By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Drake is battling his own record label over a song that is the lynchpin of a now legendary hip-hop feud. In a lawsuit against UMG Recordings, Inc., brought Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Canadian rapper and actor has accused
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman has denied allegations of sexual assault made by multiple women that were most recently reported in an article published by New York Magazine on Monday. In a statement on his website, Gaiman said he has “never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone” and
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Complaining about bad tourist amenities is about to get a lot harder in Italy if a new law being considered by the country’s parliament gets the go-ahead. The proposed law, supported by Italy’s tourism minister, Daniela Santanchè, will put the onus on travel review sites like Tripadvisor
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is getting a bumpy ride over a promotional graphic that appears to evoke a terror attack on Paris. The graphic, posted on X on January 10 to publicize the airline’s renewed flights to the French capital, shows a passenger jet flying toward the Eiffel Tower,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Holy smokes, a film that dramatizes the process to choose a Pope leads the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards. “Conclave” earned 12 nominations, beating out the musical about a drug lord getting gender affirming care, “Emilia Pérez,” which had 11. Period drama “The Brutalist” scored nine nominations. The three
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The daughter of a deceased actor who provided the voice of Sylvester Stallone in French-dubbed movies for decades has criticized an AI clone of her father’s voice developed for use in the new film “Armor.” In a since-deleted post on X published January 10, UK-based AI startup ElevenLabs said
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Not since Lady Gaga arrived at the 2013 American Music Awards on a Trojan-style horse has a celebrity entrance caused such a ruckus. On Tuesday evening, at the London premiere of “A Complete Unknown,” Timothée Chalamet continued the eccentric spirit that has dominated his current press tour by cycling
Continue Reading By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — Higher visitor fees. Bans on cruise ships, new hotel construction and vacation rentals. Widespread protests, including highly publicized incidents in Barcelona when residents sprayed tourists with water pistols. Throughout 2024, various efforts by tourism authorities — and frustrated locals — to curb the sheer number of visitors in the
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In idyllic settings around India’s coastal southwestern state of Kerala, photographer Keerthana Kunnath has been capturing images of muscular women flexing their heroic forms. Amid foaming waves, palm fronds or rocky outcrops the women curl biceps, tense quads or exaggerate shoulders, exchanging gym clothes for a gauzy olive dress
Continue Reading By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ignore. “I certainly felt a tremendous void, and that void is due to the lack of knowledge
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ignore. “I certainly felt a tremendous void, and that void is due to the lack of
Continue Reading By Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — Travel can be tough for unmarried couples looking for a bit of privacy in India. Accommodations routinely decline to let this growing segment of the population share rooms — especially those looking to book a hotel in the city where they already reside. Which is why a change to
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Before “Friends,” David Schwimmer certainly had some odd jobs. Aside from being a rollerskating server at Chicago’s famed retro-style diner Ed Debevic’s, Schwimmer worked for his mother Arlene – a divorce lawyer – as a process server, he shared while appearing on Monday’s episode of “The Late Show with
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Danielle Fishel is sharing an update about her health. The “Boy Meets World” star said on Monday’s episode of her “Pod Meets World” podcast that she has completed “active cancer treatment” following her announcement in August that she was diagnosed with DCIS, which stands for ductal carcinoma in situ
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rachel Accurso, better known as toddler-educator-of-the-internet Ms. Rachel, is bringing her popular YouTube series to Netflix. A four-episode season of Ms. Rachel’s videos that will include “interactive lessons that teach letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and more” will be available to stream on January 27, the streamer announced on Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — There are few moments as controversial in food history as the decision by a Canadian chef in the 1960s to put tinned pineapple on top of a ham pizza. When Sam Panapoulos created what he and his brother-slash-partner-in-crime dubbed Hawaiian pizza, it was a breach of Italian culinary protocol
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ben Stiller and his wife, actress Christine Taylor, are known to be one of Hollywood’s longest and happiest marriages, but that has not always been the case. In an interview with the New York Times, Stiller was asked about he and Taylor, who married in 2000, having split
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé is postponing an announcement she had previously teased to unveil on January 14, writing in a statement posted to her Instagram page that her decision to postpone was “due to the devastation caused by the ongoing wildfires around areas of Los Angeles.” “I continue to pray for healing
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jimmy Kimmel got emotional Monday night as he addressed the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. “As you know it has been a very scary, very stressful, very strange week here in LA, where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school,” Kimmel said with his
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Ryanair, Europe’s biggest airline, has called for the sale of alcohol to be limited at European airports to minimize the disruption caused by drunk passengers onboard flights. It called on the European Union to implement a two-drink limit per passenger at airports, imposing it by “using their boarding pass(es)
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