By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Cape Town is the embodiment of multicultural South Africa. Long home to nomadic pastoralists, the country’s oldest city dates its modern history to 1652, when settlers from the Dutch East India Company set up a watering station for vessels heading to Asia. Today, in spite of the dark
Continue Reading Thomas Page, CNN Last year, a small independent movie by a debut director premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Called “Joyland,” it was notably the first Pakistani feature to screen at the world’s most prestigious film festival. The cast walked the red carpet, posed for photographs and received a standing ovation — all routine procedures
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Ben Affleck’s loose lips let slip a major spoiler related to DC’s upcoming “The Flash.” Consider this fair warning that this story contains information about Affleck’s spoiler. The “Air” actor appeared on a new episode of the “SmartLess” podcast hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes on Monday, where
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN Madonna needed to “catch (her) breath” while remembering Seymour Stein — the record executive who initially signed her in the early ’80s — after learning that he had died over the weekend at the age of 80. The iconic entertainer posted a series of pictures of herself with the former Sire
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Dwayne Johnson, with the help of his two daughters, revealed on Monday that a live-action reimagining of Disney’s “Moana” is in the works. “Deeply humbled to announce we’re bringing the beautiful story of MOANA to the live action big screen,” Johnson said in a post on his verified Instagram account, filmed
Continue Reading By Pierre Bairin and Joseph Ataman, CNN Residents of Paris have voted in favor of banning rental electric scooters from the French capital. Almost 90% of those who turned out on Sunday for a referendum organized by the Paris mayor’s office voted for the ban. The turnout was very low, however, with only 7.46% of
Continue Reading Toyin Owoseje, CNN Fans of “Saturday Night Fever” have the chance to grab a piece of pop culture history later this month when the white three-piece suit worn in the movie by John Travolta comes up for auction. The monochromatic ensemble is expected to fetch up to $200,000 when it goes under the hammer as
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN There are many examples of young girls being sexualized by media, but Brooke Shields became a poster child for the practice, literally and figuratively, while inviting questions about stage mothers. “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” pulls back the curtain on that period, in a two-part Hulu documentary that perhaps inevitably frontloads
Continue Reading Moeri Karasawa, CNN In Japan’s ramen restaurants, there’s an unspoken rule: eat quickly and leave. One noodle shop owner takes this custom so seriously that he began timing how long his customers would take to start to eat. He found that those who waited the longest amount of time to dig into their piping hot
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN It has taken Neil Diamond some time to process having Parkinson’s. The legendary singer, who went public with his diagnosis in 2018, talked to “CBS Sunday Morning” in an episode this weekend about learning to live with the disorder, which affects the central nervous system. “This is what I have
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sunday was a big night for first-time nominees at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. They dominated the event with singer Jelly Roll taking home three awards, followed by Lainey Wilson with two, and Hardy, Megan Moroney and Katelyn Brown tying with one each. The live show was held at the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kaley Cuoco and her partner, fellow actor Tom Pelphrey, are “overjoyed and grateful” for their new “little miracle.” “The Flight Attendant” and “The Big Bang Theory” star posted a series photos over the weekend of their newborn daughter on her verified Instagram account. “Introducing, Matilda Carmine Richie Pelphrey, the new
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Shania Twain is standing up for others in country music. The legendary star in the genre used her acceptance speech for the Equal Play Award at Sunday’s CMT Awards to call for more equity and diversity in the country music industry. “When I wrote the phrase ‘Man I feel like
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, has celebrated their elder daughter’s birthday with a trip down memory lane. Mabel Willis turned 11 on Sunday, and her proud mom marked the occasion by sharing a montage of family photos and videos taken over the years, set to the song “Pictures Of You”
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN You’ll no doubt be hungry after watching “Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico.” Every episode is full of mouthwatering regional specialties prepared by chefs all over the country. For those wanting to follow in Eva Longoria’s footsteps, below is a guide to the restaurants and locations she visited. Oaxaca: A gastronomic capital
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN You’ll no doubt be hungry after watching “Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico.” Every episode is full of mouthwatering regional specialties prepared by chefs all over the country. For those wanting to follow in Eva Longoria’s footsteps, below is a guide to the restaurants she visited. Yucatán: Defined by the Maya Mayan
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Kelsea Ballerini opened the CMT (Country Music Television) Music Awards ceremony on Sunday with a moving tribute to the victims of last week’s shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School in Tennessee. “On March 27, 2023, three nine-year-olds — Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs, along with Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak and
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The CMT (Country Music Television) Music Awards took place on Sunday at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. The celebratory event, voted on by the fans, was hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, who were both nominees this year and performed during the broadcast. Kane, along with his spouse Katelyn
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN “Women Talking” filmmaker Sarah Polley was pranked by her child on April Fools’ Day and the stunt is as good as Oscar gold. Polley won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for her film “Women Talking” last month, and posted a photo on Saturday of a hilarious letter she received notifying
Continue Reading Radina Gigova, CNN and Amarachi Orie, CNN | Oscar Holland, CNN The Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto — who wrote the haunting score to “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” and won an Oscar for 1987’s “The Last Emperor” — has died aged 71. His management team announced that he died on March 28. He had been treated
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