By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — It’s a short commute from Usher’s “My Way” residency show to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, where he’s been in heavy rehearsals for the 2024 Super Bowl. The singer will headline the halftime show on Feb. 11 and release his ninth studio album, “Coming Home,” the same day. He’ll
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Hootie & the Blowfish fans mark your calendars: the feel-good pop rock band is hitting the road next year with the “Summer Camp with Trucks Tour.” Produced by Live Nation, the tour with the popular 1990s band will feature special guests Collective Soul and Edwin McCain. The band
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — John Oliver is transforming from a comedian into a campaign manager for one of the biggest elections of the year: New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll. On his show “Last Week Tonight” on Monday, he backed the pūteketeke bird as New Zealand’s Bird of the Century, a competition
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She’d been living in Miami for around three decades and had built a life that she loved. But Julie Balzano, originally from Long Island, found herself struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living in the “Magic City,” recently ranked as the 10th most expensive city in
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — On the afternoon photographer Mayan Toledano snapped a playful bedroom portrait of her friends in Mexico City — an image that would eventually become the cover of her first book — one member of the group, Karla, had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend. Toledano, who is primarily based
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Plenty of memories are being shared in the wake of the death of Matthew Perry. The “Friends” actor died in an apparent drowning accident at his Los Angeles home recently and the investigation continues into his cause of death, though law enforcement sources said there was no foul
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — After 26 years in business, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is closing due to costs becoming too expensive – for both customers and the restaurant operators. Deanes EIPIC, the flagship fine dining restaurant of an empire started by Northern Irish chef Michael Deane in the 1990s, won
Continue Reading By Marc Bain (CNN) — When Revolve and Maison Meta, an AI-centric creative agency, teamed up for the first AI Fashion Week this April, the promise was always that the online retailer would turn garments from the top three collections submitted to a design competition that ran during the fashion week’s proceedings into physical products
Continue Reading CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Consider journalist Bryan West the “lucky one,” because he’s The Tennessean and USA Today network’s new Taylor Swift reporter. The Tennessean announced the news on Monday, saying West, a veteran journalist and two-time Emmy winning TV producer, “emerged as the standout choice from a pool of hundreds of
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Dolly Parton’s husband of 57 years, Carl Dean, helped inspire her upcoming rock album, “Rockstar.” The country music icon has been hard at work on her rock-and-roll debut. She told ABC News in a interview Monday that Dean’s lifelong love for rock music played a part in her decision
Continue Reading Julia Buckley and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — For most people, arriving for a trip to Las Vegas brings excitement, mixed with a little trepidation. But for Rodney Hodgins, who traveled in August, his flight into the city was an experience so traumatic, he says, that it ruined the rest of his trip. Hodgins, a
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s family just grew a little bigger. A source with knowledge of the matter told CNN on Monday that the couple have welcomed a baby boy. CNN has reached out to representatives for Kardashian and Barker for comment. While the name and exact birth date
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Evan Ellingson, a former child actor known for roles in “My Sister’s Keeper” and “CSI Miami,” has died. He was 35. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Coroner’s division online records, Ellingson died on Sunday. The record notes he was found in “a bedroom” in the city
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — “West Side Story” breakout Rachel Zegler is set to join the blockbuster “Hunger Games” franchise with the release of prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” on November 17. In the film, Zegler plays Lucy Gray Baird, a “tribute” from District 12 in the tenth iteration of the movies’
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Consider journalist Bryan West the “lucky one,” because he’s The Tennessean and USA Today network’s new Taylor Swift reporter. The Tennessean announced the news on Monday, saying West, a veteran journalist and two-time Emmy winning TV producer, “emerged as the standout choice from a pool of hundreds of applicants.”
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Atlanta, GA (CNN) — Taraja Ramsess, a stuntman, actor and martial artist known for his work on the “Black Panther” and “Avengers” movies, is being mourned after he and three of his children were killed as a result of a car crash in Georgia last week. He was 41. Atlanta
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Priscilla Presley is talking about why she never remarried after her six-year marriage to Elvis Presley ended. During a Q&A event at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas on Friday, Presley told the crowd she just felt like she could not be married again, according to People. “I
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Keith Lee believes Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson is “completely entitled” to his opinions, even though Lee does not agree with some of them. The former football player took exception to Lee’s critiques of some Black-owned restaurants in Atlanta and expressed that during a recent appearance with former player/sports commentator
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls and Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Two climate activists from the group Just Stop Oil have been arrested after smashing the glass protecting a famous painting in London’s National Gallery on Monday, the city’s Metropolitan Police said. A video posted to Just Stop Oil’s account on X shows the activists wearing
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift appears to have a new member of her squad. Over the weekend she was photographed having a night out with a group of girlfriends, Selena Gomez, Sophie Turner, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne and a newer friend, Brittany Mahomes. Mahomes being there was notable to the Swifties who continue to read
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