By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Zac Efron has shared his response to finding out that Matthew Perry wanted the “High School Musical” actor to play him in a biopic. “I was hugely honored,” Efron told Extra TV during the premiere for his upcoming movie “The Iron Claw” in Dallas on Wednesday. “It would be
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea has become the latest country to declare war on bedbugs following a wave of outbreaks, with bathhouses, university dorms, and train stations across the country on high alert. Thirty suspected or confirmed infestations have been reported since the end of October, prompting the government
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Jimmy Buffett, the late “Margaritaville” singer and entrepreneur, was honored during the Country Music Awards (CMAs) on Wednesday with a musical performance of some of his greatest hits. Country stars Kenny Chesney, Mac McAnally, Alan Jackson and the Zac Brown Band performed a medley of Buffett’s songs, including an emotional rendition
Continue Reading By Francesca Annio and Brad Lendon, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — The world’s newest island has risen from the sea off the coast of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean. Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) told CNN the unnamed island was formed by an undersea volcanic eruption. Its rise from the ocean was
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Tracy Chapman continues to make history with her 1988 hit “Fast Car” after winning song of the year at Wednesday’s Country Music Awards. Chapman was not present during the telecast, which took place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, but country star and the category’s presenter Sarah Evans read a message on Chapman’s
Continue Reading CNN By Maggie Hiufu Wong and Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — On scenic Geumjeong Mountain on the edge of Busan, South Korea’s second biggest city, lies the remains of what was once the country’s largest mountain fortress. Though now in ruins, this former bastion’s connection to the local community lives on in a nearby village
Continue Reading By Maggie Hiufu Wong and Jake Kwon, CNN (CNN) — On scenic Geumjeong Mountain on the edge of Busan, South Korea’s second biggest city, lies the remains of what was once the country’s largest mountain fortress. Though now in ruins, this former bastion’s connection to the local community lives on in a nearby village brewery
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The 2023 Country Music Awards, known as the CMAs, took place Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee at the Bridgestone Arena, hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning. The CMA Award winners are determined by more than 6,000 industry professional members of the Country Music Association, according to the organization’s website. Find
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Neil Portnow, the former president and CEO of the Recording Academy – the organization that produces the Grammy Awards – has been accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman in 2018 in New York. According to the complaint, filed on Wednesday with the New York State Supreme Court and obtained
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — “The Marvels” is crash-landing in theaters this week, but casual Marvel Cinematic Universe viewers might be a bit confused about where the heroes left off. It’s harder than ever to keep up with all the goings-on of the MCU, with characters and storylines popping up randomly across TV shows
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has revealed details of its 2024 spring exhibition, which serves as the inspiration for the theme of the accompanying Met Gala. And while the past three year’s themes have been more straightforward, mining the archives of Karl Lagerfeld’s career, glamour from the
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Bruce Willis’ daughter Tallulah Willis is sharing an update regarding her dad’s health after the “Die Hard” actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) earlier this year. “He has a really aggressive cognitive disease, a form of dementia that’s very rare,” Tallulah said on Wednesday’s episode of the “Drew Barrymore Show,”
Continue Reading CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Arriving more than four years after the original, “The Marvels” can’t overcome apprehensions about representing the Disney+-ification of a Marvel movie. Clocking in at a welcomely brisk 105 minutes, it’s Marvel’s shortest film, but a lighter tone that occasionally borders on a sort of cosmic “Freaky Friday”
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Arriving more than four years after the original, “The Marvels” can’t overcome apprehensions about representing the Disney+-ification of a Marvel movie. Clocking in at a welcomely brisk 105 minutes, it’s Marvel’s shortest film, but a lighter tone that occasionally borders on a sort of cosmic “Freaky Friday” doesn’t
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Scarlett Johansson has teamed with Feeding America to address food insecurity, an issue she has personal experience with. “My family relied on public assistance to help provide meals for us,” Johansson states in a new public service announcement for the organization. “These meals fueled my involvement in theater
Continue Reading By Barry Neild and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s leading aircraft manufacturer says it’s completed a successful test flight of a new widebody passenger airplane that it claims could replace Western aircraft in the country’s skies. The United Aircraft Corporation said a prototype of its IL-96-400M long-haul airplane has taken off for the first
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Gwyneth Paltrow has been on a bit of an acting hiatus, but she has a former costar who may be able to lure her back to set. In an interview with “Entertainment Tonight” this week, Paltrow revealed who that would be. “Well, it would be very hard for
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — What do a 17th-century European woman and an image-conscious Gen Z-er have in common? For one, both might choose to adorn a blemish mark with a star-shaped sticker. In the 17th and 18th centuries, women (and sometimes men) bought beauty patches to cover smallpox, syphilis scars, or simply
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards will take place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday night. Hardy and Lainey Wilson were among the early winners announced on “Good Morning America,” earning trophies for Musical Event of the Year, “wait in the truck,” which also won for CMA
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s words 400 years after the publication of his “First Folio” on November 8, 1623, British filmmaker Jack Jewers has sent a
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