By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Singer Fantasia Taylor and actress Danielle Brooks are set to star in Warner Bros.’ big-screen adaptation of the award-winning musical “The Color Purple.” News that Taylor and Brooks will play leads Celie and Sofia, respectively, was announced Thursday during ABC’s “Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising” special. Warner Bros., like
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN It sounds like things really are done when it comes to Carrie Bradshaw and Samantha Jones. The women who portray those “Sex and the City” characters, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall, have had a well-documented tense relationship. And despite fans’ desires, Cattrall has been clear about no longer wanting
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Cannon has apologized for “any extra pain or confusion” he may have caused with his recent announcement that he’s expecting his eighth child. On Monday’s episode of his daytime talk show Cannon announced that he and model Bre Tiesi are expecting a baby boy together. Cannon has publicly mourned
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN And just like that, another chapter of “Sex and the City” is over. Simply put, this HBO Max revival — which was minus one Samantha and added a lot of new faces — has divided a fandom. (HBO Max, like CNN, is owned by WarnerMedia.) “And Just Like That…” was never
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Candace Cameron Bure and Bob Saget were like father and daughter to the end. Bure told “Today” that she had been scheduled to get together with Saget prior to his death in January at the age of 65. The pair, who starred as father and daughter on “Full House” and
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Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Along the West Coast of the United States, 1,377 miles of railroad tracks run from Seattle to Los Angeles — a route often named as one of the most beautiful train journeys in America. The route, called the Coast Starlight, takes 35 hours in total to wind through Washington state, cross
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN After years of speculation, James McAvoy has confirmed that he is married to Lisa Liberati. The Scottish actor, best known for playing a young Charles Xavier in the X-Men franchise, revealed in an interview with the UK’s Guardian newspaper Thursday that he secretly married his American partner after meeting her on
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Oscar Holland, CNN Filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was, for many, the abiding memory of China’s first ever Games. In a display of color, coordination and pyrotechnics, the celebrated director announced the country’s arrival on the world stage in dramatic fashion, complete with performers “painting” on an LED scroll, an
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By Adam Pourahmadi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Johnny Vegas strolls onto the balcony of a suite at the Five Palm Resort overlooking the glittering Dubai Marina across the bay and surveys the potential he sees in the Emirati city. “I can find New York in Dubai,” he says. I can find Miami and Los Angeles
Continue Reading By Adam Pourahmadi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Johnny Vegas strolls onto the balcony of a suite at the Five Palm Resort overlooking the glittering Dubai Marina across the bay and surveys the potential he sees in the Emirati city. “I can find New York in Dubai,” he says. I can find Miami and Los Angeles
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By Angela Dewan and Danya Gainor, CNN The highest glacier on the world’s tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of human-induced climate change, a new study shows. The findings serve as a warning that rapid glacier melt at some of the Earth’s highest points could bring worsening climate impacts, including
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By Forrest Brown, CNN It has been a tough slog for some air travelers ever since the winter holidays rush. Between the spike Omicron variant cases causing staffing shortages and bad winter weather, airlines have been canceling and delaying thousands of flights since December 23. This week, you can blame it on the weather again.
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Susan Sarandon is facing backlash from law enforcement for a Twitter post she shared comparing the officers gathered at slain NYPD Detective Jason Rivera’s funeral to fascists. Podcaster Danny Haiphong had originally posted a tweet that showed thousands of NYPD cops lined up on 5th Avenue in Manhattan last week to
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Susan Sarandon is facing backlash from law enforcement for a Twitter post she shared comparing the officers gathered at slain NYPD Detective Jason Rivera’s funeral to fascists. Podcaster Danny Haiphong had originally posted a tweet that showed thousands of NYPD cops lined up on 5th Avenue in Manhattan last week to
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Sara Spary and Hannah Ryan, CNN A 16th century drawing by one of the key figures of the German Renaissance has been valued in excess of $10 million after it was initially purchased at a yard sale for just $30 in 2017. According to Agnews Gallery — the London auction house in possession of the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Cheslie Kryst’s mother is speaking out about her daughter’s death, saying she has “never known a pain as deep as this. I am forever changed.” April Simpkins shared a statement with “Extra” where Kryst had worked as an entertainment correspondent. The 30-year-old attorney and former Miss USA died after jumping
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By Marianne Garvey Channing Tatum says he is traumatized after his dreams of playing a Marvel superhero fell apart. The “Magic Mike” star was set to play X-Men character Gambit in his own movie in 2016, but after production delays, the movie never happened. Tatum and his producing partner, Reid Carolin, were producing the movie
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