By Marianne Garvey, CNN Actress Trina McGee has explained why she was not in the series finale of “Boy Meets World.” McGee, who played Angela Moore, Topanga’s (Danielle Fishel) best friend in college, for the last three seasons of the ABC sitcom, recently recalled her experience with the end of the series in a conversation
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Karamo Brown’s new talk show, “Karamo,” debuts Monday. Brown, known as one of the Fab Five on the hit Netflix series “Queer Eye,” will still appear on the show giving people advice in their every day lives. He started filming the talk show in August with NBC Universal Syndication Studios. Brown will
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The process of trying to advance the original story and simultaneously replicate it becomes a jump that initially appears beyond the reach of “Quantum Leap,” an NBC redo of one of the more provocative concepts from the network’s golden years. Situated after “The Voice,” the series seems destined to get
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The process of trying to advance the original story and simultaneously replicate it becomes a jump that initially appears beyond the reach of “Quantum Leap,” an NBC redo of one of the more provocative concepts from the network’s golden years. Situated after “The Voice,” the series seems destined to get
Continue Reading By Ben Morse and Xiaofei Xu, CNN The Paris transportation network RATP announced it has changed the name of one of its stations to honor Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her funeral. The George V Métro station, on Line 1 under the Champs-Élysées, was renamed after the late Queen for the day. “The
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Lea Michele has leaned into being a “Funny Girl.” The star of the Broadway show decided to have a bit of fun with the continuing online conspiracy theory that she never learned to read or write. Michele recently joined TikTok while on a break from playing Fanny Brice after testing
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN The late Queen Elizabeth II was a master of symbolic dressing, using clothes, colors, hats and jewels to communicate with subjects and conduct soft diplomacy. On Monday, as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch was laid to rest, it was time for her admirers — family members, heads of states and other dignitaries — to
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN “House of the Dragon’s” fifth episode is actually significant for logistical reasons, essentially marking the end of the chapter before the show time jumps ahead, featuring older versions of some characters and somewhat shuffling the deck. Yet the hour could generate as much buzz for a brutal death that occurred, inviting
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, David Williams and Zoe Sottile, CNN Rapper Post Malone suffered a fall and bruised his ribs on Saturday when he fell through an opening in the stage during his performance in St. Louis, according to his manager. “Thank you everyone for all your well wishes! @postmalone didn’t break 3 ribs lastnite [sic]
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Adding to Ken Burns’ legacy of classy historical fare for PBS, “The U.S. and the Holocaust” is documentary filmmaking with a purpose, a three-night production that directly links undercurrents of American society that influenced the decades featured to lingering strains of White supremacy and anti-Semitism. It’s fascinating as history, but
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN For decades, the blueprint for a Black show has hit similar notes — a stable, middle class family based in New York or Los Angeles. Of course, sometimes the family consisted of a group of friends, as seen on “Girlfriends.” And other times, the city was in the Midwest, as seen
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN There comes a time in all of our lives when we must decide the kind of person we’re going to be — a courageous horror movie fan, or the scaredy-cat who refuses to watch them. For most of my life, I’ve identified as the latter. I was the teen who would
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN It used to be known as Pulau Blakang Mati. Some translate the name politely as “the island of woe,” but the most cited translation is “the island behind which lies death.” Now, it’s called Sentosa, from the Malay word for “peace and tranquility.” Filled with theme parks, beaches, luxury resorts and
Continue Reading Jonathan Glancey After Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in February 1952, the popular composer Ronald Binge changed the name of a light and graceful piece he had originally titled “The Man in the Street” to “Elizabethan Serenade.” He did this, reportedly, to reflect the optimism of the new Elizabethan Age. While equating the
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in travel news, a new high-speed train is unveiled in Europe, an RAF plane carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin set a new flight-tracking record and a Canadian family is gathering “visual memories” around the world before three of the children lose their sight. The UK mourns Queen Elizabeth Queen
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in travel news, a new high-speed train is unveiled in Europe, an RAF plane carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin set a new flight-tracking record and a Canadian family is gathering “visual memories” around the world before three of the children lose their sight. The UK mourns Queen Elizabeth Queen
Continue Reading By Marysabel Huston-Crespo, CNN The legacy of Queen Elizabeth II will not only live in history books, but in the many films and television series that have been inspired by her life story. The late monarch was not supposed to inherit the throne. Her destiny was marked in 1936 after her uncle, King Edward VII,
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, CNN Broadway’s longest-running show, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera,” will play its final five months before closing its doors for good, a spokesperson for the show told CNN Friday. The final performance will take place on Saturday, February, 18, 2023, at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre, Michael Borowski of The Publicity
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess After over 17 hours of deliberations, the jury in the trial of the son of Robbie Montgomery, reality TV star and owner of Sweetie Pie’s restaurant, who was charged with commissioning a murder-for-hire plot that killed his teenage nephew in 2016, issued a guilty verdict. James Timothy Norman, 41, was found guilty
Continue Reading Kristen Rogers, CNN When photographer Marc Schlossman held an extinct, dead bird in his hand, he had what he called a “conversion moment.” Standing in the birds division of Chicago’s Field Museum with his two young sons in 2008, he realized that the specimen drawer from which the bird was retrieved was the only place
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