By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bette Midler and Macy Gray have each responded to criticism some recent comments they made were transphobic. Midler was slammed for tweeting, “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name!” “They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they
Continue Reading Sana Noor Haq, CNN The star-studded Milky Way above a US coastline, pink and purple clouds overlooking Argentina and a reflection of the northern lights in the still waters of a lake in Canada are some of the moments captured by shortlisted entrants to the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest. More than 3,000
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN In the sundrenched summer of 1971, Sura Crutch, a recent graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, headed to Europe for three months. Sura traveled around Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands, soaking up the paintings, architecture and sculptures she’d spent years poring over in books. Sura traveled with a college friend,
Continue Reading By Miki Lendon and Brad Lendon, CNN Participating in an ancient Japanese tradition, sipping from a $25,000 antique bowl and even finding a bit of a 1970s “Austin Powers” vibe. All can be part of the experience at Gallery Okubo in Tokyo’s Yanaka district, where antiques dealer Mitsuru Okubo and his family offer the traditional
Continue Reading Ben Jones, CNN Breakfast in Paris, lunch in Frankfurt and dinner in Vienna — all without the hassle and frustration of flying. Imagine a network of modern, super-fast and comfortable trains hurtling between every major city in the European Union, providing a reliable, comfortable and sustainable alternative to air travel. That was the vision outlined
Continue Reading By Amanda Jackson and Chris Boyette, CNN Legendary musician Carlos Santana suffered a medical emergency Tuesday night during a performance in Michigan, according to his management team. Santana was “over-taken by heat exhaustion and dehydration,” according to a statement by his management team posted on his official Facebook page. He was performing at Pine Knob
Continue Reading By Amanda Jackson and Chris Boyette, CNN Legendary musician Carlos Santana suffered a medical emergency Tuesday night during a performance in Michigan, according to his management team. Santana was “over-taken by heat exhaustion and dehydration,” according to a statement by his management team posted on his official Facebook page. He was performing at Pine Knob
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN A group of climate activists who have disrupted major galleries this week to send a message to the UK government have struck again — this time at the Royal Academy of Art in London. On Tuesday morning, demonstrators from Just Stop Oil (JSO) glued themselves to a frame housing a copy of
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Kris Jenner is a busy lady to say the least. She wakes up in her silk pajamas sometime around 4 a.m. every day. (5 a.m. would be on the late side, she says). She does Pilates, showers, answers emails and then starts putting out the fires that come with managing multiple moguls
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia and Mirna Alsharif, CNN Attorneys for Amber Heard have asked the court to throw out the verdict in the defamation trial with her ex husband Johnny Depp and either dismiss the case or order a new trial. In court documents dated July 1 in the circuit court of Fairfax County, Virginia, attorneys
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Both Macy Gray and Better Midler are being accused of being transphobic. Gray, best known for her 1999 hit song “I Try,” seemed to anticipate the backlash during an appearance that aired Monday on Fox Nation’s “Piers Morgan Uncensored.“ “I will say this and everyone’s gonna hate me but as
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Tom Hanks doesn’t get to battle Tim Allen at the box office and he has feelings about that. In a clip from an interview with CinemaBlend, which was posted on the publication’s Instagram account, Hanks was asked bout his new film “Elvis” being in theaters the same time as “Lightyear.”
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kate Hudson went mermaid style for the Gram and her big brother wasn’t down for it. The actress recently posted a topless photo of herself on her verified Instagram account with her hair shielding her nudity. A few celebs like Paris Hilton and Michelle Pfeiffer weighed in with heart emojis
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The impressive mix of tones and styles that director Taika Waititi pulled off in “Thor: Ragnarok” largely fizzles in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which isn’t as funny as it wants to be, as stirring as it needs to be or romantic as it ought to be. Although well paced at
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN As D’Angelo Lovell Williams posed for a kiss with a former partner, Glenn, in front of the camera, their faces each obscured by the black silk cloth of a backwards durag, the photographer had a famous painting in mind. The Mississippi-born, New York-based artist, who is non-binary, had always loved the surrealist
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Two climate activists glued themselves to a 200-year-old masterpiece at London’s National Gallery on Monday, the latest in a string of disruptive protests by British environmentalist group Just Stop Oil. The pair covered John Constable’s famous landscape painting “The Hay Wain” with a modified version of the image before sticking their hands
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Two climate activists glued themselves to a 200-year-old masterpiece at London’s National Gallery on Monday, the latest in a string of disruptive protests by British environmentalist group Just Stop Oil. The pair covered John Constable’s famous landscape painting “The Hay Wain” with a modified version of the image before sticking their hands
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas Actress Rachel Brosnahan is expressing her grief over the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois on Monday that has left at least six people dead and dozens more injured. Brosnahan, who was raised in the Chicago suburb, said in a statement she felt “sick” over news of the tragedy. “I grew up
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas Actress Rachel Brosnahan is expressing her grief over the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois on Monday that has left at least six people dead and dozens more injured. Brosnahan, who was raised in the Chicago suburb, said in a statement she felt “sick” over news of the tragedy. “I grew up
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN The cast of Netflix’s same-sex love story “Heartstopper” celebrated London Pride with a Whitney Houston dance party as they faced off with anti-LGBTQ protesters. A viral video, with more than 220,000 likes on Twitter, shows the faceoff between actors from the show and anti-LGBTQ protesters at Saturday’s London Pride parade. British
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