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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Halle Bailey is certainly the it-girl (or, mermaid, as it were) of the moment, but it wasn’t without a serious amount of effort on her part to get there. The singer and actor, who can currently be seen as Ariel in the live-action “The Little Mermaid,” shared some eye-opening
Continue Reading CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Halle Bailey is certainly the it-girl (or, mermaid, as it were) of the moment, but it wasn’t without a serious amount of effort on her part to get there. The singer and actor, who can currently be seen as Ariel in the live-action “The Little Mermaid,” shared some
Continue Reading By Marianna Cerini, CNN Venice, Italy (CNN) — Until recently, the Venice Architecture Biennale — arguably the world’s largest architecture exhibition — has drawn crowds for its (mainly Western) star appeal. Big, established names from the realms of design and architecture have often been the main talking points, alongside pavilions that, for the most part,
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Actor Paddy Considine found inspiration for the role of King Viserys in “House of the Dragon” close to home. The HBO drama’s first season explored in-fighting within the Targaryen dynasty. Viserys chooses his daughter over his brother as his heir to the Iron Throne and more betrayals unfold throughout
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Arnold Schwarzenegger has a lot of love for Bruce Willis. Schwarzenegger recently talked to CinemaBlend about his friend and fellow action star. The former governor of California was asked about Willis having to retire due to his health. “I think that he’s fantastic,” Schwarzenegger said of Willis. “He
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lisa Rinna says she had some divine intervention when it came to leaving the cast of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” In an interview with The Evening Standard, Rinna said it was clear to her that it was time for her to exit the popular Bravo reality franchise.
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — More travelers passed through airports this Memorial Day weekend than in the same holiday period before the pandemic, according to Transportation Security Administration figures shared with CNN. The figures TSA shared total 12.4 million people screened since Thursday. The busiest day was Friday when the agency screened
Continue Reading CNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — A mysterious patch of fluorescent green water that appeared in Venice’s famed Grand Canal Sunday was caused by a chemical commonly used in underwater construction to help identify leaks, environmental authorities say. The chemical – fluorescein – is non-toxic. It remains unclear how the
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — A mysterious patch of fluorescent green water that appeared in Venice’s famed Grand Canal Sunday was caused by a chemical commonly used in underwater construction to help identify leaks, environmental authorities say. The chemical – fluorescein – is non-toxic. It remains unclear how the substance
Continue Reading CNN, WCIV By David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Cruise ship Carnival Sunshine was rocked by a storm over the weekend, frightening passengers and delaying the ship’s return to port in Charleston, South Carolina, and the departure of its next voyage. First-time cruise passenger William B. Blackburn was on deck 6 of Carnival Sunshine during rough
Continue Reading WCIV, DANIEL TAYLOR, TWITTER, @CREWCENTER:, CNN By David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Cruise ship Carnival Sunshine was rocked by a storm over the weekend, frightening passengers and delaying the ship’s return to port in Charleston, South Carolina, and the departure of its next voyage. First-time cruise passenger William B. Blackburn was on deck 6 of
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus Remove your shoes. Take your keys out of your pocket. Step on the scale? That’s right: New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority is asking that its national airline weigh passengers departing on international flights from Auckland International Airport through July 2, 2023. The program, which Air New Zealand calls a passenger weight survey,
Continue Reading by Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Officials in New Jersey are banning the possession of alcohol on a popular beach and boardwalk after city commissioners unanimously passed the “stricter” ordinance. Introduced during a Board of Commissioners meeting in Wildwood in early May, the new ordinance “not only prohibits the drinking and/or open display of alcohol,
Continue Reading Reuters A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei and it has people queuing up—both for pictures and for a bite from this bowl of noodles. Since the The Ramen Boy launched the limited-edition noodle bowl on May 22, declaring in a social media post that it had “finally got
Continue Reading Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Snook has bid farewell to “Succession,” but she’s celebrating a new chapter in her life. Snook and her husband, Dave Lawson, appear to have welcomed their first child. The actress shared a photo on Instagram on Monday showing “Succession” on a television screen, with a newborn’s head resting on
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Cruise ship Carnival Sunshine was rocked by a storm over the weekend, frightening passengers and delaying the ship’s return to port in Charleston, South Carolina, and the departure of its next voyage. First-time cruise passenger William B. Blackburn was on deck 6 of Carnival Sunshine during rough weather that
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — A filmed version of the 2019 play, “Reality’s” stage origins are clearly evident, in an extremely spare and lean movie that serves as a decidedly unglamorous showcase for Sydney Sweeney, already an HBO all-star between “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus.” With dialogue culled directly from Reality Winner’s FBI
Continue Reading CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The Roy children took a pleasant swim together in the “Succession” finale, which turned out to be a perfect prelude to the show’s parting demonstration of the perils of swimming with sharks, and the fact their imperious father left shoes, ultimately, that they couldn’t fill. In the
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — New York City’s world-famous skyline has dazzled viewers for around a century now. But for four days a year, the sun aligns perfectly through spaces between buildings to cast an amazing beam of light at sunset that reminds people of England’s ancient Stonehenge. This very modern version, dubbed “Manhattanhenge,”
Continue Reading Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a banner year for nudity around the globe. Berlin recently announced that women can now go topless at the German capital’s public swimming pools while Nantucket Island went topless last December after locals voted in favor of “gender equality on beaches.” After a multi-year Covid hiatus, the Free
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