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By Callum Sutherland, CNN (CNN) — You may have come across it wrapped around rice and fish at a sushi restaurant, but when it comes to choosing what to spread on your toast in the morning, seaweed does not usually spring to mind. Seaweed has long been popular in Asia, which is responsible for 98% of
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — American rapper Doja Cat has landed in hot water with listeners in the Philippines after naming her latest single after a Filipino street food. The rapper said she had named her track “Balut,” released on September 15, after the popular dish of the same name – but her explanation
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The upcoming “Strike Force Three” live show has been canceled because Jimmy Kimmel has Covid, and the show cannot go on. “Well, Las Vegas, I got Covid, and sadly, we need to cancel this weekend’s Strike Force Three show. I could never live with myself if I got my
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Quavo, who lost his nephew and fellow Migos member Takeoff to gun violence last year, is turning his grief into action. The Grammy-nominated rapper and philanthropist joined forces with the Community Justice Action Fund to meet with members of Congress in Washington, DC on Wednesday for a panel
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — During a ceremony and press conference Wednesday in New York, seven drawings by the Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele were returned to the heirs of their former owner, Fritz Grünbaum, whose art collection was stolen by the Nazis during World War II. The early 20th century works were all “voluntarily
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Lana Del Rey has revealed why she spent some time pouring Coca-Cola and coffee at a Waffle House over the summer. Del Rey explained in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that she was simply visiting friends in Florence, Alabama, where she hung out at the same Waffle House
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Being rested has never been more stressful for writer and producer Felicia Pride. Pride, whose work includes credits on shows like “Queen Sugar” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” is one of the roughly 175,000 entertainment professionals across two unions – the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA – who is
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens revealed on Wednesday that he’s relearning how to walk after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks nerve cells. “Last month I woke up one morning and couldn’t walk. My hands, arms and legs were numb and
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Nostalgia only goes so far with “The Super Models,” a four-part Apple TV+ docuseries as glossy as a high-end fashion magazine of yore, and often as slim as one from the Internet age. Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington Burns lead this strut down memory
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Oh to have been a fly on the wall in New York City on Tuesday night. Weeks after Joe Jonas and his wife “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner split, she was photographed stepping out to dinner in the Big Apple with Taylor Swift. You read that right.
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan and Nicole Mowbray, CNN London (CNN) — London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday in the glow of a sweltering UK heatwave, and concluded on Tuesday after biblical showers and thunderstorms. The energy across the style set throughout the five day schedule was equally split, as anticipation for blockbuster shows from Burberry,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Is Taylor Swift more powerful than Google? Her fanbase, known as Swifties, might just be. For those who don’t know (and those who do), Swift is rerecording her old albums with “Taylor’s Version,” along with previously unreleased tracks on each. Swift is famous for her “Easter eggs” and
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Sky-high passenger volumes. A shortage of pilots. Weather delays and cancellations. Sounds like a recipe for disgruntled air travelers. But an “amazing thing” happened at North American airports over the last year, according to a news release from consumer insights and analytics firm J.D. Power: passenger satisfaction improved. That’s
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN London (CNN) — It opened just over a year ago, but a luxurious 24-key Italian property has already been named the best hotel in the world. Passalacqua, which overlooks Lake Como, beat off stiff competition to receive the top spot on the first-ever edition of the World’s 50 Best Hotels list,
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — The life of any burgeoning designer is far from predictable. But in the last two weeks, Dilara Findikoglu has dressed Cardi B for the MTV Video Music Awards, had Olivia Rodrigo wear her clothes in Rolling Stone magazine, been nominated for best emerging talent at the 2023 British
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Traveling through one of the world’s best airports is set to get even smoother next year. Starting in 2024, officials say Singapore’s Changi Airport will introduce automated immigration clearance, which will allow passengers to depart the city-state without passports, using only biometric data. “Singapore will be one of the
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Jens Haaning was supposed to create works of art with the 530,000 Danish krone ($76,000) lent to him by a museum, but instead he took the money and ran in the name of art. Now, after almost two years of litigation, a Copenhagen court ruled on Monday that the
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from embattled actor Danny Masterson, according to public records. Phillips filed a petition for divorce on Monday in Santa Barbara. The pair were married in 2011 and share one daughter together. The filing comes less than two weeks after Masterson was sentenced to
Continue Reading CNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — There are cities, there are capitals and then there is Cairo. Chaotic, enchanting and magnificent, the Egyptian capital is awe inspiring and home to a raw energy that’s all its own. A city of a thousand minarets, it has more history, more myths and more
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Matthew McConaughey is an Oscar-winning actor, author, activist and, at one point, potential gubernatorial candidate in the state of Texas – but his most important job is being a dad. His job as a father is one of his “non-negotiables,” he said on Monday’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast,
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