By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Cannon announced on his daytime talk show Monday that he and model Bre Tiesi are expecting a baby boy together. It will be his eighth child and his fifth baby in less than two years. “As everyone knows I have a lot of children and I love them all
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Dear Readers, the actress who portrays Penelope Featherington on “Bridgerton” kindly requests that you refrain from talking to her about her body. In the caption of a mirror selfie posted on her verified Instagram account, Nicola Coughlan wrote “Hello! So just a thing- if you have an opinion about my
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By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Dust off your pink, tiger-print jacket — it’s time to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Saying goodbye to the Ox, we enter the Year of the Tiger on February 1, 2022. Though the pandemic continues to overshadow the occasion, with public festivities once again pared down or canceled in many
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Supermodel Bella Hadid says lacking boundaries “sexually, physically, emotionally” led to her being abused in a number of unhealthy relationships. The 25-year-old star spoke candidly about her personal and professional struggles in her debut appearance on the Victoria’s Secret “VS Voices” podcast, saying learned toxic behaviors like “people-pleasing” ultimately had a
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By Keith Allen, CNN Actor Howard Hesseman, best known as the hard-rocking disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” has died, according to his manager, Robbie Kass. Hesseman died Saturday afternoon from complications related to colon surgery, Kass told CNN. Hesseman was 81. In addition to earning two Emmy nominations for
Continue Reading By Keith Allen, CNN Actor Howard Hesseman, best known as the hard-rocking disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” has died, according to his manager, Robbie Kass. Hesseman died Saturday afternoon from complications related to colon surgery, Kass told CNN. Hesseman was 81. In addition to earning two Emmy nominations for
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By Chloe Melas, CNN The second part of Janet Jackson’s highly anticipated documentary aired Saturday night on Lifetime and in it she got candid about some of her life’s most controversial moments. In the first hour, the Grammy winner spoke about her relationship with her late brother, Michael Jackson. She said that when allegations against
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The title perfectly captures the tone of “We Need to Talk About Cosby,” conveying the reluctance and unease felt by Bill Cosby’s longtime fans as accusations of sexual assault dismantled his legacy. In that sense, director W. Kamau Bell has made a four-part docuseries as much about what happens when
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The title perfectly captures the tone of “We Need to Talk About Cosby,” conveying the reluctance and unease felt by Bill Cosby’s longtime fans as accusations of sexual assault dismantled his legacy. In that sense, director W. Kamau Bell has made a four-part docuseries as much about what happens when
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By Max Foster, Vasco Cotovio and Rob Picheta, CNN Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have expressed their “concerns” to Spotify over Covid-19 misinformation on the platform, joining a growing group of personalities putting pressure on the streaming service amid a dispute about Joe Rogan’s controversial podcast. The pair first raised the issue last April and
Continue Reading By Max Foster, Vasco Cotovio and Rob Picheta, CNN Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have expressed their “concerns” to Spotify over Covid-19 misinformation on the platform, joining a growing group of personalities putting pressure on the streaming service amid a dispute about Joe Rogan’s controversial podcast. The pair first raised the issue last April and
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Lana Condor, star of Netflix’s “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” said she has said yes to the longtime love of her real life, actor Anthony De La Torre. “Saying YES was the easiest decision I’ve ever made,” Condor, 24, wrote on Instagram on Friday. “I consider myself the absolute
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN Singer-songwriter Diego Verdaguer — a legend of the Latin American music scene — has died at the age of 70. On Thursday, Verdaguer’s daughter, Ana Victoria, and wife, Amanda Miguel — who are also singers — both confirmed that the Mexican-Argentinian star had passed away and issued a statement on the
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Scottie Andrew, CNN The “dark academic” is smart but sullen, effortlessly cool but largely withdrawn, with rings under their eyes (spending all night in dimly lit libraries) and bruised legs (getting up to no good in between courses — a dark academic typically has a dark secret). They’ve got an eye for Gothic architecture and
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By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell said she will remove her music from Spotify, following controversy over vaccine misinformation hosted on the streaming platform. “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” the Canadian musician wrote in a statement posted on her website Friday. “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Lisa Ling grew up ashamed of her Chinese heritage. The history books she read in school made no mention of Asian immigrants’ many contributions to the United States. She assumed no one cared about their stories. Now she knows better. And with her new show, the veteran journalist is telling
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Taylor Lautner says that his rise to fame was not an easy one. “Not many things in life can come and happen overnight. Fame can,” Lautner told The Hollywood Reporter in a recent interview. “It also can disappear overnight. When I was 16, 17, 18 years old, waking up and trying
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Nicola Ruotolo, Sana Noor Haq, Livia Borghese and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Italy’s former royal family has asked the country’s central bank to return the crown jewels, a lawyer for the family confirmed to CNN. The jewels were deposited in the Bank of Italy by a representative of the family on June 5, 1946 — three
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By Marianne Garvey Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi,” is voicing his support for Covid-19 vaccines after revealing he lost his grandparents to the virus. Liu took to Twitter, writing, “I lost my grandparents to COVID last year. They were still waiting for their vaccines. I’m fortunate to have been double-vaccinated and boosted when
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Telling stories from shifting perspectives a la “Rashomon” has become pretty commonplace in premium-TV and streaming, from Showtime’s “The Affair” to Netflix’s “Clickbait.” Enter “The Afterparty,” an Apple TV+ comedy series with one murder, plenty of suspects and minimal intrigue — the sort of show that’s modestly entertaining but doesn’t
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