Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — There’s so much talent packed into “Palm Royale” that you’d think – or at least hope – the net result would be better. Yet this attempt to do a sort-of “Desperate Housewives” set in Florida in 1969 begins with great promise before becoming ever more ridiculous, until a
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger have plans to team up once again for a new movie. The two actors, who played brothers and starred together in 1988’s “Twins,” also appeared together recently at the Oscars, where they did a bit on both playing “Batman” villains. “Arnold and I are
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Toby Keith will receive a posthumous honor. The late country music star, who died in February at age 62 from complications of stomach cancer, will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. “Election to the Country Music Hall of Fame is country music’s highest honor, and
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood star Ewan McGregor has said it was “still necessary” to have an intimacy coordinator for the sex scenes in new drama series “A Gentleman in Moscow,” even though he was performing alongside his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead. “It’s still necessary, because it’s also about the crew, and it’s
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — A Roman statue dating back almost 2,000 years has been discovered by construction workers building a parking lot in the United Kingdom. Digger driver Greg Crawley uncovered the marble head of a Roman lady at 16th century country estate Burghley House in Peterborough, England, last year while undertaking renovation
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — For those of us who approach things by the Goldilocks Principle (not too little, not too much), spring equinox is practically perfect. Along with the fall equinox, this is when we get that glorious balance of daytime and nighttime all over the world — from the steamy equator to
Continue Reading Photos and interviews by Moeri Karasawa, Himari Semans and Getty Images; Text by Oscar Holland, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Tokyo Fashion Week concluded perhaps its most successful edition since the Covid-19 pandemic, with more international guests and buyers returning to Japan’s capital for the Fall-Winter 2024 edition. The event’s 35 physical shows featured Finnish
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — After multiple delays in production, the new Bob Dylan biopic has started filming — which means a first look at actor Timothée Chalamet as the legendary folk singer. Costumed in an army-green jacket and a newsboy cap, Chalamet was pictured filming “A Complete Unknown,” a movie chronicling the singer-songwriter’s career
Continue Reading By Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — “My God, it’s dull,” said interior designer Steven Thomas of the British retail landscape in 2024. As the creative force behind the look of the wildly popular 1970s London fashion store Big Biba, Thomas knows a thing or two about engineering excitement. Big Biba — a daring, 20,000 square
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — It’s been nearly 13 years since “The Oprah Winfrey Show” came to an end, but for viewers of her weight loss special on Monday night, it likely felt like Winfrey’s talk show was back. “An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution” featured Winfrey doing what she
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Shigeichi Negishi, the entrepreneur who invented the world’s first karaoke machine, has died aged 100. Negishi, whose 1967 “Sparko Box” prototype is among several devices credited with ushering in Japan’s karaoke craze, died from natural causes in January. His death, which was made public last week, was confirmed to
Continue Reading By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — When Mohamad Orfali was a child, his favorite meal was breakfast. At his family home in Aleppo, Syria, his grandfather would prepare “Treet Bel Laban” — an omelet with meatballs, served on top of garlic yogurt, and eaten with warm bread. “I have so many memories of food,” says
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Richard Simmons has apologized after posts he made on social media caused concern and speculation about his health. It all began when Simmons, who is 75, posted an ominous message to X and Facebook on Monday: “I have some news to tell you. Please don’t be sad. I am
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A small stone vial discovered in southeastern Iran contained a red cosmetic that was likely used as a lip coloring nearly 4,000 years ago, according to archaeologists. The rare find is “probably the earliest” example of lipstick to be scientifically documented and analyzed, the researchers reported in February in
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Tallulah Willis is sharing for the first time that she was diagnosed with autism. Willis, 30, shared her health update over the weekend when she posted a throwback video on her Instagram page of herself with her father. In the video, her father Bruce Willis is holding a young
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — In tennis love means zero, but Zendaya and Tom Holland taking in a tennis match together was love yet far from zero. The pair recently attended the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, and it was pretty cute. They were spotted courtside over the weekend, enjoying the
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — It was a “yes across the board” for Kristen Wiig to play the lead in “Palm Royale,” a new Apple TV+ comedy set in Palm Beach high society in 1969. From the costumes to the set design, the series highlights the colorful glam of the era. Wiig plays Maxine,
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Bryce Dallas Howard’s dad, director and actor Ron Howard, didn’t want her to get her big Hollywood break as a child. While she became widely known after M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Village” in 2004, the actress said her parents had strict rules against working as a child actor. “My
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has returned a trove of looted Japanese art to its country of origin after a family found a stash of artifacts in their late father’s Massachusetts attic. The family of a deceased World War II veteran contacted the FBI after discovering the items, which they determined to
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Oprah Winfrey is hosting a television special on Monday about a topic that’s personal to her. “An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution” is billed as “a sit-down conversation around the radical impact of prescription weight loss medications.” Winfrey will moderate the conversation in front
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