Hanna Pham, CNN If you’re in the market for ghoulish ceramic heads or colorful collages of gay sex among off-duty soldiers, a new digital art platform has you covered. The one-of-a-kind online hub is a new venture from Queer Art Projects, a London-based production company. Launched last December, QAP.digital is currently home to sixteen LGBTQ
Continue Reading By Greg Wallace, Pete Muntean and Alaa Elassar, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration is working to establish a requirement that aircraft have longer duration cockpit voice recorders. The announcement comes after the agency held an emergency “safety summit” Wednesday following a series of near-collisions on US runways. The FAA said it is “initiating rulemaking that
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN The skies have been turbulent over the United States in 2023 — and not just because of rogue balloons. Since the start of the year, there have been a concerning number of high-profile “near misses” as planes involved in airport landing or taking off procedures came perilously close to potential disaster. And
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Time has not run out on Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” era. The “Anti-Hero” singer shared on Instagram on Thursday that “in celebration of the Eras Tour,” she’ll be releasing four previously unreleased songs. They’re set to debut at midnight. Those songs will be: “Eyes Open (Taylor’s Version),” “Safe & Sound (Taylor’s Version)”
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Ben Affleck is clearing a few things up. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Thursday, he addressed controversy that followed comments he made in 2021 while speaking to Howard Stern about his past marriage to actress Jennifer Garner. “I had a really painful experience where I did an
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Gather round, some hot new travel inspo just dropped. TIME magazine has just released its annual list of the World’s Greatest Places, and we’re here to tell you the where, the why and the what behind its picks. The nominations came from TIME’s international network of correspondents and contributors, which were
Continue Reading Hafsa Khalil, CNN The Koh-i-Noor — one of the world’s most famous and controversial diamonds — will be part of a new exhibition at the Tower of London that recognizes it as “a symbol of conquest.” The display will explore the origins and history of the crown jewels. It opens on May 26 — the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Justin Bieber is all smiles these days. The superstar singer posted an Instastory with the words, “Wait for it.” The video shows Bieber fully smiling. That was something he had been unable to do last June, when he announced he was suffering from facial paralysis because of Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN The frontman for The Cure is taking on Ticketmaster. The legendary New Wave band, set to head out on a North American tour, began selling tickets through Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan sale on Wednesday. But fees that were added by Ticketmaster, in certain cases, totaled more than the cost of the actual
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN On her first date with Augustin Pasquet, Michelle Young found herself weaving through the streets of Paris on the back of his moped. As they headed down the Champs-Élysées, Michelle snapped a photograph with her digital camera. In the distance, she captured the striking Arc de Triomphe. In the forefront, Augustin lifted
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Ariana Madix returned to social media Wednesday to release a statement in the midst of a cheating scandal involving her now former boyfriend and a fellow cast member on “Vanderpump Rules.” Madix offered her first public comments since news broke regarding allegations that her long time boyfriend, Tom Sandoval, was
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN “The Crown” will detail Prince William and Kate Middleton’s relationship origin.The Netflix series, currently filming Season 6, is set to recreate their first meeting at St Andrews school in Scotland in 2001. Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy play the royal couple. After William’s mother, Princess Diana, died in 1997, he went
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN It’s hard to keep serial killers down for long when it comes to movies and TV, especially when questions linger about the underlying case. “Boston Strangler” seems much cut from that “Zodiac” true-crime cloth, also placing the focus on an intrepid journalist, in this case at a newspaper that, notably,
Continue Reading Marianna Cerini, CNN The 1513 portrait “An Old Woman” by Flemish artist Quinten Massys might well be one of the Renaissance’s most famous paintings. It is also one of the period’s most atypical. With wrinkled skin, withered breasts, and eyes set deep in their sockets, Massys’ subject — believed to be either a fictional folkloric
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” provides a lightning-bolt-shaped exclamation point on the realization this comedic superhero franchise was, in fact, a one-trick pony — fine for a playful origin story, without enough voltage for an encore. Everything that worked in the original works less well in this so-so sequel, blunting
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN “Sesame Street” brought Damar Hamlin to “The Masked Singer.” On an episode that aired Wednesday night, the Buffalo Bills player, who collapsed after suffering cardiac arrest during a game in January, surprised the audience and judges with an appearance. The show opened with a group of “Sesame Street” characters, including
Continue Reading Melissa Alonso, CNN The party looks set to go on well into the night in Miami’s South Beach, for now at least, after ban on alcohol sales after 2 a.m. was temporarily halted. Earlier this week a judge ruled that last call for booze in parts of South Beach can be shifted from 5 a.m.
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN Tom Cruise didn’t attend the Oscars ceremony this year, but there’s a special occasion the Hollywood star didn’t want to miss: Michael Caine’s 90th birthday celebrations in London. The “Top Gun: Maverick” actor has been credited with helping to drive audiences back to the big screen, so it was a surprise
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN “Luther” star Idris Elba is joining forces with Nigerian media mogul Mo Abudu in a mission to champion representation and diverse storytelling in the global film and TV industry. The Golden Globe winner, who is of Sierra Leonean and Ghanaian descent, will be working with Abudu to develop emerging talent from
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN Jeremy Renner‘s family is in his corner as he continues healing from his accident. The “Avengers” star shared a sweet post to his Instagram Story on Wednesday, showing a handwritten note that he received from his nephew, Auggie. “I am very lucky because my uncle is hawk-eye,” the note read, in
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