CNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — Cancun. It’s all just sun, sand and partying, right? Well, wrong. This famous tourist hotspot on the Yucatan Peninsula may have become a byword for excess, but from Lucha Libre to Mayan history to the natural beauty of its nearby jungles, Cancun offers so much
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — A longtime viewer of “The Bachelor” franchise and a true believer in the show’s ability to help people find and meet their match, newly minted Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos saw an ad seeking contestants for “The Golden Bachelor” as a sign she should apply. “I would love to say
Continue Reading CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — A longtime viewer of “The Bachelor” franchise and a true believer in the show’s ability to help people find and meet their match, newly minted Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos saw an ad seeking contestants for “The Golden Bachelor” as a sign she should apply. “I would love to
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Buckingham Palace has written to an animal rights group to confirm that Queen Camilla will no longer buy clothes that include animal pelts. The letter sent to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and seen by CNN, said that: “Her Majesty will not procure any new
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Former American football star Tom Brady has said he regrets how some of the jokes in Netflix show “The Greatest Roast of All Time” affected his children. During the show, which was hosted by comedian Kevin Hart and livestreamed on Netflix on May 5, Brady was roasted about his
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Less than a year after Hulu’s Ashley Madison documentary, Netflix settles for seconds with “Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal,” a three-part British production that has the advantage of feeling like roughly four documentaries in one. Part business meltdown, part crime mystery, part media critique, and part “tales
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Buckingham Palace revealed the first official portrait of King Charles III since his coronation on Tuesday, and it’s proving to be divisive with its lurid red brushstrokes. The 8.5 by 6.5-foot painting is by British artist Jonathan Yeo, who has painted high-profile subjects throughout his career including former British
Continue Reading By Caitlin Chatterton, CNN (CNN) — Sydney, 1994. A dimly-lit bar, wrapped in tinsel curtains and the fragmented, twirling light from a disco ball. Tick Belrose (played by Hugo Weaving) is on stage lip syncing as his drag persona Mitzi Del Bra; clad in a silver sequin dress with matching gloves and a bouffant blonde
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Christina Applegate spoke for the first time about her once-private struggle with an eating disorder on a new episode of her podcast. Addressing her experience on her podcast “MeSsy,” which she co-hosts with actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Applegate said that her self-described “body dysmorphia” began when she was a teenager
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bruce Springsteen is coming to the small screen. On Tuesday, Disney announced that a new documentary film titled “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” will debut on Disney+ and Hulu this fall, offering viewers “the most in-depth look ever at the creation of their legendary live
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Nicolas Cage is taking on a decidedly darker version of Spider-Man in a new series. The Oscar-winner is set to star in “Noir,” a series adaptation of the “Spider-Man Noir” comic books from Marvel, Prime Video and MGM+ announced on Tuesday. According to the announcement, “Noir” is set in
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — A new Prime Video series is going to show us who Elle Woods was before she went to Harvard Law School (“What, like it’s hard?”) and became an accomplished, perpetually pink-clad lawyer. Reese Witherspoon, who starred as Woods in the 2001 classic, was on hand for the announcement, which
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed – the armorer on the “Rust” movie set who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in prison for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins – have filed an appeal with the New Mexico Court of Appeals over
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — You missed your chance to possibly date Zayn Malik. In a new cover story with Nylon, the singer shared that when he was on the dating app Tinder, people didn’t believe it was really him. “Everyone accused me of catfishing. They’re like, ‘What are you using Zayn Malik’s
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — That didn’t take long. Less than a week after two public sculptures featuring a livestream between Dublin, Ireland, and New York City debuted, “inappropriate behavior” in real-time interactions between people in the two cities has prompted a temporary shutdown. The two sculptures, “The Portals,” are round, lens-like installations with
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It is time to return to Middle-earth. Prime Video released the first trailer for the upcoming second season of the “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” series on Tuesday, giving a sprawling glimpse into how the realm is preparing to battle the Dark Lord Sauron, whose reemergence
Continue Reading By Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — Alice Munro, the Nobel Literature Prize winner best known for her mastery of short stories and depictions of womanhood in rural settings, has died in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 92. The news was confirmed to CNN “with great sadness” by a spokesperson at her publisher, Penguin Random
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The second season of “House of the Dragon” is coming and it’s war. HBO (which is owned by CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery) released the official trailer for the forthcoming season Tuesday. “Raise your banners,” the caption on the trailer reads. “The official trailer is here.” Two
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Days after their daughters’ decisions to relinquish their pageant titles, the mothers of former Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava are speaking out — in place of their daughters, who they say are still bound by non-disclosure agreements with the Miss USA organization. “The job
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Audiences will be forgiven if they forget that Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau are actually playing roles in their new film “Babes.” The raunchy comedy about a pair of childhood friends who navigate two life-changing pregnancies is right in the wheelhouse for the actors, who have known each
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