By Dan Heching and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — An impressive lineup of musicians came together for a good cause on Thursday evening. Two concerts collectively referred to as FireAid kicked off at the Kia Forum and the Intuit Dome in the city of Inglewood in Los Angeles County to support relief efforts in the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Score another win for nostalgia. Netflix is planning a reboot of the “Little House on the Prairie” series that was based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s an historic intellectual property with modern appeal, given that Nielsen recently revealed the 50-year-old television series had 13.3 billion
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Music’s biggest night is happening Sunday and the lineup of scheduled performers is pretty impressive. The Grammy Awards air live from Los Angeles and will be hosted again this year by Trevor Noah. There has already been excitement about potential performances, thanks to the nominations. That’s due in
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A painting bought at a garage sale in Minnesota is a previously unknown portrait by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, according to a newly published expert analysis. It was made by Van Gogh during his stay at a psychiatric hospital in the south of France in 1889, experts commissioned
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — While everyone is hanging at the edge of their seats for more info on the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things,” the brothers behind the hit show are already cooking up their next projects. At a Netflix presentation of the streaming giant’s 2025 slate for press on Wednesday,
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — After an uproarious and Emmy-winning run of “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.,” the comedian will soon be back with more. Mulroney announced this week that new episodes of his live talk show for Netflix, set to debut in March, will be titled, “Everybody’s Live in L.A. with John
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After vacationing in Spain a few times, Cristina Martinez, from the US, felt enamoured with the European country and was eager to return — for good. Cristina, who is from a Cuban background and speaks fluent Spanish, eventually decided to relocate there with her husband. “We wanted to be
Continue Reading By Kathy Rose O’Brien, CNN (CNN) — A year and a half ago, chef Robbie McCauley left behind the swanky kitchens of some of the UK and Ireland’s best restaurants to cook in a remote Irish cottage on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic. The low, whitewashed, flagstone-roofed building surrounded by empty green fields, miles from
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Dave Matthews will no longer be performing at the FireAid benefit concert on Thursday. According to a statement posted to the official Instagram page for the Dave Matthews Band on Wednesday, “due to a critical illness in the family, Dave Matthews is unfortunately unable to perform at the FireAid
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein begged a judge on Wednesday to move up his April 15th trial date on sex crimes charges, invoking conditions at the infamous Rikers Island facility where he’s currently being held. “I can’t hold on anymore, I’m holding because I want justice for myself
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Not all publicity is good publicity. Especially when it leads to 10,000 daytrippers invading a ski resort, chaotic scenes on the slopes, extreme traffic snarl-ups, accusations of bad behavior and emergency crowd control measures. That’s what happened at Roccaraso, one of Italy’s most popular skiing
Continue Reading Associated Press Rihanna has made her first appearance at the Los Angeles trial of her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, with whom she has two toddlers. The singer superstar on Wednesday morning sat out of view of the courtroom’s cameras, next to Rocky’s mother and sister in the downtown Los Angeles criminal courthouse. Security brought her
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jesse Eisenberg portrayed Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film “The Social Network,” so it made sense to him that he should meet the Facebook founder in person as he was preparing for the role. But that was not to be, Eisenberg said on the “Awards Chatter” podcast. The
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The music industry is coming together for disaster relief, once again. Recording artists Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Billie Eilish, Jelly Roll, John Mayer, Katy Perry, Pink, Dave Matthews and more are scheduled to participate in the FireAid benefit concert on Thursday to raise money for those impacted by
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — More star power has been added to a campaign aimed at keeping more Hollywood production in Los Angeles. Keanu Reeves and Bette Midler have reportedly joined others in supporting Stay in LA, a new campaign meant to boost production staying or returning to the area in light of
Continue Reading CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — It’s a reunion 35 years in the making, thanks to mayonnaise. More than three decades after the romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally” first hit theaters, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are finally back together. Coinciding with the 35th anniversary of their beloved movie, Crystal and Ryan returned
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — It’s a reunion 35 years in the making, thanks to mayonnaise. More than three decades after the romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally” first hit theaters, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are finally back together. Coinciding with the 35th anniversary of their beloved movie, Crystal and Ryan returned to
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — A British man has become a Guinness World Record holder after visiting an unparalleled 42 museums in less than 12 hours. While Ben Melham, age 42, earned the record of “most museums visited in 24 hours,” he actually completed his attempt in less than half that time. Melham
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A girl staring into the distance, two Chinese coal miners joking during a break from work, and a Pallas cat lying in the snow in Mongolia are among the winners of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 competition. Taken together, the remarkable portfolio of winning photos reveals “an
Continue Reading By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s the train set to whisk people across the largest country in the Middle East — and to do so in style, according to the designs that have just been released. Saudi Arabia’s Dream of the Desert train, which is slated to hit the rails next year, is set
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