Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Day Shift” is about vampires, but it’s one of those Frankenstein-like movies stitched together from used parts, with Jamie Foxx as a family man version of Marvel’s Blade, mashed up with horror and buddy comedy. It’s the kind of star-driven vehicle that yields obvious benefits to Netflix even if, qualitatively
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Megan Thee Stallion has released her new album, ‘Traumazine’. Earlier this week, the star rapper had revealed the cover art and the track list for the album because she said information had already begun to leak. “From my cover art, pieces of my track list and me even hearing a part of
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Stephen Colbert announced that bandleader Jon Batiste is leaving “The Late Show” after seven seasons to pursue other interests. Musician Louis Cato will step in to lead the house band. Colbert thanked the Oscar and Grammy Award-winning Batiste on Thursday’s episode of “The Late Show.” “We’ve been so lucky to have a
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Anne Heche, who remains hospitalized after crashing her vehicle into a Los Angeles residence last week, is “not expected to survive,” according to a statement from her family and friends shared with CNN by a representative. “Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains
Continue Reading Megan C. Hills, CNN Kylie Jenner has made a strong case for glamorous party tops, channeling a disco ball and another famous Kylie, singer Kylie Minogue, at once. The reality star took date-night dressing to the next level Tuesday, wearing a glittering chain mesh top with a cowl neck and striking hood ahead of a
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez and Chloe Melas, CNN Anne Heche’s son paid tribute to his mother Friday, saying the family had lost “a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend.” In a statement Heche’s son, Homer Laffoon, 20, wrote: “My brother Atlas and I lost our Mom. After six days of
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu, Pierre Bairin and Amandine Hess, CNN A 23-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation for suspicion of rape aggravated by drunkenness, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office told CNN. Authorities have not released the suspect’s name and nationality. The investigation was launched on Tuesday. The woman, a 27-year-old American female tourist, was raped
Continue Reading Story by Lilit Marcus, Video by Kristie Lu Stout and Jadyn Sham “I chose to come to Sanya because the Covid restrictions are more relaxed than (in) Shanghai,” said Li Zefeng, an engineer who lives in China’s biggest city. But he, like many others who flocked to the resort island off the coast of southern
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Steve Martin is experiencing a new wave of popularity thanks to his Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building.” But the 76-year-old says he’s ready to wind down when the show eventually ends. Martin told the Hollywood Reporter he will be ready to slow down somewhat once his Emmy-nominated comedy wraps
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Actress Anne Heche is now being investigated for felony DUI after crashing her car into a Los Angeles area home, which then caught on fire last week, according to police. The initial investigation was for misdemeanor DUI, but results from a blood draw from Heche and word of an injury to
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown, CNN A roller coaster crash at a Legoland theme park in southern Germany injured 31 people on Thursday, according to local authorities. One person suffered severe but not life-threatening injuries and 15 people were taken to hospital with light injuries after the incident in the Bavarian town of Günzburg, a police spokesperson
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas An attorney for Britney Spears is speaking out against a series of videos posted ​by the singer’s ex-husband, Kevin Federline​. On Wednesday, Federline posted to Instagram multiple videos that he said were filmed by Spears’ sons several years ago in which she appears to have verbal disagreements and uses harsh language with
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Thirty years later, “A League of Their Own” receives a major makeover in a narratively ambitious but uneven Amazon series, providing timely filters on the World War II-era drama while dialing down the laughs. Specifically, the show considers what it was like to be a lesbian or Black during that
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN Just weeks after tourists were caught driving and hurling scooters down the Spanish Steps in Rome, another tourist in Italy has caused havoc on two wheels in an ancient site. A tourist was caught driving a moped through the Campanian site of Pompeii on Wednesday. He was immediately apprehended by site security
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN A grim reminder of the catastrophic institutional failures associated with Hurricane Katrina, “Five Days at Memorial” captures the personal toll and terrible choices made under the most adverse of conditions. Working backward from the 45 dead bodies discovered in Memorial Hospital, it’s a compelling fact-based look at those five days
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN A grim reminder of the catastrophic institutional failures associated with Hurricane Katrina, “Five Days at Memorial” captures the personal toll and terrible choices made under the most adverse of conditions. Working backward from the 45 dead bodies discovered in Memorial Hospital, it’s a compelling fact-based look at those five days
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN On “iCarly,” they played best friends, web show hosts and polar opposites. In real life, though, Jennette McCurdy and Miranda Cosgrove are still close, even if they’re no longer castmates. Ahead of the release of her memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” McCurdy reflected on her yearslong friendship with Cosgrove, with
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN On “iCarly,” they played best friends, web show hosts and polar opposites. In real life, though, Jennette McCurdy and Miranda Cosgrove are still close, even if they’re no longer castmates. Ahead of the release of her memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” McCurdy reflected on her yearslong friendship with Cosgrove, with
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Actress and director Denise Dowse is hospitalized with viral meningitis, according to a post from her sister. “I am requesting support and prayers be offered me and my sister, and my only immediate family @denisedowse,” her sister wrote in an Instagram post made to Dowse’s official account. “She is currently in
Continue Reading Jacopo Prisco, CNN The A380 super jumbo has many supporters around the world, but none quite as vocal and powerful as Tim Clark, the president of Emirates, by far the largest operator of the aircraft. The Dubai-based airline purchased nearly half of all A380s ever produced and now has 118 in its fleet, about 80
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