By Lisa Respers France, Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wagmeister (CNN) — Months after singer Cassie Ventura filed suit against her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs, his life looks very different. The man who rose from an intern at a record label to building his own music empire in Bad Boy Records, was once a beloved figure
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Reynolds this week unveiled arguably the most anticipated and sure-to-be coveted merchandise tied to his upcoming film “Deadpool & Wolverine”: the movie’s novelty popcorn bucket. Said to be designed by Deadpool himself, the bucket, modeled after Wolverine, features a large opening akin to the quick-healing mutant’s wide-open mouth,
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Thirty years after Nicole Brown Simpson’s murder, and a few months after O.J. Simpson’s death, Lifetime revisits “the trial of the century” with “The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson,” a project whose title indicates its desire to paint her as more than just a victim. While
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Strap up, people, we’re going boots-on-the-ground for this week’s CNN Travel newsletter. Let’s leave the jet engines behind, quit viewing the world through screens and breathe in sweet lungfuls of adventure. Pedestrian-friendly destinations Few things in life are as delightful as ambling around a new neighborhood in a new
Continue Reading By Maggie Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — During the 11 years Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been in power, he’s unintentionally kicked off numerous food and travel trends, from boosting the sale of bao in Beijing to accelerating the sale of an English pub. But when it comes to the official state dinners he
Continue Reading By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — Some of the most unforgettable photos of Princess Diana, such as her “revenge dress” that broke royal protocol and her handshake with an AIDS patient that changed the way the world treated those with the illness, have gone on display in a new exhibition in London. The exhibition,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Turns out Jennifer Lopez will not be getting loud after all. On The JLo newsletter subscribers received an email from Lopez on Friday, stating “Representatives for Live Nation announced today that the Jennifer Lopez US Summer 2024 Tour ‘THIS IS ME…LIVE’ is canceled.” “Jennifer is taking time off
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Jessica Lange met the movie public perched in King Kong’s giant palm, but her real breakthrough came in 1982 when she played a pair of actresses, earning Oscar nominations for both roles: as a fictional soap-opera star in “Tootsie” and the real-life Frances Farmer in the tragic biography
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — There’s nothing like getting lost in a good book, but one reader in Finland seems to have taken that to an extreme. Staff at a public library in Helsinki were rather surprised when a copy of Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Refugees” was returned to them more
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Actions, or in this case clothes, sometimes speak louder than words. On the final day of Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial — in which a jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records — Emily Ratajkowski was spotted wearing a not-so-subtle statement shirt. Snapped while taking
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Slim Shady is back, back again. But, apparently, not for long. Eminem appears to be killing off his alter ego in his latest project, an album titled, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace).” He has dropped the album’s first single, “Houdini,” which samples the Steve Miller
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Meryl Gage woke up wondering if she’d imagined the whole thing. As she came to, she heard the rumble of cascading water and remembered where she was: lying in a sleeping bag, inside a tent pitched by Iguazu Falls – at the precipice of a sixteen-week camping trip across
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Jim Henson: Idea Man” threads a difficult needle, celebrating the creative genius of the Muppets mastermind without sidestepping or whitewashing the thornier aspects of his personal life, as related by his grown children. The result is a particularly rich Disney+ documentary that captures the man as well as
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The Airbus Beluga, one of the world’s strangest airplanes, now has its own airline. The odd-looking, oversized cargo plane — a favorite among planespotters around the world — has been in service for close to two decades. It mainly transports aircraft parts between Airbus’ manufacturing facilities spread throughout Europe.
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — “This is not daredevil stuff,” says 75-year-old fine art photographer Donn Delson as we sit in a helicopter with no door, almost 2,000 feet above London. At this height, the winds are numbing even in May, yet Delson, on the outermost seat, dangles his legs out as a
Continue Reading By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — One of India’s biggest airlines has just launched a new feature that allows female travelers to see where other women are sitting when selecting seats for their flights. According to a statement sent to CNN, low-cost carrier IndiGo Airlines is offering the feature on a pilot basis to female
Continue Reading By Rebecca Cairns, CNN Dubai (CNN) — In a dark, round dining room, the late French chef Paul Bocuse explains the next dish. It has all the hallmarks of the classic fine-dining cuisine Bocuse was famed for: quail and foie gras, wrapped in mushroom paté and pastry, and lavished with truffle sauce. But at Krasota,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lenny Kravitz’s leather pants continue to stay on. In a recently published interview with The Guardian, Kravitz opened about discovering that his father was having an affair, a story recounted in his 2020 memoir. His father, he said, told him he too would end up cheating on his
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — An actor who has appeared in film and TV projects like “Rebel Moon” and “How I Met Your Mother” has been arrested and charged with stabbing his estranged girlfriend multiple times. Nick Pasqual, 34, was charged with one count of attempted murder; one count of first-degree residential burglary
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom and Henry Hullah, CNN (CNN) — John Legend is speaking publicly for the first time about allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, who the former “Voice” coach collaborated with on a song that was released last year. In an interview released Thursday with CNN International’s Christiane Amanpour to discuss his new podcast “Afghan
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