By Amy Cassidy, CNN A 17-year-old has become the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small aircraft on Wednesday after first taking off on March 23, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). British-Belgian national Mack Rutherford touched down earlier in the day in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, where his journey
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN Chef Mario Batali has settled two lawsuits with women who accused him of touching them inappropriately in separate incidents in 2016 and 2017. Alexandra Brown sued Batali in 2019 for allegedly kissing her, touching her on her thigh and reaching under her skirt and touching her vagina without her consent at
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN When Capitol Records signed so-called robot rapper FN Meka earlier this month, it billed the move as a new frontier in the music industry. But just weeks after the Black male cyborg debuted its first single under the major label, Capitol Records shelved the effort over criticism from Black music industry
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Sylvester Stallone says he and his wife Jennifer Flavin are “amicably and privately” divorcing. “I love my family. We are amicably and privately addressing these personal issues,” Stallone said in a statement to CNN. Flavin filed her petition in Palm Beach County, Florida on Friday, “for dissolution of marriage and other relief,”
Continue Reading Leah Dolan, CNN Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman caught the Internet’s attention this week with a new shoot for Perfect Magazine. Kidman, who turned 55 this summer, flexes her impossibly sculpted biceps on the magazine’s cover — a cascade of red hair falling over one shoulder with a section cropped bluntly at her chin. Not a
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas Authorities in New York City are investigating a rape allegation against actor Devin Ratray, who’s best known for his role as the big brother in the “Home Alone” movies, CNN has learned. Ratray, who denied the allegation in a phone call with CNN, is currently facing domestic violence charges stemming from an
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN The Texas church that staged an unauthorized production of the Tony-winning musical “Hamilton” and changed several lines to include references to Jesus and Christianity has apologized to “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and the team behind the musical for its staging. The Door, a church in McAllen, confirmed that its production was
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Welcome to Wrexham” desperately wants to position itself as “the real ‘Ted Lasso,’” but that’s only part of what’s going on in this FX docuseries, in which Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buy a struggling Welsh soccer team. The resulting series is a little of this, a bit of that,
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN John McAfee was a strange, eccentric figure, who helpfully allowed cameras to chronicle almost every beat of his frenzied, paranoia-filled flight from the authorities. Yet “Running With the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee” suffers from zooming in too close on its subject, leaving a documentary that’s chaotic and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Tommy Lee has an explanation as to why his Instagram followers recently saw a lot more of him. In a video posted on the rocker’s verified Twitter account, he is seen talking to the audience at the Mötley Crüe concert held over the weekend in San Antonio, Texas. “A couple
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN John Boyega found fame starring as Finn in the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, and it now sounds like he’s moved on. “At this point I’m cool off it. I’m good off it,” he said when asked on SiriusXM’s “Tell Me Everything With John Fugelsang” if he would play the character
Continue Reading By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN You may already know Mo Amer for playing a sidekick on “Ramy,” for being the Muslim comedian who somehow got seated next to Eric Trump on a plane, or for being cast to appear alongside The Rock in the upcoming “Black Adam” superhero film. But you’re about to know him
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN Passengers traveling from France to England were evacuated from a Eurotunnel train underneath the English Channel on Tuesday before being left stranded for hours. “A train has broken down in the tunnel and we are in the process of transferring customers to a separate passenger shuttle via the service tunnel, to
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN The future of environmentally friendly travel might just be here — and it’s Germany that’s leading the charge, with the first ever rail line to be entirely run on hydrogen-powered trains, starting from Wednesday. Fourteen hydrogen trains powered by fuel cell propulsion will exclusively run on the route in Bremervörde, Lower Saxony.
Continue Reading By Claudia Dominguez and Raja Razek, CNN Dinosaur tracks from around 113 million years ago have been revealed at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas due to severe drought conditions that dried up a river, the park said Monday in a statement. “Most tracks that have recently been uncovered and discovered at different parts of
Continue Reading Charles Miller, CNN Seven years ago, American Libby Green was traveling with her mom in Italy and France, capping off their trip with a visit to the southern French Mediterranean resort city of Nice before flying back to the US. Meanwhile, German-born Marcel Gnauk and a friend were also in Nice, attending the Crossover Festival,
Continue Reading By Claudia Dominguez and Raja Razek, CNN Dinosaur tracks from around 113 million years ago have been revealed at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas due to severe drought conditions that dried up a river, the park said Monday in a statement. “Most tracks that have recently been uncovered and discovered at different parts of
Continue Reading Essay by Marianne Garvey, CNN Alright, I’ll say it. I just turned 47. And the reason I am telling you my age is because I will not be ashamed or embarrassed by it. I will also reveal the number because I just left “Harry’s House,” which is what Madison Square Garden is being called during
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN At least three people reported to police that Gary Busey allegedly touched them inappropriately at a Monster Mania event in New Jersey earlier this month, according to a probable cause affidavit. Police said the actor initially denied groping anyone, then asked police to “apologize to the victims,” later asking detectives to
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Andrew Garfield has revealed that he went celibate and fasted for several months to prepare for his role as a Jesuit priest in the 2016 film “Silence.” The British actor appeared on the entertainment podcast “WTF with Marc Maron” on Monday to promote the true-crime series “Under the Banner of
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