By Leah Asmelash, CNN LeBron James has addressed Brittney Griner’s detainment in a new video, just one week after comparisons between the two stars went viral. In a trailer for a new episode of “The Shop: Uninterrupted,” in which James chats about current events with guests in a setting mimicking a barbershop, James addressed the
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN For the first time in the show’s history, Season 19 of “The Bachelorette” is featuring two women looking for love. On Monday’s season premiere, Gabby Windey, 31, an ICU nurse and Rachel Recchia, 26, a flight instructor, met the 32 men cast as their potential matches. “It was a huge learning
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN The late Chadwick Boseman and former President Barack Obama are among the formidable crop of first-time nominees at the 74th Emmy Awards. Nominees were announced Tuesday morning for the Emmys, which honor the best television of the year. Former winners “Succession” and “Ted Lasso” predictably swept the nominations, but there were
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas and Marianne Garvey, CNN The nominations for the 74th Emmy Awards were revealed on Tuesday and many of the nominees are sharing their joy — some in colorful language. Brett Goldstein, outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for “Ted Lasso” “Holy fxxxing xxxx, this is fxxxing insane! For this to happen
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A 200-year-old “pristine” cobalt mine has been discovered in Cheshire, northwest England, revealing a trove of personal objects left behind by workers. The mine, which would have been in production during the Napoleonic Wars, was found in Alderley Edge village. It is believed to have been abandoned in 1810, according
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced dates for a 2023 North American tour. The “Born in the U.S.A.” singer last played a concert with the E Street Band in 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. The group first announced they would reunite for another tour back in May, but did
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN “Better Call Saul” often moves slowly, but the first of the show’s final six episodes kicked off with a literal bang, pointing toward perhaps a greater sense of urgency as the “Breaking Bad” prequel gets closer to its end game. The season’s eighth episode, titled “Point and Shoot,” finally saw the
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It was a good morning for the cast and creative teams of “Succession” and “Ted Lasso.” The shows on Tuesday earned several nominations in the major categories for the 74th Emmy Awards, which will be held September 12. “Succession” earned the most nominations of any show, earning a total of 25
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Margaret Atwood, author of the dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” has shared her thoughts on the dissolution of Roe v. Wade with four small words and a coffee cup. The writer posted a photo on Instagram of herself sitting in a chair, holding a mug with the phrase, “I told you
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Get your credit card out and your favorite booking platforms at the ready: US magazine and news website TIME has just released its list of the world’s 50 greatest places of 2022. The list was compiled by its international network of correspondents and contributors, and, says TIME in a statement, “with
Continue Reading Nick Remsen, CNN In sprawling and dense São Paulo, Brazil, the reclaimed enclave of Cidade Matarazzo is emerging as something of a polished bauble. Cidade Matarazzo’s transformed historical buildings, some a century old, are becoming an upscale neighborhood of retail outlets, residences, dining establishments, and a new hotel: The Rosewood São Paulo, which opened in
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Nearly three years ago, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan kickstarted one of the art world’s biggest viral moments when he sold a banana duct-taped to a wall for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami. But Joe Morford, an artist from Glendale, California, is claiming that the world-renowned artist copied his own 2000 artwork titled
Continue Reading By Livia Borghese and Sana Noor Haq, CNN An American tourist fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius in an attempt to retrieve his mobile phone at the weekend, Italian police told CNN on Monday. The 23-year-old man from Baltimore was hiking an unauthorized trail accompanied by three relatives on Saturday morning, the carabinieri of
Continue Reading Jacopo Prisco, CNN Dutch designer Jaro Gielens’ basement is a sight to behold: The 1,000-square-foot space has been converted into a vault for one of the world’s largest collections of small household appliances from the 1960s to the 1990s — featuring mostly items in mint-condition. A niche pursuit, you might be thinking, but together these
Continue Reading By Lauren Delvalle, CNN Attorneys for Johnny Depp have asked a Virginia judge to deny Amber Heard’s post-trial motions asking for a mistrial, calling the legal arguments “frivolous.” Heard and Depp were both found liable for defamation in their lawsuits against each other last month. The jury initially awarded $15 million in damages to Depp
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The largest trees on Earth by volume, giant sequoias soar upward like natural skyscrapers and are simply mesmerizing in their immensity. These trees have a limited range, though: They’re found only on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. And that’s put some of
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Yes, Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend Pete Davidson will officially be on the second season of “The Kardashians.” “Life is good, I have a new boyfriend,” Kim Kardashian says in a new trailer for Season 2 of the Hulu series. “I’m just having a really good time.” Davidson is at the end of the
Continue Reading By Yenny Sanchez, CNN Even Dame Judi Dench encountered some doubters on her journey to the big screen. In a recent interview, Dench revealed a film director once told her that she would never make it in film because she had “the wrong face.” “He was perfectly nice, but at the end he said, ‘You’ll
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Discovery Channel’s upcoming “Shark Week” will have some extra muscle. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will host this year, and has the honor of being first-ever Master of Ceremonies. “Our Seven Bucks Productions has partnered with Discovery to bring you a very special (and badass) Shark Week. I filmed exclusively in my home
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Broadway’s next “Funny Girl” will be Lea Michele, who is replacing Beanie Feldstein after the “Booksmart” star announced she’d exit the show earlier than expected. The production revealed Monday that the “Glee” star would succeed Feldstein, whose run will end July 31, in the leading role of Fanny Brice, the famed
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