By Chloe Melas and Jennifer Henderson, CNN Director Olivia Wilde was served legal documents while presenting her new film at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday, and now the organization is looking into how that happened. The filmmaker was discussing her upcoming movie “Don’t Worry Darling” at the entertainment industry convention, when a woman approached
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By Forrest Brown, CNN The image is simply mesmerizing and deceptively simple: a street vendor cooking kekabs. But linger on it for a minute. There’s so much more. While visually arresting, the image stimulates all the senses the longer you look. You can smell the smoke. You can almost feel the heat of the grill.
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Been stuck at home so long your passport has cobwebs? It’s time to start planning your comeback tour. Your journey just might land you at the world’s busiest airport, which has taken a surprising path to world dominance. CNN Travel is here with our weekly feast of fun, adventure and inspiration.
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Cat Bauer, CNN “Cicchetti is the glue that holds Venice together,” says mask maker Sergio Boldrin of Bottega dei Mascareri. “It is impossible to think of finishing work without stopping for a drink and a snack on the way home, meeting friends, catching up on the news of the day.” Ask a Venetian to define
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By Hafsa Khalil, CNN April 28 marks National Superhero Day — and what’s a better way to observe the occasion than to celebrate the world’s most popular superhero? If you go by at least one analysis of the past year’s Google search data, that hero is Spider-Man. According to online entertainment retailer Zavvi, the web
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, best known, perhaps, for their performances as a swashbuckler and a sea warrior, respectively, currently find themselves starring in a contentious defamation trial in Virginia. Depp is suing Heard, his ex-wife, for $50 million as he alleges that she defamed him with a 2018
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By Marianne Garvey “Avatar 2” is finally closer to reality. Director James Cameron returns to direct the long-awaited sequel to the 2009 hit, officially titled “Avatar: The Way of Water.” Disney unveiled new footage of the movie at CinemaCon at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Wednesday, with guests reportedly given 3D glasses for the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN We now have more insight into how Kanye West helped Kim Kardashian get the remaining footage of her infamous sex tape. On the most recent episode of her family’s new Hulu reality series “The Kardashians,” the mogul broke down in tears after West – who now goes by Ye –
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Two limited crime series with literary underpinnings yield very different verdicts, with “Under the Banner of Heaven” emerging as an engrossing fact-based drama set around the Mormon Church during the 1980s, while “Shining Girls” turns a time-traveling serial-killer plot into a vaguely incomprehensible thriller for Apple TV+. Playing like a
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Considering that one major fight over “The Godfather” was its length, there’s some irony that the limited series devoted to the making of the classic film, “The Offer,” runs way too long. Setting that aside, this 10-part look back at Hollywood in the swingin’ ’70s is mostly good fun, anchored
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Jacqui Palumbo When celebrities take to the Met Gala red carpet on May 2, there will likely be no shortage of corset boning and bustles. That’s because the dress code for this year’s event, hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, is “Gilded Glamour and White Tie,” referencing the lavish era of American
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Rhea Mogul, CNN | Esha Mitra, CNN and Manveena Suri, CNN “If you don’t leave from here, we will burn your houses,” a bearded Muslim man in a traditional skullcap cries as he rallies against Kashmir’s minority Hindus. The packed mosque erupts in rapturous support of his disturbing call. “Go away from here,” continues the
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By Paul Vercammen and Amir Vera, CNN The family of Halyna Hutchins is demanding the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office remove video it released of her “dying on the church floor” in the moments after she was shot on the set of the movie “Rust” last year, according to a letter written by the family’s
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Hailey Bieber is finally telling fans what led to her hospitalization in March. The model, who is married to musician Justin Bieber, posted a video to her YouTube channel on Wednesday explaining that she experienced stroke-like symptoms from a blood clot that traveled from a hole in her heart to her
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Sana Noor Haq, CNN The world’s largest blue diamond ever to come to auction has sold for 450,925,000 HKD, or $57.5 million. Named “The De Beers Cullinan Blue,” the massive 15.10-carat step-cut gem sold at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong after an eight-minute bidding war among four hopeful buyers, according to Sotheby’s. The
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Kim Basinger — sitting for an interview for the first time in more than a decade — discussed the severe anxiety she struggled with that kept her from leaving her house, during an appearance on “Red Table Talk.” Appearing alongside her daughter, Ireland Baldwin, Basinger said she had to relearn to
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Pete Davidson is getting a new series on Peacock. The streaming service announced Wednesday the comedy series “Bupkis,” which is written, starring and executive produced by Davidson, was acquired in a highly competitive bidding war. The series will be a live-action comedy, featuring a “fictionalized version” of Davidson’s real life. The
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Jared Padalecki is speaking out after being involved in a car accident. The actor posted a message to his Instagram writing, “Hey y’all! I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of love. I’m definitely on the mend and hoping to return to filming later this week. I’m so lucky to
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN The longtime home of late Hollywood star Betty White is up for sale, with a price a shade over $10.5 million. The five-bedroom property is on the market for the first time in more than half a century, just months after the death of the star — famous for her roles in
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn is defending Chris Pratt in the face of social media chatter that he should be replaced as the star of the franchise. It all began over the weekend with a tweet suggesting that Marvel should replace Pratt with Patrick Wilson. Some on Twitter
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