Skip to Content
By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Da Brat, real name Shawntae Harris-Dupart, and her wife Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart are the proud parents of a newborn baby boy. In identical Instagram posts on Friday, the hip-hop icon and her spouse shared video footage of the moment of birth, as well as still photos within the clip
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — A woman was arrested outside Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island home on July 3, just one month after an Indiana man was charged with stalking and harassing the star and allegedly sending her threatening messages. Westerly Police Chief Paul Gingerella said police were dispatched to the front of the home
Continue Reading By Nicole Mowbray and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Prominent architect David Adjaye has stepped back from several roles and upcoming projects following allegations of sexual harassment or assault lodged against him by three unnamed former employees in the Financial Times. As well as relinquishing an advisory position with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the Ghanaian-British architect
Continue Reading By Senay Boztas (CNN) — The Dutch government is returning 478 objects looted during colonial times to Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Following multiple claims from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Nigeria, the Dutch Secretary of State for Culture and Media Gunay Uslu announced the decision Thursday to repatriate objects including the “Lombok treasure,” consisting of 335 objects from Lombok, Indonesia, the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is using rerecording her music as an opportunity to make some changes. The singer dropped her album “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” on Friday and addressed something that has not aged well. In the original version of her 2010 single “Better Than Revenge,” Swift sings, “She’s better
Continue Reading By Samantha Tse, CNN Paris (CNN) — In the week leading up to the fall-winter haute couture shows in Paris, there was national unrest over a police killing of 17-year-old teenager Nahel Merzouk in a suburb of the city. People were protesting and getting arrested, stores were being looted and fires being started — how
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Let’s just say if you do bad things, then bad things will happen to you.” Thus declares a voice-over in the trailer for “The Ashley Madison Affair,” an ABC News/Hulu documentary that tells the tale of the now famous website used by those seeking to have extramarital affairs.
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey (CNN) — Billy Porter and his husband Adam Smith have announced they are divorcing. The “Pose” star’s rep told People the two made “the sad decision to end their marriage after six years.” “The decision was an amicable and mutual one and was made after much consideration,” Porter’s rep said. “They continue
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey (CNN) — In what some view to be the greatest revenge story to ever play out on reality television, “Vanderpump Rules” castmember Ariana Madix has joined the upcoming season of “Dancing With the Stars.” She is the first contestant announced for Season 32 of the competition show. The news was announced Friday
Continue Reading CNN, KENS By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Britney Spears is speaking out about an incident Wednesday night involving San Antonio Spurs basketball player Victor Wembanyama in Las Vegas. The pop star alleged a security guard struck her in the face when she tried to get Wembanyama’s attention. TMZ was first to report the incident.
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Having followed the dizzying path from one-woman play to Spotify podcast to Amazon series, “The Horror of Dolores Roach” flips the gender and venue on “Sweeney Todd,” becoming the latest show built around a serial killer. Yet the fact that its protagonist sort of stumbles into that avocation
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Tracy Chapman is pretty reclusive, but she is commenting on a bit of history she made this week. “I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I’m honored to be there,” Chapman told Billboard in an exclusive statement. “I’m happy for Luke and his success
Continue Reading By Jeanine Barone, CNN (CNN) — In the sun-baked Alentejo region due southeast of Lisbon, the star is a body of water that has radically transformed a land long plagued by droughts: Alqueva Lake. This shimmering reservoir stretches across almost 100 square miles, making it among the largest manmade lakes in western Europe. It was
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The “Let’s do another ‘Bridesmaids’” energy is strong in “Joy Ride,” a road-trip comedy that peaks early and feels guilty of trying too hard thereafter. Built around a predominantly Asian-American cast, it’s so determined to be crude and edgy that while its friendship dynamic lingers, its initial cleverness
Continue Reading CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The “Let’s do another ‘Bridesmaids’” energy is strong in “Joy Ride,” a road-trip comedy that peaks early and feels guilty of trying too hard thereafter. Built around a predominantly Asian-American cast, it’s so determined to be crude and edgy that while its friendship dynamic lingers, its initial
Continue Reading Gianluca Mezzofiore and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Construction workers have unearthed a white marble head in the historic center of Rome, the city’s mayor has revealed on social media. Posting a picture of the mud-covered relic on Twitter on Thursday, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri wrote: “#Roma continues to return precious evidence of its past: a
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When Gloria Fila was a kid, airplanes were a home away from home. The daughter of an Austrian Airlines flight attendant and pilot who met on the job, Fila often tagged along on her parents’ work trips. There are photos of her playing happily while in an airplane seat.
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — A Bob Marley biopic is making its way to the big screen more than 40 years after his death – and a trailer just dropped. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the reggae legend and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita Marley, “Bob Marley: One Love” explores Jamaican singer-songwriting legend Marley’s
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — A pair of previously unknown and “exceptionally rare” portraits by Rembrandt sold for over £11.2 million ($14.2 million) Thursday after they were discovered in a private collection in the UK. Depicting relatives of the Dutch master, the intimate paintings are the last Rembrandt portraits still in private hands,
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Last month, Taylor Swift told a Pittsburgh audience at a stop on her groundbreaking “Eras Tour” that “Cruel Summer” – her self-professed “favorite song” off of her 2019 “Lover” album – was finally becoming a single because so many people keep streaming it, leading to the track charting in
Continue Reading