By Stephanie Gallman, CNN CBS’ “Big Brother” crowned its first Black winner Wednesday night during the season 23 finale when Wisconsin attorney Xavier Prather took home the top prize. Garnering all nine jury votes, Prather beat Derek Frazier, ending a historic run of the show that in 21 years has never had a Black contestant
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Not a small thing: Mark Hoppus is cancer-free. “Just saw my oncologist and I’m cancer free!!” the Blink-182 singer wrote on Instagram. “Thank you God and universe and friends and family and everyone who sent support and kindness and love.” Hoppus said he still has to get scans every six months
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By Chloe Melas and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Britney Spears scored a legal victory Wednesday in her fight to regain control of her life. A Los Angeles judge suspended Jamie Spears, the singer’s father, as conservator of her estimated $60 million dollar estate and designated a temporary replacement to oversee her finances. Mathew Rosengart, attorney for
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Britney Spears scored a legal victory Wednesday in her fight to regain control of her life. A Los Angeles judge suspended Jamie Spears, the singer’s father, as conservator of her estimated $60 million dollar estate and designated a temporary replacement to oversee her finances. Mathew Rosengart, attorney for
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By Amanda Jackson, CNN Hawaii residents and tourists will no longer be able to swim or get in close contact with Hawaiian spinner dolphins, according to a new rule by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The rule has been years in the making, as biologists have long noticed that the playful mammals have been
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Alan Jackson has gone public with an illness he says has been affecting him for years. In an interview with Jenna Bush Hager of “Today,” the country star shared that he has suffered for years with a degenerative nerve condition known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The singer said it is a
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN The show will not go on for the Zac Brown Band. Lead singer Zac Brown says he has tested positive for Covid-19 and that the band’s Thursday concert at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Michigan has been canceled. “I have made the very difficult decision to pause Zac Brown Band’s ‘The
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN The show will not go on for the Zac Brown Band. Lead singer Zac Brown says he has tested positive for Covid-19 and that the band’s Thursday concert at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Michigan has been canceled. “I have made the very difficult decision to pause Zac Brown Band’s ‘The
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN A Tibetan-style cafe set up in Edinburgh, Scotland after its owner’s chance encounter with the Dalai Lama has been saved from closure by a successful crowdfunding campaign. When Reka Gawa’s landlord told her of his plans to retire and sell up, she feared she would have to close the cafe, which
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN After 25 movies over 60 years, billing a James Bond adventure as the end of something requires a certain leap of faith. Still, Daniel Craig’s yeoman service comes to its conclusion with “No Time to Die,” a big and length-wise bloated epic that includes the desired bells and whistles, which,
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Lianne Kolirin and Leah Dolan CNN It may have been a long time coming, but Tuesday’s world premiere of the new James Bond film did not disappoint. Stars of screen and stage turned out alongside British royalty for the glittering “No Time to Die” red carpet event at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The long-delayed movie,
Continue Reading Lianne Kolirin and Leah Dolan CNN It may have been a long time coming, but Tuesday’s world premiere of the new James Bond film did not disappoint. Stars of screen and stage turned out alongside British royalty for the glittering “No Time to Die” red carpet event at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The long-delayed movie,
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Hollywood star Michael Fassbender made a surprise visit to his old high school in Ireland, to teach an acting class to students. St. Brendan’s College, Killarney posted pictures on social media of students enjoying the workshop with the Oscar-nominated actor. “Transition year students today received a drama workshop from past pupil
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By Chloe Melas, CNN The fight over Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship returns to court in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Judge Brenda Penny is expected to consider several petitions filed since the last hearing in the case on July 14. Jamie Spears, the singer’s father, has served as her conservator since 2008. Earlier this month, he
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Netflix’s latest hit really kills. “Squid Game” is a South Korean fictional drama in which contestants who are deeply in debt play children’s games in order to win a ton of cash. The downside is that losers will be killed. Seriously, if a person can’t nail “Red Light, Green Light,”
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN As fascination with Netflix’s “Squid Game” grips the world, doctors have a word of advice for parents: Don’t let your kids watch. “Squid Game,” which debuted on Netflix in September, is a South Korean fictional drama following contestants, who are deeply in debt, as they play a series of children’s games
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Alan Jackson has gone public with an illness he says has been affecting him for years. In an interview with Jenna Bush Hager of “Today,” the country star shared that he has suffered for years with a degenerative nerve condition known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The singer said it is a
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By John Walton, CNN After a long, golden sunset of being installed on fewer and fewer aircraft, the retirement of older aircraft caused by the Covid-19 pandemic means that when air travel resumes, international first class will be very nearly a thing of the past. Its replacement is a new generation of superbusiness minisuites, more
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN Ignacio Nieto Carvajal and Miguel Piñas RodrÃguez met by chance in a gay bar in Madrid, not long after Nieto Carvajal moved to the Spanish capital for work. Nieto Carvajal almost didn’t go out that night, but he says he’s so glad he did. “With Miguel, it was love at first sight,
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Finally, it’s Fat Bear Week — a most welcome week of healthy competition among brown bears. Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve calls it “a celebration of success,” a March Madness style tournament, complete with a bracket, where you can vote on the heftiest brown bear in the bunch. The bears
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