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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Get ready all you cool cats and kittens, Netflix has announced “Tiger King 2” is coming coming to the streaming service. The first season of the series, “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” was told over seven episodes. The second season was filmed in 2020 and into part of 2021. It’s
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Despite its Broadway credentials, “Dear Evan Hansen” hits screens faced with an inherent tension: Can its songs and cast, led by Ben Platt reprising his Tony-winning role, overcome the uncomfortable premise and problematic protagonist? The answer is not completely, despite tweaks seemingly made specifically to try softening those edges. Although
Continue Reading CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Despite its Broadway credentials, “Dear Evan Hansen” hits screens faced with an inherent tension: Can its songs and cast, led by Ben Platt reprising his Tony-winning role, overcome the uncomfortable premise and problematic protagonist? The answer is not completely, despite tweaks seemingly made specifically to try softening those edges.
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Matthew McConaughey is still considering a run for political office. The “Dallas Buyers Club” actor, a native of Texas, said in a recent episode of the “Set it Straight: Myths and Legends” podcast that he’s “measuring” the idea after members of the country band Midland said he should run for office
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sarah Jessica Parker acknowledged “Sex and the City” costar Chris Noth’s tribute to Willie Garson, but she’s not there yet. Garson, who played Parker’s character’s gay best friend Stanford Blatch in the “Sex and the City” series, died this week. He was 57. On his Instagram account, Noth, who played
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN Two amateur free divers have found one of the largest collections of Roman coins in Europe off the east coast of Spain. Luis Lens and César Gimeno were diving off the island of Portitxol in Xàbia on August 24 when they found eight coins, before further dives by archaeologists returned another
Continue Reading Megan C. Hills, CNN When Lorraine West told her mother about a new exhibition celebrating the work of Black jewelers, she burst into tears over the phone. West, a jeweler for more than 20 years, said she doesn’t normally “get emotional” when it comes to her professional achievements, which include seeing celebrities like Beyoncé and
Continue Reading Blane Bachelor, CNN The announcement that vaccinated foreign nationals will be allowed back into the US in November after an 18-month ban was welcome news for families struggling with cross-border separations, airlines itching to relaunch long-haul routes, and eager tourists and industry insiders. Trip planning is already in the works, too: According to newly released
Continue Reading CNN By Chloe Melas, CNN Happy Birthday … yikes! Nicole Richie was celebrating her 40th birthday and has now shared a video of her hair catching fire right as she blew out her birthday candles. She captioned the video, “Well… so far 40 is” then the fire emoji. Since Richie posted the video to her
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN Melvin Van Peebles, a trailblazing African-American director who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema in the 1970s, has died, his son announced Wednesday. He was 89. Van Peebles, father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles, died at his home on Tuesday night, according to a statement shared
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Kim Kardashian West is set to make her “SNL” hosting debut. The TV personality and business mogul was one of four guest hosts announced Wednesday by NBC. The others include fellow first-time hosts Owen Wilson, Rami Malek and Jason Sudeikis, who was a writer and cast member on the show between
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN “The Wire” creator David Simon won’t be filming an upcoming HBO series in Texas due to a controversial abortion law passed in the state, he announced on Twitter. “As an employer, this is beyond politics,” Simon wrote. “I’m turning in scripts next month on an HBO non-fiction miniseries based on events
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Early ’90s TV is hitting the refresh button this fall, in the case of “The Wonder Years,” delivering an impressive and ambitious ABC dramedy. Coming on the heels of Disney+’s “Doogie Howser, M.D.” reboot, the two shows join the earlier “One Day at a Time” in proving it’s possible to
Continue Reading Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has become the most expensive work by a Latin American artist ever to sell at auction, fetching $34.9 million in New York on Tuesday. The price achieved by the painting “Diego y yo” (“Diego and I”) more than tripled the previous record of $9.8 million, set by
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Happy Birthday … yikes! Nicole Richie was celebrating her 40th birthday and has now shared a video of her hair catching fire right as she blew out her birthday candles. She captioned the video, “Well… so far 40 is” then the fire emoji. Since Richie posted the video to her Instagram,
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Britney Spears posted a birthday tribute to her “very private” sons — with their permission. The singer, who shares teens Sean Preston and Jayden James with with ex-husband Kevin Federline, wrote, “There is nothing stronger than the love between a mother and son.” She continued: “My boys’ birthdays were last week
Continue Reading CNN, HLN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Willie Garson’s family has shared how he died. In a New York Times obituary published Thursday, his family wrote that the 57-year-old actor, whose legal name was William Garson Paszamant, died at his home in Los Angeles. “The cause was pancreatic cancer,” the obituary reads. Best known for
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Elvira, the famed “Mistress of the Dark,” has shared she identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. The actress, who was born Cassandra Peterson, shared her love story in her new autobiography, “Yours Cruelly, Elvira.” Peterson writes that she was a new mom decades ago trying to get back
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Ooh la la la, The Fugees are getting back together. The famed hip-hop trio made up of Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel will go on a world tour in honor of the 25th anniversary of their acclaimed album “The Score.” “As I celebrate 25 years with the
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN Twice a year, everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal footing — at least when it comes to the distribution of light and dark. On Wednesday, September 22, we entered our second and final equinox of 2021. If you reside in the Northern Hemisphere, you know it as the fall equinox
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