By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Emma Thompson has reshared a story about a phone call she received years ago from President Donald Trump. While attending the Locarno film festival in Switzerland to receive the Leopard Club award, Thompson reportedly talked about the day around 1997, when she says a then-private citizen Trump asked
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — You can’t visit Tokyo without seeing them. These pale-yellow boxes of individually wrapped bite-size cakes are emblazoned with images of the capital’s most famous tourist attractions and, sometimes, with some of Japan’s most recognizable animated characters. Every year, hundreds of thousands of gold-ribbon-wrapped packages of Tokyo Banana are sold
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Lloyd Webber is American theater’s favorite punching bag. It’s easy to hate on the enormously rich British lord whose musicals, despite their commercial success, are frequently considered among the emptiest and most confounding shows in the canon. He’s written musicals about Jesus Christ, Cinderella and anthropomorphic trains, and
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CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Rick Ross often divides his time between his mansions in Atlanta and Miami. So, where does the rapper and entrepreneur prefer relaxing most? “Swimming pools in Atlanta,” Ross told CNN during a recent interview, smiling. “The ocean, the beach in Miami.” He knows a thing or two
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Rick Ross often divides his time between his mansions in Atlanta and Miami. So, where does the rapper and entrepreneur prefer relaxing most? “Swimming pools in Atlanta,” Ross told CNN during a recent interview, smiling. “The ocean, the beach in Miami.” He knows a thing or two about
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel news this week: the secret tunnel city underneath Rome, China’s “8D city” where trains pass through walls, plus a new report reveals the world’s busiest flight routes, biggest aviation markets and most popular planes. The world’s plane-loving nations Isn’t data just delicious? The International
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By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Tom Hanks is honoring the real-life hero that he once portrayed in a popular, Oscar-winning film. After the death of astronaut Jim Lovell was announced on Friday, Hanks shared a poignant social media post to his Instagram, writing, “There are people who dare, who dream, and who
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — An acrylic waterslide on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas broke open on Thursday, injuring one passenger and leaving a sizable hole in the bottom of the tubular slide. “Our team provided medical care to an adult guest when acrylic glass broke off a water slide as the guest
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In Theatres Friday, August 8th
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “SNL50” was a historic broadcast which brought together past “Saturday Night Live” hosts as well as former and current cast members to celebrate the monumental anniversary of the long-running NBC comedy show. But not everyone fully enjoyed it. “As you know from ‘SNL40’… terrible audience,” Pete Davidson, who
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In a makeshift bedroom with vibrant purple curtains, the adult film actor Sharon Wild poses for a photograph between takes, sitting on a worn and dirty mattress, a diaphanous piece of pink fabric draped over the side where she sits. The dracaena tree in the corner is fake, and
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Kate Moss’s beach bag is not like ours — the supermodel was photographed on Wednesday in a bikini in Formentera, Spain, carrying a brown leather Hermès Kelly. Worth some tens of thousands of dollars, it was presumably full of her summer essentials. But while most celebrities who tote around
Continue Reading CNN By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Amtrak’s NextGen Acela highspeed trains are set to debut this month after years of delays. New faster Acela trains will begin revenue service on August 28 along the Northeast Corridor between Washington, New York and Boston, Amtrak announced on Thursday. “In just a few weeks, history will be
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Amtrak’s NextGen Acela highspeed trains are set to debut this month after years of delays. New faster Acela trains will begin revenue service on August 28 along the Northeast Corridor between Washington, New York and Boston, Amtrak announced on Thursday. “In just a few weeks, history will be made
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Brandon Blackstock, a talent manager and former husband of singer Kelly Clarkson, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 48. “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,” a representative for the Blackstock family told CNN in a
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — John Cena has a new look thanks to a hair transplant he underwent last year, and he is fully embracing it. The actor and wrestling legend opened up about his decision to have the hair transplant in a new interview with People magazine published Wednesday, saying that he was
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It would seem Mariah Carey is just a bit spacey, since the diva extraordinaire missed some pretty big news recently in the worlds of both pop culture and science. During a new interview for BBC Radio’s “Scott Mills Breakfast Show,” Carey was asked if she would “fancy” going
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