CNN By Marnie Hunter, CNN Florida Keys (CNN) — People wandering down to spend a little time in the Florida Keys often end up staying much, much longer. “Thirty-one years ago, I came here on vacation,” said Eric Johnson, a tour guide on tiny Pigeon Key. Johnson met a guy in Miami on a Thursday
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN Florida Keys (CNN) — People wandering down to spend a little time in the Florida Keys often end up staying much, much longer. “Thirty-one years ago, I came here on vacation,” said Eric Johnson, a tour guide on tiny Pigeon Key. Johnson met a guy in Miami on a Thursday who
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By Issy Ronald and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Though Andy Warhol famously created art from garbage cans, he may not have expected his works to end up in the trash. But that is exactly where officials at a Dutch town hall think one of his silkscreen prints may have landed, after it was accidentally
Continue Reading By Jack Hannah and Veronica Miracle, CNN (CNN) — Body-worn cameras show chaos and confusion in the moments leading up to the officer involved shooting of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife, Jillian Shriner. In the heated moments before Shriner was shot on April 8, police officers are seen in the videos behind a tall fence
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KABC By Jack Hannah and Veronica Miracle, CNN (CNN) — Body-worn cameras show chaos and confusion in the moments leading up to the officer involved shooting of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife, Jillian Shriner. In the heated moments before Shriner was shot on April 8, police officers are seen in the videos behind a tall
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By Nicki Brown and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Footage of Sean “Diddy” Combs physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, will be shown to the jury in his criminal sex trafficking trial, which is scheduled to begin next month. After numerous attempts to exclude the 2016 hotel footage, which was first reported on by CNN,
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By Sara Sidner, CNN (CNN) — Blake Lively was honored at the Time 100 Gala on Thursday, where she alluded to her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni and paid tribute to her mother. “I have so much to say about the last two years of my life, but tonight is not the forum,” the
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When American teenager Kerri Cunningham was dragged by her parents to Europe in the summer of 1993, she was less than impressed. Dragged might sound like dramatic wording, but that’s how 14-year-old Kerri saw it at the time. Kerri reacted to the vacation plans “from the teenage point of
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By Issy Ronald and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Vatican officials are asking visitors not to take selfies with the late Pope Francis as he lies in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, telling them to put their phones away as they passed by the coffin. Almost 130,000 people have paid their respects to the pontiff,
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By Chris Lau and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — People across Asia flocked to shopping malls and online stores Friday as they scrambled to get their hands on the latest edition of Labubu, a collectible toy that has sparked buying frenzies the world over. Inspired by Nordic folklore, the toothy, fluffy figurines —
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By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — Few fashion designers are synonymous with weddings like Vivienne Westwood, whose revolutionary approach — in fashion as well as in life — was fired by her disdain for corruption and injustice, earning her nicknames such as the “high priestess of punk.” It’s an ethos that may seem at odds
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Construction of the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper may resume as early as next week, almost 10 years after work ground to a halt, according to Chinese state media. The 597-meter-tall (1,959-foot) Goldin Finance 117, which topped out in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin but has stood unfinished
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bowen Yang is pleading his case for why he thinks he and his “Saturday Night Live” castmates should be able to use profanity on the sketch show. Yang spoke his mind on Wednesday’s episode of his podcast “Las Culturistas,” which he cohosts with Matt Rogers, telling Rogers and their
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Benny Blanco wants to give everything to fiancée Selena Gomez, including the experience of the high school prom that she apparently never had. Blanco posted a montage on his Instagram page Thursday showcasing his effort, writing in text on the video, “My fiancé has never been to prom before.”
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Saturday Night Live” is closing out its milestone 50th season with the help of Scarlett Johansson and “White Lotus” star Walton Goggins. The long-running sketch show announced on Thursday that Johansson will host the May 17 episode, which serves as the season finale. Bad Bunny is the episode’s musical
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — (Exclusive) Netflix is rolling out a new way to watch your favorite shows and movies if you’re a viewer who keeps the subtitles on at the bottom of your screen. The streaming giant is launching a new subtitle option on Thursday that allows the viewer to watch content with
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — People of a certain age are going to love this story. Jack Black recently joined Amy Poehler on her “Good Hang with Amy Poehler” podcast, where they discussed their love of sleep to be at their creative and comical best. Poehler asked her guest if he snored. “I
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jay Leno has opened up about how much he enjoys caring for his wife as she lives with dementia. In a conversation with “In Depth with Graham Bensinger,” the former late-night host shared what life is like these days with his wife of 45 years, Mavis. Humor can
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jon Hamm appreciates a challenge, so it makes sense that he’d want to play the central character in a story based on one of Los Angeles’ darkest chapters in the sprawling city’s history. Hamm returns to Audible Originals as gruff, no-nonsense Detective Jack Bergin in “The Big Fix: A
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She’d spent most of her life “checking off boxes” in order “to be deemed a success,” but as New Yorker Melissa Vargas approached her 30th birthday, she started to question the direction she was going in. While she was “killing it” in her career in digital marketing and had
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