New York CNN Business — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” had the major challenge of keeping up with “Black Panther,” one of the biggest blockbusters of all time, and had to do so without star Chadwick Boseman, who died in 2020. Despite all the challenges, “Wakanda Forever” landed a major box office opening this weekend. The […]
CNN — Tonight, Dave Chappelle will host “Saturday Night Live” for the third time – an appearance that is courting controversy before he even takes the stage. The comedian has drawn growing anger in recent years for making jokes aimed at transgender people, and the outcry escalated last fall when Netflix released a Chappelle special, […]
CNN — A jury has found filmmaker Paul Haggis liable in a sexual assault case brought by a former publicist who alleged he raped her after a film premiered in 2013. The jury ordered the Oscar-winning screenwriter to pay Haleigh Breest at least $7.5 million in damages on Thursday, according to attorneys for Breest and […]
CNN — Takeoff, who represented one-third of the platinum-selling rap group Migos, was fatally shot early Tuesday in Houston, Texas, authorities said. He was 28 years old. Police received a call of a shooting in progress around 2:34 a.m. local time, Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner said Tuesday at a press conference. Officers arrived […]
CNN — Eight women who say they were sexually assaulted by film producer Harvey Weinstein will testify at his criminal trial in Los Angeles over the next few weeks, prosecutors said in opening statements Monday. “Each of these women came forward independently of each other, and none of them knew each other,” prosecutor Paul Thompson […]
CNN Business — Kanye West acquires Parler, the alternative social media platform favored by many conservatives. Parler’s parent company announced the deal Monday morning, saying West had taken a “revolutionary step into the free speech media space and will never have to worry about being pulled from social media again.” The acquisition comes after West, […]
CNN — In his 11 years in stand-up, he was by far the worst rowdy Ariel Elias had ever encountered. The comedian’s concert at Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey on October 8 started like any other, so she never expected to become the subject of a viral video and the […]
CNN — Loretta Lynn, the “coal miner’s daughter” whose bold lyrics and nasal, local voice made her a country music queen for seven decades, has died. She was 90 years old. Lynn’s family said in a statement to CNN that she died Tuesday at her home in Tennessee. “Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away […]
CNN — Coolio, the ’90s rapper who lit up the music charts with hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” has died, his friend and manager Jarez Posey told CNN. He was 59 years old. Posey said Coolio died Wednesday afternoon. Details about the circumstances were not immediately available. Contacted by CNN, Capt. Erik Scott […]
CNN — Like many people who watched the encounter that ended with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage Sunday at the Academy Awards ceremony, Oscars lead producer Will Packer thought it was a planned bit. But as Smith – angered by a joke Rock told about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith – yelled obscenities […]
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