By Toyin Owoseje and Arnaud Siad, CNN Andy Taylor, guitarist with British New Romantic group Duran Duran at the height of their fame, is battling stage four prostate cancer. The band made the announcement on Saturday as they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Microsoft Theater
Continue Reading Sean Cunningham, CNN Online user ratings are great, until you discover they’re fake. Or you remember how your uncle always leaves reviews and his taste is terrible. Travelers want a proper set of standards, which generic hotel star ratings seem to offer. After all, you see, “Five-star hotel” and think, “Must be amazing,” just as
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Comedian and actress Amy Schumer has revealed that her young son, Gene, was admitted to the emergency room this week with RSV. “This was the hardest week of my life,” wrote Schumer in an Instagram post published on Sunday. “Shout out to all the parents going through this right now.” The
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Comedian and actress Amy Schumer has revealed that her young son, Gene, was admitted to the emergency room this week with RSV. “This was the hardest week of my life,” wrote Schumer in an Instagram post published on Sunday. “Shout out to all the parents going through this right now.” The
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN Aaron Carter’s older brother Nick is heartbroken after the singer’s death at the age of 34, he wrote in a post on Instagram Sunday, saying that despite their “complicated relationship,” his love for Carter “has never ever faded.” “I have always held onto the hope, that he would somehow, someday want
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN For an 18th-century French novel, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” certainly got around, inspiring a play, the movies “Dangerous Liaisons” and “Valmont” in 1988 and ’89, respectively, and the twisted teen variant “Cruel Intentions.” Now comes a Starz series prequel, “Dangerous Liaisons,” which ratchets up the sex while dragging out (and out
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN Aaron Carter’s older brother Nick is heartbroken after the singer’s death at the age of 34, he wrote in a post on Instagram Sunday, saying that despite their “complicated relationship,” his love for Carter “has never ever faded.” “I have always held onto the hope, that he would somehow, someday want
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN As tasty as it might look, you should refrain from licking the Sonoran desert toad, the National Park Service has warned. On Tuesday, the NPS used Facebook to warn passerby to use caution around the Sonoran desert toad, also known as the Colorado river toad. The amphibian is one of the
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Welsh environmental officials have asked dedicated Harry Potter fans to please stop leaving socks on the grave of Dobby the house elf. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One” was released in 2010. The film, half of the conclusion to the fantasy series, features the tragic death of Dobby, a
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas and Emma Tucker, CNN Aaron Carter, a former child pop singer and younger brother of Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, has died, a source close to the family told CNN. He was 34. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told CNN they responded to a call for help at Carter’s
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas and Emma Tucker, CNN Aaron Carter, a former child pop singer and younger brother of Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, has died, a source close to the family told CNN. He was 34. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told CNN they responded to a call for help at Carter’s
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you’re running in the New York City Marathon Sunday, watch out — you might just be running alongside actor Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher, 44, is using the marathon as an opportunity to raise funds for Thorn, the organization he founded alongside Demi Moore in 2012 to combat child sex trafficking, according
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Drake’s newest album includes jabs at multiple other artists and public figures — and some have their own choice words for the Canadian rapper. Drake released “Her Loss,” a 16-track collaboration with 21 Savage, on Friday. On one song, “Circo Loco,” he seems to imply that Megan Thee Stallion’s allegations that
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Questions of propriety about the fifth season of “The Crown” premiering two months after Queen Elizabeth II’s death are largely eclipsed by other issues, as the Netflix series reloads with new prestige talent in key roles and old troubles, while feeling more disjointed than usual. The result is an uneven
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN “Stranger Things” superfans can now live in the very same house where Season 4 villain Vecna first developed his supernatural powers, if they dare. Warning: there are spoilers for Season 4 of “Stranger Things” ahead. Vecna, the antagonist of Season 4 of Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things,” started off as a
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN It feels like the summer of travel chaos only just subsided, but the holiday travel season is now upon us. More than four million Americans are set to take to the skies for US Thanksgiving, kicking off one of the busiest stretches of the year for travel. Navigating the world of airports
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN Top-tier frequent flyer Rick Hubbard spends a lot of time squeezing into airplane seats and has noticed it’s a tighter fit. “Either that or I’m getting bigger and bigger, but I don’t think so,” Hubbard told CNN recently near a baggage claim. “I can’t imagine seats or aisles
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN HBO is pulling the plug on its futuristic drama “Westworld.” In a statement praising creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, HBO lauded the show for taking viewers on “a mind-bending odyssey, raising the bar at every step.” (HBO, like CNN, is a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery.) “We are tremendously grateful
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Wearing matching glittery unicorn hats, rainbow tutus or white furry boots, a troupe of 30 senior women have built a reputation across Southern Florida with choreographed dances to pop songs. Called the “Calendar Girls,” the dancers aren’t professionals, but put on 130 shows per year — and do their own makeup and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Cannon is adding to his family, and Ryan Reynolds is having some fun with it. Model Alyssa Scott on Thursday shared some maternity photos on her Instagram account. Scott and Cannon are featured in a bathtub in the images, where he both touches and kisses her pregnant belly. Reynolds
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