By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A world-famous ballet school has agreed a legal settlement with a woman who claimed she developed an eating disorder as a result of body-shaming while studying there. Ellen Elphick, who was a student at the Royal Ballet School in London, said she became anorexic while participating in an intense
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bey-lieve it or not: The 2025 album of the year category might be the most high-stakes Grammys race in years. But let’s back up. The category has a little something for everyone this year – from the pink-drenched newcomer Chappell Roan’s velvety vocals in her debut album “The Rise
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Three years after Arthur “Chip” Gaudio Jr. last met his friend Jenny Teresia Sundberg, he decided to visit her in Sweden. “That was the first time we’d seen each other since 1992,” Arthur tells CNN Travel today. In the intervening years, Arthur and Jenny had sent long letters across
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón has had to pause her celebration for making Oscars history to offer an apology. “I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt,” Gascón said in a statement provided to CNN. “As someone in a
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By Amarachi Orie and Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — “My mom and dad are gonna be soo mad at me!!” This line, famously spoken by the character Stu Macher in the original 1996 “Scream” movie, made a momentous new appearance Thursday when actor Matthew Lillard, who played Stu, posted a video on Instagram Thursday teasing
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Joan Collins is to play Wallis Simpson in a biopic about the American socialite whose relationship with the British King led to his abdication. The 91-year-old actress revealed that the cameras will soon start rolling for the film, entitled “The Bitter End.” She posted a split panel of two
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Dutch police have arrested three people in connection with a museum heist that saw thieves blow open a door with explosives before stealing four priceless ancient artifacts, including an approximately 2,500-year-old gold helmet on loan from Romania. Officials in the Netherlands published the names and photographs of two of
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors filed a superseding indictment against Sean “Diddy” Combs, expanding the racketeering conspiracy allegations to include two new female victims. Combs was previously charged with racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution of a former long-term girlfriend, who is identified in the indictment as “Victim 1.” The
Continue Reading By Dan Heching and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — An impressive lineup of musicians came together for a good cause on Thursday evening. Two concerts collectively referred to as FireAid kicked off at the Kia Forum and the Intuit Dome in the city of Inglewood in Los Angeles County to support relief efforts in the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Score another win for nostalgia. Netflix is planning a reboot of the “Little House on the Prairie” series that was based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It’s an historic intellectual property with modern appeal, given that Nielsen recently revealed the 50-year-old television series had 13.3 billion
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Music’s biggest night is happening Sunday and the lineup of scheduled performers is pretty impressive. The Grammy Awards air live from Los Angeles and will be hosted again this year by Trevor Noah. There has already been excitement about potential performances, thanks to the nominations. That’s due in
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A painting bought at a garage sale in Minnesota is a previously unknown portrait by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, according to a newly published expert analysis. It was made by Van Gogh during his stay at a psychiatric hospital in the south of France in 1889, experts commissioned
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — While everyone is hanging at the edge of their seats for more info on the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things,” the brothers behind the hit show are already cooking up their next projects. At a Netflix presentation of the streaming giant’s 2025 slate for press on Wednesday,
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — After an uproarious and Emmy-winning run of “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.,” the comedian will soon be back with more. Mulroney announced this week that new episodes of his live talk show for Netflix, set to debut in March, will be titled, “Everybody’s Live in L.A. with John
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — After vacationing in Spain a few times, Cristina Martinez, from the US, felt enamoured with the European country and was eager to return — for good. Cristina, who is from a Cuban background and speaks fluent Spanish, eventually decided to relocate there with her husband. “We wanted to be
Continue Reading By Kathy Rose O’Brien, CNN (CNN) — A year and a half ago, chef Robbie McCauley left behind the swanky kitchens of some of the UK and Ireland’s best restaurants to cook in a remote Irish cottage on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic. The low, whitewashed, flagstone-roofed building surrounded by empty green fields, miles from
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Dave Matthews will no longer be performing at the FireAid benefit concert on Thursday. According to a statement posted to the official Instagram page for the Dave Matthews Band on Wednesday, “due to a critical illness in the family, Dave Matthews is unfortunately unable to perform at the FireAid
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein begged a judge on Wednesday to move up his April 15th trial date on sex crimes charges, invoking conditions at the infamous Rikers Island facility where he’s currently being held. “I can’t hold on anymore, I’m holding because I want justice for myself
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Not all publicity is good publicity. Especially when it leads to 10,000 daytrippers invading a ski resort, chaotic scenes on the slopes, extreme traffic snarl-ups, accusations of bad behavior and emergency crowd control measures. That’s what happened at Roccaraso, one of Italy’s most popular skiing
Continue Reading Associated Press Rihanna has made her first appearance at the Los Angeles trial of her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, with whom she has two toddlers. The singer superstar on Wednesday morning sat out of view of the courtroom’s cameras, next to Rocky’s mother and sister in the downtown Los Angeles criminal courthouse. Security brought her
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