By Milad Haghani (CNN) — It’s peak travel season, airports are packed and emotions are running high. You’ve probably seen it or even been part of it: that tense moment when a passenger snaps at a flight attendant, or a near-meltdown over a seat reclining too far. Why does flying seem to bring out the
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — British actor Tom Felton, best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” film franchise, will reprise his role as the arrogant antagonist – this time, on stage. Felton announced his role in the Broadway production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” on Instagram Thursday, in a
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Remember when Angelina Jolie wore a plunging black gown to the red carpet of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” redefining the leather look? Twenty years ago, the action-romance blockbuster premiered in June in Los Angeles as rumors of Jolie’s real on-set affair with co-star Brad Pitt reached a fever pitch,
Continue Reading By Amanda Jackson and Taylor Galgano, CNN San Antonio, TX (CNN) — A family who moved to a south-side San Antonio neighborhood roughly six years ago said that they were warned right away about an eccentric man who lived across the street. They were told, they said, that Jonathan Joss would play drums on his
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — The world’s highest railway bridge, an ambitious piece of engineering across a mountain valley in Kashmir, was opened Friday by Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, just weeks after a deadly tourist massacre in the Himalayan region sparked a brief conflict with neighboring Pakistan. Modi’s visit to India-administered Kashmir was
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Tom Cruise is now a title-holder for a daring stunt he performed for the latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Cruise now holds the title for the “most burning parachute jumps by an individual,” with his jump count clocking in
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Morten Harket has revealed he has Parkinson’s disease. The singer of a-ha, the band behind the 1985 hit and innovatively animated music video “Take On Me,” shared the news during an interview with the group’s biographer. “I’ve got no problem accepting the diagnosis,” Harket said. “With time, I’ve
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There was a time when Leah Remini and Jennifer Lopez seemed joined at the hip. Then, they appeared to no longer be friends. Remini gave some insight into where the two now stand in an interview with Us Weekly. “Right after the divorce, we’d text each other loving
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Halle Berry has a message for those critical of her steamy Mother’s Day post. Berry shared a video on Instagram in honor of the May holiday and used it as an opportunity to promote her Let’s Spin intimacy gel, along with her boyfriend, musician Van Hunt. “I’m going
Continue Reading By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — The original Hermès Birkin bag, which acted as the blueprint for what would become one of the most desirable celebrity status symbols in the world, will go under the hammer in Paris next month. The capacious saddle-stitched handbag, inspired by actor and singer Jane Birkin who died in 2023,
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Do you yearn for long days and short nights? Then this could be the best day of the year for you and your fellow sunlight seekers. The summer solstice falls late in the day on Friday, June 20 in the United States (it will already be Saturday, June 21
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — Even on a grey, drizzly morning in London, entering this year’s Serpentine Pavilion — the 25th architectural structure to be erected in Kensington Gardens — will bathe you in a warm glow. Packed in between curved wooden beams, translucent honeyed yellow square panels filter the weak sunlight into
Continue Reading By Edward Russell, CNN (CNN) — The skies over the United States could be wide open for much faster air travel in the near future. Not just because passenger planes capable of breaking the sound barrier are in development — for the first time ever, they could be allowed to do it over American soil.
Continue Reading CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — At one point during Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal criminal sex trafficking and racketeering trial, defense attorney Brian Steel asked a witness, who was testifying under a pseudonym, if she retained counsel in order to “join the #MeToo money grab against Mr. Combs.” The question came
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Universal Pictures on Wednesday unveiled the trailer for the sequel to the 2024 hit “Wicked,” based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical. The promo clip for the new film, which is titled “Wicked: For Good,” seemingly picks up just where last year’s first installment left off, with Glinda (Ariana Grande)
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — At one point during Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal criminal sex trafficking and racketeering trial, defense attorney Brian Steel asked a witness, who was testifying under a pseudonym, if she retained counsel in order to “join the #MeToo money grab against Mr. Combs.” The question came during
Continue Reading By Alysha Bibi, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Dangling from a tree for nearly seven hours, 11-year-old Prajesh Dhimant Patel was barely conscious — only the faint, slow movement of his feet, clad in bright orange shoes, hinted at a trace of life. Amid the debris of crushed boulders unleashed by a devastating earthquake, a
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A forensic video expert and a woman who said Sean “Diddy” Combs dangled her over a balcony took the stand Wednesday in the Hip-hop mogul’s federal criminal trial. The testimony came as the prosecution has sought to prove Combs and some in his inner
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — James Blunt’s song “You’re Beautiful” is beloved, even though it’s not about what some people imagine. The British singer recently shared a video and post on social media in which reflected on his hit earworm. “20 years ago today, I released a song that bought me this house,”
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — As the federal criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs continues, many parts of his past are being revisited. That includes his father’s friendship with the late gangster, Frank Lucas. Melvin Combs was a drug dealer who was fatally shot in 1972, when his son Sean Combs was three
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