Oscar Holland, CNN and Gawon Bae, CNN If the lurking bass and syncopated beat of Silkybois’ recent hit “Bomaye” sound familiar to fans of drill music, the pair’s lyrical content might not. Flitting between English and their native Korean, the Seoul-based rappers inject numerous local references into the genre’s typical allusions to street rivalries, cars
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By Marianne Garvey Superstar Bad Bunny has released his fifth studio album “Un Verano Sin Ti,” or “A Summer Without You.” He revealed the artwork and the track list on Wednesday morning and there are 23 songs, divided into two “sides.” He teased the album in April by posting a phony Craigslist listing for 2019
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By Alaa Elassar and Amanda Watts, CNN No criminal charges will be filed after a North Carolina shooting incident in April on the property that reportedly belongs to rapper DaBaby, police say. A 26-year-old man was injured after he allegedly climbed the fence surrounding the property and was shot on April 13, according to an
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Taylor Swift has re-visited another one of her classics. The Grammy winner debuted a re-recorded version of her hit, “This Love (Taylor’s Version)” from her 2014 album “1989.” The song is featured in the trailer for the Amazon Prime Series “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” Swift took to Instagram on Thursday
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By Marianne Garvey Kim Cattrall has moved on from her days in “Sex in the City,” but Samantha Jones is still with her. Cattrall, who played the sex-positive, powerful publicist Samantha in “Sex and the City” for six seasons and two movies, spoke with Variety for its Power of Women issue and said she hasn’t
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN A quiet revolution is underway in how we transit airport security — but most of us won’t even have noticed. The requirement to put liquids into 100-milliliter containers and take electronics out of bags has been a staple of air travel for nearly 16 years. However, at many airports around the
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By Brian Lowry, CNN “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” might be the most insanely Marvel movie ever, for good and ill. Unleashing the infinite possibilities of the multiverse throws open the studio’s toy chest, but the anything-goes aspects of that can be alternately thrilling, disorienting and occasionally, a little silly. All told, this
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” might be the most insanely Marvel movie ever, for good and ill. Unleashing the infinite possibilities of the multiverse throws open the studio’s toy chest, but the anything-goes aspects of that can be alternately thrilling, disorienting and occasionally, a little silly. All told, this
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Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN | Illustrations by Leanza Abucayan If the thought of retiring your comfortable sweats and choosing a new outfit to leave the house in each morning is an intimidating prospect, you’re in good company. For the better part of the pandemic, I’ve lived in a pair of stretchy, soft wool trousers in
Continue Reading Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN | Illustrations by Leanza Abucayan If the thought of retiring your comfortable sweats and choosing a new outfit to leave the house in each morning is an intimidating prospect, you’re in good company. For the better part of the pandemic, I’ve lived in a pair of stretchy, soft wool trousers in
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By Wayne Chang, CNN Taiwan’s Southern Cross-Island Highway has reopened to the public following a 13-year closure. The alpine highway, which was popular with tourists as well as locals due to its route through rural, scenic parts of the island, was devastated by a typhoon in 2009. More than 90% of the road was damaged
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By Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN Isaiah Lee, the man accused of leaping on stage at the Hollywood Bowl and attacking comedian Dave Chappelle, pleaded not guilty to four misdemeanor charges in court Friday. Wearing a blue jail uniform, with his right arm in a sling, Lee stood before a judge in Los Angeles
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN Amber Heard took the stand again on Thursday, with at times emotional and graphic testimony in her defense against a defamation claim brought by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. In her second day of testimony, Heard described alleged physical abuse by Depp that she said escalated into the couple mistreating each other.
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN Amber Heard took the stand again on Thursday, with at times emotional and graphic testimony in her defense against a defamation claim brought by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. In her second day of testimony, Heard described alleged physical abuse by Depp that she said escalated into the couple mistreating each other.
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN The latest trailer for the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel “House of the Dragon” officially gives us a glimpse of the titular winged beasts. The new footage for the hotly anticipated HBO series reveals more about the direction of the series than previous teasers have, dangling just enough plot in front
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By Brad Parks, CNN A United Airlines passenger was taken into custody Thursday morning at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport after opening an aircraft door and walking out onto the wing of the plane while it was taxiing. “A male subject was onboard a plane that was approaching the gate when he pulled the emergency exit
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN There are many levels to “The Staircase,” a drama as much about the making of the docuseries chronicling Michael Peterson’s murder trial as the salacious case itself. While the episodes occasionally grind too slowly, Colin Firth’s riveting work as the hard-to-read suspect elevates this HBO Max limited series several steps
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Paramount+ keeps beaming up “Star Treks” whether needed or not, but its latest, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” draws more heavily on the original series than perhaps anything in the fleet. A direct prequel populated by younger versions of characters like Spock and Uhura, it’s hardly a bold construct but
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN We all know Rainn Wilson is a gifted comedic actor. He’s also obsessed with the macabre, and loves his role as the host of “Radio Rental,” a fictional podcast that tells true stories from people about bizarre crimes or paranormal activity they’ve encountered. The stories are found by Tenderfoot TV’s Payne
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Amarachi Orie, CNN A vase kept in a kitchen in England could sell for £150,000 ($186,000) after it was revealed to be a rare 18th century Chinese artifact which was created for the Qianlong Emperor. The vase was purchased by a surgeon in the 1980s for a few hundred pounds, according to UK-based auction house
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