By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Tom Holland says he is stepping away from social media to focus on his mental health. The “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star, who has been absent from digital platforms in recent weeks, made a fleeting return to Instagram on Sunday to announce he had deleted Instagram and Twitter from his devices.
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN The 911 call starts with a jarring observation: “A car just went through my neighbor’s house.” Anne Heche had crashed her blue Mini Cooper into a home in Los Angeles on August 5, and the caller, as heard in a recording obtained by CNN, was unaware that the veteran actor was
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew and Chloe Melas, CNN Anne Heche, an entrancing actor whose versatility powered an admirable career in television and film spanning four decades, has died at 53. “Anne Heche has been peacefully taken off life support,” a representative for her family told CNN earlier Sunday night, and later confirmed the actress’ passing. Heche’s
Continue Reading By Claudia Dominguez, CNN Actress and director Denise Dowse, whose prolific career featured roles in “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Insecure” and “Ray,” has died, her family confirmed to CNN Sunday. She was 64. “With a heavy heart I have to announce her passing away,” the actress’ sister Tracey Dowse said in a statement. She also announced
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The latest extension of “The Walking Dead” “universe,” if you can really call it that, “Tales of the Walking Dead” possesses the chance to explore and play with this world-gone-mad scenario, but mostly squanders it. Telling a self-contained story in each hour, think of it as a zombie-fied bonus effort
Continue Reading Julia Buckley Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the pandemic-snarled water, Europe is having another cataclysmic summer. This time, it’s not pandemic red tape, but what looks set to be the continent’s worst drought in history. Around 63% of the land across the EU and UK had either drought warnings
Continue Reading By Kevin Flower and Josh Campbell, CNN FBI testing of the gun used in the fatal shooting on the movie set of “Rust” found that the weapon handled by actor Alec Baldwin could not be fired without pulling the trigger while the gun was cocked, according to a newly released forensics report. Baldwin had the
Continue Reading By Radhika Marya, CNN Some of the stars behind summer’s hottest new music found themselves in hot water when listeners and disability advocates spoke out against a lyric viewed as an ableist slur. Backlash came quickly, and the artists were just as quick to respond. Lizzo took to Instagram to announce she had edited the
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The amount of new information in “The Princess” will likely depend on one’s personal Royals-related media consumption, but the packaging of this stark and intimate documentary — marking the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death — serves as a sobering reminder of how the press hounded her from the moment
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN A tour company is urging travelers to visit Ukraine’s bomb-ravaged cities — against international advisories. North Korea has been destroying sites at the Mount Kumgang resort area, once a symbol of reconciliation between North and South Korea. And Emirates CEO Tim Clark tells CNN he wants Airbus to build a new
Continue Reading By Jake Kwon, CNN There was something puzzling about the young Western women staying at the youth hostels in Seoul, thought researcher Min Joo Lee. Unlike their Asian counterparts, who she saw squeezing in as many sights and shops as possible during their stays in the South Korean capital, these women — mostly in their
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Through quiet but searing installations, artist Pritika Chowdhry reckons with violence that ripples through generations: mass displacement, rape and riots tracing back to the snaking borders that split a nation. For 15 years, she has made artworks based on the partition of British India into an independent India and Pakistan in 1947,
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN The oldest son of Anne Heche has filed a petition to assume control of the late actress’s estate. Homer Laffoon, 20, is asking that he be awarded control of his mother’s assets. Heche, who died last month after a car crash at age 53, did not have a will, according to
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas Priyanka Chopra Jonas will be this year’s host of the Global Citizen Festival. The music festival will take place at the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York City and will feature performances by Metallica, Charlie Puth, Mariah Carey, Rosalia and Maneskin. The actress and activist hosted Global Citizen Live in
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Rocker Tommy Lee posted a nude photo on social media — but not everyone is applauding. The heavily tattooed Mötley Crüe drummer shared a full-frontal selfie on Instagram and Facebook on Thursday, with the caption “Ooooopppsss.” Instagram and Facebook took it down within hours for violating nudity rules, a Meta spokesperson
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The occasional head-scratching over why movies get sent directly to streaming isn’t an issue with “Secret Headquarters,” a spin on superheroes that tilts a lot closer to Disney Channel territory than Marvel. The real surprise is that the film was ever earmarked for a theatrical release before cooler heads prevailed,
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Day Shift” is about vampires, but it’s one of those Frankenstein-like movies stitched together from used parts, with Jamie Foxx as a family man version of Marvel’s Blade, mashed up with horror and buddy comedy. It’s the kind of star-driven vehicle that yields obvious benefits to Netflix even if, qualitatively
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Day Shift” is about vampires, but it’s one of those Frankenstein-like movies stitched together from used parts, with Jamie Foxx as a family man version of Marvel’s Blade, mashed up with horror and buddy comedy. It’s the kind of star-driven vehicle that yields obvious benefits to Netflix even if, qualitatively
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Megan Thee Stallion has released her new album, ‘Traumazine’. Earlier this week, the star rapper had revealed the cover art and the track list for the album because she said information had already begun to leak. “From my cover art, pieces of my track list and me even hearing a part of
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Stephen Colbert announced that bandleader Jon Batiste is leaving “The Late Show” after seven seasons to pursue other interests. Musician Louis Cato will step in to lead the house band. Colbert thanked the Oscar and Grammy Award-winning Batiste on Thursday’s episode of “The Late Show.” “We’ve been so lucky to have a
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