To sir, with love: Entertainers and activists pay tribute to Sidney Poitier
By Lisa Respers France, CNN “Beautiful,” “brilliant,” “grace” and “elegance” are just a few of the…
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TV to be excited about in 2022
By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Welcome to 2022, or as the Internet has been calling it, Season 3 of 2020. Whatever the new year has in store for you,…
Continue Reading Rooney Mara to star as Audrey Hepburn in Apple Studios biopic
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Rooney Mara, the Oscar-nominated actress, is reportedly set to play an iconic star from the Golden Age of Hollywood.…
Continue Reading Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning actor and Hollywood’s first Black movie star, dies at 94
By Brandon Griggs, CNN Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood’s first Black movie star and…
Continue Reading Nicolas Cage and wife Riko Shibata are expecting their first child together
By Sara Spary, CNN Nicolas Cage and wife Riko Shibata are expecting their first child together, a spokesperson for the American actor confirmed to…
Continue Reading Vandals defaced ancient Big Bend rock art by scratching their names into it
By Sara Spary, CNN A panel of prehistoric stone artworks, thought to be between 4,000 and 8,500 years old, have been “irreparably…
Continue Reading Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning actor and Hollywood’s first Black movie star, dies at 94
Sidney Poitier, Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died at…
Continue Reading Bon Jovi will be back on the road with a new tour
By Chloe Melas, CNN Bon Jovi is hitting the road again. The rock ‘n’ roll band announced on Friday its Bon Jovi 2022 tour, which will…
Continue Reading The Weeknd releases new album ‘Dawn FM’ featuring Jim Carrey
By Marianne Garvey The Weeknd has released a new album and it features a bunch of surprise guest appearances. Titled “Dawn FM,” the album…
Continue Reading Olivia Jade says she ‘worked really hard at school’ despite admissions scandal
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Olivia Jade used her podcast this week to clear up what she says is “a big misconception” about her. The…
Continue Reading Indian police hunt Covid-positive air passengers who escaped on way to quarantine
By Swati Gupta, CNN At least 10 passengers have escaped from an airport in the northern Indian city of Amritsar after testing positive for Covid-19,…
Continue Reading Julia Fox talks unusual Kanye West date night
By Lisa Respers France, CNN It was a very different way to go public with their dating, but according to Julia Fox so was their date. The actress…
Continue Reading These precious family letters were left on a flight. Against all the odds, they came home
Julia Buckley, CNN It’s the stuff of travel nightmares. Taking something precious on your trip, keeping it close to hand so you don’t…
Continue Reading Andrew Garfield finally talks about that cameo you may not want to know about
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Andrew Garfield is finally talking about his extended cameo in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” In a Variety interview…
Continue Reading What it’s like on the world’s shortest flight
Barry Neild, CNN The pilot, who is just inches away from his passengers, reaches up and flicks the metallic toggle switches that fire up his engines.…
Continue Reading Archaeologists uncover ancient tombs of wealthy Chinese clan
Jessie Yeung, CNN A 3,000-year-old cemetery containing the tombs of a wealthy clan has been uncovered in central China following two years of…
Continue Reading Kelvin Harrison Jr. to star in new Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The short life and meteoric rise of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will once again be told on the silver screen in an upcoming…
Continue Reading Partying passengers stuck in Mexico after airlines decline to fly them home
By Marnie Hunter, CNN Some members of a rowdy group shown dancing, drinking and vaping maskless aboard a flight to Cancun find themselves stranded in…
Continue Reading James Corden cancels shows after testing positive for Covid-19
By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Covid-19 has hit late-night TV once again. “The Late Late Show” host James Corden announced on Thursday that has…
Continue Reading The ‘Ozark’ Season 4 trailer delivers the goods
By Marianne Garvey Netflix’s “Ozark” is back for Seaon 4. The final season of the hit series will feature more of Wendy Byrde…
Continue Reading Betty White’s funeral will be private, but you can still celebrate her life
Betty White documentary to play in theaters January 17, female directors lost ground in 2020, and Broadway’s ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ takes a…
Continue Reading Betty White’s funeral will be private, but you can still celebrate her life
By Lisa Respers France, CNN The service arrangements for Betty White will be private, her friend and agent Jeff Witjas told CNN Thursday. Witjas said…
Continue Reading Jessica Chastain says she suffered a head injury on the set of her latest film
By Chloe Melas, CNN Jessica Chastain suffered a dangerous head injury while filming her latest movie. The actress appeared on “The Late Late…
Continue Reading Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated director of ‘The Last Picture Show,’ dead at 82
By Brian Lowry, CNN Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated director of movies like “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,”…
Continue Reading An actor returned to Broadway after 7 years to save ‘Wicked’ from a cast shortage
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN With the Covid-19 surge fueled by the Omicron variant disrupting numerous Broadway productions, one former Broadway actor…
Continue Reading ‘The 355’ is loaded with star power but adds up to less than the sum of its parts
Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger, and Lupita Nyong’o lead the cast of the international spy…
Continue Reading ‘The 355’ is loaded with star power but adds up to less than the sum of its parts
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Showcasing a thrown-together international team of female spies, “The 355” mostly feels like the pilot for a…
Continue Reading Hoyeon Jung is the first Korean to appear solo on the cover of Vogue
Harmeet Kaur, CNN The past few months have been a whirlwind for Hoyeon Jung. The South Korean model-turned-actress shot to international fame almost…
Continue Reading Dozens of children were mummified in an Italian catacomb. Scientists want to know why
By Jack Guy and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A team of scientists is trying to find out why dozens of children were mummified and buried in catacombs at a…
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Fact check: Social media users spread fake Betty White quote about getting a Covid-19 booster shortly before she died
By Daniel Dale and Tara Subramaniam, CNN As Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations surge on account of the Omicron variant, false claims related to…
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