By Lisa Respers France, CNN Cate Blanchett has shared some of her thoughts on cancel culture. The actress, who has been nominated for an Oscar for her performance as a female composer/conductor accused of sexual abuse in the film “Tár,” said in an interview with the Radio Times that its important to have a “healthy
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Ant-Man is a somewhat ironic choice for a very, very big job: Kicking off the next phase of Marvel movies. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” works on one key level, establishing Kang the Conqueror as a truly formidable and worthy villain. Yet with its plunge into inner space, “Ant-Man” comes
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Ant-Man is a somewhat ironic choice for a very, very big job: Kicking off the next phase of Marvel movies. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” works on one key level, establishing Kang the Conqueror as a truly formidable and worthy villain. Yet with its plunge into inner space, “Ant-Man” comes
Continue Reading Inke Kappeler and Toyin Owoseje, CNN The director of a leading German ballet company is being investigated by police and has been suspended for smearing dog feces on a critic’s face after taking offense to a review she wrote. According to an article published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) on Sunday, Marco Goecke, the
Continue Reading By Doug Drury You may have seen the news Qantas flight 144 from Auckland landed safely in Sydney in January after the pilot was forced to shut down an engine and issue a mayday call while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The plane was reportedly a 10-year-old, twin-jet Boeing 737 and was carrying 145 passengers,
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Kelsea Ballerini has a Valentine’s Day present for her fans. At midnight on Feb. 14, the singer dropped a surprise album containing six new songs, along with a short film, titled, “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (A Short Film).” Ballerini wrote or co-wrote each song on the album and also wrote
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Olivia Wilde is explaining why she posted about Rihanna’s partner, A$AP Rocky, in regards to the singer’s Super Bowl halftime performance. The “Don’t Worry Darling” director and actress shared on the Instagram stories portion of her verified account a video from Rolling Stone that showed A$AP Rocky jubilantly filming Rihanna’s
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The show so many love to love is returning in March. It was announced Tuesday that the third season of “Ted Lasso” will debut on Wednesday, March 15. “Moving to its new weekly Wednesday premiere, ‘Ted Lasso’ marks the first Apple TV+ series to launch mid-week,” a press release for
Continue Reading Gareth Harris The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is headed to the Design Museum in London this spring with a major new show unveiling works drawing on the Covid-19 pandemic. Three toilet paper sculptures will go on show — including two life-size rolls, one in marble and one in glass — demonstrating the demand
Continue Reading Forrest Brown, CNN Whether it’s couples locked in a tender embrace or a still-life with sensuous qualities, throughout history, artists have used canvas and oil to capture the beauty and passion of love. While the best of these richly colored masterpieces can rouse feelings of romance at any time of year, Valentine’s Day is a
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in our travel roundup: New footage of the Titanic revealed for the first time, the medieval treasure trove found under the streets of Amsterdam and the Air New Zealand flight that went on a 16-hour round trip from Auckland to Auckland. What lies beneath Video footage showing the wreck
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN Most of the time, headlines about Afghanistan are ringed with tragedy: food shortages, orphaned children, and even executions. Since the Taliban took full control of the country in 2021, the humanitarian situation there has deteriorated, as economic and diplomatic isolation does little to alleviate strife caused by human rights abuses perpetrated
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Austin Majors, a former child actor best known for his role on “NYPD Blue,” has died, according to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office. He was 27. His sister, Kali Majors-Raglin, confirmed the news to CNN in an email. Majors, whose full name was Austin Setmajer-Raglin, died February 11. The cause
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The TCL Theater in Hollywood was impressively full — just as packed, in fact, as the no-frills, suburban Chicago movie theater was when I first saw “Titanic” with my parents in the ’90s as a pop culture-obsessed 9-year-old. Seeing the movie for the first time is a core memory. I’d never
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN In spite of the fact that “Batgirl” won’t be seen by audiences, titular star Leslie Grace says she is proud of the movie and cautiously optimistic about the character’s future. When the news broke last summer that the DC comic book film for HBO Max was being indefinitely shelved, shocking moviegoers
Continue Reading By Alli Rosebloom, CNN Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are hitting the road together for a comedy tour starting this spring. The “Tina Fey & Amy Poehler: Restless Leg Tour” includes a limited run of four shows and kicks off on April 28 in Washington, DC. The tour will stop in Chicago and Boston before
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Rihanna wasn’t the only one shining bright like a diamond during the Super Bowl. Videos of Justina Miles, a deaf American Sign Language performer, are racking up views online as admirers praise her energetic signing during the telecast of Sunday’s game. Miles signed lyrics for hard of hearing TV viewers as
Continue Reading Leah Dolan, CNN Fashion is all about the silhouette. And no one took that sartorial maxim more literally than Sam Smith at the 2023 Brit Awards in London on Saturday. Dressed in a custom look by HARRI — the emerging label helmed by British Indian designer Harikrishnan Keezhathil Surendran Pillai — Smith’s supersized curves resembled
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Yes, the seven floating stages during Rihanna’s Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show were theatrical and cool, but they also had a very practical purpose. And it had everything to do with the grass on the field. That’s according to Bruce Rodgers, the halftime show production designer, who spoke
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey U2 announced during a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday that they will soon play a residency in Las Vegas. This fall the band will help launch the MSG Sphere at The Venetian with a show called “U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere.” The globe-shaped performance center holds 17,500 people and
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