By Leah Asmelash, CNN Rapper Kendrick Lamar has announced his return, revealing the date of his long-awaited fifth album. Almost eight months after announcing his departure from his longtime label Top Dawg Entertainment, the Pulitzer-Prize winning artist revealed his next album, called “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers,” will be released on May 13. Lamar
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN DJ Kay Slay, an influential member of the New York hip-hop scene whose raucous mixtapes became legendary, has died from Covid-19 complications. His family confirmed his death through a statement released by New York hip-hop radio station HOT 97. He was 55. Kay Slay, whose real name was Keith Grayson, was
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By Marysabel Huston-Crespo, CNN RosalÃa is about to embark on an ambitious world tour that will take her to 15 countries, among them, the United States. The US leg of the “MOTOMAMI” tour starts on Sept. 15 at the MGM Music Hall in Boston and ends on Oct. 22 in Miami. The tour is produced
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN A Ukraine-based humanitarian kitchen linked to celebrity chef José Andrés has been destroyed by a Russian missile in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, according to the charity that runs it. One of the restaurant partners of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) was struck on Saturday, according to the nonprofit kitchen’s CEO Nate
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN Two months since Christina Yuna Lee was brutally killed in her New York Chinatown apartment, family and friends are finding new ways to pay tribute to her life. The latest comes in the form of an exhibition at Manhattan’s Eli Klein Gallery — where Lee once worked a decade ago — opening
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Marvel fans are finally worthy — the studio just released the first teaser for its highly anticipated summer flick, “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Starring Chris Hemsworth as the titular god, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and Tessa Thompson as the heroic Valkyrie, the particulars of the
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Marvel fans are finally worthy — the studio just released the first teaser for its highly anticipated summer flick, “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Starring Chris Hemsworth as the titular god, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and Tessa Thompson as the heroic Valkyrie, the particulars of the
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN A Ukraine-based humanitarian kitchen linked to celebrity chef José Andrés has been destroyed by a Russian missile in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, according to the charity that runs it. One of the restaurant partners of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) was struck on Saturday, according to the nonprofit kitchen’s CEO Nate
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN A Ukraine-based humanitarian kitchen linked to celebrity chef José Andrés has been destroyed by a Russian missile in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, according to the charity that runs it. One of the restaurant partners of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) was struck on Saturday, according to the nonprofit kitchen’s CEO Nate
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By Marianne Garvey Composer Danny Elfman perforned an unusual show at Coachella over the weekend, with a set list that included the “Simpsons” theme and a song from “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” The crowd was also treated to tracks off his latest solo album “Big Mess,” songs from films he’s scored, and a number of
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By Marianne Garvey Billie Eilish wrapped up her second weekend of headline Coachella sets with performances of “NDA,” “Therefore I Am,” and “you should see me in a crown.” The singer was jumping around the stage so much at one point she fell. “Ow,” she told the crowd. “You guys, I seriously ate s—. Seriously.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Josh Brolin says he would have been an older and “more raspy” Batman than Ben Affleck. During a recent conversation on the podcast “Happy Sad Confused,” Brolin said he lost out on playing the Dark Knight to Affleck. Director Zack Snyder went with Affleck as Batman in 2016’s “Batman v
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN This week brings a second season of “Russian Doll,” but in a sense, the true TV version of a Russian nesting doll is “Better Call Saul,” deftly adding one more layer each year as it has approached the outer shell that was “Breaking Bad.” The beginning of the final season
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Aniston says she has long suffered from sleep problems. The 53-year-old star told People magazine that it’s been an issue for her for decades. “I think it started somewhere in my 30s or even earlier, but you just don’t start to notice the effects of a lack of sleep
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Aniston says she has long suffered from sleep problems. The 53-year-old star told People magazine that it’s been an issue for her for decades. “I think it started somewhere in my 30s or even earlier, but you just don’t start to notice the effects of a lack of sleep
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Francesca Street, CNN Douglas McTaggart first spotted Brien Convery across a crowded room. It was Friday April 10, 1998 and Canadian McTaggart, then 32 and living in San Francisco, was visiting New York City for a long weekend. McTaggart and his friend Nadine had spent all day exploring, ending with a nightcap at Bemelmans Bar
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Billie Eilish took a moment during her Saturday Coachella performance to thank fans and express disbelief at her own meteoric rise to fame. “This is so weird,” she said. “I should not be headlining this sh–.” “But I’m so f—ing grateful that I’m here, and that you guys are all here,”
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Jake Tapper’s Book Club A note from CNN’s Jake Tapper: “Say it plain: that many have died for this day.” I still remember covering President Barack Obama‘s first inauguration and listening to Elizabeth Alexander deliver the poem she wrote for the occasion. On the Capitol’s platform overlooking Lincoln Memorial, she had reached back to Walt
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN An 11-foot hammerhead shark washed up on a beach in southern Florida, much to beachgoers’ surprise. Visitors at Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale, encountered the shark’s corpse on April 6, according to CNN affiliate WPLG. A team of scientists from the American Shark Conservancy took samples and identified the shark
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN An 11-foot hammerhead shark washed up on a beach in southern Florida, much to beachgoers’ surprise. Visitors at Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale, encountered the shark’s corpse on April 6, according to CNN affiliate WPLG. A team of scientists from the American Shark Conservancy took samples and identified the shark
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