By Marianne Garvey, CNN Jeff Bezos offered Tom Hanks a ride to space on his Blue Origin rocket, but it came at a price. The actor confirmed that Bezos had asked him during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday, saying if he accepted the offer he was expected to pay. “Well yeah, provided
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By Stella Chan, Paul Vercammen, Chloe Melas, David Shortell, Kevin Flower, CNN The “Rust” armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, loaded the gun with what she thought were dummy rounds before Alec Baldwin used it on set, fatally shooting the movie’s cinematographer, lawyers for the armorer said in an interview with NBC that aired Wednesday. “There was
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Kristen Stewart’s fierce, attention-grabbing work as Princess Diana really ought to be viewed independently of “Spencer,” described as “a fable from a true tragedy” that presents a pivotal weekend in Princess Diana’s split from the Royal Family. That is, it’s possible to admire the performance and still come away feeling
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN A dozen years ago, actor Dean Winters had surgery resulting in several amputations and he now says “I haven’t taken a step since 2009 without being in pain.” “I’ve got neuropathy on, you know, on a whole different level where I can’t feel my hands and my feet,” he told
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By Jack Guy, CNN Ronnie Wilson, founding member of R&B group The Gap Band, has died at the age of 73. His passing was confirmed by his wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, in a Facebook post published Tuesday. “The love of my life was called home this morning, at 10:01am. Please continue to pray for The Wilson,
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Two tiaras believed to have been owned by Joséphine Bonaparte, the first wife of French Emperor Napoleon, went up for auction Tuesday after a century and a half in private hands. Combined, they sold for £576,000 ($763,000) on December 7 at Sotheby’s in London, exceeding the high estimate of £500,000 ($662,000). One
Continue Reading By Brian Rokus and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A California man has been charged in connection with an alleged assault on an American Airlines flight attendant last week, which was described by the airline’s CEO as “one of the worst displays of unruly behavior we’ve ever witnessed.” Federal prosecutors said Brian Hsu has been charged with
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By Chloe Melas and Paul Vercammen, CNN A source close to Alec Baldwin tells CNN that the actor has not been formally asked by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office to return to New Mexico for in-person questioning regarding the investigation into last month’s fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” The individual
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Kristen Stewart is getting married. The actress announced she and screenwriter Dylan Meyer are engaged in an interview with Howard Stern on Tuesday. “We’re marrying, we’re totally gonna do it,” Stewart said. “I wanted to be proposed to, so I think I very distinctly carved out what I wanted and she
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN A first look at the new season of the TLC reality show “I Am Jazz” includes the transgender activist’s struggle with weight gain. In the video featured on TLC’s YouTube channel, Jazz Jennings, 21, reveals that her mental health issues led to binge eating and weight gain of nearly 100
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Dubai better get ready because Bravo’s “Real Housewives” is headed there next. Andy Cohen, the executive producer of the popular reality series’ announced on the Today Show Monday that the network is launching “The Real Housewives of Dubai.” The show, which has not yet begun filming, will premiere sometime next year.
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN The holiday season last year was a stay-at-home affair for many people who would normally have flown south for a beach break or gravitated toward the twinkling lights of a big city. This year, with widespread vaccination in many countries, moving around the world has become safer and more accessible for
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Justin Bieber says he could cry thinking about how his wife Hailey has loved him through the hard times. During an appearance on on the podcast “In Good Faith with Chelsea & Judah Smith,” which released Monday, the couple talked about some of rough patches in their relationship. Hailey Bieber
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Halloween may be over but “Hocus Pocus 2” is well underway. Disney+ announced new details for the highly anticipated sequel on Twitter Monday, with production underway in Rhode Island. The movie will feature the 1993 film’s original stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy. In this new film, the
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Chris Pratt is set to voice Garfield. Pratt will play the lazy orange cat in a new animated film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Pratt also shared an image of Garfield on Instagram captioned, “Well this Monday doesn’t suck.” Previously, Bill Murray had voiced the cat in “Garfield: The Movie” and
Continue Reading Megan C. Hills, CNN In the mountains north of San Diego, a modernist mansion made of white concrete and glass rises from the cliffside. The property, nicknamed “Razor House” after the nearby Razor Point Trail, is now home to two famous inhabitants: singer Alicia Keys and her music producer husband Kasseem Dean, better known as
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By Tina Charisma, CNN In 2012, Nana Amoako Anin was working as a prosecutor in New York. An American of Ghanaian descent, she had spent much of her adult life studying law and entering the legal profession. Then one day, despite the prospects of career advancement in one of the world’s most prosperous cities, she
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN An attorney representing David Halls, an assistant director on the set of the film “Rust,” said it was not Halls’ responsibility to confirm whether the gun handed to Alec Baldwin was loaded, despite Halls previously acknowledging to investigators that he should have checked all the rounds before declaring the firearm safe.
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN The actor and former President Obama adviser Kal Penn has come out as gay, and revealed that he’s engaged to be married. The 44-year-old star, who rose to fame in the “Harold & Kumar” movies, opened up about his sexuality publicly for the first time ahead of Tuesday’s release of his
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By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added Russia to its list of “very high” risk travel destinations this week. On Monday afternoon, the world’s largest country by area (covering more than 17 million square kilometers or 6.6 million square miles), moved up to Level 4, the
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