By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — I just don’t get Taylor Swift. There, I said it. (DISCLAIMER: I do not dislike her at all. She seems nice and I wish her all the happiness in the world. Since she has become a political firebrand as of late, I must also note that I speak only
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Yes, Zendaya has seen the meme and thinks it’s “funny.” The “Challengers” star was recently asked about a viral meme that points out that she, Kirsten Dunst and Emma Stone have all gone on to play tennis players after appearing in “Spider-Man” films. Zendaya plays a champion tennis
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The blades of the windmill atop the famous Parisian dancehall the Moulin Rouge fell off overnight, damaging the facade of the building, it was reported Thursday. The falling blades tore off the first three letters – “MOU” – of the venue’s sign, but they were replaced
Continue Reading By Will McGough, CNN (CNN) — On the north side of Molokaʻi — the least-visited Hawaiian Island — a piece of land called the Kalaupapa Peninsula juts out from the rest of the island. Lay eyes on it for the first time, and your reaction might be to call it a paradise. About 17 square
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 12-string guitar played by Beatles stars John Lennon and George Harrison and thought to have been lost for almost 60 years has sold at auction for a whopping $2.9 million. The acoustic Framus “Hootenanny” was used by the band in 1965, featuring in recordings, sessions and performances of
Continue Reading By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — For over 100 years, it has been a staple of the British seaside – one so classic that one of the best-known novels of the 20th century took its name from it. But rock – a super-sweet hard candy shaped into long sticks, usually with the name of the
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — In tennis, “love” means nothing. Love also has little to do with “Challengers,” which uses the sport as the backdrop to serve up an elaborate, non-linear psychological triangle that proves twisty and enticing for much of the match, before double faulting by whiffing on the ending. Seduction and
Continue Reading CNN By Christy Choi, CNN | Interview by Julia Chatterley, CNN (CNN) — With “Shogun,” Hiroyuki Sanada wanted to get things right. “Sometimes (Hollywood) misunderstands our culture,” the actor, one of Japan’s biggest movie stars, told CNN. “So, I wanted to…introduce the world correctly.” He plays Lord Yoshii Toranaga on the acclaimed FX miniseries, an
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, CNN | Interview by Julia Chatterley, CNN (CNN) — With “Shogun,” Hiroyuki Sanada wanted to get things right. “Sometimes (Hollywood) misunderstands our culture,” the actor, one of Japan’s biggest movie stars, told CNN. “So, I wanted to…introduce the world correctly.” He plays Lord Yoshii Toranaga on the acclaimed FX miniseries, an adaptation
Continue Reading By Julia Buckley, CNN Venice, Italy (CNN) — April 25 has long been a historic day in Venice – the date is not just Italy’s Liberation day, but it’s also the feast day of the city’s patron saint, St. Mark. But now Venice will notch up another dose of history for April 25 – as
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — An arms fair may contain all the trappings of war, but it is nothing like a battlefield. It is “an oversized playground for adults with wine, finger foods and shiny weapons,” said photographer Nikita Teryoshin in a press release about his new book, “Nothing Personal: The Back Office of
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — “I only go to casinos once a year, on Chinese New Year,” says Vivian Lai, a second-generation Macao resident who is training as a nurse. The tradition of gambling is said to bring good luck for the year to come, whether you win or lose. Macao, the Chinese special
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Emma Stone is setting the record straight about her viral reaction to a joke made at this year’s Oscars by host Jimmy Kimmel. In March, a clip of Stone’s reaction to Kimmel’s joke went viral on social media with many users collectively concluding, based on speculative lip-reading, that Stone
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell really didn’t mind those pesky dating rumors that circulated when they were promoting their 2023 rom-com “Anyone But You.” In fact, they were very much involved in amplifying the buzz, according to Sweeney – who also served as an executive producer on the movie
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — On its surface, Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” has all the fascination of a good episode of “Dateline” – there’s the aspiring comedian who bartends to make ends meet, an odd-but-harmless-seeming female admirer who becomes his stalker and a cautionary tale in it all that will leave viewers thinking twice about
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century has sold for $32 million – the bottom end of its pre-auction estimate. The “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” thought to be one of the Austrian painter’s final works, created huge excitement in the art world, but it
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Padma Lakshmi is undeniably beautiful, but more importantly, she’d like to be valued for her humor. After announcing last year she would be stepping down as host of the cooking competition “Top Chef,” the author and producer’s next move may surprise fans. Lakshmi spoke with The New Yorker and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — In Prime Video’s horror anthology “Them: The Scare,” Luke James portrays Edmund Gaines, an aspiring actor, who works at a fictitious pizza restaurant similar to Chuck E. Cheese as he tries to break into the industry. “That’s his audience. That’s his stage. That’s the only time he gets
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The 1980 miniseries “Shōgun” is rightly considered a landmark of its time, both creatively and commercially. Yet the recent FX/Hulu retelling of James Clavell’s epic novel set in feudal Japan brought the story into the 21st century with a production that improved on it in fundamental ways, while
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Turns out Taylor Swift doesn’t just speak now when it comes to writing, but has long had a reputation for being fearless. Two of her former teachers recently spoke to CBS News Philadelphia about how a young Swift foreshadowed her talent. “She always was writing poetry, always,” said
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