By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Wolfgang Petersen, the Oscar-nominated director of films like “Das Boot” and “Air Force One,” died on August 12, his spokesperson, Michelle Bega from Rogers & Cowan/PMK, told CNN. He was 81. Petersen, a German filmmaker, earned the most awards acclaim in his career for his 1981 World War II epic “Das
Continue Reading Story by Lilit Marcus, Video by Teodora Preda During the week, Ciara Smart is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Tasmania. On the weekends, she’s a member of a caving club that discovered the deepest cave in Australia over the weekend of July 31. Smart and seven fellow members of the all-volunteer
Continue Reading Story by Lilit Marcus, Video by Teodora Preda During the week, Ciara Smart is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Tasmania. On the weekends, she’s a member of a caving club that discovered the deepest cave in Australia over the weekend of July 31. Smart and seven fellow members of the all-volunteer
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN The 911 call starts with a jarring observation: “A car just went through my neighbor’s house.” Anne Heche had crashed her blue Mini Cooper into a home in Los Angeles on August 5, and the caller, as heard in a recording obtained by CNN, was unaware that the veteran actor was
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Actress Tommy Dorfman came out as trans just over a year ago in a triumphant spread in Time. But if she hadn’t appeared on the popular Netflix series “13 Reasons Why,” she said, she may have come out earlier. “I think if I hadn’t booked that job, I would’ve started transitioning
Continue Reading Leah Asmelash, CNN Solange, the singer whose work spans everything from film to fashion, will take her talents to the world of dance, composing an original score for the New York City Ballet. Solange is set to compose an original score for an upcoming work by dancer and choreographer Gianna Reisen, the New York City
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Manti Te’o used to be revered. In high school, Te’o was an all-around star — beloved by those around him and on track for a full football scholarship at the University of Notre Dame. He was the golden boy in his Hawaii hometown, active in his faith and easy to get
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN Italian cinema icon Gina Lollobrigida will run for the Senate in her country’s elections next month, weeks after celebrating her 95th birthday. The elections were triggered after Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella dissolved Parliament in July following the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Lollobrigida, who joined
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kristin Chenoweth managed to leave host Steve Harvey speechless after she got “Wicked” on a recent episode of “Celebrity Family Feud.” The singer and actress, who played Glinda the Good Witch in the Broadway production of “Wicked,” stunned Harvey with her answer to the question, “After the lips, what is
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Unlike the lost city of Atlantis, when this 19th century Welsh village was submerged underwater, it only took a dry spell for it to resurface and reveal its ruins. Lake Vyrnwy — a reservoir in Powys, Wales — has evaporated enough to expose the vestiges of the village Llanwddyn. Remnants of
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Ezra Miller, who stars in the upcoming DC film “The Flash,” is seeking treatment for matters related to mental health, according to a statement Miller provided to CNN through a representative. “Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Viola Davis has been cast as a villain in “The Hunger Games” prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” The film’s official Instagram released the news on Monday. The Oscar winner will play Dr. Volumnia Gaul, the head gamemaker of the 10th annual Hunger Games. The cast for the prequel also includes
Continue Reading Amarachi Orie, CNN A painting believed to be by Pablo Picasso and estimated to be worth millions of dollars has been found during a drugs raid in Iraq, according to authorities. The allegedly stolen artwork was discovered on Saturday in the possession of three people in the Diyala province in central-eastern Iraq, reports the state-run
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN It ain’t nothing but a “C” thang baby. And in this case, the “C” stands for cereal. Snoop Loopz is a brand new cereal from Snoop Dogg’s Broadus Foods line that he co-founded with fellow rapper Percy “Master P” Miller. Miller recently shared an announcement about the new cereal on
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The wood-walled conference room has a sterile quality, and the men in muted suits seated around the wide central table are eerily alike, as if duplicated. But this photograph of a high-level corporate meeting has one outlier — a woman with short, curled hair seated on the far left. She lines up
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN After six seasons building toward Saul Goodman’s foreshadowed fall, “Better Call Saul” presented its final chapter, faced with the burdensome expectations raised by its Emmy-winning predecessor, “Breaking Bad.” Adding callbacks from that series and building on its own run, the show delivered a thoughtful contemplation of what transformed the title
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN More than a decade since it broke ground, the long-awaited Taipei Performing Arts Center opened to the public in Taiwan’s capital last week. After years of construction delays and debates over a budget that has climbed to 6.7 billion New Taiwan dollars ($223 million), attention can finally turn to the dozens of
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, Amir Vera and Taylor Romine, CNN Rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty Wednesday to assault charges stemming from a 2021 shooting incident in California. In a Los Angeles courtroom, the artist, whose given name is Rakim Mayers, appeared before Judge Victoria Wilson to answer to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN In case you were convinced otherwise, Bryce Dallas Howard reports that the gender pay gap is not extinct. The actress, speaking to Insider, said she was paid “so much less” than her co-star Chris Pratt for their work in the “Jurassic World” films, released in 2015, 2018 and 2022. “When I
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Sacheen Littlefeather had only 60 seconds to speak at the 1973 Academy Awards. In her brief speech, she refused the Oscar for best actor on behalf of Marlon Brando, faced a mixture of loud boos and cheers, and defended the rights of Native Americans on national TV. Almost 50 years later,
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