is entering a new chapter as King steps back from performing due to a multiple sclerosis diagnosis while releasing their new EP "Then There Were Sparks."

On a sprawling farm in Connecticut, Bill Berloni has spent nearly five decades turning rescue dogs into stars of stage and screen. The Tony Award-winning animal trainer has worked with between 200-300 dogs since 1976, all of them rescued from shelters.

In a James Bond shakeup that stirred the film industry, Amazon MGM announced Thursday that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007 franchise after decades of family control. Longtime Bond custodians Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they would be stepping back.

A new CBS daytime drama is making history as the first soap opera in decades to feature a Black family at its center. "Beyond the Gates" follows the powerful Dupree family in an affluent Maryland suburb.

Cynthia Erivo, the recently Oscar-nominated actress for her appearance in "Wicked," will host Broadway's biggest night at the 2025 Tony Awards in June, the American Theatre Wing and Broadway League announced Wednesday.

South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron's death this week has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way the country's celebrities are treated in the public arena and on social media, which critics say can foster a culture of harassment.

From hunting of dangerous predators to surviving treacherous seas, Spencer Dutton's journey in "1923" has been anything but ordinary. Now, actor Brandon Sklenar is promising even darker waters ahead for the troubled Dutton heir in the hit series' second season premiering this Sunday on Paramount +, which is part of the same corporate family as CBS News.

Meta has removed over a dozen fraudulent, sexualized images of famous female actors and athletes after a CBS News investigation found a high prevalence of AI-manipulated deepfake images on the company's Facebook platform. 

Kim Sae-ron, an award-winning South Korean actor whose career was derailed after a 2022 drunk-driving accident, was found dead in her house in Seoul on Sunday, police said. She was 24.

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on Simon's "Homeward Bound" to open the show, five-decade "Saturday Night Live" luminary Steve Martin delivered the monologue, and Paul McCartney gave an epic closing to a 50th anniversary special celebrating the sketch institution that was overflowing with famous former cast members, superstar hosts and legendary guests.

YouTube TV has reached a deal with Paramount to keep channels like CBS, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV days after failed negotiations for a new contract had briefly left the future of their streaming alliance in limbo.

On Saturday night, October 11, 1975, television viewers tuned in for a comedy variety show that looked nothing like they were used to. "It's a sketch, a very unusual sketch, kind of in a minor key, [with] John Belushi as a kind of rumpled guy with a grocery sack," said writer Susan Morrison. "He's supposed to be an immigrant trying to learn English."

Michael and Tanya Trotter, the powerhouse husband-and-wife duo known as The War and Treaty, are back with their fourth studio album, "Plus One," released on Valentine's Day. The couple's music blends country, R&B, and gospel influences.

New Delhi — British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran took fans by surprise in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru on Sunday with an impromptu performance on the city's Church Street. The international superstar likely never anticipated his busking to be cut short by local police, who literally pulled the plug on this microphone.

Taylor Swift was back at the Super Bowl to watch Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs play the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.

Before gracing such grand venues as the Academy Awards, Cynthia Erivo could be found at the Stratford East Theatre in London, not far from where she grew up, and where she'd filled any role she could: "Working the bar or being an usher. And when I got to be in a play, I was so happy. That was a big deal for me."

Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste will sing the national anthem before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off in the 2025 Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 9 in New Orleans. 

MINNEAPOLIS — A nine-hour documentary exploring the life of Prince will not be released on Netflix, and a new film will be produced by the Prince estate. "The Prince Estate and Netflix have come to a mutual agreement that will allow the estate to develop and produce a new documentary featuring exclusive content from Prince's archive. As a result, the Netflix documentary will not be released."

From burgers, hot dogs, tacos, BBQ and wings, to salsas and cocktails, here are some tempting recipes and full menus from top chefs, cookbook authors and restaurateurs to go with watching the Big Game on Sunday, February 9. And whether you're rooting for the Chiefs or the Eagles, you will cheer some of the tasty dishes here! 

Country music icon Kenny Chesney has been selling out stadiums for decades. Now, he's giving fans a new way to connect to his life and his music.

NEW YORK -- Irv Gotti, the famed hip-hop music executive from New York City, has died at the age of 54. 

A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.

Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress who starred in the popular TV drama "Meteor Garden" that once swept Asia, died after contracting pneumonia triggered by the flu. She was 48.

We'll tell you up front: Actor-director Jesse Eisenberg, who says he can appreciate a good Jewish deli, is a different kind of movie star. We joined him last week at the legendary Canter's Deli in Los Angeles, and shared some chocolate babka, with a dill pickle chaser. "This is the real test," Eisenberg said.