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Italian coffee shop fined $1,050 for failing to display price of espresso
By Hada Messia and Lianne Kolirin, CNN An Italian coffee shop owner is in hot water after being fined 1,000 euros ($1,050) for failing to display the cost of a 2 euro ($2.12) espresso. The owner of the Ditta Artigianale cafe in Florence has been punished by police after a customer reported him at the
Continue Reading Marnie Schulenburg, ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘One Life to Live’ actress, dead at 37
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Marnie Schulenburg, a soap opera actress who documented her journey from becoming a new mother to a cancer patient, has died after battling stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, according to her representative. She was 37. Schulenburg, who played Alison Stewart on “As the World Turns” and Jo Sullivan on the
Continue Reading The celebrity love affair with NFTs may be just beginning — even amid flops and doubts
By AJ Willingham, CNN It seems that every few days, a new star announces their foray into the world of non-fungible tokens, cryptocurrency or some other inscrutable corner of the metaverse — the general term for a nascent virtual space where people can play, meet, and of course, buy things. This has been a habit
Continue Reading ‘The Judds: The Final Tour’ will become a star-studded tribute to Naomi Judd
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Wynonna Judd has decided to turn what would have been her and her mother’s final tour into a tribute to her. Naomi Judd died by suicide in April at the age of 76. Her daughter shared at a public memorial for her last week that she planned to continue on
Continue Reading Penn Badgley and Leighton Meester of ‘Gossip Girl’ reunite
By Lisa Respers France, CNN They didn’t exactly get the band back together again, but at least we got to see Penn Badgley and Leighton Meester in a photo. Badgley shared a pic on his verified Instagram of him and his “Gossip Girl” costar. “Best pic we took (No lie),” he captioned a photo of
Continue Reading ‘The Kardashians’ shows how Kim Kardashian helped save Julius Jones from death row. But there’s more to the story
By Marianne Garvey One of the first times Antoinette Jones, the sister of former death row inmate Julius Jones, who was granted clemency last year mere hours before he was scheduled to be executed for a 1999 murder he says he did not commit, met Kim Kardashian she was struck. Not just by Kardashian’s superstar
Continue Reading ‘Angelyne’ dresses up Emmy Rossum in a two-dimensional look at the ‘billboard queen’
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Angelyne” approximates its subject in the wrong ways: It’s big, attention-getting and has all the depth of a billboard. Emmy Rossum stars and produced this limited series, which doesn’t profess to be truth but rather a facsimile of it. In a year that’s already given the world the superior “Pam
Continue Reading Carmen Electra joins OnlyFans to take control of her image
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Carmen Electra has entered the world of OnlyFans. The former “Baywatch” star told People it was a “no brainer” for her to join the subscription service that’s known for its adult content. “I, for once, have this opportunity to be my own boss and have my own creative vision to
Continue Reading The restaurant where real Italian mothers rule the kitchen
Jacopo Prisco, CNN Like many Italians living abroad, Peppe Corsaro missed his mother’s cooking. Born in Sicily, he moved to London when he was 16, and soon started yearning for his home flavors and traditions — especially the bustling Sunday lunch, when mothers and grandmothers cooked timeless favorites for an open-air, marathon feast that could
Continue Reading Adriana Lima shows off baby bump on Cannes red carpet
Leah Dolan, CNN At the Cannes film festival premiere of Joseph Kosinski’s “Top Gun: Maverick” on Wednesday, former Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima became the latest celebrity to turn maternity fashion on its head. Dressed in a custom-made Balmain gown and without a jewel in sight, Lima’s primary red carpet accessory was her pregnant belly.
Continue Reading Camille Vasquez takes center stage in Depp/Heard trial
CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN The spotlight in a Virginia courtroom has turned to attorney Camille Vasquez this week. Vasquez serves as one of Johnny Depp’s attorneys in his defamation fight with ex-wife Amber Heard over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post. In the piece, Heard described herself as a “public
Continue Reading The restaurant where real Italian mothers rule the kitchen
CNN Jacopo Prisco, CNN Like many Italians living abroad, Peppe Corsaro missed his mother’s cooking. Born in Sicily, he moved to London when he was 16, and soon started yearning for his home flavors and traditions — especially the bustling Sunday lunch, when mothers and grandmothers cooked timeless favorites for an open-air, marathon feast that
Continue Reading Harry Styles thanks fans for reuniting him with lost ring
By Sara Smart, CNN Plenty of Harry Styles fans wish they could put a ring on his finger and some got their wish, sort of. Styles on Wednesday thanked fans for reuniting him with a beloved accessory that went missing during his second weekend of headlining Coachella last month. Styles lost his Gucci ring, valued
Continue Reading Amber Heard’s sister testifies she saw Johnny Depp abuse her sister
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Amber Heard’s sister testified on Wednesday that she witnessed actor Johnny Depp grab Heard by the hair and hit her in the face repeatedly when they were married. Whitney Heard Henriquez, Heard’s younger sister, testified in court Wednesday as part the ongoing defamation case between Heard and ex-husband Depp. Henriquez said
Continue Reading Taylor Swift tells grads to embrace cringe in NYU commencement speech
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Taylor Swift famously sang about “feeling 22.” A decade later, she’s celebrating it — the class of ’22, that is. The prolific pop singer received an honorary doctorate of fine arts on Wednesday from New York University, and also delivered this year’s commencement speech at Yankee Stadium. “I’m 90% sure the
Continue Reading Taylor Swift tells grads to embrace cringe in NYU commencement speech
CNN By Leah Asmelash, CNN Taylor Swift famously sang about “feeling 22.” A decade later, she’s celebrating it — the class of ’22, that is. The prolific pop singer received an honorary doctorate of fine arts on Wednesday from New York University, and also delivered this year’s commencement speech at Yankee Stadium. “I’m 90% sure
Continue Reading Rare 18th-century Chinese vase kept in kitchen sells for $1.8 million at auction
Sana Noor Haq, CNN A rare Chinese vase dating from the 18th century has sold for nearly £1.5 million ($1.8 million) at auction. The gilded blue artifact was initially valued at £150,000 ($186,000), according to Dreweatts, the English auction house that handled the sale. The seller inherited the vase from his father, a surgeon, who
Continue Reading Britain’s Royal Mint releases rainbow-colored coin to mark 50 years of Pride UK
Lianne Kolirin, CNN Britain’s Royal Mint has issued a commemorative 50 pence coin to mark the 50th anniversary of Pride UK. The coin, which will not enter circulation, was designed by London artist, writer and LGBTQ+ activist Dominique Holmes. This is the first time Britain’s LGBTQ+ community has been celebrated on official UK coinage and
Continue Reading The Ringling Bros. circus is returning next year — without elephants
By Scottie Andrew, CNN If you’ve missed gawking at human cannonballs and unicycling clowns under a figurative big top while the smell of popcorn wafts through the air, you’re in luck: The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus is being revived less than a decade after it shuttered. The iconic traveling circus, which in
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