By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The late country music legend Toby Keith was honored during Sunday’s CMT Music Awards with an energetic and celebratory tribute performance by Brooks & Dunn, Lainey Wilson and Sammy Hagar. Brooks & Dunn opened the tribute with a lively performance of Keith’s “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.” Rock legend Sammy
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It was a big night for Jelly Roll at the CMT Music Awards. Jelly Roll took home all three of the awards for which he was nominated, including video of the year for his hit song “Need a Favor.” In his acceptance speech, Jelly Roll thanked his wife Bunnie
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand announced it has tightened its visa rules, introducing language and skill criteria and shortening work permit lengths in response to “unsustainable net migration.” The changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa (AEWV) scheme have gone into immediate effect, and will mean that New Zealand is “better testing
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She didn’t get a passport until she was aged 91, but a year after becoming the oldest person to visit all 63 National Parks in the US, “Grandma Joy” Ryan is embarking on a new global challenge with her grandson Brad Ryan, 42. The intergenerational duo, who went viral
Continue Reading CNN By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She didn’t get a passport until she was aged 91, but a year after becoming the oldest person to visit all 63 National Parks in the US, “Grandma Joy” Ryan is embarking on a new global challenge with her grandson Brad Ryan, 42. The intergenerational duo, who went
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — A rental property secretly transformed by the eccentric artist who lived there for three decades has been officially protected by the British government, five years after his death. Shortly after Ron Gittins died in September 2019 at age 79, his family visited the apartment where he had lived
Continue Reading By David G. Allan, CNN (CNN) — “Do you know where IPAs come from?” I have asked many a friend, with my elbow angled upon the bar holding “exhibit B” in a pint glass, and hoping they don’t already know the answer. Heaven? The hop fairy? My dreams? All good guesses, but no. “When the
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Kristen Wiig got inducted into the coveted “Saturday Night Live” five-timers club in style this weekend when she hosted the long-running NBC sketch show for the fifth time, and she had a little bit of help from some huge stars. Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling, Jon Hamm, Martin Short, Paul
Continue Reading CNN By Cheri Mossburg and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Christian Combs, son of rapper, producer and businessman Sean “Diddy” Combs, is accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit that names both men. The 31-page lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, according to an attorney for the plaintiff, Grace O’Marcaigh.
Continue Reading By Kelly Murray and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Cole Brings Plenty, the “1923” actor who went missing last weekend, was found dead Friday in a wooded area in Kansas, police and his family said. The actor, 27, was last seen in the early morning hours of March 31 leaving the Lawrence, Kansas, area in
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Country music star Colt Ford is “in stable but critical condition” Saturday at a hospital in Arizona after suffering a heart attack earlier this week, according to a spokesperson for the singer-songwriter. Ford, 54, had the medical emergency on Thursday following a show in Gilbert, Arizona, at Dierks Bentley’s
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — College basketball star Caitlin Clark has a fan in beloved actor and sports fanatic Jason Sudeikis. The “Ted Lasso” star attended Friday’s Final Four NCAA women’s basketball match to watch Clark’s team, the Iowa Hawkeyes, play the Connecticut Huskies. The No. 1 Hawkeyes earned a return
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to the storied legacy of “Saturday Night Live,” most would agree that Kristen Wiig is up there with the greats. The hilarious and lasting characters she created during her seven-year tenure on the long-running NBC sketch show stand among the best ever seen on the show.
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: Europe’s highest pedestrian suspension bridge, a groundbreaking “blended wing” plane, North America’s solar eclipse and the world’s best airports to arrive at hungry. Airport dining There’s no more captive consumer than a traveler caught between airport security and the departure gate, which is why
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A sickening sense of deja vu flooded over Barb Handley and her siblings as news of the midflight blowout of an Alaska Airlines plug door – and the gaping hole it left behind – emerged in January. Images of the refrigerator-sized void conjured up heart-wrenching memories of the death
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — The top of the country music charts is filled with familiar names: Zach Bryan. Luke Combs. Morgan Wallen. These are country heavyweights — names any country fan would recognize. Then, sitting among them all, face obscured by the tip of a cowboy hat, is Beyoncé. On March 29, Beyoncé
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — One of Hollywood’s funniest couples is no more. In a joint statement posted to their respective Instagram Stories on Friday, Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen announced that they filed to end their marriage at some point last year. Over a picture of the pair dressed in white tennis
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — When the total solar eclipse passes over Mexico, the United States and Canada on Monday, 32 million people in the US who are located along the 115-mile-wide path of totality will witness an awe-inspiring celestial spectacle. It’s a can’t-miss event and you obviously need a solid eclipse-themed playlist to
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Frances Bean Cobain has penned a candid and heartfelt tribute to her father Kurt Cobain on the 30th anniversary of his death. Cobain was a toddler when her father, who was the frontman of legendary grunge band Nirvana, took his life. On Friday she posted a series of
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — “The Last Kingdom” actor Adrian Schiller has died, his agent has confirmed to CNN. The British actor, who played Aethelhelm in the Netflix historical series, was 60 years old. In a statement to CNN, his agent Amanda Evans said: “It is with the heaviest and saddest hearts that we
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