By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Like those people who put up decorations around Labor Day, TV and movies don’t always wait until October to begin dropping horror-themed projects to capitalize on Halloween. But the annual crush of such fare has an auspicious kickoff date with Friday the 13th falling this month, with the modern
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After dealing with the death of her mother, losing her job of 10 years and finalizing her divorce, Barbara Barto was at a crossroads in her life. The 62-year-old, from Fort Worth, Texas, who had been working as an office manager, struggled to find another role and felt as
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — This year’s Miss Universe pageant will feature at least two trans women for first time, after 23-year-old flight attendant Marina Machete was last week named Miss Portugal. Machete will compete for the crown at the 72nd Miss Universe competition in El Salvador this November alongside Rikkie Kollé, who in
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — The 20th annual installment of Frieze — London’s biggest and most influential art fair — has officially begun. Recently dubbed “a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters” by one critic, Regent’s Park welcomed a mixture of flushed international art collectors, industry insiders and the city’s style set. And
Continue Reading By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — You’d be forgiven for thinking the resurgence of airships and blimps was a load of hot air. This is, after all, the means of flight which plummeted in the public’s estimation in an inglorious blaze with the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. Ungainly, slow and prone to accidents, they were superseded
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — “Love is strong, but our bolt cutters are stronger,” reads a new Facebook post from Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. In the post shared on social media earlier this week, the park management expresses concern about ‘love locks.’ These popular objects are padlocks that are hung from a
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Swapping her glamorous blue “Eras Tour” concert film premiere gown for a red Kansas City Chiefs jacket, Taylor Swift returned to Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday to watch Travis Kelce play some football. The singer was shown on the Prime Video broadcast sitting in the family suite next to the
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom and Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The long-running AMC drama “The Walking Dead” may have aired its final episode last year, but the show keeps finding new life among the undead. In this case, the very-much-alive Carol Peletier. Melissa McBride is set to reprise her fan-favorite role in “The Walking Dead: Daryl
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Classical Greek marble sculptures today appear crisp and white. But they weren’t always that way, according to a new study, which found the famous 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures were colorful, painted with floral patterns and other elaborate designs. By using a noninvasive imaging technique, researchers at the British Museum — where
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Ambitious, intriguing and ultimately a trifle confounding, “The Fall of the House of Usher” represents Mike Flanagan’s latest macabre series for Netflix, this time taking a page from Roger Corman by adapting (even more loosely) the works of Edgar Allan Poe. English majors should get a kick from
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Pearl clutchers, prepare your gasps. Lenny Kravitz, a man who can probably read the room’s need for an escapist’s delight, has released a new TV-MA music video for his single “TK421” that is an ode to abs, a tribute to morning sexiness and definitely not suitable for consumption at
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rudolph Isley, one of the founding members of the R&B group The Isley Brothers, has died, his family announced. He was 84. “There are no words to express my feelings and the love I have for my brother. Our family will miss him. But I know he’s in a
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Between “Cheers” and “Frasier,” Kelsey Grammer spent more than two decades playing the erudite if pompous character, with the latter representing one of the rare spinoff series that matches the original, during happier times for network TV. He’s back in a show that engineers such an obvious trick
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — More than 700 entertainment industry professionals have signed an open letter voicing their support for Israel and condemning Hamas as fighting continues in the Middle East. Gal Gadot, Amy Schumer, Mayim Bialik and Jerry Seinfeld were among those who signed the letter that was released on Thursday by nonprofit
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Glenn Gordon Caron said that while his friend Bruce Willis can no longer communicate in all the same ways, he knows Willis is happy about his show “Moonlighting” finally coming to streaming. Caron, who was a creator of the show in which Willis starred in during the 1980s,
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — ‘Tis the season for concert films! Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are releasing filmed versions of their über-successful summer tours (Eras and “Renaissance,” respectively), and Talking Heads’ seminal concert movie, “Stop Making Sense,” recently received a theatrical rerelease nearly 40 years after its premiere. Demand is clearly high: Swift’s movie,
Continue Reading By Ananda Pellerin, CNN (CNN) — The world of Sarah Lucas is crowded with body parts. During a career spanning over three decades, the London-born artist has amassed hundreds — if not thousands — of arms, legs, breasts and backsides, mixing irreverence and innuendo to make sculptures, self-portraits, and works on paper that raise eyebrows
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — From parking their vehicles for the day to purchasing annual passes, visitors to Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, are going to be paying more to enjoy that Mickey Mouse magic. Again. The latest increases were announced and went into effect on Wednesday, October 11. That happens to be the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Naomi Dancy was found murdered in 1937, killed by two gunshots to the face. Decades later, her famous great-grandson is involved in a project investigating her death. “Ghost Story” is a new podcast hosted by Tristan Redman, the brother-in-law of actor Hugh Dancy, who is best known for
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have said their marriage is not a conventional one. Pinkett Smith this week has revealed that she and Smith, who married in 1997, have been living “completely separate lives” since 2016. Here’s some of what they have said about marriage over the
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