By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Leave it to Penn Badgley to give us something unexpected. (But stop reading now if you don’t want to know a spoiler for the original “Gossip Girl” series.) Badgley played Dan Humphrey on that show and Kristen Bell was the narrator. These days he stars as Joe Goldberg
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought lost since the 1930s, is on view for the first time since its recent rediscovery. The portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona — a representative of the Ga people in West Africa, in what is Ghana today —
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland and Will Ripley, CNN (CNN) — As North Korea slowly emerges from five years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, a glittering new high-rise neighborhood in the capital Pyongyang is taking center stage. Photos of the 10,000-apartment development, released by state news agency KCNA after the country’s leader Kim Jong Un inspected the site
Continue Reading By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — In a west London park, a giant red deer roars in the rain. In the south of the city, a swan sits on the side of a road as a red bus hurtles by. And in Bristol, in southwest England, a streetwise urban fox glares territorially at the camera.
Continue Reading By Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In her late 50s and early 60s, Li Dongju found herself solo traveling alongside people a third of her age. But despite her late start, she has now biked solo through 12 countries across three continents. The 66-year-old grandmother from Zhengzhou, in China’s central Henan province, has
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (CNN) — A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11 million from Netflix for a sci-fi show that never aired, instead steering the cash toward cryptocurrency investments and a series of lavish purchases that included a fleet of Rolls-Royces and a Ferrari. Carl Erik Rinsch – perhaps
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Reynolds is asking a judge to drop him as a defendant from Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit, claiming that Baldoni’s argument against him has no legal bounds and amounts to “hurt feelings.” The filing – submitted on Tuesday and obtained by CNN – claims
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Universal Music Group is requesting to dismiss Drake’s federal defamation lawsuit against the label over Kendrick Lamar’s blockbuster song “Not Like Us,” saying in a legal filing that the rapper’s lawsuit is a “misguided attempt to salve his wounds” after he “lost a rap battle that
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — If you thought living through adolescence was hard, Netflix is here to remind you with a new limited series about a horrible murder that kids today have it even harder. The four episodes of the British miniseries “Adolescence” that premiered on Netflix last Thursday have taken the cultural conversation
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Stanley Tucci experienced a delayed effect of cancer treatment from years ago that caused him a fair amount of concern. On a recent episode of “David Tennant Does a Podcast With…,” the “Conclave” star described feeling “so tired in the afternoon” while filming episodes of his “Searching For Italy”
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Remaking Disney’s first animated movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was always going to be controversial, but Disney’s new live-action retelling of the 1937 film may just whistle its way to box office success. The original film’s creator Walt Disney was lauded for his “monumental innovation” in creating
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson, or in this case, Gwyneth Paltrow’s character in her next film. In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Oscar-winner shared some steamy tea about starring opposite Timothée Chalamet in the upcoming film, “Marty Supreme.” Chalamet plays the titular ping pong champion in
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales and Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The FAA and law enforcement are investigating after a passenger allegedly attacked a number of people on a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles on Monday. Shortly after Delta Flight 501 landed at LAX, staff on board reported an adult male was restrained
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Tracy Morgan may be a comedian, but he’s had more than his fair share of somber life experiences. On Monday night, the actor fell ill during the third quarter of a basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden. Social media
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — English heavy metal band Iron Maiden once sang, “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter,” but when it comes to dismantling the band’s Boeing 747-400 tour plane, it’s a little more complicated. German company Aviationtag, which specializes in upcycling scrapped airplanes, has created a limited run of one-of-a-kind tags made
Continue Reading By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — France’s national railway operator has unveiled its next-generation high-speed trains, equipped with stylish interiors that are already causing a stir online. Branded INOUI (a play on the French word “inouï,” meaning unprecedented or incredible), these will be the fifth generation of the country’s TGV intercity service that has been
Continue Reading By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN (CNN) — We’ve all seen the design models showing miniature people happily chatting on tree-lined streets and sitting outside restaurants. But many modern residential developments end up as eerie, empty places, devoid of life and atmosphere. Sometimes, with the right mix, it can work — and the developments even become tourist
Continue Reading By Minori Konishi, Mai Takiguchi and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A major railway operator in Japan is embarking on a journey to build what it says will be the world’s first 3D-printed train station. The new station structure, measuring about 108 square feet, will be located in the southern prefecture of Wakayama, 60
Continue Reading By Hanna Park and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Tracy Morgan, the comedian and actor celebrated for his roles on “30 Rock” and “Saturday Night Live,” has shared an update after his courtside medical incident at Monday night’s matchup between the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden. “Thank you for
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The iHeartRadio Music Awards were held on Monday at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, and the night was full of honorary awards and exciting performances. Highlights of the evening included speeches by Lady Gaga, who was honored with the Innovator Award, and Mariah Carey, the Icon Award winner who
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