By Chloe Melas, CNN Late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was honored during the Grammy Awards on Sunday. Grammys host Trevor Noah introduced a video montage of Hawkins performing, while the band’s song “My Hero” played. The video led to the In Memoriam segment, performed by Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr. and Rachel
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Lil Nas X may have taken a stripper pole to hell in his music video for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” but his all-white ensemble for the 2022 Grammys red carpet was a purely angelic look. It is already becoming one of most talked about outfits of the night, propelling him
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Doja Cat is up for eight awards at the 2022 Grammys, and the rapper and singer arrived on the red carpet in a sheer, sea foam-colored Versace gown looking like Grammys royalty. The off-shoulder look is dripping in crystals and features a corseted bodice. She paired it with matching platform shoes and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The 2022 Grammy Awards were presented Sunday. A list of nominees in several major categories follows below, with winners indicated in bold. You can see the full list of nominees and winners in more than 80 categories here. Record of the Year “I Still Have Faith In You,” ABBA “Freedom,”
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By Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN Denzel Washington spoke publicly about his interaction with Will Smith on Oscar night and what happened after Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage. Washington was a guest and speaker at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ leadership summit on Saturday. During the two-hour discussion about faith and his award-winning acting career,
Continue Reading By Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN Denzel Washington spoke publicly about his interaction with Will Smith on Oscar night and what happened after Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage. Washington was a guest and speaker at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ leadership summit on Saturday. During the two-hour discussion about faith and his award-winning acting career,
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN Supermodel Bella Hadid is joining the cast of the acclaimed Hulu series “Ramy.” “Ramy,” which earned co-creator Ramy Youssef two Emmy nominations, follows the life of an Arab American on his quest for identity as a Muslim living in New Jersey. The show, which premiered in 2019, was renewed for a
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN A week after Will Smith famously strode on stage and slapped Chris Rock as Rock was presenting at the Academy Awards, questions still remain about the incident and its aftermath. Here are just a few of them: Will Smith’s career From a family-friendly rapper to a sitcom star on “The
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN A week after Will Smith famously strode on stage and slapped Chris Rock as Rock was presenting at the Academy Awards, questions still remain about the incident and its aftermath. Here are just a few of them: Will Smith’s career From a family-friendly rapper to a sitcom star on “The
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew The Grammys are happening this Sunday — a little later than usual — but happening nonetheless! Pushed from January due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, the 64th Grammys are set in Las Vegas this year. Expect performances from Gen Z stars and nominees Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo and perennial winner
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Musician and actress Camila Cabello took to Instagram to share her struggles with body image. The Cuban-American performer, who recently starred in a rendition of “Cinderella,” detailed the pressures that come with being under the spotlight. “I’ve worn bikinis that were to small and paid no mind to how I looked,
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From Jake Tapper’s Book Club A note from CNN’s Jake Tapper: Let me start this week’s newsletter with a confession. If the Book Club show and newsletter only reflected those books I found myself reading over the past few years, many would have been thrillers by middle-aged white men. Good books—highly enjoyable, well-written, well-rendered—but I
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN The Grammys are happening this Sunday — a little later than usual — but happening nonetheless! Pushed from January due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, the 64th Grammys are set in Las Vegas this year. Expect performances from Gen Z stars and nominees Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo and perennial
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest active ranger, retired on Thursday, just a few months after celebrating her 100th birthday. Soskin spent over a decade working at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park after joining the service full-time in 2011, according to a statement from the
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Estelle Harris, the actress known for playing George Costanza’s mother on “Seinfeld,” died Saturday, her agent told CNN. She was 93. Harris, whose distinctive voice was sought after in various roles, unforgettably played Estelle Costanza on the 90s sitcom, often bickering with her on-screen husband Jerry Stiller and her fictional son,
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Guests at a Kentucky hotel won’t have to worry about who’s watering their plants while they’re away on vacation. Elwood Hotel & Suites in Lexington will allow its guests to experience the “world’s first plant-friendly hotel experience,” according to a statement from VisitLEX, the city’s convention and visitors bureau. “It’s official.
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN As Marvel movies go, “Morbius” is more a sip than a gulp, a relatively small-boned Jekyll-and-Hyde tale that moves another Spider-Man villain into the spotlight. Significantly better than “Venom” but still somewhat lacking in bite, this origin story perhaps inevitably grows more pallid toward the end but until then proves
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By Saeed Ahmed, CNN There are about 7.6 billion people in the world. And around 24% of them — 1.8 billion — are fasting from sunup to sundown. Every day. For an entire month. It’s Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. But what if you’re not a Muslim — just a caring, considerate
Continue Reading By Saeed Ahmed, CNN There are about 7.6 billion people in the world. And around 24% of them — 1.8 billion — are fasting from sunup to sundown. Every day. For an entire month. It’s Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. But what if you’re not a Muslim — just a caring, considerate
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By Faith Karimi, CNN After a delay of more than two months caused by an unpredictable pandemic, the Grammy Awards return Sunday with a slew of potential historical moments. For the first time, the 64th annual ceremony will be held in Las Vegas — away from its traditional home in Los Angeles. This year’s event,
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