By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN An Indian street food restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, an Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis and an African American chef at a fine dining restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, earned three of the American culinary community’s top awards on Monday night. Mashama Bailey, chef at The Grey in Savannah, is
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN Many mountaineers will tell you that climbing down Mount Everest is harder than climbing up. But South African Pierre Carter has come up with a breathtaking, death-defying workaround: hang gliding his way back to the bottom. In May 2022, Carter made history by becoming the first person ever granted a permit
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Post Malone is a dad! The rapper subtly announced the birth of his daughter during an interview with Howard Stern on Monday by saying he “kissed” his baby girl before heading to the studio. “I want to let her make her own decisions,” he said when pressed by Stern about keeping
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The Rolling Stones have canceled a concert in Amsterdam after lead singer Mick Jagger contracted Covid-19. Jagger’s positive status was announced in a statement on the band’s verified Instagram account. “The Rolling Stones have been forced to call off tonight’s concert in Amsterdam at the Johan Cruijff ArenA, following Mick
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Questlove’s artistry extends beyond his music and filmmaking. The legendary musician, DJ and Academy-award winning documentarian also makes collages. He makes vision boards and collects kitschy art. Think “Pee-wees Playhouse,” he told CNN in a recent interview. “I do art and sketching. I mean, I don’t consider myself a first rate artist
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Let the “Barry” debate begin again, as the show’s dazzling, cliffhanging and violent third-season finale seemed poised to trigger the inevitable argument: Is star producer Bill Hader’s show really a comedy? For Emmy classification purposes, that ship has sailed, with “Barry” having earned awards in the past for Hader and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Hudson made history Sunday night. The “Respect” star joined the elite EGOT club. An EGOT is an artist who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony Award in their career. Hudson already had an Emmy, Grammy and Oscar and on Sunday she won a Tony, thanks to
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France and Chloe Melas, CNN Amber Heard is speaking out in her first interview since her defamation trial with her former husband, Johnny Depp. The “Aquaman” star talked to NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie and a preview released Monday. Both Heard and Depp were found liable for defamation in dueling lawsuits against each
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Amber Heard has spoken out about everything from the public’s treatment of her during her defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp to whether she was telling the truth about his alleged abuse. Heard sat down for an exclusive interview, her first, with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, a portion of which
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez and Chloe Melas, CNN The Tony Awards celebrate the best in theater and this year’s celebration returned to Radio City Music Hall for the first time since the pandemic. “West Side Story” star and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose hosted the ceremony. See below for a complete list of nominees, with the winners
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and the global art market at large — he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. A master of classical Chinese painting who later reimagined modern art in his adopted American homeland, Zhang’s work
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Atmosphere goes a long way in “Dark Winds,” a brooding crime series set on Native-American tribal land in the 1970s that’s part “True Detective,” and with its vaguely mystical vibe, part “Twin Peaks.” Featuring Native-American talent in front of and behind the camera, it’s a solid mystery that’s better during
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez and Chloe Melas, CNN The Tony Awards celebrate the best in theater and this year’s celebration returned to Radio City Music Hall for the first time since the pandemic. “West Side Story” star and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose hosted the ceremony. See below for a complete list of nominees, with the winners
Continue Reading By Raja Razek and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Country music superstar Toby Keith has announced he has been battling stomach cancer since late last year but has received treatment and plans to return to the stage soon. In a statement posted on his verified Twitter and Instagram accounts Sunday, Keith said he was diagnosed with cancer
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN The Tony Awards will return to Radio City Music Hall on Sunday for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s Broadway’s biggest event of the year, celebrating the best theater on the Great White Way. “West Side Story” star and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose is host of the show and
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN There’s a scene halfway through “Mississippi Masala,” where Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury are just talking. They’re both lying in their respective beds, a phone cradled to their ears. His hands fiddle with the bottom of his shirt, exposing a soft belly. Hers absentmindedly run through her hair; the camera pans
Continue Reading Blane Bachelor, CNN Just as summer heats up, the US is lifting its long-standing requirement for all travelers entering the country to present a negative Covid-19 test. The news brings both a collective sigh of relief and a likely flood of new international travelers to an already chaotic summer season. For many American travelers, the
Continue Reading Emma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by artillery and a slide in a children’s playground covered in graffiti. In Ukraine, these objects are among hundreds of landmarks, cultural sites, monuments and everyday things that civilians have scanned on mobile phones through
Continue Reading Emma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by artillery and a slide in a children’s playground covered in graffiti. In Ukraine, these objects are among hundreds of landmarks, cultural sites, monuments and everyday things that civilians have scanned on mobile phones through
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN “Big, Black and queer-ass American Broadway” — welcome to the world of “A Strange Loop,” the most acclaimed — and frequently surprising — musical of the theatrical season. “A Strange Loop” is a musical about a theater usher (named Usher) writing a musical about a theater usher, and it was conceived
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