By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Besting 111 of her fellow titleholders from across the globe, Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic was crowned Miss World 2024 on Saturday in Mumbai, India, where the international pageant was held this year. Across a series of events during the pageant’s preliminary competition, including fitness, beauty, talent and
Continue Reading By Maureen Ohare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: Vacation love stories that began and ended in Paris or London, aviation misadventures in Thailand and China, plus a look at why prices are rising as tourist numbers increase. See more, pay more More and more tourist hot spots are introducing visitor caps and
Continue Reading By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — America’s most glamorous election contest is finally drawing to a close. Yes, it’s Oscars weekend. Only marginally shorter than its political counterparts (and with no less lobbying), the road to the 96th Oscars ceremony is likely leading toward what industry and casual viewers have all been betting on: a
Continue Reading By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — How do you connect to the internet while barreling through the sky at 500 miles per hour? How can you brew hot food and drinks at high altitude? And most important of all, how does a toilet work at 40,000 feet? We often think about how planes work –
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A Vermont man accused of killing actor Treat Williams in a 2023 vehicle crash plead guilty Friday to a reduced charge of negligent driving with death resulting and will avoid prison time. Koss’ sentencing will be deferred for a year, Judge Kerry Ann McDonald-Cady said, and his license to
Continue Reading CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — When Tareasa “Reesa Teesa” Johnson shared on TikTok the story of what she says was a marriage gone horribly wrong, she hoped to help others who might be ignoring red flags in their relationships. Revisiting her pain and revealing a tale that might make others question her
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — When Tareasa “Reesa Teesa” Johnson shared on TikTok the story of what she says was a marriage gone horribly wrong, she hoped to help others who might be ignoring red flags in their relationships. Revisiting her pain and revealing a tale that might make others question her judgment,
Continue Reading By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Some 130 miles north of Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince, which has been gripped by a wave of gang attacks, a private cruise port is receiving guests at a resort with its own security and controlled access. Royal Caribbean ships are still calling into Labadee — the cruise company’s day-use
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — A new teaser trailer for “Inside Out 2” features three new animated characters running around in Riley’s mind. The first teaser for the upcoming film introduced Maya Hawke as Anxiety back in November. The new look shows Emmy-winner Ayo Edebiri voicing Envy. Paul Walter Hauser as the voice of
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Halle Bailey kept her recent pregnancy private for good reason. “The Little Mermaid” star was one of the honorees at Thursday’s 2024 Black Women in Hollywood Awards, and gave a speech in which she explained why she protected her pregnancy and the birth of her first child, son Halo,
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — The first time Jasmijn van Waalwijk van Doorn accompanied her pilot father, Jorrit van Waalwijk van Doorn, to work was a day to remember. It was 2006. Eight-year-old Jasmijn joined Jorrit on a KLM flight traveling from their home country of the Netherlands to Uganda. Pilot Jorrit flew the
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — From the gospel song title “We Shall Overcome” emblazoned on banners and buttons during the Civil Rights era, to the last words of Eric Garner, “I Can’t Breathe,” used in marches and social media hashtags in 2014, protest slogans have often become rallying cries that help concretize history-making movements.
Continue Reading CNN By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — America’s most glamorous election contest is finally drawing to a close. Yes, it’s Oscars weekend. Only marginally shorter than its political counterparts (and with no less lobbying), the road to the 96th Oscars ceremony is likely leading toward what industry and casual viewers have all been betting on:
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce may have been the buzziest subject of football season, but for award season, Jimmy Kimmel isn’t so sure the celebrity couple will get a mention in his opening monologue at the Oscars on Sunday. When asked if he plans to talk about Swift and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Steve Lawrence, a Grammy and Emmy-winning pop singer who often performed with his late wife Eydie Gormé as the duo Stevie & Eydie, died Thursday, according to a statement from his publicist shared with multiple outlets. He was 88. Lawrence died in Los Angeles from Alzheimer’s disease, publicist
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Millie Bobby Brown might have grown up before our eyes thanks to “Stranger Things,” but she has already shown herself to be a savvy steward of her career. Those smart choices have made Brown a major asset for Netflix as she follows “Enola Holmes” with the entertaining “Damsel,”
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Spanish police said they have shut down an alleged forgery ring selling fake Banksy artworks across the US and Europe for up to 1,500 euros ($1,642) a piece. Investigators seized nine artworks during a raid of an apartment in the city of Zaragoza, northern Spain, according to Catalan police.
Continue Reading By Gisella Deputato and Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Rem Koolhaas is always looking for an exit. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect behind the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, and De Rotterdam in his homeland of the Netherlands, is prone to claustrophobia, and won’t risk triggering it with one of his own buildings. This fear has reshaped
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Miami-Dade County told the Dolphin Company, which runs the Miami Seaquarium, in a letter on Thursday that the county is terminating the company’s lease for the property because of violations in how it is maintained. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a news conference that terminating the lease
Continue Reading By Bibek Bhandari, CNN (CNN) — Jack Latham was on a mission to photograph farms in Vietnam — not the country’s sprawling plantations or rice terraces but its “click farms.” Last year, the British photographer spent a month in the capital Hanoi documenting some of the shadowy enterprises that help clients artificially boost online traffic
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