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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Essence Fest is returning to an in-person event this summer with a star roster. Janet Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Kevin Hart and New Edition will headline the event, set to run forme June 30 to July 3 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Other artists announced include Jazmine Sullivan, Chloe
Continue Reading Leah Dolan, CNN Contributors: Brook Joyner, CNN When costume designer Glyn Dillon got a call asking if he’d be interested in working on Matt Reeves’ newly-released movie “The Batman,” the first thing he sketched was a pair of ears. “How big are the ears?” he remembered worrying about. “For some reason, it’s a big deal
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN “Proud Ukrainian” Mila Kunis and her husband, Ashton Kutcher, have pledged to match up to $3 million in donations to help refugees fleeing her native country amid the conflict with Russia. The Hollywood couple launched a “Stand With Ukraine” GoFundMe campaign on Thursday with the goal of raising $30 million for
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Residents of the Ukrainian cultural capital Lviv are assisting efforts to safeguard historic monuments, according to local heritage officials, with several stone statues seen being wrapped in protective sheets. Photos taken at the city’s central Market Square on Thursday show men on stepladders enveloping sculptures of the Roman god Neptune and Greek
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Pete Davidson might be headed to space. The “Saturday Night Live” star is in talks with Jeff Bezos to join one of his upcoming Blue Origin space flights, a source with knowledge of the conversations told CNN. This source said the idea came about when Davidson and his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian,
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Brad Pitt stars in a highly stylized new movie “Bullet Train,” playing an assassin who boards a bullet train filled with trouble. Pitt is Ladybug, sent on a mission to retrieve a briefcase aboard a bullet train, who encounters some other shady characters on the ride: Prince (Joey King), Tangerine (Aaron
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN An AeroMéxico flight from Toronto to Mexico City was diverted to Houston early Thursday morning to remove three passengers who appeared to be intoxicated. AeroMéxico Flight 617 landed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston at 3:42 a.m., according to flight tracking site FlightAware. The passengers, two men and a woman,
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Darren Criss is grieving is his older brother, Charles Criss. The actor shared a poignant tribute to his brother on Instagram, who Criss said died by suicide last week at age 36. Criss described Charles as his best friend growing up. “I loved my brother so much. And I know he
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Famed Russian soprano Anna Netrebko will no longer perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City this season or next after she refused to publicly distance herself from Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a statement from the Met. “It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,”
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean and Marnie Hunter, CNN The reservation system that is the backbone of airlines around the world has terminated its agreement with Aeroflot, crippling the majority government-owned carrier’s ability to sell seats. The technology company Sabre says Aeroflot has been removed from its global distribution system, meaning Russia’s largest airline will not be
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Maksim Chmerkovskiy shared an emotional reunion with his wife at the Los Angeles airport on Wednesday. In a video tweeted by “Entertainment Tonight,” the “Dancing With the Stars” alum is shown being embraced by his wife Peta Murgatroyd after he landed back in the US from Ukraine. “I just don’t
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Although “Star Wars’” current TV standard-bearers have been accused of what’s sometimes derisively known as “fan service,” it’s hard to imagine a more brazen practitioner than “Star Trek: Picard,” a show that exists primarily to rekindle nostalgia for “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” That’s not all bad, but season two
Continue Reading CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Although “Star Wars’” current TV standard-bearers have been accused of what’s sometimes derisively known as “fan service,” it’s hard to imagine a more brazen practitioner than “Star Trek: Picard,” a show that exists primarily to rekindle nostalgia for “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” That’s not all bad, but season
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sean Penn says he and his colleagues ditched their car on their way out of Ukraine. The actor, activist and director was reportedly in the country working on a documentary when Russian forces invaded. Penn recently tweeted a photo in which he appeared to be walking a road with his
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN Linsay DeBates was adopted from South Korea by an American family when she was six months old. She didn’t return to the country of her birth for almost two decades. “I struggled a lot with identity and cultural identity,” says DeBates, now 42, of her time growing up in the American Midwest
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN An NFT of Ukraine’s flag has raised over $6.7 million for the country’s defenses as cryptocurrency donations continue to flood in following the Russian invasion. Organized by UkraineDAO, an initiative backed by a member of the Russian activist group and feminist punk band Pussy Riot, the sale saw thousands of users bid
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Kelly Rizzo, the widow of late comedian and actor Bob Saget, is thanking those who have reached out to her to express their support since his sudden death in January. “I just wanted to take a second to say to everybody that it has not gone unnoticed. I have been incredibly
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN It’s never ideal to arrive way too late to the party, and “Joe vs Carole” feels guilty of that, adapting the story of Netflix’s “Tiger King,” a.k.a. Joe Exotic, into a limited series that dutifully replicates those events without much bite. The attention might still be welcome for streaming service
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Kim Kardashian is now legally single. A Los Angeles judge granted the reality TV star and businesswoman’s request to change her marital status on Wednesday, according to a source close to Kardashian. The news was first reported by TMZ. This comes after she filed the request three months ago. Kardashian first
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN There’s a new voice coming to the daytime talk show scene. Warner Bros. (which is owned by CNN’s parent company) announced Wednesday that Academy Award and Grammy-winning artist Jennifer Hudson will helm a talk show that will air on Fox television stations. “I have experienced so much in my life;
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