Entertainment

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN (CNN) — What is New York style? For actor and native New Yorker Teyana Taylor it doesn’t stem from any specific piece of clothing or brand. Instead, it’s an almost impossible-to-define emanation that translates through a look. It’s about one’s energy, more so than the outfit. New Yorkers “have an aura

By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — When scoping out a travel itinerary, it all comes down to what a city offers. Some visitors designate an entire day to exploring a historical site or hiking up a mountain to a stunning overlook. But others have their eyes set on one thing: menus. Exploring a city through

By Pau Mosquera, CNN; Photographs by Maria Contreras Coll for CNN Barcelona, Spain (CNN) — It’s inevitable — everyone looks up. When visitors arrive at Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, their eyes instinctively follow the surreal twisting lines of the basilica’s sculptural towers until they reach the tip of each spire. Their gazes now extend higher than

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — It’s the kind of celebrity snap you might scroll past on your phone several times a day – a soccer star and his pop singer girlfriend hand-in-hand on an evening out. There’s a sense of summer ease; both are tanned, dressed in casual black tops and trousers, sandals on.

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our round-up of travel stories this week: a miraculous story of survival high on Everest, how to not be a cliché in Paris, plus the people who decide when and where your next flight will be going. Airline service Every time you board a flight, the plane you

By Mustafa Qadri, CNN (CNN) — Barcelona’s Sagrada Família is nearing completion after 144 years. Now, Lego is inviting fans to recreate the iconic church brick by brick — albeit on a much smaller scale. Adding to its collection of miniature landmarks around the world — from New York City’s skyline and landmarks to the

Video by Leroy Ah-Ben and Edward Scott-Clarke, text by Avni Trivedi (CNN) — In the internet’s latest viral moment, an Istanbul street food vendor is pulling crowds from across the world, just to snap a selfie with him. Alper Temel, a chestnut and corn seller, has been working at his family’s street food stall in

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A Sherpa climbing guide who was believed to have died high on Mount Everest was found crawling back to Base Camp after spending almost a week on the mountain with no food or bottled oxygen. For six days, there had been no radio contact or sign of Hillary Dawa

By Mustafa Qadri, Elina Baudier Kim and Ivana Kottasová (CNN) — French-Iranian artist and activist Marjane Satrapi, whose graphic novel “Persepolis” brought home the struggle of the Iranian people to millions around the world, has died. She was 56. A statement from the Élysée Palace announcing her death Thursday lauded Satrapi’s work, saying her work

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Chicago (CNN) — At the top of the Obama Presidential Center, in its sunlit Sky Room is where you’re meant to take it all in. The panoramic views are impressive: Surrounding the campus is Chicago’s South and West Sides, as well as the ultramarine of Lake Michigan. But, more than that,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An art museum in France has filed a legal complaint after a banana that makes up part of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s controversial artwork “Comedian” was stolen. The theft was reported by a security guard at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in the city of Metz, eastern France, on Saturday, according

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — The world’s most famous blonde bombshell, perched on playground equipment, absorbed in a book. The studio make-up and lighting is gone; as are her shoes. It’s 1955 and a summery glow radiates from her exposed limbs. The photo is playful — she wears a multi-colored romper in a children’s

By Wayne Chang, CNN Keelung, Taiwan (CNN) — You can now fall asleep on a ferry in Taiwan and wake up in Japan. On the surface, the Yaima Maru offers a perfect slow-travel escape — a passenger ferry equipped with saunas, karaoke rooms and a top-deck cafe. Launched in Taiwan last month to the sound