Oscar Holland, CNN The ongoing invasion of Ukraine hung over proceedings at the 75th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) on Sunday, with organizers offering words of support and host Rebel Wilson using the spotlight to aim a middle finger at Russian president Vladimir Putin. On the red carpet, however, explicit nods to the crisis were
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By Claire Colbert, CNN High tea took on a whole new meaning for Andrew Hughes and his climbing crew. The group of adventurers held a tea party at 21,312 feet above sea level at Mount Everest’s Camp 2 in Nepal last year, setting a new `Guinness World Record — which was officially recognized by Guinness
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By CNN staff “The Power of the Dog” is showing it has big power during award season. The film, directed by Jane Campion, walked away with the award for best picture at The 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards, which were presented on Sunday. The Netflix drama led the winners in the move categories, earning four
Continue Reading CNN Staff The 75th British Academy of Film Awards were presented Sunday. The ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall returned to an in-person event after going virtual in 2021 due to the pandemic. The Western drama “The Power of the Dog,” directed by Jane Campion, won best film. The sci-fi film “Dune,” which led nominations
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Two years after his second project, the critically acclaimed “Care For Me,” rapper Saba was ready to release his third full-length album. It was early 2020. The songs had been mixed and mastered; the videos shot; the rollout planned. You can guess what happened next. Rumors of a “novel coronavirus” turned
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By Julia Vargas Jones, Chloe Melas and Paul Vercammen, CNN The armorer on the set of the film “Rust” said she was not called to inspect the gun that ultimately fired a live round, fatally wounding cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed issued a statement Saturday in response to a legal filing a day
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Hailey Bieber said she was hospitalized for experiencing “stroke like symptoms” earlier this week. The model and wife of Justin Bieber explained the scary situation to her fans in an Instagram post to her stories on Saturday. “On Thursday morning, I was sitting at breakfast with my husband when I started
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN If this isn’t official, we don’t know what is. Kim Kardashian posted a stack of pictures on Instagram Friday that featured comedian Pete Davidson for the first time since the two have been romantically linked. In one image, the pair is seen on the floor looking at each other, while another
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By Jay Croft, CNN Singer Traci Braxton, who appeared on the reality series “Braxton Family Values” with her sisters, including Grammy-winner Toni, died Saturday at 50, her family said. “We have come to a time where we must inform the public that after a year of privately undergoing a series of treatment for Esophageal cancer,
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Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN In the month leading up to the Fall-Winter shows in Paris, it was widely believed that the event would mark a significant return to business as usual — a celebration for the fashion world after two years of pandemic-related disruptions. Coronavirus cases were relatively low, international travel to and from France
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Rhea Mogul, CNN In a video that has since gone viral on social media, a group of men gather on a dusty street in India’s southern Karnataka state. Carrying saffron-colored flags and matching scarves, the men chant loudly in unison as they taunt their targets: Muslim women in hijabs who remain huddled in one corner
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By Chloe Melas and Paul Vercammen, CNN Alec Baldwin’s says in a legal filing Friday that Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer on the set of “Rust,” told him to cock the gun that ultimately fired a live round of ammunition, resulting in her death. CNN has obtained the arbitration demand filed by Baldwin’s lawyer which describes
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By Omar Jimenez and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Actor Jussie Smollett is headed to jail for lying to police and orchestrating a hate crime hoax, but with his legal proceedings largely over, the questions now turn to the former “Empire” star’s future in Hollywood. On any potential return to acting, a Smollett family representative told CNN,
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Actor Jussie Smollett is headed to jail for lying to police and orchestrating a hate crime hoax, but with his legal proceedings largely over, the questions now turn to the former “Empire” star’s future in Hollywood. On any potential return to acting, a Smollett family representative told CNN,
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Samuel L. Jackson‘s considerable star power can’t can’t breathe life into “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” a slow-moving Apple TV+ limited series constrained by the disjointed nature of its plot. Just securing a project featuring Jackson (who produces as well as stars) is probably coup enough for the streaming
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Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Days after announcing a buzzy collaboration with streetwear label Supreme, British fashion house Burberry staged a theatrical show in London on Friday, marking its first in-person collection unveiling since the start of the pandemic. Held in Westminster’s Central Hall, in the heart of London, the event did away with the traditional
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Musician Bobbie Nelson, a pianist, bandmate and the beloved sister of singer Willie Nelson, has died at the age of 91. Nelson posted a heartfelt statement about his sister’s passing to his Instagram late Thursday. “From The Nelson Family: Bobbie Nelson passed away this morning, peacefully and surrounded by family,” the
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Leah Dolan, CNN H&M has unveiled its “playfully over-the-top” collaboration with renowned interior designer and longtime style icon Iris Apfel, releasing images of the long-awaited collection on Wednesday. The collection, announced last year to mark the star’s 100th birthday, includes an array of characteristically eclectic jewelry — including a molded bust of Apfel as a
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By Marianne Garvey “Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer” ended with a twist. Kurt Sowers and Steven McBee, who starred on the reboot of the reality dating show, selected their respective partners on the season finale Thursday, with the women finding out who is actually worth $10 Million and who is not. McBee was down
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By Marianne Garvey “The Nick Cannon Show” will finish out its first season but will not return for a second. On Thursday Cannon spoke about his talk show cancellation, calling it the “business” part television. “It’s interesting. This is show business and the biggest word is business,” he said. “I show up each and every
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