Entertainment

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — London’s famed Oxford Street could finally be pedestrianized, according to new plans announced by city mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday, following years of debate about how to revitalize the area. The mayor’s office said that the plans include “turning the road into a traffic-free pedestrianised avenue, creating a beautiful

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Just over 35 years after the release of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice,” Michael Keaton and his unforgettable striped suit has risen again, along with original castmates Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and newcomer Jenna Ortega. So influential were the outfits worn in the 1988 movie, imitations of Aggie Guerard Rodgers’ designs

By Emili Vesilind, CNN (CNN) — Radiant diamonds, sapphires, and rubies have been among the most coveted gemstones on the planet for nearly a century. But long before their reign, a far less dazzling gem captured the hearts of jewelry lovers — and now it’s making a comeback. Jet, a flat-black, opaque gemstone derived from

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Thimpu, Bhutan (CNN) — There’s a Buddha in the cockpit. The orange-robed icon looks on as the pilot speedily executes a dramatic last-minute turn to land the A319 on the slender runway. A dozen passengers, some of whom have spent the last few minutes white-knuckling the seat armrests, break out into

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — “Reservation Dogs” star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai made a powerful statement on the red carpet at Sunday’s Emmy Awards ceremony, pairing a black tuxedo with what looked like a bloody red handprint smeared across his mouth. The 22-year-old Canadian, who is of Oji-Cree First Nations descent, was the first Indigenous North

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — FX’s hugely popular “Shōgun” dominated the Emmys on Sunday night, winning 18 of its 25 nominations and becoming the first non-English TV show to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. And on the red carpet outside LA’s Peacock Theater, the show’s cast and crew (and their significant

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — It’s time to hang a lantern, share a mooncake and peel a pomelo – Mid-Autumn Festival is here. Falling on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, it’s celebrated primarily in East and Southeast Asia and is a time for families to gather to sample autumn

Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Menswear is often an afterthought in Hollywood awards’ best-dressed lists. But on an Emmys red carpet heavy with demure, sophisticated gowns, it was the male attendees who shone at LA’s Peacock Theater on Sunday in a range of bold, adventurous and considered outfits. This isn’t to say that classic looks

By Oscar Holland, CNN; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — Red carpet season is underway, and some of the biggest names in television descended on LA’s Peacock Theater for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday. Returning to its normal September slot (after the actors’ and writers’ strikes pushed last year’s ceremony to mid-January),

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Once a favored holiday destination for Queen Victoria, and reputedly described in one of the greatest works of Italian literature, the Villa Palmieri is steeped in history and could now be yours – if you have more than €50 million ($55 million) lying around. Situated in the hills on

By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A California man is facing federal charges after he allegedly tried to choke a flight attendant and “said he was going to kill everybody” while on board a Frontier Airlines flight to San Francisco that had to be diverted on Monday, authorities said. Charles Angel Salva, a 30-year-old from

By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — The annual rituals of autumn – shoulder season vacations, weekend football games, the unpacking of sweaters, the pumpkin spice tsunami – are upon us. And then there’s perhaps the best of them all: the scenic fall drive. Timing is everything when setting up the perfect fall drive. If you