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By Stephanie Elam, CNN After one of the wettest winters on record, California hillsides are exploding with color. Swaths of yellow and streaks of orange, blue and purple paint the landscape this month as the state enjoys its extraordinary flurry of flowers. It’s the superbloom. Springtime road trips on California’s highways bring plenty of “oohs”
Continue Reading Elinda Labropoulou, CNN Perched on a hill facing the crystal-clear sea waters of Greece’s Saronic Gulf, ancient Eleusis stood in full splendor over 3,000 years ago, attracting the powerful, the famous and the curious. One of the most sacred cities of its time, its gleaming marble temples promised an entry point to the underworld and
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Woody Harrelson has confirmed Matthew McConaughey’s claim that they might be brothers, saying “there is some veracity to that thought,” during an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” “We want to go and (do a DNA) test, but for him, it’s a much more big deal,” Harrelson said. “I
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, Andy Rose, Taylor Romine and Dan Heching, CNN An attorney for actor Jonathan Majors on Wednesday denied a new report of allegations of abuse by the Marvel star. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Variety reported Wednesday that additional alleged abuse victims came forward and are cooperating with the Manhattan district attorney’s
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN Thursday’s hybrid solar eclipse will last for 62 seconds. But for a small town in rural northwest Australia, the effects could linger on for a lifetime. That’s the hope for Exmouth and the surrounding Ningaloo Coast in Western Australia, which are hoping that April 20th’s once-in-a-decade natural phenomenon could kick off
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Frank Ocean “will not be performing” at the Coachella music festival’s second weekend, a representative for the singer shared with CNN via a statement on Wednesday. “On doctor’s advice, Frank Ocean is not able to perform weekend 2 due to two fractures and a sprain in his left leg,” the statement
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The “Twilight” saga really will live on in eternity. A television series based on the fantasy romance novels by Stephenie Meyer is in early development at Lionsgate TV, a source with knowledge told CNN. The source also said that Meyer is expected to be involved in the series. A Lionsgate spokesperson
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN Sydney Sweeney is taking on the timely role of imprisoned informant Reality Winner in a new film from Max. The teaser for “Reality,” released on Wednesday, promises an eye-opening look into the ordeal of Winner, the US Air Force veteran who was sentenced to prison for more than five years in
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN As viewers continue to mourn the loss of Jennifer Coolidge’s iconic “White Lotus” character Tanya McQuoid following the insane events of the second season’s 2022 finale, a pivotal person from Tanya’s past is set to appear in the Mike White-created show’s upcoming third installment. Natasha Rothwell, who played spa manager Belinda
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN With all the rancor in the air these days, “settling disputes in a gentlemanly manner” sounds like a perfectly wonderful idea, does it not? That is unless you’re planning on employing a shillelagh — a wooden Irish walking stick that can double as a handy club or cudgel — inside the
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The Foo Fighters are learning to fly without their drummer Taylor Hawkins. A little over a year after Hawkins’ death in Colombia while on tour with the band, the Foo Fighters announced on Wednesday that they will release a new album titled “But Here We Are” this summer. Their first single,
Continue Reading Hafsa Khalil, CNN If you’ve ever wanted an extravagant pad with an Upper East Side zip code in which to ponder your feuding family’s business empire, then Kendall Roy‘s triplex apartment could be the place for you. You’ll just need a Roy-sized bank balance to buy it. The penthouse at 180 East 88th Street, which
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN To borrow a line from another Disney+ series, it’s been the Empire all along. After a somewhat disjointed third season, “The Mandalorian” took a big step toward crystallizing its next phase in the last two episodes, which officially brought back the villainous Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) and made clear that
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Turns out even good-looking, famous guys who play superheroes can get ghosted. Chris Evans, named People magazine’s 2022 Sexiest Man Alive and star of the new movie “Ghosted,” said that just like many of us, he has been humbled by a romantic interest who stopped communicating with him. In other words,
Continue Reading Essay by Nichole Perkins, CNN Do you ever look back on your life and realize a series of small moments have led to where you are? That’s how I feel when I think about seeing Prince performing “I Wanna Be Your Lover” on my family’s television during the summer I turned 6 years old in
Continue Reading Hafsa Khalil, CNN A “beautiful and symbolic” silver cross containing a piece of the so-called True Cross will lead King Charles III’s coronation procession in London next month. The religious relic, believed by some to be a fragment of the cross on which Christ was crucified, was given to the King by Pope Francis to
Continue Reading Joe Yogerst, CNN Although hundreds of theme parks are active around the globe, hundreds more have been relegated to the scrapheap of amusement history. They were abandoned by owners and operators for a variety of reasons — falling attendance, natural disasters, financial difficulties or merely because they were no longer relevant to modern parkgoers. But
Continue Reading Amarachi Orie, CNN Bottles of beer brewed 86 years ago for the coronation of Edward VIII, but which were left unopened upon the event’s cancellation, will go on sale next month. Edward VIII ascended to the British throne in January 1936 following the death of his father, George V. But he abdicated in December of
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Some two decades ago, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery acquired a 19th-century album featuring 2,000 paper portrait silhouettes, including those of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, made by the traveling artist William Bache decades before the advent of photography. But until recently, the gallery knew precious few details about the majority of
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Megan Thee Stallion is moving forward. The “Savage” rapper, whose legal name is Megan Pete, published an essay on Tuesday for Elle Magazine in which she detailed her healing journey after she was shot in the feet by rapper Tory Lanez in July of 2020. “As I reflect on the past
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