Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — If the first season of “House of the Dragon” challenged viewers with its dizzying list of introductions and disorienting time jumps, the second involves a more straightforward build-up toward a great civil war, where strategy often takes a back seat to vengeance and emotion. Still not the series
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Nicole Kidman is spilling the details on Season 3 of “Big Little Lies.” Kidman sat down with Reese Witherspoon, who co-starred with Kidman on the series, for a Vanity Fair interview and confirmed there will in fact be a third season. Witherspoon even joked that up until now, Kidman
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Ben, the French artist best known for his irreverent approach to modern art, has died aged 88, taking his own life hours after the death of his wife, his family said in a statement Wednesday. Annie Vautier, Ben’s wife, died at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, having
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Thirty years later, some members of the cast of “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” reunited with star Whoopi Goldberg on “The View.” Goldberg was beloved in her portrayal of Deloris van Cartier, a woman who in the 1992 film “Sister Act” poses as a nun while
Continue Reading By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Dwindling Italian towns have been pulling out all the stops to lure new residents in recent years, with several one-euro home schemes launching across the country. But while some towns have struggled to find buyers for their abandoned buildings, others have been basking in the glory of successful sales.
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Get ready for both a familiar and a new face turning chairs on “The Voice.” It was announced Wednesday that Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine is returning to the NBC singing competition and will be joined by a new coach, country and pop singer/songwriter Kelsea Ballerini. The
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It sounds like Jennifer Lopez is trying to keep it positive. Following her cancellation last week of her summer concert tour so she could spend more time with her family, Lopez has offered a note of gratitude to her fans. Visitors to her On The Jlo were greeted
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — Dressed in an ivory white leotard and tutu, a tall Black figure poses in retiré. Arms and legs angular, chest turned towards the light. It’s a traditional oil on linen — the frothy movement of the ballerina skirt almost like an Edgar Degas. The image, a self-portrait of
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The expected conservative media quadrants lashed out at “Queer Planet,” a Peacock documentary about queer behavior in the animal kingdom, which, in terms of getting attention, already represents a kind of win for the NBC-owned streaming service. Yet the Pride month-themed special does represent an intriguing wrinkle on
Continue Reading By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Any doubts that Spain remains the fine dining center of the world may just have evaporated with the revealing of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants for 2024 list. Five eateries from the European nation made the list – three of them in the top five. The awards – considered the
Continue Reading By Stephy Chung, CNN (CNN) — Virginie Viard is exiting Chanel after five years serving as the French luxury house’s artistic director of fashion collections. The designer took on the position following Karl Lagerfeld’s death in 2019 after working alongside him at Chanel for decades. She held one of fashion’s most coveted and elite jobs
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — On the cover of Lisa Birnbach’s “The Official Preppy Handbook,” a tongue-in-cheek 1980s guide to looking, acting and thinking like a US prep school elite, a pattern along the border depicts a fabric that has become synonymous with casual American luxury: madras. The colorful plaid cotton cloth has been
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard might be part of the same sprawling showbiz family, but their on-set etiquette is quite different from the dynamic they share as family around the dinner table. When time came for Gyllenhaal to help cast the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Presumed Innocent,” in which
Continue Reading By Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — The person accused of punching actor Steve Buscemi and another man in New York last month has been charged with one count of second-degree assault and two counts of third-degree assault, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office says. The suspect, 50-year-old Clifton Williams, has pleaded not guilty, according to court
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Filmmaker Joshua Zeman didn’t tell his parents that he was traveling to Ukraine in the fall of 2022, just months after Russia had launched a full-fledged military operation in the country. So when his phone kept pinging while on location, he knew it wasn’t them. It was the app
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Miranda Derrick is pushing back on some of the allegations in the recent Netflix docuseries, “Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult.” Derrick, a dancer with more than 2 million followers on TikTok, and her family are featured in the three-part series that explores a religious organization
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man is facing a felony grand theft charge in Broward County after a plucky airline passenger scheduled to fly out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in March tracked her stolen luggage to the man’s home, according to the probable cause affidavit in the case.
Continue Reading By Rosa Rahimi and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — A famous waterfall in China has drawn even more attention than usual – after a video revealed that its majestic falls may be artificially supplied by a water pipe. The Yuntai Waterfall is located in Yuntai Mountain Park, a major tourist attraction in China’s north-central Henan province. The park has
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lady Gaga would like to redirect your attention from speculating about future baby monsters to the importance of voting. The pop superstar adeptly took on false chatter she is pregnant with a TikTok that borrowed from another famous singer. Gaga uses a voiceover clip in which a person
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Chris Colfer played a character on the hit series “Glee” who was gay, but he had not yet publicly identified himself as a gay man when he first started playing the role. Colfer played Kurt Hummel, one of the first openly gay teen characters on prime time television,
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