By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: odd room service requests, the cruise passengers stranded for months at their departure port, plus how a rogue bag of Cheetos caused havoc in a New Mexico cave. Unusual guest requests Far be it from us to say folks are getting a little entitled,
Continue Reading CNN By Kocha Olarn and Chris Lau, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — With her pinkish cheeks and natural charisma, two-month-old pygmy hippo Moo Deng is making millions of fans online and drawing bumper crowds to the Thai zoo where she lives. The pint-sized new arrival at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo, east of the capital Bangkok,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The 76th Emmy Awards, television’s biggest night, will take place Sunday. “The Bear,” the beloved FX series set in a Chicago sandwich shop, scored 23 nominations this year, breaking a comedy record of 22 set by the NBC hit “30 Rock” back in 2009. Among television dramas, “Shōgun”
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Amber Ruffin has some thoughts about those who think that CNN isn’t necessarily the best home for comedy. “I’d say they’re right,” Ruffin told CNN in an interview this week. “But when that comedy is about the news, they’re wrong.” A new CNN game show, “Have I Got
Continue Reading By Kocha Olarn and Chris Lau, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — With her pinkish cheeks and natural charisma, two-month-old pygmy hippo Moo Deng is making millions of fans online and drawing bumper crowds to the Thai zoo where she lives. The pint-sized new arrival at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo, east of the capital Bangkok, has
Continue Reading By Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. Since its founding in the 4th-century CE by some of the earliest Christians to arrive along the Black Sea coast, the shrine has witnessed the evolution of the Roman Empire
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — It’s Emmy time, again. Television’s big night last happened only months ago, due to strike-related delays, but the 76th Emmy Awards will take place Sunday, celebrating series released between June 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024. Ahead of the ceremony – which will be hosted by “Schitt’s Creek” stars
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The weather was about as bad as it gets, in terms of dense fog. The pilots of a FedEx cargo plane couldn’t see the runway or the airfield at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. But they’re trained for such “Category III” approaches — an automated approach when pilots
Continue Reading CNN By Pete Muntean and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The weather was about as bad as it gets, in terms of dense fog. The pilots of a FedEx cargo plane couldn’t see the runway or the airfield at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. But they’re trained for such “Category III” approaches — an automated approach when
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — While it’s been a decade since Jennifer Hudson released an album, she’s always singing. “Everyone is like, ‘Oh it’s been 10 years since you’ve had a album’ and I’m like, I don’t feel that way because I sing in everything that I do,” Hudson told CNN. “You know,
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CNN By Brynn Gingras and Carolyn Sung, CNN (CNN) — Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of driving while impaired in a deal with Suffolk County, New York prosecutors on Friday in connection with an incident from earlier this year. Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace sentenced Timberlake to 25 hours of community
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kate Winslet doesn’t mind being recognized for her work, but she wants it to be realistic. In an interview with Time magazine to promote her new film “Lee,” which is about model turned renowned war photographer Lee Miller, the Oscar-winning actress shared her thoughts about the true meaning
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Years afterward, Iga Olszak often thought about the moment she first spotted Vlad Dimovski, on the sandy shores of Skotina, in Greece. Iga was 16, Vlad was 18. He was laughing with friends. Then pushed his long hair out of his eyes, met Iga’s eye, and smiled. “I remember
Continue Reading By Brynn Gingras and Carolyn Sung, CNN (CNN) — Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of driving while impaired in a deal with Suffolk County, New York prosecutors on Friday in connection with an incident from earlier this year. Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace sentenced Timberlake to 25 hours of community service
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — While filming a scene for the 2004 slapstick comedy “White Chicks,” Terry Crews sat in a parked convertible and jubilantly sang along to famed pop-song-of-the-aughts “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton. Smiling ear-to-ear, Crews animatedly belted out the lyrics in a now-classic scene that highlighted his knack for physical
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Actor Chad McQueen, son of Hollywood legend Steve McQueen, has died at age 63. McQueen got his big break in 1984 when he was cast in the hit movie “The Karate Kid,” in which he played Dutch, an adversary of Ralph Macchio’s lead character. McQueen’s attorney, Arthur H. Barens,
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Many New Yorkers will gladly tell anyone who’ll listen – and even those who won’t – about how they have the best pizza. And now they’ve got some mouth-watering new back-up for their long-standing culinary claims. This week, the Italy-based 50 Top Pizza Awards came out with its 2024
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are probing a near-collision between two planes on an airport runway in Nashville Thursday morning — the latest close call involving commercial flights. The crew of Alaska Airlines flight 369 “discontinued their takeoff” at Nashville International Airport around 9:15 a.m. CT when Southwest Airlines
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — A problematic airline passenger has been hit with an unusual form of punishment – he has to pay back the airline for the cost of fuel. According to the Australian Federal Police, a then-32-year-old man from Western Australia was disruptive on a flight headed from Perth to Sydney. As
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Janet Jackson is sharing a story that proves her infamous Super Bowl halftime show moment with Justin Timberlake wasn’t her only “wardrobe malfunction.” The legendary singer and actress served up the royally delicious tea in a video with British Vogue for their “Life in Looks” franchise posted Thursday,
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