Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Long before “fake news,” “The Big Cigar” looks back to the time of a fake movie – specifically, one designed to provide Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton cover to flee America for Cuba. Yet what should be an enticing mashup of the civil-rights movement and Hollywood
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — More than 50 etchings from soldiers have been discovered on an English castle door in an “astonishing discovery,” including graffiti of what could depict the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte being hanged. The door was only recently discovered in Dover Castle, in southeast England, charity English Heritage said in a
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa — one of the most famous paintings in the world — is shrouded in mystery; from questions around the figures identity, to her puzzling, enigmatic expression. Now, at least one of the artwork’s secrets has been revealed, according to a geologist based in Italy.
Continue Reading By Karla Cripps and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — When it comes to traditional performing arts in Thailand, Khon is perhaps the most famous of them all. It’s highly likely visitors have encountered the characters of the country’s famed “masked drama” at some point during their travels without even realizing it. At Suvarnabhumi International
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Zach Bryan and his girlfriend Brianna LaPaglia were involved in a scary car accident earlier this week, according to LaPaglia, who recalled the experience in a candid video posted to her TikTok page earlier this week. LaPaglia, a Barstool sports blog personality known more commonly as Brianna Chickenfry, said
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers about the “Young Sheldon” series finale. Seventeen years after “The Big Bang Theory” made its debut, spinoff “Young Sheldon” has remained one of the bigger hits that network TV can still produce in this diluted day and age. Yet the CBS comedy
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards took place on Thursday with country music superstar and actress Reba McEntire as the ceremony’s host. Lainey Wilson – who won this year’s entertainer of the year award – and Chris Stapleton were the big winners of the evening, each taking
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Billie Eilish has always done things her own way. Whether it be releasing her 2016 viral hit “Ocean Eyes” onto Soundcloud, a DIY music streaming site, or writing and recording her record-breaking debut album “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” with her collaborator and brother Finneas
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jessica Biel is the author of a new children’s book focused on destigmatizing and normalizing the conversation around menstruation. “A Kids Book About Periods” is “designed to inspire positive conversations between children and adults,” according to an official synopsis, and was inspired by Biel’s own personal experience getting her
Continue Reading By Fabiana Chaparro, Amanda Musa and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Another US tourist was arrested Monday in Turks and Caicos after being accused of carrying ammunition into the islands. That makes this the fifth arrest in recent months of a US national on ammunition possession charges in the British Overseas Territory, a chain of
Continue Reading By Lisa France, CNN (CNN) — Drake got some good news on Thursday when nominations for the BET Awards were announced. The rapper leads with seven nominations, including album of the year for “For All The Dogs (Scary Hours Edition),” best male R&B/Pop artist, best male hip hop artist and two for video of the
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Glen Powell’s parents trolled him at a screening of his new movie “Hit Man.” Along with the special screening, Powell was being inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in Austin, TX., on Wednesday. His parents Cyndy and Glen Powell Sr. stood behind him on the carpet, holding
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Spacey is pushing back on the “rush to judgment” against him and is being backed by some big names as he seeks to reclaim his acting career. Sharon Stone and Liam Neeson issued statements of support for Spacey in a story by The Telegraph. “I can’t wait
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A David Hockney painting bought by famed US screenwriter and producer Norman Lear for $64,000 is expected to fetch up to $35 million at auction. “A Lawn Being Sprinkled” is going under the hammer as part of a sale of the collection of Norman Lear and Lyn Davis Lear
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls and Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Art is subjective. And while many artists long to share their work with the world, there’s no guarantee that the audience will understand it, or even like it. That certainly seems to be the case with a painting by indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira, which includes a
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — A tiny, no frills taco stand in Mexico with just four items on its menu has been awarded a star by the coveted Michelin Guide. Taquería El Califa de León, located in the San Rafael neighborhood of Mexico City, was among the establishments to garner either one or two
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jean Smart had never done standup comedy before she took on the role of the brilliant and biting comedian Deborah Vance in “Hacks.” In an interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace debuting Friday, Smart said she was a bit apprehensive to play opposite Hannah Einbinder, who is cast as Ava
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Lynn Rippelmeyer’s reach for the sky started from an unlikely place. “I grew up on a farm in the 1950s. There were no women flying, there were no female airline pilots. I had an interest in aviation because there were airplanes flying overhead, and I thought how much fun
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan and Alex Rees, CNN The Cannes Film Festival drew to a close on Saturday, and as always, the nearly two-week event was a fashion spectacle, with a slew of celebrated directors, actors and writers making their entrances on the hallowed Promenade de la Croisette. This year, the Palme d’Or went to “Anora,”
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The tragic arc of Amy Winehouse’s brief life and nova-like career creates built-in problems for a biography of the singer, which doesn’t dampen the knockout performance by Marisa Abela in “Back to Black,” capturing the talent, rage and self-destructiveness that defined her. Thin as biopics go, the power
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