By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of Season 51 of “Saturday Night Live,” another cast member has announced his departure. Emil Wakim revealed on Wednesday via Instagram that he will not be returning to the NBC sketch comedy show after the summer break, writing, “it was a gut punch of a call to get
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Emma Heming Willis is opening up about the challenges facing her husband, Bruce Willis, as he lives with frontotemporal dementia. Three years after Willis stepped away from his career after having been diagnosed, his wife spoke with ABC’s Diane Sawyer for a special titled, “Emma & Bruce Willis:
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By Tracy You, CNN (CNN) — Visiting Shanghai is an exhilarating experience. This financial hub of 25 million was seemingly made for skyscraper-ogling, fashion-finding and dumpling-sampling. Its metro system is clean and efficient, making zipping around town — or to the next city — incredibly easy. But at some point, urban fatigue kicks in, a
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — For some people, the number 13 is considered unlucky and they try to avoid it. But those people aren’t Taylor Swift. Think Friday the 13th and how some buildings don’t have a 13th floor. The superstar singer, however, more than embraces that number. “I was born on the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Thank you Ed Kelce for your willingness to share. The father of football star Travis Kelce spilled the beans after his son’s engagement to pop superstar Taylor Swift was revealed on Tuesday. The football player and the pop songstress did not discuss the proposal themselves, but coordinated a
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — By bringing together two of America’s biggest loves – music and sports – Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been compared to American royalty. It’s why news of the engagement between the reigning pop queen and an NFL king has their loyal subjects hoping they’ll share their wedding
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Each of the photos highly commended in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition could be a freeze-frame from some mini drama. In one shot, a lioness peers over the edge of a rock and faces down a cobra; in another, a sloth hugs the post of a barbed wire
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CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Thank you Ed Kelce for your willingness to share. The father of football star Travis Kelce spilled the beans after his son’s engagement to pop superstar Taylor Swift was revealed on Tuesday. The football player and the pop songstress did not discuss the proposal themselves, but coordinated
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship is going from “so high school” to officially getting married. The couple announced Tuesday that they are engaged via concurrent posts on Instagram, with a caption reading, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” The post included five
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — David Spade has no issue with fans, but professional autograph hunters may want to beware. During a recent episode of his “Fly on the Wall” podcast, Spade told his cohost, friend and former “SNL” costar Dana Carvey, about a scary moment in which he thought he was about
Continue Reading CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Katseye and the Gap are giving us something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. In a new ad campaign, titled “Better in Denim,” Gap trades on a tried-and-true formula for the clothing company: a hit song, an infectious dance and blue jeans. The spot feels
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — As soon as seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams stepped foot onto the court for the 2025 US Open, in the eyes of many fashionistas she had already won. On the day of her mixed doubles match alongside Reilly Opelka, Williams arrived dressed in a custom navy and white-trimmed
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By Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) – “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” is a phrase enshrined in the US Declaration of Independence. But a couple of the Founding Fathers might have considered skinny dipping another inalienable right. Benjamin Franklin was known to have stripped down to his birthday suit to demonstrate what were apparently
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Devon Walker has announced his departure from “Saturday Night Live.” The comic, who had appeared on the show for three seasons, posted a series of photos on Instagram with the news. “To me, jobs in this industry feel like a bunch of little marriages. Some of em last
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has shared new details about her relationship with her husband, Prince Harry, and reflected on her time living in the United Kingdom, in the new season of her lifestyle show “With Love, Meghan.” Released on Netflix on Tuesday, season 2 of the series, produced and
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By Svitlana Vlasova and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-winning director Woody Allen has defended his appearance at a Moscow film festival following strong criticism from the Ukrainian government. “When it comes to the conflict in Ukraine, I believe strongly that Vladimir Putin is totally in the wrong. The war he has caused is appalling,”
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By Ali Halit Diker, CNN (CNN) — Calling Turkish coffee “just a drink” undersells it. It’s a ritual, a conversation and, as arguably the ancestor of all modern coffees, it’s a nearly 500-year-old piece of history, inscribed by UNESCO on its intangible cultural heritage of humanity list. Coffee’s roots go back even further. Lani Kingston,
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By Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The island of Jeju, often referred to as the “Hawaii of South Korea,” has issued a multi-language guide warning international visitors to behave following a string of viral tourist incidents and cases of disorderly conduct. Last year, more than 13 million people were lured to the
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — “Hey batter, batter, batter, batter, swing, batter!” Such was the timeless chant uttered by Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck in the classic ’80s slacker film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” and this weekend, the pair was on hand to make things extra nostalgic for those in attendance at a recent
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Katseye and the Gap are giving us something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. In a new ad campaign, titled “Better in Denim,” Gap trades on a tried-and-true formula for the clothing company: a hit song, an infectious dance and blue jeans. The spot feels tailor-made
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