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Month: March 2024

This controversial ‘Titanic’ prop sold for more than $700,000 at a memorabilia auction

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — It’s one of the most iconic, and hotly-debated, props in cinematic history: The floating wood panel that spared Kate Winslet’s “Titanic” character Rose DeWitt Bukater from icy North Atlantic waters after the titular ocean liner’s sinking — but not Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack Dawson. And it’s now been sold at

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Emma Stone follows up Oscar win with wild teaser for her next movie from ‘Poor Things’ director Yorgos Lanthimos

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Emma Stone looks like she’s ready for anything after taking on her Oscar-winning role as the baffling woman-child Bella Baxter in “Poor Things.” In the first teaser trailer for her next team-up with “Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos – a film titled “Kinds of Kindness” – Stone cruises around

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White House confirms Netanyahu has agreed to reschedule delegation to discuss Rafah operation

By Donald Judd, Alex Marquardt, Kylie Atwood and Arlette Saenz, CNN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has agreed to reschedule a planned meeting with US and Israeli officials to discuss a possible operation in Rafah, the White House confirmed Wednesday, just days after Netanyahu canceled the delegation. “The Prime Minister’s Office has agreed to

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Trump Media, Reddit surge despite questionable profit prospects, taking on the ‘meme stock’ mantle

NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit and Trump Media are the first notable social media companies to begin trading publicly in the last five years. They’re also, thanks to the rabid reception among investors coupled with the companies’ fuzzy profit outlooks, the latest meme stocks. Meme stocks are typically shares in companies whose underlying business fails

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Opposition figure who became Senegal’s president-elect won over 54% of the vote, results show

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Results from Senegal’s tightly contested presidential election show a previously little-known opposition figure won over 54% of the votes. Sunday’s election marked a stunning victory for 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was released from prison less than two weeks ago and is now due to be

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Talks on luring NHL’s Capitals and NBA’s Wizards to Virginia are over, city of Alexandria says

By SARAH RANKIN, MATTHEW BARAKAT and STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations aimed at luring the NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NBA’s Washington Wizards to northern Virginia have “ended,” and the proposal to create a development district with a new arena for the teams “will not move forward,” the city of Alexandria said

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