By Raja Razek (CNN) — An iconic artist with over 1,000 illustrations – including movie posters for the movies “Jaws” and “The Empire Strikes Back” – Roger Karl Kastel has died at age 92 in Worcester County, Massachusetts, according to his website. His wife, Grace Kastel, told the Hollywood Reporter that he died of kidney and heart failure
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — We “wish you well,” The Pleasance & Awkward Productions. The London-based production company is staging a musical based on one of the more diverting and even amusing passages from 2023 – Gwyneth Paltrow’s now-famous skiing accident trial from the spring. Back in March, the Oscar-winning Goop founder attended
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Jimmy Kimmel is returning to host the Academy Awards again, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) – the body that puts on the Oscars – announced on Wednesday. This will be the late night host’s fourth time at the helm of the prestigious cinematic awards, previously serving
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Hart is set to receive one of the most prestigious awards in the world of comedy. He will be presented the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on March 24, 2024 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. “I’ve been doing comedy since the inception of this
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Kim Kardashian is the man. The reality star and entrepreneur has been named one of GQ’s Men of the Year, she announced on Instagram. Kardashian graces the magazine’s cover as more specifically, Tycoon of the Year, posing in a tie with a bag of Cheetos. She was joined by
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Raquel Willis has spent more than a decade working as both a journalist and activist for Black and LGBTQ people, championing these causes and uplifting voices. Now, she’s ready to share her own story. “The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation” is Willis’ first book, exploring
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A woman from Lagos, Nigeria, has entered the record books after weaving a handmade wig that measures 351.28 meters (1,152 feet, 5 inches) in length. Professional wigmaker Helen Williams spent more than two million naira (almost $2,500) and 11 days making the wig, which is longer than seven Olympic
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Friends” cast members Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer have added heartfelt individual tributes to their late costar Matthew Perry. The three shared posts about Perry on their verified Instagram accounts on Wednesday, following posts on Tuesday from fellow costars Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox. Perry died
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is everywhere these days. The superstar singer appeared via video on “Dancing with the Stars” on Tuesday, where she revealed the dance competition would be featuring a Taylor Swift-themed night. “Next week we’ve got a celebration of Taylor Swift. Here’s a special message!” co-host Alfonso Ribeiro announced.
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO has sold for $51.705 million, becoming the most expensive car from the Italian manufacturer ever sold at auction. The record-breaking sale took place at Sotheby’s in New York on Monday as the car was offered publicly for the first time in 38 years. Gord
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Emma Heming Willis is opening up about being a caregiver for her husband Bruce Willis. In an essay she penned for Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, Heming Willis writes: “In the weeks leading up to our February 2023 announcement that Bruce was living with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), I struggled
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Ridley Scott’s storied career has included directing great (“Gladiator”) and not-so-great (“Kingdom of Heaven,” “The Last Duel”) period epics. “Napoleon” lands somewhere in between, a solid and sweeping version of the French leader’s war-torn life that proves too flat between the action sequences – a shiny bauble with
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived” operates on so many levels it’s hard to sort this HBO documentary into just one house. Alternately uplifting and devastating, a warm reminiscence about the Harry Potter franchise and a glimpse into child stardom, it’s finally a tribute to its namesake, who
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — In the five years Brian Cox played vitriolic media mogul Logan Roy in HBO’s boardroom drama “Succession,” viewers mostly saw him on-screen in a navy business suit and burgundy tie. But since the show concluded in May 2023, the Scottish thespian — now 77 — and his stylist Venk
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift might literally be able to make sweet music with Travis Kelce. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end has crossed over NFL lines to record a duet with his brother, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce. The pair teamed up for the song “Fairytale Of Philadelphia” from “A
Continue Reading CNN By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting more than 290,000 votes, is the Australasian crested grebe, better known as the pūteketeke or the ‘puking’ bird championed by comedian and talk show host John Oliver. “It began
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jason Mraz is more comfortable being himself these days and credits his ex-wife for that. In an interview with GLAAD, the “Lucky” singer talked about coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community in 2018 while he was married to Christina Carano. While he announced over this
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A Boeing 747 en route from New York JFK to Liege, Belgium, was forced to turn around on November 9 after a horse got loose in the cargo hold. The horse, which partially escaped its stall while airborne, had to be euthanized due to the
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — The first time Jasmijn van Waalwijk van Doorn accompanied her pilot father, Jorrit van Waalwijk van Doorn, to work was a day to remember. It was 2006. Eight-year-old Jasmijn joined Jorrit on a KLM flight traveling from their home country of the Netherlands to Uganda. Pilot Jorrit flew the
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A signature white, ruffled shirt once owned by Prince is expected to fetch thousands of dollars in an online auction this week. The soft, silk garment, which he wore during his performance of “Purple Rain” at the 12th Annual American Music Awards in 1985, is one of a huge
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