By Lisa Respers France, CNN Taron Egerton offered an update after recently collapsing on stage. The “Rocketman” actor fainted Saturday during the first performance of his play “Cock,” a story about a love triangle being staged at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. “As some of you may have heard, I passed out during the first
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By Marianne Garvey The new season of “Outlander” picked up right where Season 5 left off. Claire (Caitriona Balfe) had survived a kidnapping and assault, and is back with Jamie (Sam Heughan) but more drama was right around the corner. Fraser’s Ridge is headed for a revolution. The beginning of the episode jumped back to
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Angelina Jolie drew parallels between refugees in Yemen and those suffering because of the war in Ukraine. The star, who has for years worked closely with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), shared that she had traveled to Yemen in a video on her verified Instagram account over the weekend.
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Feelings about Anthony Bourdain are no less raw, nearly four years after his shocking death. Director Morgan Neville’s poignant documentary chronicles Bourdain’s trajectory from New York chef to celebrated author to beloved globe-trotting TV personality, and tries to shed some light on the mystery of his 2018 suicide at age 61.
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By Janelle Davis and Foren Clark, CNN His mission was a complicated one: Tell the complex story of the late Anthony Bourdain, a man he had never met. Documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville said when he researches a film subject, he tries to get inside the person’s head as much as possible. While researching “Roadrunner: A
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN Feelings about Anthony Bourdain are no less raw, nearly four years after his shocking death. Director Morgan Neville’s poignant documentary chronicles Bourdain’s trajectory from New York chef to celebrated author to beloved globe-trotting TV personality, and tries to shed some light on the mystery of his 2018 suicide at age 61.
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Nick Remsen, CNN With all eyes on Balenciaga, one of Paris Fashion Week’s most anticipated collection unveilings, the brand’s creative director Demna used his platform to pay tribute to Ukrainians in a dramatic show that evoked a deep sense of unease about the future. For the designer, the humanitarian crisis unfolding in eastern Europe, where
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By Chloe Melas and Paul Vercammen, CNN Alec Baldwin’s says in a legal filing Friday that Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer on the set of “Rust,” told him to cock the gun that ultimately fired a live round of ammunition, resulting in her death. CNN has obtained the arbitration demand filed by Baldwin’s lawyer which describes
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By Jeremy Harlan and Melissa Alonso, CNN Alec Baldwin said he believes certain lawsuits filed in the wake of the fatal shooting on the “Rust” film set have been directed toward people who are considered “deep-pocket litigants,” not necessarily those who were potentially negligent in the incident. “What you have is a certain group of
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Sting says his 1985 song “Russians” is more relevant than ever due to the war in Ukraine. The Grammy winner posted a video on Instagram of himself singing the song. In the caption he wrote, “I’ve only rarely sung this song in the many years since it was written, because I
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The equivalent of missing what should be an easy layup, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” stumbles on the road to greatness, undermining can’t-miss subject matter for basketball fans with an uneven, at times farcical tone. Although ’80s-style excess clearly accounts for much of the sizzle, this exercise
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The equivalent of missing what should be an easy layup, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” stumbles on the road to greatness, undermining can’t-miss subject matter for basketball fans with an uneven, at times farcical tone. Although ’80s-style excess clearly accounts for much of the sizzle, this exercise
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By Keith Allen, CNN Actor Johnny Brown, who played building superintendent Nathan Bookman on the 1970s sitcom “Good Times,” has died, according to an Instagram post from his daughter, Sharon Brown. He was 84 and died on March 2, his daughter said. “It’s too terrible. It will never not be. It’s a shock. He was
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Julia Buckley, CNN Borders closing, travelers stranded, and small businesses haemorrhaging money — that’s how those in the travel industry will remember the period two years ago, when the world closed down in a matter of days. On March 11, 2020, Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Authority, and countries around the
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By Faith Karimi and Samantha Kelly, CNN Volodymyr Bondarenko spends most of his day holed up in his apartment in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Between listening for air-raid sirens and frantically messaging family for updates, he trades messages with a flurry of Airbnb guests booking his one-bedroom rental in the heart of Ukraine’s capital.
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN After almost 700 days, one of the world’s longest border closures has finally ended Down Under, Yellowstone National Park is celebrating its 150th anniversary, and we have an update on India’s high-speed rail ambitions. Here’s what’s been happening in travel this week. Reopenings and rule changes In some happy news, families
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Roy Orbison had his signature specs, Johnny Cash his all-black suits and Dolly Parton her massive blonde mane (and bust, which she likes to joke about before anyone else gets the chance). Orville Peck’s got a fringed mask that obscures most of his face and a cowboy hat with an upturned
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN, Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Elsa Klensch, who was among the first to bring fashion to TV screens with CNN’s “Style with Elsa Klensch” in the 1980s, has died at 92 in New York City, CNN has confirmed. For two decades, she gave CNN viewers a front row seat to runways all over
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN It makes sense that Hollywood has rallied around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. After all, he’s one of their own. Before he entered politics, Zelensky was a comedian, actor and writer, starring in romantic comedies and as a high school teacher who becomes president in the Ukrainian political satire series, “Servant
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Batman” presents a muscular vision of the Dark Knight that hardcore fans have long desired, a dark and serious epic that’s somewhat offset by two disclaimers: At nearly three hours, the movie hangs around too long, really feeling it down the stretch; and despite its origins, this detective-driven take
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