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By Chloe Melas, CNN Stevie Wonder is sounding the alarm about deteriorating civil rights in America. The Grammy winner gave an impassioned speech in defense of civil rights on Tuesday night, while being honored with the Icon Award during the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s 34th National Equal Justice Awards Dinner. “A woman’s right to control
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Wynonna and Ashley Judd are working with CMT and Sandbox Live to honor their mother late mother, Naomi Judd with a televised memorial. The Judd sisters announced on April 30 that they had lost their mother “to the disease of mental illness.” She was 76. CMT announced on Wednesday that
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Maria Alyokhina, a member of the punk group Pussy Riot, which has long protested Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime, said she escaped the country disguised as a food courier. Alyokhina told the New York Times that though she once refused to leave the country despite multiple arrests and periods of imprisonment,
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Hilary Duff is feeling comfortable in her skin. The “How I Met Your Father” actress appears on the May/June cover of Women’s Health, where she says she is over unrealistic ideals over her body and feels “peaceful” now when she thinks about her looks. “I’m proud of my body,” Duff says, adding,
Continue Reading Leah Dolan, CNN Barbie, the 63-year-old American doll manufacturer, is releasing a new set of dolls in June as part of its ongoing efforts towards diversity and inclusion. From creating the brand’s first ever Barbie with hearing aids, to a Ken doll with the skin condition vitiligo, 2022’s Fashionista line up — which will be
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Amanda Seyfried as Karen Smith in “Mean Girls ” has a special place in the heart of pop culture. But the actress now says one of the most famous scenes from the 2004 film caused some uncomfortable moments for her. In a cover story with Marie Claire, Seyfried said she
Continue Reading By Terry Ward, CNN Is there a food more humble yet universally adored than the sandwich? And while one person’s go-to hamburger snack might be another’s katsu sando or chivito, there’s hardly a country on the planet that doesn’t turn to some type of bread with something stuffed inside it to cure a craving. Traveling
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Halsey has revealed that they have received multiple diagnoses since giving birth last July. The singer, who prefers the pronouns she/they, posted a series of videos on their Instagram stories Tuesday explaining that “a lot of you guys have been wondering what’s going on with my health and some of
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN The airports are crowded, the flights are packed and air travel in the US and beyond is back in full swing. But the return to the skies in the wake of the pandemic hasn’t been entirely smooth: passengers seem more badly behaved than ever, flight cancellations feel increasingly commonplace and airlines
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Francesca Street, CNN The airports are crowded, the flights are packed and air travel in the US and beyond is back in full swing. But the return to the skies in the wake of the pandemic hasn’t been entirely smooth: passengers seem more badly behaved than ever, flight cancellations feel increasingly
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Actor Deepika Padukone has been appointed Louis Vuitton’s first ever Indian brand ambassador, the French luxury house announced Tuesday. The 36-year-old Bollywood star’s role was unveiled as part of a new handbag campaign, which sees her joining Emma Stone and Chinese actor Zhou Dongyu in a series of promotional shots. As well
Continue Reading Hannah Ryan, CNN Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has unveiled a new campaign promoting a series of roughed up sneakers with an eye-watering price tag, and the internet has thoughts. The images, shot by photographer Leopold Duchemin for the brand, of severely tattered, distressed shoes have gone viral following Monday’s launch of the couture brand’s new
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN An unexpected discovery has revealed ancient artwork that was once part of an Iron Age complex beneath a house in southeastern Turkey. The unfinished work shows a procession of deities that depicts how different cultures came together. Looters initially broke into the subterranean complex in 2017 by creating an opening in
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN After an intense competition in the first round of semifinals, ten countries have been selected to move on to the next stage of the Eurovision Song Contest. The Grand Final is set to take place Saturday, following the second of two semifinals, which is set to happen on Thursday in Turin,
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Mike Tyson will not face criminal charges over an incident caught on video last month that appeared to show the former heavyweight boxer hitting another plane passenger multiple times. San Mateo County, California, District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe told CNN he decided not to file misdemeanor battery charges against Tyson based on
Continue Reading CNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN Nude images and video of Jesse Williams starring in Broadway’s “Take Me Out” leaked on Monday night and began circulating online. It happened hours after Williams was nominated for a Tony Award for best performance by a featured actor in a play. Williams has since responded to the buzz around
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN The author of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” has called out fans for being racist, after backlash against the casting of a Black actress in the upcoming television adaption of the popular book series. Actress Leah Jeffries was cast to play Annabeth Chase in the Disney+ adaptation of Rick Riordan’s beloved
Continue Reading Leah Dolan Inside the gilded halls of the Palais de l’Élysée, master sommelier Carlton McCoy meets chef de partie Francis Oge — the man tasked with feeding French President Emmanuel Macron. Oge, who has served four presidents, is a master of fine dining. From his delicately pinstriped mille-feuille to his sculptural beef Wellingtons, precision and
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN HBO has released a teaser trailer for Season 4 of “Westworld.” The teaser is set to Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” and features Thandiwe Newton’s Maeve and Aaron Paul’s Caleb teaming up. Also featured are Luke Hemsworth’s Stubbs, Jeffrey Wright’s Bernard, Tessa Thompson’s Charlotte Hale, Angela Sarafyan’s Clementine and Ed Harris’ William.
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Nude images and video of Jesse Williams starring in Broadway’s “Take Me Out” leaked on Monday night and began circulating online. It happened hours after Williams was nominated for a Tony Award for best performance by a featured actor in a play. Williams has since responded to the buzz around his
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