Qantas flight turns back after cabin fills with smoke
A Qantas flight was forced to return to Sydney when smoke filled the cabin shortly after takeoff. Passengers on Perth-bound Flight 575 evacuated the…
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Kumail Nanjiani reveals how he got ridiculously fit for Marvel’s ‘Eternals’
Kumail Nanjiani, the talented comedian, writer and actor who you’ve possibly seen in HBO’s “Silicon Valley” or the film…
Continue Reading Chance the Rapper says he’s canceling his 2020 tour to focus on family and music
Chance the Rapper has canceled his national tour, the Big Tour, which was scheduled to kick off in January. The performer announced the decision in…
Continue Reading Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds is taking a break focus on fatherhood
Dan Reynolds, the lead singer for Imagine Dragons, is taking some time off from fronting the band in order to focus on being a dad, husband and…
Continue Reading Juice WRLD’s girlfriend has a message for his fans
Juice WRLD’s girlfriend Ally Lotti honored him at Rolling Loud in Los Angeles over the weekend, where the rapper was supposed to perform before…
Continue Reading 5 titleholders of major pageants are all women of color. And that’s a bigger deal than you might think
Several decades ago, this wasn’t even possible. Black women weren’t allowed to compete in the Miss America pageant until the 1940s, and…
Continue Reading Kylie Jenner performs ‘Rise and Shine’ with a little help from Justin Bieber
It could quite possibly be the holiday hit we never saw coming. Kylie Jenner, alongside her pal Justin Bieber, performed her first live performance…
Continue Reading John Frusciante to rejoin Red Hot Chili Peppers
Guitarist John Frusciante is rejoining the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 10 years after he last left the band, bassist Flea said. The band is “parting…
Continue Reading Anna Karina, star of French New Wave cinema, has died at 79
French New Wave actress Anna Karina has died of cancer, her agent told CNN. “Beyond what she represented and the legend around her, the most…
Continue Reading Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta bring back their iconic ‘Grease’ characters
For one night, it was 1978 again. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John recreated their iconic “Grease” characters, Danny and Sandy, on…
Continue Reading 3,600-year-old disposable cup shows even our ancestors hated doing dishes
A disposable cup sits in a museum gallery, fully intact even after being cast aside thousands of years ago. But this isn’t a vision of the…
Continue Reading The surprising ads once used to sell tours to deadly volcano
With hindsight, it looks embarrassingly inappropriate, but long before New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted killing at least 16 people…
Continue Reading Thousands of ‘penis fish’ washed up on a California beach
A horde of large, fat worms descended upon a central California beach, spooked out of their burrows by a bomb cyclone. Wildlife enthusiast David Ford…
Continue Reading ‘Watchmen’ connects its threads in a strange but satisfying finale
The following contains spoilers about the “Watchmen” season finale, “See How They Fly.” The “Watchmen” finale…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg and German railway company trade tweets about ‘overcrowded trains’
Greta Thunberg’s tweet about riding on the floor of a train didn’t sit well with German railway company Deutsche Bahn, which said she had…
Continue Reading Sea-Tac Airport to allow people without tickets to go past security
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is restarting a program that allows people to go through security and meet loved ones at the gate without…
Continue Reading Scarlett Johansson rescues ‘SNL’ cast from Thanos in ‘Avengers’-themed monologue
Scarlett Johansson hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the sixth time, but this time, she also starred as a hero. In an…
Continue Reading Scarlett Johansson calls Colin Jost’s proposal a ‘whole James Bond situation’
Scarlett Johansson describes the proposal from her fiancé Colin Jost as “a very special moment” and “a lovely special…
Continue Reading Miss Jamaica crowned 2019 Miss World
Jamaica’s Toni-Ann Singh was crowned Miss World on Saturday. “To that little girl in St. Thomas, Jamaica and all the girls around the…
Continue Reading Colin Firth and his wife announce their separation
British actor Colin Firth and his Italian wife Livia have separated after 22 years of marriage, according to the couple’s publicists.…
Continue Reading UNESCO removes ‘anti-Semitic’ Belgian carnival from heritage list
A Belgian carnival has been removed from UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list after officials found the “recurrence of racist and…
Continue Reading Linda Ronstadt’s biggest gamble
In the late 1970s, Linda Ronstadt was the biggest female rock star in America. She had a string of platinum records, she packed concert halls and her…
Continue Reading Miss World 2019: How to watch and what to expect
International pageant season continues, and this week it’s the Miss World organization’s turn to crown a global beauty queen.…
Continue Reading Sally Field arrested at Jane Fonda’s climate protest
Sally Field was the latest star to join Jane Fonda’s weekly climate protests. She left Friday’s rainy demonstration in front of the…
Continue Reading 13 best things to do in the Brazilian state of São Paulo
The biggest city in Brazil justifiably hogs the superlatives — the biggest this! The most that! The tallest this! The longest that! — but…
Continue Reading Nicki Minaj pays tribute to Juice WRLD in touching speech
Nicki Minaj paid tribute to Juice WRLD and couldn’t help but get emotional. Minaj, who was being awarded the 2019 Billboard Women in…
Continue Reading Danny Aiello of ‘Do The Right Thing’ and ‘Moonstruck’ dies at 86
Danny Aiello, a prolific actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as pizzeria owner Sal in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right…
Continue Reading Olivia Wilde addresses controversy around her ‘Richard Jewell’ character
Olivia Wilde is addressing the controversy surrounding the portrayal of her character, journalist Kathy Scruggs, in Clint Eastwood’s new film,…
Continue Reading ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ takes flight after the rise of the ‘Star Wars’ trolls
“Star Wars” has always enjoyed a strong bond with fans, which has become one of its defining features. Yet as “The Rise of…
Continue Reading A new Museum of Ice Cream flagship is opening in New York City
New York’s hottest museum’s got pastel pop art, its own subway and a line out the door and around the block. It also might not really be…
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