By Issy Ronald, CNN An image of a 3-month-old lion cub falling out of a tree has been named the overall winner of this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. The moment was captured by Jennifer Hadley in the Serengeti, Tanzania, late one afternoon, and the image fought off competition from 5,000 other entries. “It didn’t
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Al Roker is home from the hospital, but won’t be returning to “Today” just yet. The beloved weatherman offered a health update Monday via a video call into the show and said his recovery has been “a tough slog.” “It’s been the hardest one yet, and you know I’ve had
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Al Roker is home from the hospital, but won’t be returning to “Today” just yet. The beloved weatherman offered a health update Monday via a video call into the show and said his recovery has been “a tough slog.” “It’s been the hardest one yet, and you know I’ve had
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Lizzo is set to be the final guest of the year for “Saturday Night Live” after illness caused the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to bow out. The band announced the news over the weekend via a note on their verified Instagram account. “As many of our fans know, [guitarist] Nick [Zinner]
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has said she was “fed to the wolves,” and Prince Harry discusses “institutional gaslighting” in a new trailer for part two of their highly-anticipated Netflix docuseries, which airs on Thursday. In the clip, released Monday, the Duke of Sussex discusses stepping back from royal duties and ponders
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The nominees for the 80th Golden Globe Awards were announced on Monday. Mayan Lopez and Selenis Leyva, two of the stars from “Lopez vs. Lopez,” announced the range of film and television nominees as selected by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Favored Oscars contender “The Banshees of
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Cher is mourning the loss of her mother, Georgia Holt, who has died at the age of 96. The legendary singer posted on Twitter at the weekend, “Mom is gone,” alongside a sad-face emoji. The news was confirmed to The Washington Post by Cher’s representative Liz Rosenberg. CNN has contacted Cher’s
Continue Reading Alaa Elassar, CNN On a warm evening last week, Leila Giries sat in her California home, took a deep breath and pressed play on a film she says forced her to relive the most traumatic moment of her life. “Farha,” released December 1 on Netflix, is inspired by the story of a young Palestinian girl
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN In a drone photograph by Yevhen Samuchenko, Lake Lemuria, the so-called “Dead Sea of Ukraine,” takes on a surreal, otherworldly quality. Its waters turned pink by algae, its shoreline streaked with white salt deposits, the body of water might easily be confused for an abstract painting were it not for the presence
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN In a drone photograph by Yevhen Samuchenko, Lake Lemuria, the so-called “Dead Sea of Ukraine,” takes on a surreal, otherworldly quality. Its waters turned pink by algae, its shoreline streaked with white salt deposits, the body of water might easily be confused for an abstract painting were it not for the presence
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN It started with floating bodies, and finally brought home its various threads with a sly nod to the fact that the sex in this visit to “The White Lotus” tended to be transactional. In between, the second installment proved almost as engrossing, uncomfortable and meme-worthy as its Emmy-winning predecessor, which
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN It started with floating bodies, and finally brought home its various threads with a sly nod to the fact that the sex in this visit to “The White Lotus” tended to be transactional. In between, the second installment proved almost as engrossing, uncomfortable and meme-worthy as its Emmy-winning predecessor, which
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN It already looks like 2023 is going to be a year of “revenge travel,” with people who were cooped up during the pandemic taking the long-overdue dream vacations they’ve been saving up for. However, while most of the world is open again and operating like before, not every attraction survived the
Continue Reading Zoe Sottile, CNN If you’ve logged on to any social media app this week, you’ve probably seen pictures of your friends, but re-imagined as fairy princesses, animé characters, or celestial beings. It is all because of Lensa, an app which uses artificial intelligence to render digital portraits based on photos users submit. Lensa’s highly stylized,
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Steve Martin and Martin Short brought the funny as co-hosts of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend. The longtime friends and collaborators took part in multiple skits, including a revival of their “Father of the Bride” characters. The duo starred in the 1991 version of the film about a father named George
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Steve Martin and Martin Short brought the funny as co-hosts of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend. The longtime friends and collaborators took part in multiple skits, including a revival of their “Father of the Bride” characters. The duo starred in the 1991 version of the film about a father named George
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN A Patti LaBelle concert at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee was abruptly halted Saturday night when the star was rushed off the stage due to a bomb threat, organizers said. Social media video showed LaBelle exclaiming, “Wait!” as three individuals pushed her mic stand away and escorted her off-stage without explanation.
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In the new season of the CBC and HBO Max sitcom “Sort Of,” protagonist Sabi Mehboob expresses a desire that’s at once simple and incredibly elusive. “All I want is someone who gets me,” they tell their friend and employer Bessy. “Just, like, someone who gets me the way I wanna
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN A Patti LaBelle concert at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee was abruptly halted Saturday night when the star was rushed off the stage due to a bomb threat, organizers said. Social media video showed LaBelle exclaiming, “Wait!” as three individuals pushed her mic stand away and escorted her off-stage without explanation.
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN Acclaimed series “The White Lotus” — which explores the lives of affluent guests in the playground of a sumptuous resort and the problems they run into while interacting with the locals and each other — was created by Mike White, who can be considered a maestro of cringe. If there’s any
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