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☆ James Corden bids an emotional farewell to ‘The Late Late Show’
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —After eight years and multiple Emmy awards, James Corden’s time as host of “The Late Late Show” has come to an end. James Corden sings "That's Our Show" to say his last goodbyes to "The Late Late Show" on April 27, 2023. “I’ve watched America change a lot. Over these past few years, I’ve watched divisions grow and I’ve seen and I’ve felt a sense of negativity bubble and at points boil over,” he added. Corden ended his final appearance by performing a piano ballad, as a video montage of his finest moments on the show played.

☆ Netflix offers 'The Crown' fans first glimpse of Prince William and Kate Middleton from Season 6
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ahead of the sixth and final season of its hit royal drama “The Crown,” Netflix has offered fans a first peek at the actors who will be playing Prince William and Kate Middleton. A first look at Prince William (Ed McVey) and Kate Middleton (Meg Bellamy) from the sixth and ~final~ season of The Crown, coming later this year. The other images shared show Kate in a classroom, and William sitting on a sofa, wearing a blazer and tie. While William has appeared in the show as a child, the forthcoming season will depict him as an adult for the first time. Created by Peter Morgan, “The Crown” has become one of Netflix’s most successful original series since its premiere in 2016.

☆ Lizzo protests Tennessee drag ban, inviting drag queens on stage in Knoxville
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Lizzo made her stance on Tennessee’s anti-drag-show legislation clear by inviting drag queens onstage at her Knoxville concert. Last month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed legislation banning “adult cabaret” artists from performing in public and/or in the presence of children. The controversial bill listed “male or female impersonators,” which is widely interpreted to mean drag queens. In a show of defiance, Lizzo, known for her vociferous support of body-positivity and self-love, welcomed queens including Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, Asia O’Hara and Kandy Muse from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” to join her performance at the Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday. “But why would I not come to the people who need to hear this message the most, the people who need to feel this release the most?” Lizzo told cheering fans.

☆ Len Goodman, former ‘Dancing With the Stars’ judge, dead at 78
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former “Dancing With the Stars” judge Len Goodman has died at age 78. Len Goodman on the "Dancing With the Stars" judging panel, alongside Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli Adam Taylor/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty ImagesGoodman was born in London in 1944. According to his website, he started dancing at age 19 and was a professional dancer before venturing into TV. Goodman served as head judge on BBC dance series “Strictly Come Dancing” – the British version of DWTS – from its inception in 2004, and made his final appearance on the 2016 Christmas Day special. He also wrote several books, including his 2009 autobiography “Better Late Than Never: From Barrow Boy to Ballroom,” “Dancing Around Britain” and “Lost London.”

☆ Ashley Judd marks first birthday since death of mom Naomi Judd
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ashley Judd has marked her 55th birthday, the first without her late mother Naomi Judd, with a reflective Instagram post. “My birthday. Everyone who loves me is making it as soft (cake in bed) and precious as they can, as my mind can’t help but calculate that on my last birthday, Mom was a scant 11 days from her death by crushing suicide,” she wrote. And this is how she saw and loved me, first awake, hair never brushed, ready to share our dreams,” she concluded. “For you, Mom.

CNN —A female bear that was sentenced to death for the fatal mauling of jogger in Italy has been given a stay of execution until May 11, officials in Trento have said. Andrea Papi, 26, was attacked and killed last week while jogging in a public nature reserve in the Trentino–Alto Adige region of northern Italy. In the last 15 years, several bear attacks have been reported, including the nearly fatal attack of a mushroom farmer in 2014 and the 2020 attack of a father and his son while they were hiking. This time, after the fatal attack on Papi the World Wildlife Fund, which had previously petitioned to keep JJ4 alive told CNN they agree that the bear should be put down. There are now four bears, including JJ4, with judicial orders to be culled.

☆ Rupert Murdoch is engaged to Ann Lesley Smith
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch is preparing to walk down the aisle for the fifth time. The 92-year-old tycoon revealed he’s engaged to marry Ann Lesley Smith in an article published Monday in the New York Post, one of his own publications. Smith was previously married to Chester Smith, a country singer and radio and TV executive, who died in 2008. Murdoch was previously married to former flight attendant Patricia Booker, journalist Anna Murdoch and entrepreneur Wendi Deng. CNN has reached out to representatives of Murdoch and Smith for further comment.

☆ Meghan says she was 'fed to the wolves' in new Netflix trailer
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has said she was “fed to the wolves,” and Prince Harry discusses “institutional gaslighting” in a new trailer for part two of their highly-anticipated Netflix docuseries, which airs on Thursday. Everyone in the world knew where we were,” Meghan says. Similar to the format of the first three episodes, the trailer provides an intimate glimpse into the couple’s lives, with personal footage and pictures interspersed with media coverage. Tyler Perry, the filmmaker who offered his California house to the couple after they left their lives in the UK, also makes an appearance in the trailer. Buckingham Palace said it would not be commenting on the docuseries when the first part released last Thursday.

☆ Georgia Holt, actress and Cher’s mother, dies age 96
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Cher is mourning the loss of her mother, Georgia Holt, who has died at the age of 96. While no further details surrounding her death have been made public, Holt had struggled with health issues in recent months. In September, Cher shared that her mother had been hospitalized with pneumonia and had been suffering from recurring health issues. Mom is gone😔 — Cher (@cher) December 11, 2022Following news of Holt’s death, tributes poured in from fans and celebrities. “I cried from the special, I cried from the album coming out after all these years,” Holt told the Huffington Post at the time.

☆ Elton John is quitting Twitter due to 'recent change in policy'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Elton John has become the latest celebrity to say they are leaving Twitter, following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform. The 75-year-old star announced his departure from the social media platform on Friday, telling his 1.1 million Twitter followers: “All my life I’ve tried to use music to bring people together. The Tesla CEO faced a backlash after initiating mass layoffs, reinstating the accounts of controversial figures including former President Donald Trump, and rolling back a Covid-19 misinformation policy. John’s departure comes amid mounting concerns over a rise in hate speech on Twitter. “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg announced she was “done with Twitter” during an episode of the ABC talk show, after listing all the controversial announcements Musk has made since completing his takeover.

☆ Eric Fleishman, celebrity fitness trainer, dead at 53
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Celebrity personal trainer Eric Fleishman has died at the age of 53. The fitness personality, known as “Eric the Trainer,” died suddenly at his home in Glendale, California on Thanksgiving, his family announced Sunday in a post shared on his verified Instagram page. “We are heartbroken to share that Eric Phillip Fleishman passed away unexpectedly on the morning of November 24, 2022. Fleishman made a name for himself by training a slew of celebrity clients. Eric made such an impact on my life and I don’t think he even knew it.

☆ Clarence Gilyard, ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ star, dead at 66
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Clarence Gilyard, the actor best known for playing computer hacker Theo in “Die Hard” and naval flight officer Marcus “Sundown” Williams in “Top Gun,” has died at the age of 66. His death was announced on Monday in a statement from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where he had been working as an associate professor at the College of Fine Arts. Gilyard played Theo, the heist crew's hacker, in "Die Hard." According to UNLV, Gilyard ventured into acting after studying Theatre Arts at California State University. Despite his accomplished acting career, Gilyard stepped away from acting in 2006 to start teaching at UNLV and directing productions at the university’s Nevada Conservatory Theatre.

☆ World’s ‘oldest meal’ discovered in 550-million-year-old fossil
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —An international team of scientists say they have new insight into how the very earliest animals survived after traces of what they described as the world’s oldest meal were found in a 550 million-year-old fossil. Some of the oldest life on Earth is referred to as the Ediacaran biota. This group is based on the earliest fossils ever discovered, providing evidence of complex, multicellular organisms. Nearly all fossils that came before the Ediacaran biota were single-celled and microscopic in size,” Brocks said, according to a press release. Dr. Bobrovskiy said the findings are helping scientists track the evolution of the earliest animals, and how they relate to their descendants today.

☆ Charlize Theron faces backlash after saying Afrikaans, her mother tongue, is dying out
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“It’s definitely a dying language, it’s not a very helpful language,” she told hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett. Theron’s remarks soon sparked a social media debate in South Africa. While some branded her ill-informed, others agreed that Afrikaans was a “dead language.”“Charlize Theron is a legend!” one Twitter commentator wrote. It’s a tool once used to oppress Africans.”Another Twitter user said: “This statement was made by Charlize Theron to appease Hollywood. “It’s not a ‘dying language’, and it’s not only spoken by 44 people.

☆ Daniel Craig unleashes his inner disco diva in Taika Waititi-directed vodka commercial
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Since ending his 15-year run as James Bond with “No Time to Die” last year, Daniel Craig has not been sitting idle. The British star has been busy brushing up his fancy footwork, which he enthusiastically showcases in a new vodka commercial directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Taika Waititi. Belvedere Presents Daniel Craig, Directed by Taika Waititi: Director’s CutIn the tongue-in-cheek ad for Belvedere Vodka, which premiered last week and runs for more than two minutes, Craig goes from brooding and enigmatic to swaggerlicious and even … fun. The ad opens with a white-suited Craig standing on a bridge, back to the camera, gazing moodily out at the water. The ad ends with Craig taking a drink of Belvedere and commenting “finally.” Dancing is thirsty work.

☆ Emma Thompson says she was ‘utterly blind’ about ex-husband Kenneth Branagh’s on-set relationships
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Two-time Oscar-winner Emma Thompson has admitted she was “utterly blind” to her ex-husband Kenneth Branagh’s on-set relationships with other actresses and was left devastated when she found out. Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh dated for five years. “I was utterly, utterly blind to the fact that he had relationships with other women on set,” Thompson told interviewer John Lahr. “What I learned was how easy it is to be blinded by your own desire to deceive yourself.”Branagh and Bonham Carter went on to have a five-year relationship. Reflecting on her life with Wise, Thompson said: “I’ve learned more from my second marriage just by being married.

London CNN —Andy Taylor, guitarist with British New Romantic group Duran Duran at the height of their fame, is battling stage four prostate cancer. Taylor, who did not join his former bandmates John Taylor, Simon Le Bon, Roger Taylor and Nick Rhodes at the Class of 2022 celebrations due to ongoing treatment, wrote a letter to mark the occasion. Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Andy Taylor, Roger Taylor and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran Derek Storm/FilmMagic/Getty Images“There’s nothing that comes close to such recognition. You can dream about what happened to us but to experience it, on one’s own terms, as mates, was beyond incredible,” Taylor wrote in the message relayed by Le Bon. According to the American Cancer Society, about one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.

☆ Oprah Winfrey wants fans to know that she doesn’t endorse weight loss gummies or pills
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Oprah Winfrey is warning fans against falling victim to companies selling weight loss products using her name and image. On Sunday, the 68-year-old former talk show host and media mogul took to Instagram to distance herself from gummies being sold online, saying she does not endorse edible weight loss products. In the short video, Winfrey said she felt compelled to address the online scams after being approached five times in one week by people looking for weight loss gummies. “I have nothing to do with weight loss gummies or diet pills and I don’t want you all taken advantage of by people misusing my name,” she told her 21.6 million Instagram followers. Please don’t buy any weight loss gummies with my picture or name on them.

☆ Sam Smith and Kim Petras are first nonbinary and trans artists to reach number 1 on Billboard chart
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

While Smith has had eight UK number ones, including their Grammy award-winning song “Stay with Me,” this is British singer’s first on the Billboard Hot 100. Sam Smith, Kim Petras - UnholyPetras, a transgender woman, shared the news on her Instagram page, telling her 775,000 followers that she was “so grateful” for the song’s success. “Sam, I can’t thank you enough for riding with me for years at this point,” the German pop star wrote. “I’m so honored to be part of your first number one in the US which you should have 500 of at this point. In 2019, she told UK outlet Metro that while she is a transgender activist, she wants her talent, not her gender, to be the topic of conversation.

☆ 'Doctor Who' fans delighted as the Doctor regenerates as David Tennant
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —“Doctor Who” fans were drenched in nostalgia after David Tennant reprised his role as the Time Lord in the dramatic conclusion to the show’s BBC centenary special. Sunday’s 90-minute episode of the long-running sci-fi show, titled “The Power of the Doctor,” ended with Jodie Whittaker’s character unexpectedly regenerating into Tennant in her final appearance as the 13th Doctor. “I know these teeth,” Tennant said – a reference to the 10th Doctor’s first words – “New teeth… that’s weird” – back in 2005. Sophie Mutevelian/BBC/IMDB“Omg, David Tennant back as the doctor, best regeneration ever,” one person wrote on Twitter. “If you thought the appearance of David Tennant was a shock, we’ve got plenty more surprises on the way!” said showrunner Russell T. Davies in a statement.

☆ Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ album is out. So, what’s the verdict?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Taylor Swift is endorsing late nights with her first original album in two years. The 11-time Grammy Award winner unveiled her 10th studio album, “Midnights,” on Friday, following a surprise announcement at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Swift performs onstage during NSAI 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on September 20, 2022. Another said: “Taylor Swift mothered so hard with Midnights no one will ever come close to her level of prodigiousness. “She’s playing with cadence and emphasizing the grain of her voice like never before … eventually you stop caring what’s drawn directly from Swift’s real life and what’s not,” he writes.

☆ Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunion delights ‘Back to the Future’ fans
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd delighted “Back to the Future” fans when they were reunited at the weekend, 37 years after the release of the sci-fi comedy. “Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunited at Comic Con is all the wholesome content you need on a Sunday,” one person tweeted. Another wrote: “If you were a teenager in 1985, then Michael J. The 61-year-old star, who was diagnosed with the disease in 1991 at the age of 29, founded the Michael J.

☆ Tom Hardy makes surprise appearance at martial arts tournament
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The 45-year-old English actor won gold at the 2022 UMAC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championships on Saturday after quietly entering the competition, organizers told CNN. Sean Rosborough/SWNSMohamed Itoumaine, a referee and spokesman for the tournament’s organizer, Ultimate Martial Arts Championships, told CNN on Wednesday that Hardy had agreed to take part in the competition following his low-key appearance at the REORG Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship last month. Itoumaine said Hardy dominated his division and qualified through stages before taking home the top prize. Images posted on social media show a victorious Hardy holding his certificate made out to his real name “Edward Hardy.”“[Hardy] is a legit blue belt. I have over 10 years of experience as a ref and after I first saw him compete at the REORG championship, I knew he would smash it at my competition,” Itoumaine said.

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