Roots N Blues becomes Treeline Music Festival
The Roots N Blues Festival, which features major touring acts each September, is rebranding.
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‘Mayor of Kingstown’ cast explains how Jeremy Renner is as tough as his character
By Chloe Melas, CNN The crime thriller “Mayor of Kingstown” could not be described as light, escapist television. The Paramount+ series, now in its second season, explores themes of corruption, racism and inequality. It follows the McLusky family as they wield power in the fictional Kingstown, Michigan, where incarceration is the town’s thriving industry. The
Continue Reading ‘John Wick 4’ trailer introduces new villain
By Marianne Garvey, CNN “John Wick: Chapter 4” is bringing us a new villain. Wick, an assassin played by Keanu Reeves, will take on Bill Skarsgård’s The Marquis de Gramont, a new trailer for the movie shows. The upcoming film picks up after the ending of “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum,” with Wick taking
Continue Reading Penn Badgley says Blake Lively ‘saved’ him
By Lisa Respers France, CNN It sounds like Penn Badgley has great respect for his former costar and girlfriend, Blake Lively. In an interview with Variety, Badgley talked about his former relationship with Lively, whom he was romantically involved with for three years during their time on “Gossip Girl,” which aired from 2007 to 2012.
Continue Reading Penn Badgley says Blake Lively ‘saved’ him
By Lisa Respers France, CNN It sounds like Penn Badgley has great respect for his former costar and girlfriend, Blake Lively. In an interview with Variety, Badgley talked about his former relationship with Lively, whom he was romantically involved with for three years during their time on “Gossip Girl,” which aired from 2007 to 2012.
Continue Reading Ballet director who smeared dog feces in critic’s face fired
Inke Kappeler, CNN The director of a leading German ballet company is being investigated by police and has been fired for smearing dog feces on a critic’s face after taking offense to a review she wrote. According to journalist Wiebke Hüster, Marco Goecke, the head of Hanover State Opera’s ballet company, verbally attacked her during
Continue Reading ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ brings retro flair to a futuristic sales pitch: Living on the moon
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Mixing a retro design and tone with futuristic elements, “Hello Tomorrow!” creates a rocket-powered vehicle for Billy Crudup (after his yeoman work for Apple TV+ in “The Morning Show”) as a fast-talking salesman peddling property on the moon. It’s a perfect metaphor for the value of dreams, in a series
Continue Reading Crying cameramen and freezing conditions: How awards season favorite ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ was made
Thomas Page, CNN During war, soldiers look for solace wherever they can find it. In “All Quiet on the Western Front,” director Edward Berger’s film of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1928 World War I novel, that place is the toilet. Paul Bäumer and Stanislaus “Kat” Katczinsky, a schoolboy and cobbler turned soldiers, are perched over a
Continue Reading Paris Hilton wore disguise to keep son’s birth private
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Paris Hilton has been in the limelight so long that she and her husband, Carter Reum, decided to keep their son’s birth by surrogate private. So much so, Hilton told Harper’s Bazaar that she wore a disguise to the hospital for his birth. “My entire life has been so public,”
Continue Reading Crying cameramen and freezing conditions: How awards season favorite ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ was made
Thomas Page, CNN During war, soldiers look for solace wherever they can find it. In “All Quiet on the Western Front,” director Edward Berger’s film of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1928 World War I novel, that place is the toilet. Paul Bäumer and Stanislaus “Kat” Katczinsky, a schoolboy and cobbler turned soldiers, are perched over a
Continue Reading ‘Do it,’ says solo traveler who uses a wheelchair. ‘You won’t regret it.’
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Born with an undiagnosed medical condition, Renee Bruns, who has been using a wheelchair since she was seven, developed a love for travel after spending much of her younger years going from state to state to see medical specialists around the US with her mother. By the time she was 16, Bruns,
Continue Reading This couple traveled through Europe to Brazil — without taking a flight
Julia Buckley, CNN For many, 2022 was the year that the ever-clearer climate crisis spurred people to fly less. For Rick Turner and his husband Adam Longbottom, their decision to ditch airplanes for a three-month trip around Europe and across to South America was down to something else: 2022’s notorious aviation chaos. “Everyone’s luggage was
Continue Reading André Leon Talley’s possessions fetch almost $3.6 million at auction
Oscar Holland, CNN Hundreds of items from the estate of late fashion icon André Leon Talley, including paintings, personal photographs and some of his signature capes, have sold at auction for a combined $3.55 million. A trove of the veteran editor’s possessions went under the hammer at Christie’s in New York on Wednesday, fetching almost
Continue Reading Bruce Willis’ wife begs paparazzi not to yell at him in the street
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Bruce Willis‘ wife, Emma Heming Willis, has called on paparazzi to keep their distance and stop yelling at the “Die Hard” star when they see him in public. Heming Willis made an emotional plea in a video shared on her Instagram page over the weekend, saying “there’s still a lot of
Continue Reading ‘Cinema of aspiration’: The romance filmmakers who redefined Bollywood’s quintessential genre
Tara Subramaniam, CNN A woman in a billowy white dress runs through a bright green and yellow field, her long hair streaming behind her as she reunites with the man she loves in “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” one of the most successful Indian movies of all time. It’s a scene that has been played time
Continue Reading Bruce Willis’ family shares an update on his health and new diagnosis
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The family of Bruce Willis has announced that the actor has been diagnosed with a form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia, or FTD for short. In a statement shared Thursday, the 67-year-old star’s family stated that while the news “is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”
Continue Reading Taron Egerton solves puzzle to iconic video game’s success in ‘Tetris’ trailer
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN All the pieces are falling into place for the new “Tetris” movie. “I still see falling blocks in my dreams,” Taron Egerton says in the film’s trailer, which was released on Thursday. Egerton portrays Henk Rogers, the real-life entrepreneur who brought the iconic video game to fingertips around the world. The
Continue Reading Bruce Willis’ family shares an update on his health and new diagnosis
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The family of Bruce Willis has announced that the actor has been diagnosed with a form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia, or FTD for short. In a statement shared Thursday, the 67-year-old star’s family stated that while the news “is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”
Continue Reading ‘I Am Legend’ sequel will rely on alternate ending of original
By Lisa Respers France, CNN A planned sequel Will Smith’s 2007 film “I Am Legend” will flip the script on what happened to his character in the end. Producer and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman talked to Deadline about the new movie that is set to star Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan, explaining that the sequel
Continue Reading Breathtaking images from Underwater Photographer of the Year competition
By Issy Ronald, CNN A photo of a river dolphin, or “boto,” seemingly posing for the camera at dusk, with the tip of its nose above the water and the sun setting behind it, has won the 2023 Underwater Photographer of the Year competition. Photographer Kat Zhou, from the US, captured the image in the
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