By Lisa Respers France, CNN B.J. Novak is an international pitch man, but, according to him, he didn’t have anything to do with it. “The Office” star’s image appears on a variety of products — from face paint in Uruguay to Calvin Klein cologne in Sweden. He’s collected some of the photos of the products
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Paramount has already sought to grow the “Star Trek” brand via animation with the comedy subtitled “Lower Decks,” but takes another stab that feels conspicuously like a “Star Wars Rebels” wannabe with “Star Trek: Prodigy.” Paramount+ obviously has ample shelf space, but this Nickelodeon series (where it will play later)
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Paramount has already sought to grow the “Star Trek” brand via animation with the comedy subtitled “Lower Decks,” but takes another stab that feels conspicuously like a “Star Wars Rebels” wannabe with “Star Trek: Prodigy.” Paramount+ obviously has ample shelf space, but this Nickelodeon series (where it will play later)
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Antlers” has a lot on its mind for a horror movie opening two days before Halloween, branching off in too many directions that never quite knit together. Produced by horror maestro Guillermo del Toro and directed by Scott Cooper (“Hostiles”), it starts out well enough but loses steam as the
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Snoop Dogg and Eminem have made up. The two rappers, who had been feuding for years, have put their drama aside, Snoop revealed on “The Breakfast Club.” Snoop had previously left Slim Shady off his list of top 10 rappers of all time. “Man I love Eminem. And the thing is,
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Francesca Street, CNN Sallie Kuria relocated to Germany from Kenya in 2010, unsure what to expect but ready to embrace a new adventure. Sallie, then 23, arrived in the small town of Eschbach, near Freiburg in the mountainous Black Forest region, to work as an au pair for a guy who owned a company that
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Manhattan is no stranger to supertall skyscrapers but Brooklyn’s skyline has now radically changed as its first supertall reached its full, vertiginous height on Thursday. The 93-story, 1,066-foot-tall residential building, standing at 9 DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, was designed by SHoP Architects. (Supertalls, by definition, are residential or office buildings reaching
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN What do you gift one of the biggest teen pop stars in the world? If you’re President Joe Biden, the answer is easy: a shoehorn. Olivia Rodrigo, the singer behind the hits “Driver’s License” and “good 4 u,” was invited to the White House back in July to promote the Covid-19
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN What do you gift one of the biggest teen pop stars in the world? If you’re President Joe Biden, the answer is easy: a shoehorn. Olivia Rodrigo, the singer behind the hits “Driver’s License” and “good 4 u,” was invited to the White House back in July to promote the Covid-19
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Alec Baldwin told the paparazzi he is not allowed to talk about the details of the shooting that occurred on the set of his latest film, “Rust,” but he had some things to say about the woman who died, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. In a video posted on TMZ’s website Saturday,
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By Chloe Melas Two crew members tell CNN that Hannah Gutierrez, 24, who was the lead armorer on the set of “Rust,” mishandled weapons on a previous film project. Stu Brumbaugh, the key grip on “The Old Way,” told CNN that Gutierrez handled guns on the set of that project in a reckless manner and
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By Sandra Gonzalez and Lisa Respers France, CNN The Santa Fe County sheriff on Wednesday said the gun discharged by actor Alec Baldwin during a fatal shooting on the set of “Rust” fired a “suspected live round.” Investigators believe they have recovered the “lead projectile” and shell casing from the ammunition that struck and killed
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez and Lisa Respers France, CNN The Santa Fe County Sheriff on Wednesday said the gun discharged by actor Alec Baldwin during a fatal incident on the set of “Rust” fired a “suspected live round.” Investigators believe they have recovered the “lead projectile” and shell casing from the ammunition that struck and killed
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Summer 2022 will be the summer of millennial nostalgia. Disney and Pixar released the brand new teaser trailer for “Lightyear” on Wednesday. With Chris Evans voicing Buzz Lightyear, the film will tell the story of the “real” person behind the iconic toy and character featured in the classic “Toy Story” movies.
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Christiane Amanpour CNN, Emmet Lyons CNN, Ken Olshansky CNN Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard has said that he remains unsure as to whether he has written his last work. “At the moment, I’m sitting here with nothing to write, and I’m thinking I really ought to try and write something else now,” Stoppard told CNN’s Christiane
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Colin Kaepernick possesses greater gifts as an athlete and activist than as a TV personality, which becomes apparent watching “Colin in Black & White,” a series that — much like NBC’s “Young Rock” — revisits a famous person’s early life, here by awkwardly mixing documentary and dramatic elements. As it
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN The Jonas Brothers are set to get roasted. Netflix will release the “Jonas Brothers Family Roast,” a one-hour comedy special hosted by Kenan Thompson. It will be the streaming service’s first-ever family roast. Netflix describes it as “a one of a kind comedy special of epic proportions that celebrates the universal
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Megan Thee Stallion is looking forward to her forthcoming college graduation. The Grammy-winning rapper shared photos of herself with a bedazzaled graduation cap on her verified Instagram account Tuesday. “2021 finna graduate collegeeee,” the caption on the photos read. “Taking my graduation pics today, can’t wait for y’all to see.”
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Count LeBron James among those caught up in “Squid Game.” The basketball icon’s thoughts were shared in a video tweeted by sports writer Kyle Goon. “I didn’t like the ending though,” James told Lakers teammate Anthony Davis. The hit Netflix’s series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk was asked for his reaction to
Continue Reading Christiane Amanpour CNN, Emmet Lyons CNN, Ken Olshansky CNN Legendary playwright Tom Stoppard has said that he remains unsure as to whether he has written his last work. “At the moment, I’m sitting here with nothing to write, and I’m thinking I really ought to try and write something else now,” Stoppard told CNN’s Christiane
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