Porsha Williams has raised some eyebrows with the news that she is now engaged to a man “Real Housewives of Atlanta” viewers met this season as the husband of one of her friends. Williams posted about her relationship with businessman Simon Guobadia on her verified Instagram account Monday. “Our relationship began a month ago —
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As Europe plans its gradual reopening to visitors from further afield, the battle lines are being drawn between destinations eager to get the tourist dollars flowing. And in Italy — where tourism represents about 13% of the GDP, according to government figures — one island has stolen a march on its rivals, by going “Covid-free.”
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Tom Cruise has returned his Golden Globe Awards to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a source close to the actor told CNN on Monday. Cruise won the best actor Globes for his performances in “Jerry Maguire” in 1997 and “Born on the Fourth of July” in 1990, and the best supporting actor award for “Magnolia”
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Little Mix star Perrie Edwards has announced that she is expecting her first child with England footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The 27-year-old singer posted black and white pictures of her baby bump on Instagram Monday, writing: “So happy to be on this wild journey with my soulmate.” She added: “Me + Him = You. We can’t
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Comedian John Mulaney and his wife, Anna Marie Tendler, are divorcing. The comic and the visual artist have been married since 2014. A spokesman for Mulaney first confirmed news of their split to Page Six, stating, “John will not have any further comment as he continues to focus on his recovery and getting back to
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Torrey DeVitto and David Ross are dating. The “Chicago Med” star went Instagram official with a photo showing her and the Chicago Cubs manager. DeVitto wrote in the caption, “Love him madly.” Ross was a catcher for several Major League Baseball clubs during his years as a player. His career culminated in 2016 with the
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Texas high school student Alyssa Brown was not expecting to see a question about Taylor Swift on her Advanced Placement US government and politics exam. “I opened the free response questions, and the first question was about Taylor Swift, and I was just laughing,” the 18-year-old told CNN. “I thought it was pretty cool.” Brown,
Continue Reading Gigi Hadid celebrated her first Mother’s Day with a heartfelt Instagram post dedicated to her daughter Khai. “The rumors are true: my best friend, purpose, muse, greatest pride & joy! I feel so lucky and inspired being your mama, my Khai,” the 26-year-old super model captioned a series of photos. “An old soul full of
Continue Reading Television’s longest-running medical drama is still alive and kicking. ABC on Monday announced that “Grey’s Anatomy” will return for Season 18. “Station 19,” which shares a universe with “Grey’s,” will also return for a fifth season. “‘Station 19’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ have done an incredible job of honoring real-life heroes by giving audiences an unflinching
Continue Reading Following coins that put the spotlight on Duke Ellington, the Tuskegee Airmen and Samoan fruit bats, a new run of quarters will call attention to pioneering American women. It’s part of the US Mint’s “American Women Quarters Program,” which will stamp circulating quarters with the faces of women who have made “significant contributions to the
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A Romanian castle said to be the home of Dracula is offering free Covid-19 jabs to visitors as part of a vaccination drive. Bran Castle, in Transylvania, announced its Pfizer BionTech Vaccine Marathon in a Facebook post published Friday. Completed in 1388, the castle sits outside the city of Brasov. It resembles the castle inhabited
Continue Reading A highly anticipated multi-part documentary series from co-creators and executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, now has a debut date. Apple TV+ announced Monday that “The Me You Can’t See,” which features stories meant to help lift the veil on the current state of mental health and emotional well-being, will
Continue Reading Samira Wiley announced on Mother’s Day that she and her wife, Lauren Morelli, are new moms to a baby girl. “Happy 1st Mother’s Day to my beautiful wife, who four weeks ago today after laboring for almost 3 days gave birth to our first child — our gorgeous daughter, George.” the “Handmaid’s Tale” star captioned
Continue Reading The title “The Crime of the Century” serves multiple purposes in director Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary, highlighting the criminality associated with an opioid epidemic that has dragged on throughout this century. While the focus is on Purdue Pharma and the family behind it, the four-hour project spreads the blame, building on existing reporting with “secret
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John Travolta marked the first Mother’s Day since the loss of his wife Kelly Preston with a tribute post on social media. Preston died last July after a private battle with breast cancer. She was 57. Travolta posted two older family photos on his verified Instagram account, showing the couple and their children. “Dearest Kelly,
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Taylor Swift is preparing to make history as the first woman to be awarded the Global Icon prize at the BRIT awards. The pop superstar will be given the prestigious award at the annual ceremony, which will take place at London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday night. Announcing the award, the BRITs said in a statement
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In a Parisian hotel 45 years ago, some of France’s biggest wine experts came together for a blind tasting. The finest French wines were up against upstarts from California. At the time, this didn’t even seem like a fair contest — France made the world’s best wines and Napa Valley was not yet on the
Continue Reading Extreme weather is being blamed for a terrifying incident that left one tourist stranded on a 260-meter-high glass-bottomed suspension bridge in northeast China’s Jilin province on May 7. In an image shared by Chinese state media Xinhua on Chinese social media site Weibo, a person can be seen clinging to the rail of the bridge,
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Seth Rogen says he has no current plans to work with his former collaborator James Franco, in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. In an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times, the 39-year-old actor revealed that his personal and professional relationship with Franco had been affected by the accusations made against the latter in 2014 and
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Rescue operations are underway to free a whale stranded in the River Thames in London, the Port of London Authority said. The whale was spotted at around 2 p.m. ET (7 p.m. local time) Sunday stuck near Richmond Lock on the River Thames, a port spokesperson told CNN. The whale is believed to be a
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