By Issy Ronald, CNN “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham will host this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England alongside award-winning Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina and TV personality Alesha Dixon, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced Wednesday. Waddingham, who won an Emmy for her performance as football club owner Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN The first time Anthony Sall saw Barbara Olle, he was “starstruck.” It was the summer of 1969. Anthony was a 28-year-old American college graduate shirking familial expectations to explore the world. Anthony had rejected his father’s offer of a job in their successful family business to spend the best part of five
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN “Crazy Rich Asians” star Constance Wu is pregnant with her second child. “Bun in the oven. Filipinese baby #2 coming soon,” she wrote on her Instagram story Tuesday, alongside a photo of herself visibly pregnant. She already shares a daughter with Ryan Kattner, frontman of the band Man Man. Wu is
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN Ariana DeBose is doing her “thing” and trying to roll with the punches after this weekend’s BAFTA Film Awards in London. DeBose helped open the awards show that celebrates achievements in filmmaking, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on Sunday, and her performance earned attention for a
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Iconic actor and artist Queen Latifah is slated to host the 2023 NAACP Image Awards on February 25, according to a press release. “It’s an honor to host the 54th NAACP Image Awards, especially in the year we are celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop,” Latifah said. “This is a night
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom Actor and model Suki Waterhouse is still surprised by her relationship with “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson. “I’m shocked that I’m so happy with someone for nearly five years,” Waterhouse said in an interview with The Times that was published on Sunday. Waterhouse and Pattinson were first spotted together in London in 2018
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare A flying instructor died inflight after suffering a cardiac arrest, but his co-pilot thought he was fooling around and only realized after landing on the runway with the man slumped on his shoulder. According to a newly published safety report on the incident, the pilot thought the instructor was pretending to be
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Da Brat once famously rapped that she was here to “represent for the rest of the family” and now her family is growing. On Tuesday, the 48-year-old recording artist revealed that she is expecting her first child. “I never thought I was going to have kids,” the “Funkdafied” rapper told
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN We’re in the midst of awards season, but the experience might not be as joyful or glamorous as viewers might think. Emma Thompson has two Academy Award wins to her name, but she’s revealed that the Oscars left her feeling “seriously ill.” The British actress, who stars as Miss Trunchbull in
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN John Malkovich is talking about his close friend, missing hiker Julian Sands. The two became friends while working together in Thailand in the 1980s and were roommates after filming “The Killing Fields.” Sands, 65, went missing in the San Gabriel Mountains on Jan. 13 during a hike on Mt. Baldy in
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Marvel star Paul Rudd is everywhere now, but there was a time when he felt like he really didn’t belong. The “Ant-Man” and regular in Judd Apatow’s films says his time as Lisa Kudrow’s partner, Mike Hannigan, on “Friends” turned into an appearance in the final episode of one of the
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN Spring break and a busy summer are rolling up fast for travelers after the post-holiday lull. And if you’ve looked at flights lately, you’ve probably had a bit of a jolt. Or a big jolt if you’re hoping to fly to the Asia Pacific region. Here’s what to expect from airfare
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN For years, J.K. Rowling, one of the best-selling authors of all time, has made inflammatory comments about transgender people, particularly trans women, using dehumanizing language and baselessly accusing them of harming cisgender women. Her words have disappointed legions of “Harry Potter” fans and even the stars who brought Rowling’s books to
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Madonna appears to be having the last laugh over comments about her appearance. The superstar singer tweeted an image of her and it felt like a clap back to all the chatter about her face. “Look how cute i am now that swelling from surgery has gone down. Lol [laughing
Continue Reading Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Designer Daniel Lee made his debut as Burberry’s new chief creative officer on Monday night inside a packed, purpose-built venue under the shadow of London’s Oval stadium — the home of cricket, a quintessentially British sport. Other classic hallmarks of Brand Britain came early on, in the form of dreary weather-battling
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia music festival — formerly known as Roots N Blues — announced it will be going by a new name last week. Tickets went on sale Friday for the Treeline Music Fest, scheduled for Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Stephens Lake Park. The festival launched its rebranding campaign this week and labels itself
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Jansen Panettiere, an established voice-over actor who had a role in “Ice Age: The Meltdown” and was brother to actress Hayden Panettiere, has died, according to Kasey Kitchen, a representative for Hayden Panettiere. He was reportedly 28. His cause of death is unknown at this time and an investigation is underway,
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN There are no bad days in Macklemore’s house. The rapper shared a video on Instagram on Monday where he’s seen enlisting his 7-year-old daughter Sloane to help direct the music video for his new song “No Bad Days.” “I’m a little bit nervous asking this, if I’m being honest,” Macklemore said
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Adele says it’s “hard work” being a meme after a video taken of her at the Super Bowl this year went viral. The footage referenced by the singer was taken while she was in the stands at Super Bowl LVII. The sass-filled video, during which she can be seen but not heard
Continue Reading By Kevin Flower and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN The manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin relating to the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust” have been downgraded by prosecutors in New Mexico, which will reduce the prison time the actor could face for the death of the movie’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. The
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