Mariah Carey sued over hit track ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’
Story by Reuters Mariah Carey was sued on Friday over her 1994 Christmas classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by a songwriter who…
Continue ReadingEntertainment
Jamie-Lynn Sigler is sorry to dash your ‘Sopranos’ reboot hopes
By Lisa Respers France, CNN After Jamie-Lynn Sigler appeared in a Super Bowl ad this year with Robert Iler, her costar from “The…
Continue ReadingEddie Van Halen autopsy special slammed by his son Wolfgang and Valerie Bertinelli
By Lisa Respers France, CNN A planned TV special that purports to examine the final hours of the life of legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen is being…
Continue ReadingMichael J. Fox says Parkinson’s disease has changed the kind of roles he takes
By Marianne Garvey Michael J. Fox says living with Parkinson’s disease has influenced the projects he selects in his acting career. In a…
Continue ReadingShe had to flee Iran. Now she’s won best actress at Cannes
Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN When Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi fled her country in 2006 due to a leaked tape, she thought her career was over. But on…
Continue ReadingMeghan, Duchess of Sussex arrives at jubilee service in a chic white ensemble
Megan C. Hills, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex proved she’s still got strong royal fashion game as she made a dazzling arrival to the honorary…
Continue Reading‘Fire Island’ updates Jane Austen as a gay rom-com without much spark
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The long trip to the screen behind “Fire Island,” a gay rom-com loosely adapted from Jane Austen’s…
Continue ReadingQueen’s hologram waves from gold coach at Platinum Jubilee pageant
Ziyu Zhang, CNN An opulent 260-year-old gilded carriage hit London streets again for the first time in two decades, beaming a hologram of a young…
Continue ReadingNuclear power could be the future of expedition cruises
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN A new ship design concept from Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein could be the first step toward a zero-emission future for…
Continue ReadingKenichi Horie: 83-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest person to sail solo across the Pacific
By Emiko Jozuka and Yuki Kurihara, CNN Sailing solo across the world’s largest ocean once is enough of an achievement. But 83-year-old Japanese…
Continue ReadingTurkey rebrands as ‘Türkiye,’ changing name at the United Nations
By Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the…
Continue Reading‘The Boys’ still looks pretty super in its savagely satirical third season
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Boys” serves notice immediately that its third season will be as ferociously gory and savagely satirical…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas wedding chapels receive Elvis cease-and-desist letters
By Jennifer Henderson and Paradise Afshar, CNN Some wedding chapels in Las Vegas are receiving cease-and-desist letters demanding they stop using…
Continue ReadingJada Pinkett Smith hopes Will Smith and Chris Rock ‘have an opportunity to heal, talk this out, and reconcile’
CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith briefly addressed the Oscars slap incident on Wednesday’s episode of “Red Table…
Continue Reading‘I survived two sandstorms and nearly ran out of water in the Sahara Desert,’ says man who biked from London to Lagos
CNN By Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over…
Continue ReadingJames Earl Jones is back as voice of Darth Vader in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’
By Marianne Garvey James Earl Jones is back as the voice of Darth Vader. Jones, 91, can be heard in the third episode of “Obi-Wan…
Continue ReadingHow abortion storylines in film and TV have evolved in recent years
By Scottie Andrew, CNN During the making of “Obvious Child,” director/screenwriter Gillian Robespierre had a few balls in the air. Would…
Continue Reading‘Massively over-engineered:’ A tree sculpture for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations gets mixed reviews
Megan C. Hills, CNN Outside Buckingham Palace in London, a towering “Tree of Trees” has been erected as part of the Queen’s…
Continue ReadingAmber Heard attorney says Depp had advantages of ‘wealth, power, fame’ during trial
By Sonia Moghe and Lisa Respers France, CNN The lawyer for Amber Heard says she believes the jury in the defamation case brought against the actress…
Continue ReadingCNN to broadcast live Juneteenth concert featuring, Khalid, Chaka Khan, Jill Scott, The Roots, Mickey Guyton, Ne-Yo and other Black artists
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN A slate of Black artists and musicians are set to take the stage at the Hollywood Bowl on June 19 for an inaugural…
Continue Reading