By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Apparently, it’s not too late for Justin Bieber to say he’s sorry. In a since-changed post, The “Peaches” singer apologized to his wife Hailey in light of her appearance on the cover of the latest issue of Vogue magazine, writing on his Instagram page Tuesday that her cover reminded
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By Lisa Respers France, Elizabeth Wagmeister and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Days before Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested by Homeland Security Investigations on September 16, 2024, he had checked himself into the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. The music industry vet’s attorney told CNN at the time that Combs had “voluntarily relocated to New
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Silverman has revealed a tragic family story. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Silverman spoke about her new comedy special, “PostMortem” and how her family’s past has shaped some of her standup work. “My dad had a heartbreaking childhood,” Silverman told the publication. “His dad beat
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A sculpture of the late American singer and poet Jim Morrison that went missing from his gravesite in Paris almost four decades ago has been found, according to French police. “After 37 years of absence, the bust of Jim Morrison, stolen in 1988 from the Père Lachaise cemetery, has
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By Isabelle Rodney, CNN (CNN) — For years, long-haul flights have been synonymous with discomfort, dehydration and a distinct absence of glamor. Whether it’s a child in the seat behind kicking your chair for nine hours, your lips chapping from the dry cabin air or the minimal access to personal care amenities, passengers are often
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — While much of the discussion around the Cannes film festival red carpet has been centered on celebrities and their entitlement to long trains and naked dresses, Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård bravely poses a different question: What if in 2005’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” Brad Pitt wore sky-high leather boots
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By Thomas Page, CNN Cannes, France (CNN) — Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have walked a long road together. The director and actor’s collaboration has run for 35 years, starting with “Mo’Better Blues” and including the seminal “Malcolm X.” But one thing they’ve never done is ascend the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival
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Story by the Associated Press (AP) — The creator of the Dilbert comic strip, which was cancelled by most newspapers two years ago over the creator’s racist comments, said Monday that he has been diagnosed with the same aggressive prostate cancer as former President Joe Biden. “I have the same cancer that Joe Biden has,”
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By Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, Eric Levenson, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Cassie Ventura is no longer on the stand, but she was the central character in testimony from three witnesses on Monday in the federal criminal case against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Pop singer Dawn Richard, Ventura’s former best friend and one of Combs’
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By Milenna Lazazzera, CNN (CNN) — At the now wrapped-up Met Gala and the Cannes Film Festival, which is in full swing, megawatt diamonds and vibrant gemstones lit up the red carpet. Yet, it’s the rare, not-for-sale pieces drawn from jewelers’ private vaults that continue to dominate the conversation on social media. Think of Isha
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By Lisa Respers France and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — We can definitely tell you how to get to “Sesame Street.” It was announced Monday that the popular longstanding children’s program has found a new home at Netflix. “For more than a half a century, ‘Sesame Street’ has been a beloved cornerstone of children’s media,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Before there was “American Idol” and “The Voice,” there was “Making the Band.” The reality series began on ABC in 2000, with Lou Pearlman, the man behind the boy bands the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, forming the group O-Town on the show. But it was the subsequent seasons,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — This story contains spoilers about the Season 23 winner of “American Idol.” “American Idol” has a new champion. The long-running singing competition series crowned the winner of Season 23 on Sunday, after drawing 26 million fan votes, the most since the reality singing competition moved from Fox to
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Shia LaBeouf has often found himself at the center of controversy. A new documentary that recently premiered ay the Cannes Film Festival has the actor right back there. Leo Lewis O’Neil’s documentary “Slauson Rec,” which explores the experimental theater company LaBeouf launched in Los Angeles in 2018, sparked
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — World Press Photo has cast fresh doubt over the authorship of “The Terror of War,” a picture better known as “Napalm Girl,” amid growing debate about one of the 20th century’s defining images. The organization, which named the image “Photo of the Year” in 1973, announced Friday that it
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By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Legendary rock band The Who have parted ways with their drummer Zak Starkey for the second time in a month, both parties announced on Instagram Sunday. While Pete Townshend, the band’s guitarist and main songwriter, implied in his statement that the split was mutual, Starkey claimed he had
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By Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — A Lufthansa flight with 205 people on board went without a pilot for 10 minutes last year after the copilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit, according to a new report from Spain’s accident investigation authority. The captain had briefly left the cockpit to use the lavatory
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It has been exactly four weeks since HBO drama “The Last of Us” stunned viewers with a major cast shakeup. Luckily, we learned in Sunday’s sixth episode, we wouldn’t have to wait long to see Pedro Pascal’s Joel again. Joel, who died in the second episode of the season
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By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Ever since the concept of one-euro Italian homes emerged a few years ago, there’s been a recognized pattern to these highly popular sell-offs of crumbling properties in charming but depopulated areas. Once a town announces it has some on offer — usually places hoping to revitalize their communities with
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By Thomas Page, CNN Cannes, France (CNN) — Ari Aster is currently living in a state of blissful ignorance. It won’t last long. The director of “Midsommar” and “Beau Is Afraid,” who has brought his politically volatile work “Eddington” to the Cannes Film Festival, admits he hasn’t seen any of the online reactions to his
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