By Brian Lowry, CNN There’s a long history of comedic actors — cinematic clowns, for lack of a better term — yearning to get serious. Through the years Bill Murray, Robin Williams and others all took on dramatic movie roles, in sometimes-jarring fashion for their fans. Streaming, however, seemingly represents an ideal venue when it
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Oscar Holland, CNN and Ben Wedeman, CNN At a museum in Brescia, northern Italy, Shanghai-born artist Badiucao is making final adjustments to an exhibition that has enraged Chinese officials. Images of President Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh — a tongue-in-cheek comparison now widely censored on Chinese social media — hang alongside a tribute to
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN and Ben Wedeman, CNN At a museum in Brescia, northern Italy, Shanghai-born artist Badiucao is making final adjustments to an exhibition that has enraged Chinese officials. Images of President Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh — a tongue-in-cheek comparison now widely censored on Chinese social media — hang alongside a tribute to
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN It’s official. Taylor Swift has unlocked the vault. On Friday, the Grammy award-winning singer unveiled “Red (Taylor’s Version),” a rerecording of her acclaimed 2012 album “Red,” as part of her ongoing mission to regain ownership of her early music. While the original album was 16 tracks, “Red (Taylor’s Version)” is an
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By Marianne Garvey Paul Rudd is objectively cute. He’s funny. He’s a family man. He is charitable. But … sexy? People magazine’s selection of Rudd as this year’s Sexiest Man Alive came as a surprise to some, including Rudd, according to Dan Wakeford, the Editor-in-Chief of People, who said the actor was “baffled” by the
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Home Sweet Home Alone” is a very odd duck — a movie that basically replicates the three-decades-old “Home Alone” template, but in a way that feels slightly weird and ill-conceived. Dropping on Disney+ in connection with the streaming service’s two-year anniversary, it’s a reminder that not all well-known intellectual property
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jerry Douglas, best known for his role as family patriarch John Abbott on the CBS soap opera “The Young and the Restless,” has died. He was 88. Douglas was beloved on the soap as the chairman of Jabot Cosmetics, a role he began in 1982. John Abbott, along with his
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN There was a time not long ago when comedian Gary Gulman couldn’t get out of bed. Now he’s headlining Carnegie Hall. Gulman’s had quite a journey through the depths of crippling depression to a new 90-minute show, “Born On 3rd Base,” which he will perform at Carnegie on November 13 as
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN CBS has offered up a first look at their “Adele One Night Only” special. In it, the British singer sits down with Oprah Winfrey to talk about her life and new music. “I invite you to join me for one night only,” Adele says to the camera. With her highly
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Adele might be the queen of speaking truth to our heartbreaks, but it was her role in bringing two people together that stole the show during her Sunday night CBS special. The set up was this: A man reached out to what he believed was a show — but it was
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By Marianne Garvey Chris Stapleton had a strong night at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday, winning six awards including song and album of the year. The singer also won single of the year for “Starting Over” off his album of the same name and trophies for being a producer on both the single and
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN It was a special night for T.J. Osborne. He and his brother John perform as the Brothers Osborne and won vocal duo of the year at the 2021 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. It was their fourth time taking home that trophy. T.J. Osborne, who publicly shared for the first
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN It’s set to be one of the largest private residence yachts in the world when it launches in 2024, but what does a luxury apartment on board the 728 foot Somnio actually look like? Interior renderings of the $600 million vessel have just been unveiled, offering a glimpse inside what’s being described
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Amy Woodyatt and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Paintings by the anonymous street artist Banksy sell for millions of dollars. But in just moments one of his most recent creations was destroyed by none other than Hollywood actor Christopher Walken. Banksy’s latest offering, titled “The Rat,” appears at the end of the final episode of “The Outlaws,”
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Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Photographer Juergen Teller’s latest book, “Donkey Man and Other Stories,” is a 608-page tome of pictures taken over the course of three decades. The staggering story behind the title and cover image — a self-portrait of the German photographer laying naked across the back of a donkey — is told 50
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By Megan Thomas, CNN The 2021 Country Music Association Awards were presented Wednesday. See below for a full list of nominees with the winners indicated in bold. Entertainer of the Year Eric Church Luke Combs *WINNER Miranda Lambert Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood Female Vocalist of the Year Gabby Barrett Miranda Lambert Ashley McBryde Maren Morris
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Julia Buckley, CNN Overtourism is regularly blamed for choking historic cities, covering world-famous sights in trash, and killing local life in tourist hotspots across the world. Now tourists having sex is said to be behind the gradual destruction of a beach and nature reserve in Europe. The Dunas de Maspalomas Special Nature Reserve, on the
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By Cheri Mossburg and Alexandra Meeks, CNN “Rust” movie crew member Serge Svetnoy has filed a lawsuit against several key figures including Alec Baldwin at the center of the fatal on-set shooting that claimed the life of the film’s cinematographer. Svetnoy’s lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles against various companies and individuals involved with the
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN The 2021 Country Music Association Awards were presented Wednesday. See below for a full list of nominees with the winners indicated in bold. Entertainer of the Year Eric Church Luke Combs *WINNER Miranda Lambert Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood Female Vocalist of the Year Gabby Barrett Miranda Lambert Ashley McBryde Maren Morris
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN The idea of a “15-minute city,” in which residents can all reach work and leisure facilities within a quarter-hour walk — or cycle — of their homes, has gained significant traction among urban planners during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, a group of architects is planning an even more ambitious neighborhood in South
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