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Jamie Foxx marks his remarkable recovery and ‘new respect for life’ following health crisis

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jamie Foxx took the occasion of an acceptance on Monday to address his health crisis in April. The Oscar-winning actor made a surprise appearance at the Critics Choice Association‘s Celebration of Cinema and Television: Honoring Black, Latino and AAPI Achievements, where he received the Vanguard Award for his

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Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge

By Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — With gorgeous art nouveau entrances, maze-like tunnels and trains that rattle briskly under, and occasionally over, some of the world’s most famous streets, it’s a transport network that has inspired movies, novels and poetry. It has stations named after a South American revolutionary, a US president and a Soviet victory. Fittingly, in a city that is home

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Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Wonka’ is only semi-sweet

CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — More a product of practical commerce than pure imagination, “Wonka” turns out to be a quirky, intermittently tasty confection, featuring Timothée Chalamet as the young inventor/magician/chocolatier in a super-caloric origin story. The star gives it his all, including plenty of not-bad/not-great singing, in a film that’s at

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Colman Domingo to receive Spotlight Actor Award at Palm Springs Film Festival

The Palm Springs International Film Awards  is presenting Colman Domingo with the Spotlight Award, Actor for his performance in the film ‘Rustin.’ The festival’s chairman, Nachhattar Singh Chandi, describes the Emmy award winning actor’s performance as the civil rights activist Bayard Rustin as “career defining.”  The film chronicles the life of Bayard Rustin who, along

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