Jacqui Palumbo, CNN When Hajar Benjida began photographing exotic dancers around the Atlanta area, she didn’t want to take typical images of them performing on stage. Instead, she photographed many of the women at home, including Cleo, who had recently given birth to a baby boy named Andy. One of Benjida’s striking images is composed
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By Josh Campbell, Paul Vercammen, Holly Yan and Travis Caldwell, CNN Actor Alec Baldwin, who fatally shot a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust” in 2021, and the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors said Thursday. The family of Halyna Hutchins, who
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By Amir Vera, Cheri Mossburg and Josh Campbell, CNN Newly released video evidence from the investigation into a deadly shooting last year on the set of the film “Rust” shows investigators’ first interview with actor Alec Baldwin shortly after the incident. Baldwin was handling a gun while rehearsing a scene at the Bonanza Creek Ranch
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Jared Padalecki is recovering after a car accident, according to his former “Supernatural” co-star, Jensen Ackles. Ackles revealed the news with Padalecki’s permission, he said, while at a fan event in New Jersey over the weekend. Video of his remarks was shared on social media. “I don’t know if you guys
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Hafsa Khalil, CNN When Britain marks Queen Elizabeth II‘s 70 years on the throne in June, a striking tree-shaped sculpture will stand outside Buckingham Palace, at the very center of the celebrations. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, the 69-foot “Tree of Trees” will feature 350 indigenous British trees attached to a giant steel frame, reflecting The
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Sharon Osbourne has said her latest facelift left her looking like a Cyclops. The 69-year-old TV personality underwent the five-and-a-half-hour cosmetic procedure back in October. However, she was stunned by the “horrendous” results when the bandages were removed, and her face appeared lopsided. Recounting her initial shock in an interview with
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Lana and Lilly Wachowski, the filmmakers behind “The Matrix” series and “Cloud Atlas,” are auctioning off nearly 200 props and film ephemera from their vast archives. It wasn’t easy to part with some of the treasures, Lilly Wachoswki said, including original pieces from some of the most iconic moments from the
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By Marianne Garvey Actor Johnny Depp concluded his testimony in his defamation trial against Amber Heard in a Fairfax, Virginia court on Monday. His fourth day on the stand, Depp was cross-examined by Heard’s attorney, Ben Rottenborn. He was asked about audio recordings of arguments with Heard and whether she was the only person who
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN If “The Wire” defined the futility of the drug war — and not incidentally ranks as one of the greatest series ever made in the eyes of a loyal few — its fictional look at policing Baltimore merges with a fact-based version in “We Own This City,” a spare but
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By Marianne Garvey Billie Eilish wrapped up her second weekend of headline Coachella sets with performances of “NDA,” “Therefore I Am,” and “you should see me in a crown.” The singer was jumping around the stage so much at one point she fell. “Ow,” she told the crowd. “You guys, I seriously ate s—. Seriously.
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Britney Spears says she is taking a break from social media, weeks after telling the world she is pregnant with her third child. The 40-year-old pop star revealed in an Instagram post on Sunday that she will be stepping back “for a little while.” “I’m going on a social media hiatus
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Lisa Morrow, CNN At the point where the sky ends, a giant man sleeps stretched along a mountainous ridge overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. At least that’s how it appears when seen from the old harbor of Kaş, on the south coast of Turkey. Legend has it a female giant lives over the water on the
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN When David Yarrow snapped one of the most iconic sports photographs ever taken, he was, by his own admission, “merely a fan with a camera.” It was the final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, and at age 20, he was sitting pitchside. Yarrow — who’s since made millions off
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you think hiking stinks, get a load of this … A woman was rescued by two fire crews after she fell headfirst into a vault toilet while trying to retrieve her cellphone at a park on Olympic Peninsula, Washington. The woman in her mid-40s was using an outhouse at Mount
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are in a contentious defamation trial in a Virginia court, with proceedings set to resume on Monday. Depp is suing Heard, his ex-wife, for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in which she described herself as a “public figure
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Barreling forward without much apparent thought to its own longevity, “Barry” returns without missing a beat, fearlessly racing through story with a mix of darkly comic violence and drop-dead-funny visual gags. Delving deeper into Hollywood’s quirks and its title character’s double life, the crackling third season continues to operate like
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN You might not have to go all that far for your dream dress — certainly not “somewhere over the rainbow.” A blue gingham pinafore dress that Judy Garland wore as Dorothy in the classic 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” is being auctioned to raise money for the Benjamin T. Rome
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Gothic ruins that inspired “Dracula” are inviting in the world’s largest gathering of vampires — or just people dressed as them — to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iconic horror novel’s release. Located in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, the ruins at Whitby Abbey consist of a monastery built in
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Taylor Swift is this year’s global ambassador for Record Store Day on Saturday — and she’s marking the occasion with a special limited release on vinyl. Record Store Day encourages music fans to support independent record stores, say organizers. The tradition was started in 2008 by independent record store owners and
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Story by Reuters The famous “Washington Crossing the Delaware” painting, which hung in the White House from the 1970s to 2014, is coming up for auction next month, when it is estimated to fetch about $20 million. The 1851 oil painting is one of three versions painted by Emanuel Leutze of the man who was
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