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“People Will Be Able to Go Clubbing Again!” How the Cannes Film Festival Offers a Beacon of Hope to Locals

“People Will Be Able to Go Clubbing Again!” How the Cannes Film Festival Offers a Beacon of Hope to Locals

BY SCOTT ROXBOROUGH | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Besides the film festival, Cannes hosts trade shows and events year-round, translating into roughly 40,000 visitors annually and nearly $1 billion for the city’s economy. For local establishments, the end of COVID-19 lockdowns is a reason to celebrate. Cineastes and movie execs won’t be the only ones celebrating when Cannes finally rolls out the red carpet July 6, kicking off the 74th Festival de Cannes. For thousands of people in the Riviera resort town, the festival means more than just a return to in-person premieres and film markets. For those who wait and bus…
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“I’m Going to Miss Being Comfortable”: Hollywood Insiders on Saying Goodbye to Work-From-Home Styles

“I’m Going to Miss Being Comfortable”: Hollywood Insiders on Saying Goodbye to Work-From-Home Styles

BY WENDY WEINER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT As people start to return to office life, The Hollywood Reporter asked Alex Newell, Gloria Calderon Kellet and more about their beloved casual styles (which may not transition so easily). For more than a year, most offices have been closed and, for many, homes became workplaces. Weekday style went from workplace-appropriate to more like casual-adjacent. Now that people are venturing back to office life, THR asked Hollywood insiders what pandemic-comfort clothing item they’ll miss most. MIA BARRON (Actor) “I played a lawyer in a Law & Order miniseries about the Menendez brothers murders [in 2017]. When…
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Look inside Tyrese Gibson’s ‘regal’ Atlanta estate

Look inside Tyrese Gibson’s ‘regal’ Atlanta estate

By Kiersten Willis, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT The actor’s Buckhead mansion recently hosted a birthday party for former Mayor Kasim Reed Tyrese Gibson said he was going for a “regal vibe” with his home. One look at it, and you’ll know why. The star of “F9: The Fast Saga,” gave Architectural Digest a tour of his Atlanta mansion. To quote another performer who calls the Big Peach home, it gives new meaning to the lyric “lifestyles so rich and famous Robin Leach will get jealous.” The 1980s series “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” was an inspiration for the Los…
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Don Cheadle Married His Long-Time Partner Bridgid Coulter During the Pandemic

Don Cheadle Married His Long-Time Partner Bridgid Coulter During the Pandemic

BY ABBEY WHITE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT 'The Ellen Show' guest host Wanda Sykes revealed the 'Iron Man' star's news while recounting a text exchange between the two actors. Don Cheadle has officially married fellow actor Bridgid Coulter, his partner of 28 years. The Ellen Show guest host Wanda Sykes was the one to share the news during the actor’s appearance Wednesday afternoon to promote the latest season of his Showtime comedy Black Monday. The wedding took place early last year. Cheadle and Coulter have been together since the early 1990s, and share two daughters together, Ayana and Imani. The news was…
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Gal Gadot Celebrates Birth of Third Child: “I Couldn’t Be More Grateful”

Gal Gadot Celebrates Birth of Third Child: “I Couldn’t Be More Grateful”

BY ABBEY WHITE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT "We are all so excited to welcome Daniella into our family. I’m sending all of you love and health," the 'Wonder Woman 1984' and 'Justice League' star said on Instagram. Gal Gadot and partner Jason Varsano have welcomed their third child, they announced in separate Instagram posts on Tuesday. Sharing the same family photo featuring the smiling actress and her partner along with their baby, Daniella, the parents expressed their mutual excitement over the new arrival. “My sweet family. I couldn’t be more grateful and happy (and tired),” the Wonder Woman star posted in her…
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Delete salon helps those wanting to erase their ink

Delete salon helps those wanting to erase their ink

Georgann Yara Special for The Republic Troy Warren for CNT   She was born in Chicago and intended to focus on the game. But when Marci White took her staff to a Chicago Cubs spring training game, she couldn’t ignore a huge distraction. It started when attendees, mostly from the Windy City, took off their shirts to soak up the Arizona sun. “There was a sea of not-artistic tattoos,” said White, who pondered whether the ink was still loved by its bearers. “I saw pretty awful tattoos and wondered, ‘What do you do if you don’t want these tattoos anymore?’” White, a veteran of the hospitality…
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ViacomCBS Exec Tom Ryan Pays $8.4M for Palm Springs’ Extravagant Pond Estate

ViacomCBS Exec Tom Ryan Pays $8.4M for Palm Springs’ Extravagant Pond Estate

BY WENDY BOWMAN, DIRT.COM Troy Warren for CNT The 12-acre estate includes a Spanish-style mansion and two guest houses, with a total of 10 bedrooms, plus stables and garage space for up to 100 vehicles. Sprawling across 12 acres on the southern edge of Palm Springs, this compound was custom built for philanthropist Robert Pond and his wife Jo in 1989. Standing head and shoulders above its Coachella Valley peers — quite literally, as it’s tucked into a hillside knoll — it comes complete with a Spanish-style mansion and detached pair of guesthouses. Altogether, the estate offers a whopping total of…
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Study shows emotions key in improving heart health in people with obesity

Study shows emotions key in improving heart health in people with obesity

By Kiersten Willis, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT A non-judgemental approach can play an important role in boosting heart health in people with obesity. The European Society of Cardiology concluded people who have obesity improved their heart and mental health in 10 weeks. They attended a non-judgemental, personalized lifestyle modification program during this period. Participants lost weight and saw improvements in anxiety, depression and blood pressure. Researchers presented the findings at EuroHeartCare – ACNAP Congress 2021. “We focus on changing behaviors and improving people’s relationship with food,” study author Aisling Harris, cardiac and weight management dietitian, Croi Heart and…
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Many workers need more than skills

Many workers need more than skills

By Steve Lohr, The New York Times Troy Warren for CNT   Career guidance, moral support help overcome last-mile problems Rachelle Katchenago of Menasha, Wisconsin, lost her job as a call-center contract worker last year after the pandemic lockdowns took hold. No one was hiring. Katchenago, 37, eventually heard of career courses, paid for by Microsoft as part of a COVID relief program. She plunged in, learning online customer service and sales skills, hoping to improve her employment prospects. But it turned out that the technical skills, in the free classes from Microsoft’s LinkedIn job listing and training service, were not…
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Why American women everywhere are delaying motherhood

Why American women everywhere are delaying motherhood

By Sabrina Tavernise, Claire Cain Miller, Quoctrung Bui and Robert Gebeloff, The New York Times Troy Warren for CNT PHOENIX — Luz Portillo, the oldest daughter of Mexican immigrants, has many plans. She is studying to be a skin care expert. She has also applied to nursing school. She works full time, too — as a nurse’s aide and doing eyelash extensions, a business she would like to grow. But one thing she has no plans for anytime soon is a baby. Portillo’s mother had her when she was 16. Her father has worked as a landscaper for as long as…
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