Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” comes roaring out of the starting gate like a raging minotaur, before settling into a slower-moving groove that plays a little too much like another Harry Potter wannabe, only for demigods instead of wizards. Still generally fun, the Disney+ series doesn’t quite catch
Continue Reading By Rochelle Beighton, CNN (CNN) — Ask Pedro Alonso what he likes about his infamous “Money Heist” (“La Casa de Papel”) character Berlin, and you’re putting him in a bit of a bind. “When I was reading the script, I was wondering, what are people going to think about this guy? He’s an emotional terrorist,”
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A man has been charged with theft after allegedly stealing more than $23,000 in cash from three fellow passengers while on a budget flight from Vietnam to Singapore. The man was named in court charge sheets as Zhang Xiuqiang, a 52-year-old Chinese national who had been on board a
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was in Tel Aviv on Monday, where he met with freed hostages who have been released by Hamas amid the ongoing war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel. According to a statement posted to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum’s Instagram page on Tuesday, Seinfeld and
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Cameron Diaz wants you to know she “had a blast” working with Jamie Foxx on “Back in Action,” her first movie in 10 years, despite hearing things that seemed to suggest otherwise. “I really hate all of the things that were being said about our set,” Diaz said on
Continue Reading By Christy Choi and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — The term “post-Covid” is a troublesome one — not least for those currently living with the disease or its long-term effects. But while experts still consider Covid-19 a pandemic, 2023 was the year the World Health Organization declared that it was no longer “a public health
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Madonna thanked her lucky stars – and some special friends – during a recent concert in Brooklyn where she took a moment to look back on her June hospitalization, revealing she was put into “an induced coma.” “There are some very important people in this room tonight that were
Continue Reading By Marie Lodi, CNN (CNN) — A time capsule is often a small cache of significant items representing a particular moment in history — newspaper clippings, photographs, memorabilia and other cultural artifacts. But in early 2022, a different kind of capsule (and certainly one much larger than usual) was unearthed, after being hidden away for
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Life wasn’t so “Charmed,” it seems, on the set of that popular series. On a new episode of her podcast “Let’s Be Clear,” Shannen Doherty featured part two of her conversartion with her former “Charmed” costar Holly Marie Combs. As with part one, their costar Alyssa Milano figured
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Planes are going to be crowded. Patience will be tried. Some level of aggravation is all but inevitable, especially after all the recent shutdown-related chaos. Throw in a seat-kicker, a tipsy stranger or someone who’s blissfully barefoot, and the holiday odyssey becomes even more challenging. This Thanksgiving, 6 million
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It has been a busy year for bookworms. In 2023, literary heavyweights Bret Easton Ellis, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Attwood and Zadie Smith returned to the scene and published new work, in some cases, for the first time in over a decade. In the summer, authors such as Eliza Clark,
Continue Reading By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — In Rembrandt’s enormous 17th-century masterpiece “The Night Watch,” a troupe of Dutch civilian soldiers gathers in a darkened room and prepares to march out to defend their city. Rembrandt, a master of light and shadow, strategically illuminated his subjects’ expressive hands and faces, while dimness hid the room’s details
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is known for several of her songs about heartbreak, so it seems only right she’d know how to help a friend recovering from a breakup. Swift sent a personalized breakup playlist to Jessica Chastain after the actress shared she was dealing with a recent split when they
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — This Christmas Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney want to give you their hearts. Not really, but it fits this story. The friends and business partners, who together own the UK soccer team Wrexham, recreated “Wham” album covers in which they were styled to look like George Michael and
Continue Reading CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — This Christmas Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney want to give you their hearts. Not really, but it fits this story. The friends and business partners, who together own the UK soccer team Wrexham, recreated “Wham” album covers in which they were styled to look like George Michael
Continue Reading By Samantha Tse, CNN (CNN) — Borosilicate glass, mylar film, polyurethane, glass organza, polyamide powder and thermo-plaster polymers. These are the raw materials used by Dutch couturier Iris van Herpen to create the sculptural, otherworldly confections worn by stars including Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton and Jennifer Lopez. Though Van Herpen may not yet be a
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Stripping off from the waist down at a sacred site. Driving a car across a medieval bridge, as fragile as it is famous. Carving your name into a world icon, and going on a punishing hike… to take illegal drugs. These are just some of the things tourists have got
Continue Reading Reuters A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional proverb about abundance. Farmer Tanyapong Jaikham and a team of workers planted the seedlings at various spots in the field in the northern province of Chiang Rai to depict cartoon cats, hoping
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Big Bang Theory” star Kate Miccuci says she is now cancer free after sharing on her social media last week that she underwent surgery following a lung cancer diagnosis. Over the weekend, Miccuci shared an update on her TikTok page. “I have great news, which is that I am
Continue Reading CNN By Alli Rosenbloom and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A New York jury on Monday found actor Jonathan Majors guilty of assault and harassment of his former girlfriend during a domestic dispute. Majors, a rising star who has appeared in Disney’s Marvel franchise and “Creed III,” was convicted on Monday of one count of reckless
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