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Sometimes, life can be a Bitche. The residents of a French town thought just that after social media giant Facebook removed Ville de Bitche’s official page from its site last month. “We received a Facebook message and we also noticed that it was missing,” Benoît Kieffer, mayor of Ville de Bitche, told CNN Tuesday. The

Yes, Dr. Doug Ross will be there. The cast of “ER” will reunite on “Stars In The House” for a special Earth Day episode for Waterkeeper Alliance, producers Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley have announced. Waterkeeper is the fastest growing global nonprofit focused solely on clean water. Gloria Reuben, who played physician assistant Jeanie Boulet

Britney Spears feels the love. The singer posted video Monday on her verified Instagram account she said was shot last year for the “Just a Touch of Rose” project. She didn’t explain exactly what that is or was, but Spears did share “I have over 10 minutes of video for the Rose project and trust

Georgia has lost a major production because of its newly restrictive voting legislation. It was announced Monday that director/producer Antoine Fuqua and his Fuqua Films and actor/producer Will Smith and his media company Westbrook Inc. have opted to move production of their forthcoming film “Emancipation” from the state. “At this moment in time, the Nation

A huge statue of Jesus Christ is under construction in southern Brazil, and it will be even taller than its famous counterpart in Rio de Janeiro. The “Christ the Protector” statue is being built in Encantado, a small town in Brazil’s southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, by a local organization named Friends of Christ

“American Idol” judge Luke Bryan is sitting out the first live show after testing positive for Covid-19, the singer announced on Monday. “I’m sad to say I won’t be a part of tonight’s first live @AmericanIdol show,” Bryan wrote on social media. “I tested positive for COVID but I’m doing well and look forward to

Canadian musician Grimes has unveiled the “beautiful alien scars” she’s had tattooed across her entire back. The star shared an image on Instagram late on Sunday, showing the intricate web of tangled lines. “Don’t have a good pic cuz it hurts too much and I need to sleep haha, and it’ll be red for a

It’s happening! Bad Bunny has announced he’s heading out on a North American tour, calling it El Último Tour del Mundo 2022. It’s the same name as his 2020 album. Tickets go on sale Friday and the tour dates run from February through April of next year. The Grammy Award winner announced the tour on

Roger Steele’s mission is preparing a plane for your summer vacation. Steele, an assistant manager at American Airlines’ largest maintenance base, is leading a team of mechanics unwrapping, inspecting, cleaning and refurbishing jets that the airline placed in storage for much of the last year. With so few travelers then, the airline simply didn’t need

No spoilers here, but people were sad about Sunday’s “Shameless” series finale. And it wasn’t just because of what happened on the final episode of the hit Showtime series about a dysfunctional family headed by single dad Frank Gallagher (played by William H. Macy) or that the show was wrapping up after 11 seasons. What

“WTF with Marc Maron” will receive the first-ever Governors Award at the inaugural Awards for Excellence in Audio (The Ambies) on May 16. The Podcast Academy said that its Board of Governors will give Maron the award, which “recognizes a podcast or individual for the compelling impact they’ve had on the industry.” Maron and his

Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness are celebrating 25 years of marriage. Jackman took to Instagram on Sunday to post a tribute to Furness, writing, “Being married to you Deb is as natural as breathing.” He continued: “From nearly the moment we met … I knew our destiny was to be together. In our

If there’s one thing Chet Hanks has mastered, it’s the art of causing a stir. Weeks after courting controversy with his new “White Boy Summer” clothing brand, the son of Hollywood actor Tom Hanks has teased the first look at his accompanying raunchy new music video. On Sunday, the 30-year-old treated his 483,000 Instagram followers

Officials in northern China have inaugurated what they say is the world’s first traffic signal for camels. The signal came into operation on Sunday in an area popular with tourists near Dunhuang City, Gansu province, Chinese state media outlet ECNS reported Monday. Camel-riding tours are a big attraction for visitors to the area, according to

Roger Waters, Tom Morello and Brian Eno will join a host of Palestinian musicians on Saturday for an online benefit concert dubbed, “Live for Gaza.” The event, which starts at 2 p.m. ET, will raise funds for Delia Arts Center, a haven for Palestinian musicians in Gaza. Joining the lineup will be acclaimed Palestinian musicians

The Hollywood Bowl is coming back. The famed Hollywood Bowl amphitheater in Los Angeles announced on Friday it will be reopening this summer, more than one year after it closed its gates due to the coronavirus pandemic. The venue said it plans to reopen in May with a limited capacity audience of about 4,000 and

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has booked her next great adventure. The “Fleabag” star will star alongside Harrison Ford in the fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise, Disney announced Friday. The announcement did not provide any character details, but the role marks yet another iconic title of which Waller-Bridge can say she’s been a part. The actress

A new series that will transform a group of men into real-life Magic Mikes is coming. HBO Max has ordered “The Real Magic Mike,’ an unscripted competition series from Eureka Productions and Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, which is set to debut later this year. The “exhilarating and sexy” series will transform ten men who have

Setting aside the backstage drama involving series creator Joss Whedon, “The Nevers” begins with an intriguing premise and develops it in such a plodding way that interest progressively fades with each successive hour. The idea of an X-Men-like group in turn-of-the-19th-century London surely has potential, but “The Nevers” needs to get better, sooner rather than

“Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” is here. Taylor Swift has released the rerecording of her sophomore album, which contains 27 songs and runs nearly two hours. She recorded the original “Fearless” in 2008. The new recordings come two years after she failed to acquire the rights to her early albums. On Thursday Swift tweeted a video of

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, virtually held its 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards Thursday. The event celebrates the best in the community, and the comedy “Schitt’s Creek” received the award for Outstanding Comedy Series for a second year in a row. Actress and producer Niecy Nash

A group of archeologists has found the largest ancient city ever discovered in Egypt, dating back 3,000 years. The city, named “The Rise of Aten,” was discovered under the sand on the western bank of Luxor, lead archeologist Zahi Hawass said in a statement. It dates to the reign of King Amenhotep III, who ruled

Kim Kardashian West has revealed that her famous family’s new show will premiere on Hulu after the final season of “Keeping Up with The Kardashians” ends later this year. The Kardashian-Jenner clan announced plans to grow its empire with a multi-year deal with the streaming platform back in December. On Thursday, Kardashian West shared an

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on Thursday declared a disaster alert prompted by a change in the eruptive activity at the La Soufrière volcano, according to the country’s National Emergency Management Organization. The island is on red alert, meaning an eruption is “imminent now,” NEMO said. Evacuation orders are in place

Korie and Willie Robertson have gotten candid about raising a biracial son. The couple, made famous by the hit A& E reality series “Duck Dynasty,” had a frank conversation about race on the premiere episode of their new Facebook Watch series, “At Home With the Robertsons.” The pair were joined by another married couple from

Anne Beatts, a pioneering writer for “Saturday Night Live” and National Lampoon who also created the sitcom “Square Pegs,” died Wednesday, according to a statement from NBC. She was 74. A two-time Emmy winner for “SNL,” Beatts became the first female contributing editor to the humor magazine National Lampoon before being tapped as part of

“Them” inadvertently serves as a reminder of how deftly Jordan Peele threaded the needle of social commentary and horror with “Get Out,” and how elusive that target can be. Comparisons are inevitable to Peele’s films and HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” but this 10-part Amazon anthology series proves provocative and bingeable while taking some questionable detours en

Ancient cave decorations can be breathtaking to behold, but new research claims the artists may have been starved of oxygen when they were painting. Analyzing cave paintings from the Upper Paleolithic period, from around 40,000 to 14,000 years ago, researchers from Tel Aviv University found that many were located in halls or narrow passages deep

Five years after Prince’s death, a new album of his previously unreleased music is coming out. The Prince Estate and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, announced Thursday the forthcoming release of the 2010 Prince album, “Welcome 2 America.” It is described as “a powerful creative statement that documents Prince’s concerns, hopes, and

Khloé Kardashian is speaking out regarding an unedited photo of herself her team reportedly worked to get taken off the internet. On Wednesday the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star used her verified Instagram account to post videos and a photo of herself along with a statement which began “Hey guys, this is me and

JoJo Siwa went public with being a member of the LGBTQ+ community in January and now she’s opening up even more. In a cover story with People, the 17-year-old social media star who sells out arenas said she initially didn’t want to “label” herself but was happily in a relationship with girlfriend Kylie Prew, 18,

Green fingered enthusiasts will be able to freely roam the gardens of London’s historic Buckingham Palace this summer, as Queen Elizabeth II allows self-guided tours of the grounds for the first time in the palace’s history. The 39-acre gardens of the palace — which is the Queen’s official London residence — will allow paying visitors

A slab of stone, engraved with intricate lines and motifs dating to the Bronze Age, has been revealed to be Europe’s oldest map, researchers say. Using high-resolution 3D surveys and photogrammetry, researchers re-examined the Saint-Bélec Slab — an engraved and partly broken piece of stone that was discovered in 1900 but forgotten about for almost

Sitting in Eddie Fong’s living room in Palo Alto is a 55-year-old model of a traditional Chinese junk boat. Its presence symbolizes a series of unlikely events that brought Fong, now 81, away from his birthplace Hong Kong to the United States in the 1960s, thanks to a chance encounter with a retired Oakland detective

Poet Amanda Gorman has another accolade to her name: She’s the first poet to be featured on a cover for Vogue. The 23-year-old Harvard graduate and youth poet laureate was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the May issue. For the cover, she wore a Louis Vuitton blanket, styled as a dress, cinched with a wide

Sheryl Underwood is sharing her thoughts about co-host Sharon Osbourne leaving “The Talk” after their fiery debate. “I still love the Osbournes, from what I’ve known of them,” Underwood said in a three-part episode of her podcast “The World According to Sheryl.” “I don’t know anything other than what I’ve experienced with them, and this

Taylor Swift has released a surprise new song, “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” before the Friday debut of “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” which is a re-recording of her 2008 album. Swift revealed on Twitter that she wrote the song in 2008, but left it off the album at the time. Swift sings: “Mr. perfect face. Mr. here to

British actor Paul Ritter, a versatile actor known for lighting up the screen and the stage, died Monday. He was 54. According to his agent, Jonty Brook, Ritter died after battling a brain tumor. “He died peacefully at home with his wife Polly and sons Frank and Noah by his side,” Brook said. “Paul was

In the new FX/ Hulu documentary, “Hysterical,” viewers are treated to the backstories of the female comics who star in it, childhood scars and all. For Nikki Glaser, among the comedians featured in the film, her childhood included overwhelming feelings of being an ugly duckling, multiple insecurities, a craving for attention and an eating disorder.

Near the end of “Exterminate All the Brutes,” director Raoul Peck’s searing four-part historical hybrid about the sordid history of colonialism, he says, “The very existence of this film is a miracle.” He’s right, less because of its existence, but rather seeing such a sweeping indictment of US history, and the way it has traditionally

The latest batch of TV reboots haven’t had much in common with the source beyond the name, and so it is with “Kung Fu,” which — like the recent “Walker” — CW-izes a familiar TV property in a mostly unrecognizable way. In this case, a modern-day female lead learns mad martial-arts skills, in an uninspired

It’s been a year since the cruise industry was in the eye of the Covid storm as leisure ships proved themselves ideal places for the disease to spread. On March 13 last year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a no-sail order for ships plying American waters while major industry body Cruise

A man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing two paintings, one by Vincent van Gogh and another by Frans Hals, from museums in the Netherlands, police said. Van Gogh’s “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring” was taken from The Singer Laren museum in the town of Laren, just outside Amsterdam, in March last

Indian actor Akshay Kumar has become the latest top Bollywood star to test positive for Covid-19, as India’s second wave of coronavirus infections tears through its film industry. Kumar, one of Bollywood’s most profitable actors and the star of dozens of popular movies, tweeted Monday that he had been hospitalized “as a precautionary measure under

Comedy Central’s popular “Drunk History” series is getting a spinoff, but be sure to watch it responsibly. A new digital series titled “Drunk History: Black Stories” is being brought to the world by Comedy Central International. The series will tell stories from across the African Diaspora, including little-known tales from the continent of Africa, the

Jimmy Fallon has addressed controversy over a recent segment on “The Tonight Show” with TikTok star Addison Rae. The show received criticism for not giving credit to the mostly Black creators of the dances Rae and Fallon performed together in an episode on March 26. “On our last show before break, we did a bit

Hundreds reportedly gathered Monday to pray and offer support for DMX as he remains hospitalized following a heart attack he suffered on Friday. CNN affiliate News 12 reported that as many as 500 people gathered outside the White Plains, New York, hospital where the rapper and actor is currently being treated. His longtime attorney, Murray

Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as “sakura” — white and pink flowers, bursting across cities and mountains, petals covering the ground. The flowers, which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days, have been revered in

Folks are to be forgiven if they are exhausted today after the Easter Sunday Verzuz. That’s because the matchup between legendary groups Earth Wind & Fire and the Isley Brothers lasted almost four hours. But, boy, was it worth it. With decades worth of hits, they kept viewers jamming with their old skool hits. It

With summer around the corner and more people getting Covid-19 vaccines, you may be wondering whether going to the beach is a safe bet. Even for people who have been fully vaccinated, “nothing is going to be 100% safe, just like nothing is going to be 100% risk,” said CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen,

An already powerful pent-up desire to travel has only intensified with global weariness of pandemic restrictions and the rollout of vaccines in some countries. And the summer travel season is fast approaching in the Northern Hemisphere. People are asking from different corners of the globe: “Can I travel — and should I?” The answers are

Cheers to Ella Travolta. John Travolta celebrated his daughter’s 21st birthday over the weekend on social media writing, “Happy 21st birthday to the most beautiful, kind, human being and artist I know. Your dad adores you!” Travolta shares Ella with his late wife Kelly Preston. This is the first birthday she has marked without her

Back in March 2020, Rita Wilson and her husband Tom Hanks were among the first of a group of celebrities who announced that they had tested positive for Covid-19. Wilson recently shared that she and her husband of more than 30 years have yet to get vaccinated. Talking to “Today,” the actress/singer explained why they

Chadwick Boseman posthumously won the SAG Award on Sunday for outstanding performance by a leading man for his work in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Boseman, 43, died in August after a private battle with colon cancer. Boseman’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award on his behalf with a moving speech. “‘If you see the

The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor some of the year’s best performances in film and television, aired on Sunday night. The ceremony, which was a pre-recorded, one-hour telecast, was not be like previous years in terms of fanfare. But the honor bestowed upon the winners remained the same. In the end, the

The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor achievement in film and television performances for 2020, will take place this weekend after multiple delays due to the coronavirus pandemic. When do the SAG Awards air? The show will air on Sunday April 4, 2021. Where can you watch the show? The show will be

In case you weren’t feeling your age lately, it’s been 25 years — a quarter of a century — since the “Space Jam” movie came out. This year, director Malcolm D. Lee and a creative dream team is bringing Warner Bros.’ “Space Jam” back to the big screen with an animated/live-action hybrid sequel, “Space Jam: