Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Before there was the Fyre festival — with its absurdly comic snafus and dueling documentaries — there was Woodstock 99. The HBO documentary “Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage” examines that event — described as morphing from a comedy into a horror film — and finds within it a dire
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business The global shortage of semiconductors that has hobbled the auto industry and made some consumer electronics more expensive could last until the middle of 2023, Intel has warned. “While I expect shortages to bottom out in the second half [of the year], it will take another one to two years
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The FBI disclosed that it received more than 4,500 tips on a phone line in 2018 as part of a background investigation into then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and provided “relevant” ones to former President Donald Trump’s White House counsel. The exact number of tips was disclosed
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The Summer Olympics — one of the most-watched events worldwide — officially kicks off in Tokyo this weekend. After being delayed a year because of the pandemic, NBC hopes pent-up demand will drive sports fans to their TVs, laptops and phones to tune in. But traditional TV viewership of this
Continue ReadingCNN’s Will Ripley takes a look at the city of Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics, where a growing number of athletes have tested positive for Covid-19 and venues sit nearly empty.
Continue ReadingJuan Garzón (CNN Español) — Google presentó a Android 12 beta durante su conferencia para desarrolladores Google I/O 2021, pero posiblemente la mayor sorpresa fue Wear OS 3, anteriormente llamado también Android Wear OS. Como es costumbre, se esperaba que Google presentara novedades de Wear OS y sus otros sistemas operativos, pero en esta ocasión la
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Val Kilmer joins the ranks of celebrities that fastidiously documented their lives via video, then shared that in documentary form. But “Val” feels more deeply personal and fascinating than most, catching its star in the wake of a terrible illness and exploring the “difficult” label he bore as an actor,
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Is “Ted Lasso” a great show, or was it just the show we (or at least a lot of us) needed last summer during the pandemic? That’s the question as the Apple TV+ series returns for its second season, fresh off a record haul of Emmy nominations for
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN There’s a now-famous clip of acoustic version of Amy Winehouse singing “Love Is a Losing Game.” Winehouse, in what appears to be a recording booth, rings every emotional nuance from her song as she sings the lyrics: “Over futile odds/And laughed at by the gods/And now the final frame/Love is
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Kanye West premiered his 10th studio album, “Donda,” during a listening event Thursday night at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It was the first original material from the provocative rapper since his Grammy-winning 2019 album “Jesus Is King.” Here’s what you need to know about the sold out event that
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020 ya dieron el banderazo inicial con algunas competencias como el fútbol y sóftbol. Minuto a minuto: Los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020 Y, mientras pasan los días, habrá cada vez más deportes que observar, con latinoamericanos y estadounidenses a quienes seguir en su búsqueda de
Continue ReadingBy Ben Westcott, CNN The Australian government and a United Nations body faced off this week over whether the Great Barrier Reef is “in danger” of losing its “outstanding universal value” and its place on the World Heritage List. On Friday, the World Heritage Committee decided to not place the reef on a list of
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did what he has been doing for seven months: he called on Americans to get vaccinated for Covid-19. McConnell warned that “these shots need to get in everybody’s arm as rapidly as possible or we’re going to be back in a situation in the fall
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department on Wednesday evening temporarily suspended an online booking system used for urgent appointments because of bots, according to an update posted to its consular affairs website. “At 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, July 21, we temporarily disabled the online booking system for Urgent Travel Service to ensure
Continue ReadingOlympic athletes at the 2020 Games in Tokyo are sharing what life is like inside the Olympic Village.
Continue ReadingA bride’s first dance was a doozy as she dislocated a knee at her wedding. Here comes the bride … to the ER. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports.
Continue ReadingDuring a visit to the White House, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady made a joke referring to some people believing Joe Biden lost the 2020 election.
Continue ReadingVideo shows footage from inside the Blue Origin capsule as Jeff Bezos and his crew launched to space.
Continue ReadingThe Cincinnati Fire Department broke through a wall to free a dog that had been missing and trapped in a small space for five days.
Continue ReadingBy Rachael Scott, CNN NFL GOAT Tom Brady lobs jokes at the White House, a new bride tests her “in sickness and in health” vow at the reception and Olympic athletes TikTok-test their cardboard beds in the athletes’ village (yes, cardboard). These are the must-watch videos of the week. ‘Sleepy Tom’ Brady Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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