By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars. Video posted on X shows the individual climbing onto the altar, which is used for major liturgical celebrations presided over
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel news roundup this week: the rise in solo dining, where to save money at US ski resorts, plus the Californian hot-air balloon company offering a rather cheeky package. Your love keeps lifting me higher Is it getting hot in here, or is a gas-burner propelling a
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (CNN) — Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies – often as Allen’s best friend – has died. He was 85. Roberts’ death was announced to The New York Times by his daughter, Nicole Burley,
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — After some stops and starts, award season is again underway with the 2025 Critics Choice Awards. The ceremony, which was twice delayed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, took place Friday evening in Santa Monica, with comedian Chelsea Handler serving as host. The awards honored the best in film
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — Postponed twice due to the wildfires that devastated LA last month, the Critics Choice Awards finally got underway in LA on Friday evening. Held at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar, just a few miles from the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood, this year’s ceremony occupied an
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kendrick Lamar and Timothée Chalamet are not like us, but they do have some things in common with each other. The pair linked up for a conversation shared on social media by the NFL. Lamar and Chalamet are seen in a black-and-white video, taking a ride together and
Continue Reading CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Hours after Hamas launched its attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, Debra Messing, the actress and activist, spoke out on social media against the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. “An unprovoked massacre,” Messing wrote. “This is not a two sided conflict. This is a coordinated
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Hours after Hamas launched its attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, Debra Messing, the actress and activist, spoke out on social media against the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. “An unprovoked massacre,” Messing wrote. “This is not a two sided conflict. This is a coordinated terrorist
Continue Reading By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Dubai is famous for its attention-grabbing architecture, whether it’s the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, or the actual “World” — an archipelago of 300 man-made islands in the shape of, as its name suggests, the world. And now, a new project by Therme Group, a global developer of
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Believe it or not, Antonio Banderas finds shooting commercials harder than filming movies. “I’ve done a lot of commercials in my life, it’s a little bit more difficult to do a commercial than to do a movie because you are attached to a product, which is actually a
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin and Sérène Nourrisson, CNN (CNN) — A man in France has been fined $200 for using the speakerphone on his cell while in a train station. The man, who has only been identified as “David,” told an interviewer from CNN affiliate BFMTV that the incident occurred while he was waiting for a
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Dearly beloved, an eagerly-anticipated documentary about Prince has been canceled. Netflix, which had planned to stream the Ezra Edelman directed project, released a statement Thursday, along with the estate for the late singer, that the project would not be moving forward. “The Prince Estate and Netflix have come
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The seismic activity rattling Santorini and other Greek islands is not over and the biggest quake yet could be still to come, a seismologist has warned. Rémy Bossu, Secretary-General of the European-Mediterranean Siesmological Centre, said “days, or perhaps, weeks” would be needed to evaluate the unusual tremors but said
Continue Reading By Agostino Petroni, CNN (CNN) — The Italian island of Sardinia sits in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, gazing at Italy from a distance. Surrounded by a 1,849-kilometer coastline of white sandy beaches and emerald waters, the island’s inland landscape rapidly rises to form hills and impervious mountains. And it is within these edgy
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CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Zoe Saldaña isn’t letting the controversy surrounding her “Emilia Pérez” costar Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive social media comments take the joy out of her experience as an Oscar nominee, but she says she still has a lot to process about it. Saldaña earned her first-ever Academy Award nomination
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — A gastrointestinal illness has broken out this week on the Radiance of the Seas cruise ship, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some 89 of the 2,164 passengers onboard have been affected by the outbreak on the Royal Caribbean International ship, the CDC said. That’s
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — One of the biggest-selling K-pop acts, NewJeans, has changed its name amid a long-running legal dispute that has gripped South Korea. Speaking exclusively to CNN ahead of Friday’s announcement, the five-member group unveiled it will now be known as NJZ. Band member Pham Ngoc Han, who goes by Hanni,
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Saturday Night Live” has unveiled the initial lineup of stars who are set to be featured in the long-running sketch show’s upcoming 50th anniversary special, and it’s quite the list. “SNL50: The Anniversary Special,” which is set to air later this month, will celebrate the decades-long history of “SNL”
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Zoe Saldaña isn’t letting the controversy surrounding her “Emilia Pérez” costar Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive social media comments take the joy out of her experience as an Oscar nominee, but she says she still has a lot to process about it. Saldaña earned her first-ever Academy Award nomination in
Continue Reading By Dan Heching and David Daniel, CNN (CNN) — Laverne Cox is no stranger to being marginalized, but has found an interesting way to frame it. While promoting her new series “Clean Slate” costarring comedian George Wallace, Cox discussed the importance of remaining visible as a trans performer, and telling trans stories. In the show,
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