London — Queen Elizabeth II made a surprise visit Tuesday to a train station in central London to see a newly completed subway line named in her honor. The 96-year-old monarch, who has reduced most of her public engagements, appeared Tuesday at Paddington Station to see the east-west Elizabeth Line, which is due to open to the public on May 24. Calling the event "a happy development," Buckingham Palace said "the organizers were informed of the possibility she may attend."
Humorist Garrison Keillor returns to his fictional Minnesota hometown of Lake Wobegon (made famous by the long-running radio program "A Prairie Home Companion," and the subject of numerous story collections). In "Boom Town: A Lake Wobegon Novel," the town is now the setting for the funerals of childhood friends.
When Kim Kardashian was envisioning how she would embody this year's Met Gala theme in her wardrobe, she had one question in mind: "What's the most American thing you can think of?" And when she stepped onto the red carpet on Monday night with platinum blonde hair and a dazzling 60-year-old crystal-covered dress, she revealed her answer: Marilyn Monroe.
Bill Murray addressed an incident that led production to be halted on his latest film, calling it a "difference of opinion." Murray did not get into the specifics of what happened, but confirmed that production on "Being Mortal" was paused as a result of a complaint directed at Murray from a woman working on the film.