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
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Actor Eric McCormack has weighed in on the debate around whether non-LGBT actors should be able to play gay characters. McCormack, who is straight but is best known for playing gay lawyer Will Truman in the NBC comedy series “Will & Grace,” said in an interview on British television
Continue Reading By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — For all the stories of American families who’ve bid adieu to the United States to give their kids a different upbringing in France, decamped to Italy for a better lifestyle or made the move to Portugal to afford health care and retire on the cheap, there are plenty of
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Five years before Concorde’s first flight, another majestic supersonic aircraft took to the skies — and almost became the inspiration for an even faster passenger plane. It was the XB-70 Valkyrie, an experimental plane developed for the US Air Force. Its inaugural flight — 60 years ago in September
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — The idea of watching movie sex scenes with your children might make many parents recoil in horror – but Elizabeth Hurley isn’t bothered. In fact, filming her upcoming movie – an erotic thriller – was made all the more “liberating” by the knowledge her son was behind the camera,
Continue Reading By Christian House, CNN (CNN) — As accidental adverts for art shows go, a giant pooch made of flowers is a crowd pleaser. Outside the Guggenheim Bilbao in northern Spain, Jeff Koons’ much-loved flower 1992 sculpture “Puppy,” shows how Pop art — that high kick of counter-intuitive artistic expression so often equated with the 1960s
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Rob Lowe turned 60 years old on Sunday, and literally, we can’t believe it. The “West Wing” star marked the occasion on his Instagram with a high-speed, 30-second selfie montage set to “Glory Days” by Bruce Springsteen, among other posts. It feels like just yesterday that Lowe – who
Continue Reading CNN By Josh Campbell and Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — An elite police tactical officer comes home after an exhausting shift. He and his wife begin sharing details of their respective day – the cop recounting a harrowing moment saving the life of a woman and her child. But before officer Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson settles
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Celine Dion is focusing on her family and the future as she continues to live with a health challenge. The legendary entertainer marked International Stiff Person Syndrome Awareness Day on March 15 with an Instagram post in which she addressed her autoimmune disorder, saying it “has been one of
Continue Reading By Matt Villano, CNN (CNN) — Visitors love Las Vegas for the glitz, glam and garishness of the resorts that line the 4.2-mile Las Vegas Strip, but the most exciting neighborhood in the city right now is all about art. This area, fittingly called the Arts District, has become a haven for local creatives. It’s
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Look at almost any modern high-horsepower supercar and you will see the work of auto designer Marcello Gandini. Sharp lines, a low stance, doors that swing up; all were influenced by Gandini’s seminal work, the Lamborghini Countach. The Countach and its predecessor, the Lamborghini Miura, are widely regarded as
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: passenger–pleasing airports, cool streets around the world, France’s frog-leg crisis and Ireland’s best food and drink. World’s best airports The busy beavers at Airports Council International have gathered nearly 600,000 surveys from travelers at more than 400 airports around the world and have revealed
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell and Jason Kravarik, CNN (CNN) — An elite police tactical officer comes home after an exhausting shift. He and his wife begin sharing details of their respective day – the cop recounting a harrowing moment saving the life of a woman and her child. But before officer Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson settles in,
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — A splendid showcase for Helena Bonham Carter, “Nolly” zooms in on a very particular time and character in British history, revolving around the unceremonious firing of Noele Gordon, the star of a popular soap opera. While not the usual corseted stuff for which PBS’ “Masterpiece” is known, the
Continue Reading Essay by Yemisi Aribisala, CNN (CNN) — Femi Oyebade, a Nigerian diasporan for more than 30 years and a Guinness beer connoisseur, assures me that there is a stark difference between Irish Guinness and Nigerian Guinness. Chalk and cheese won’t suffice in defining the distance between the two. Nigerian Guinness has weight in your mouth
Continue Reading Story and audio by Maureen O’Hare, illustrations by Leah Abucayan, CNN (CNN) — Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can seem like a daunting ambush of rogue consonants and surprise vowels. That’s because while the Irish language uses the same Latin alphabet
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — A house fire devoured the Los Angeles-area home of actress and model Cara Delevingne early Friday morning, leaving two people injured. The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the Studio City home in the Hollywood Hills just before 4 a.m. local time. They found heavy flames
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