By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Usher and his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Goicoechea are married. The two tied the knot in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, after Usher performed at the Super Bowl, according to a certificate of marriage obtained by CNN. “We can confirm that Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea took the next step in
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By Catherine E. Shoichet (CNN) — Esther Howland isn’t a household name for most Americans. But those who’ve studied the history behind the intricate, hand-crafted cards she started making some 175 years ago argue that she should be. “She was the Martha Stewart of her day. She would have killed it on Etsy,” says Vanessa
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Season 22 of “American Idol” will be the last for Katy Perry. Perry appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday to reveal the news. “This fall, this September, I’m going to be doing this huge music festival in Brazil called Rock in Rio. It’s really exciting. It’s a big
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — From steam-powered ships, to mega-liners, the cruise industry has been through quite a transformation over the years. And the market has skyrocketed. Back in 1970, an estimated 500,000 people went on a cruise holiday. That figure had jumped to five million by 1997. So what brought about this sudden
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CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Sony’s stewardship of Spider-Man has produced underwhelming spinoffs from that universe, from “Venom” (not good, but successful) to “Morbius” (not good, and RIP). In terms of stand-alone appeal, though, “Madame Web” likely represents the weakest of those concepts, yielding a movie that screams “streaming series,” and even
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Sony’s stewardship of Spider-Man has produced underwhelming spinoffs from that universe, from “Venom” (not good, but successful) to “Morbius” (not good, and RIP). In terms of stand-alone appeal, though, “Madame Web” likely represents the weakest of those concepts, yielding a movie that screams “streaming series,” and even that
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Football season may be officially over, but Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s good times continue. Thanks to social media, we were able to share in the fun after Kelce’s team the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on Sunday. Swift treated her
Continue Reading By Maya Szaniecki, CNN Paris (CNN) — On a gray winter afternoon, a red carpet is rolled out along the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, a bridge over the River Seine in central Paris. Petals are strewn across it and a glowing sign above reads: “Will you marry me?” The rain doesn’t dampen the spirits of one
Continue Reading By James Imam, CNN (CNN) — Italy has donated a reconstructed Assyrian statue to Iraq in a gesture former culture minister Francesco Rutelli described as a “miracle” of Italian cultural diplomacy. Constructed in the ninth century BC, the 5-meter-tall (16-foot) “Bull of Nimrud” was destroyed by ISIS fighters in 2015, before Italian artisans made a copy
Continue Reading By Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — Countless creative ideas have been born in the kitchen of Charleston House, the bohemian modernist farmhouse inhabited from 1916 by painters Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell in a rural part of southern England. While the times of Grant and Bell — and the accompanying bohemian “Bloomsbury group” of writers
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — New York Fashion Week is back, with celebrities seen sitting front row at shows across Manhattan and Brooklyn and arriving at private parties for luxury houses including Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. Uma Thurman popped up at Tory Burch, Matt Damon at Naeem Khan, Queen Latifah at Thom Browne
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CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Just a day after Patrick Mahomes lifted the Vince Lombardi Trophy aloft for the second time in as many years, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback already had his eyes set on more success. Having now won three Super Bowls in five years, Mahomes is looking to make history
Continue Reading By Rebecca Cairns, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Thick roots tumble across a dilapidated house, the snake-like trunks of a banyan tree framing where the front door once stood. Its walls have been hollowed by decades of typhoons, monsoons and summer humidity, now little more than loose, moss-covered stones and mortar dust. Vines tease through
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Of course Dolly Parton doesn’t hold a grudge. The legendary singer is speaking out after a recent drunken performance by Elle King at The Grand Ole Opry that was meant to honor Parton. King told the crowd she was “hammered” and forgot the lyrics to Parton’s “Marry Me” during
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are already at the helm of a very famous family, but there’s a new star in the Hawn-Russell household: Their dog Roy. Roy Hawn Russell is the buzziest nepo-dog on the block who, according to his owners Hawn and Russell, starred in an ad
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Marlee Matlin is frustrated with CBS for not televising more of the American Sign Language interpreters during Sunday’s pre-game Super Bowl performances. The Oscar-winning actress took to X to write, “I am absolutely SHOCKED at CBS for introducing the deaf performers at today’s Super Bowl and then not showing
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — He may only have his hind legs, but Mr. Bean was quite the competitor during Sunday’s “Puppy Bowl.” This year was the 20th anniversary of the Animal Planet special, which aims to shed a light on pet adoption. Pups play in a scaled-down football stadium and field in
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo and Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — In 1990, photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe led to obscenity charges for a Cincinnati museum. His depictions of men in laced-up leather, collars and belted jockstraps caused a national firestorm by daring to show the bare eroticism of queer men against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis.
Continue Reading By Amy Pritchett (CNN) — After hours of routine operations, an air traffic controller gets a radio call from a small aircraft whose cockpit indicators can’t confirm that the plane’s landing gear is extended for landing. The controller arranges for the pilot to fly low by the tower so the controller can visually check the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Just like haters gonna hate, Swifties are gonna swoon over Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s winning romance. The Kansas City Chiefs football player gave supporters of the couple plenty to warm their hearts after his team won a hard-fought Super Bowl game on Sunday night. Cameras captured Swift
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