Skip to Content
By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Business, leisure… or on a quest to find your lost luggage? With summer travel chaos at its height, few people would actively choose to take a flight that wasn’t for work or vacation. But on the busy Fourth of July holiday weekend, Brett Bunce made a flying visit from
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — If you’re in desperate need of some R&R, then Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis might just have the answer. The celebrity couple are listing their Santa Barbara County beach house with its views of the ocean and the Santa Ynez mountains on Airbnb for one night only, offering up
Continue Reading By Amaya McDonald, CNN (CNN) — Throughout the 20th century, fashion influenced — and was influenced by — the culture and social movements of its time, across global and hyperlocal spaces. Today, for instance, we still associate flapper dresses with the Prohibition era, for example, or Kangol hats with the birth of hip-hop. Fashion has
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Oman has unveiled ambitious plans for a new 100,000-person “smart” city outside its capital, Muscat. Set across 14.8 square kilometers (5.7 square miles), Sultan Haitham City will be roughly equivalent in size to Beverly Hills — but with almost three times as many residents. The plan, which was shared
Continue Reading By Sarah Dean and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Veteran British broadcaster Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88, his former employer the BBC reported Thursday, citing a statement from his family. “After a brief illness Sir Michael Parkinson passed away peacefully at home last night in the company of his family,” the
Continue Reading By Barry Neild, CNN (CNN) — Rail journeys across the Swiss Alps will take longer for the next few months after a major derailment has left the record-breaking 35-mile (57-kilometer) Gotthard Base Tunnel partially out of action. The world’s longest tunnel was closed last week when a freight train jumped the tracks, derailing 16 carriages
Continue Reading By Miquel Ros, CNN (CNN) — Driving through the tiny village of Nahwa in the United Arab Emirate of Sharjah, you’d be hard-pressed to notice anything unusual. The local architecture and landscape looks pretty similar to that found all over the Hajar mountains, a rocky ridge that runs all along the eastern seaboard of the
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — A group of investors is suing Sotheby’s Holdings Inc. and others over a 2021 auction and promotion of Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens (NFTs) following a collapse in prices for the celebrity-endorsed collectibles. The four named plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit allege that the auction house “misleadingly
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Bruce Springsteen is taking some time to rest and putting off two concert dates. A message posted to the musician’s social media on Wednesday states he had “taken ill.” The message continued to say that the Boss’ concerts with The E Street Band at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — An employee at the British Museum has been dismissed — and the Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation — after a number of items from the museum’s collection were found to be “missing, stolen or damaged,” the museum said in a statement Wednesday. “The British Museum has launched an
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — The children of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein are defending the actor Bradley Cooper’s portrayal of their late father in an upcoming film. After the first trailer for “Maestro” released this week, some critics on social media raised concerns the makeup worn by Cooper to portray Bernstein in the
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Independent testing on the weapon used in the fatal 2021 shooting on the set of the film “Rust” shows the trigger had to be pulled, the gun fired normally and it did not malfunction, according to a report filed in court, raising the possibility charges could be refiled against
Continue Reading By Caolán Magee and Hannah Holland, CNN (CNN) — A video of a tourist climbing into Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain to fill her water bottle has circulated online. The footage, filmed last month, shows the woman walking over a row of rocks to reach the center of the 18th-century landmark as onlookers watch in horror.
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Depp v. Heard” wants to have it both ways, to appear as if it’s saying something profound about the circus-like 2022 trial while adding another leering ring to it via a three-part docuseries. Emphasizing the social-media frenzy that surrounded the case, alas, proves more irritating than illuminating, with
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Keke Palmer is having fun as a fan of Usher. Weeks after grooving with the R&B singer at one of his Las Vegas residency shows, Palmer is starring in a video for the his new single, “Boyfriend.” “Somebody said that your boyfriend’s looking for me,” Usher sings in a
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Richie performed on Monday after he had to cancel a concert at the last-minute over the weekend. The singer was forced to postpone a scheduled New York City concert with Earth, Wind, & Fire at Madison Square Garden on Saturday an hour after the show was supposed to
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Killers apologized on Tuesday after inviting a Russian drummer on stage during a concert in Shekvetili, Georgia, and telling the booing crowd that he was their “brother.” Videos posted on social media showed the crowd booing and gesturing with their thumbs down while The Killers’ frontman and singer
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She flew into Costa Rica with her partner and baby for an extended break in February 2020. But after getting stuck in the coastal town of Nosara during the Covid-19 pandemic, Stefanie Tannenbaum, from the US, felt so at home that she decided to stay for good. Now, nearly
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Angus Watson and Elizabeth Yee, CNN (CNN) — Four Australian surfers who were saved after 38 hours at sea have spoken publicly for the first time after their miraculous rescue, thanking those involved in the operation, as the search continues for one more person still missing. Australians Steph Weisse, Will Teagle, Jordan
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — India’s largest airline has just revealed a whole new look. The colorful new livery design and logo are both part of a major Air India overhaul. The airline, which was purchased by Tata Group last year, aims to become an international aviation player on par with Etihad, Emirates, Singapore
Continue Reading