By Stephy Chung, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift was among the many stars to channel ’90s fashion at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, wearing a chic taffeta bustier and skirt by Dior. The yellow tartan was a familiar, evoking one of the decade’s most iconic looks: The preppy Dolce and Gabbana blazer and
Continue Reading By Blane Bachelor, CNN Margraten, Netherlands (CNN) — On a cold, wet March day, about 20 river cruise passengers, many from the United States, follow their Dutch tour guide through rows of rain-soaked gravestones at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. Located on 65.5 acres in the country’s southernmost province near the town of Margraten,
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — How many modern-day pop stars are taking makeup cues from the 15th century? At least one. The 26-year-old musician, Chappell Roan, made her hotly-anticipated VMA debut last night — arriving on the red carpet in a sheer Y/Project dress, thigh-high knight boots and a face painted like a spectral
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Having trouble navigating the complicated, often frustrating, world of airline loyalty programs? This might help: Point.me, a points and travel reward search platform, has ranked 62 global airline rewards programs using nine criteria, with ease of earning miles, redemption rates, availability on partner airlines and ease of booking as
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Madonna was everywhere at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards in New York — and she wasn’t even there. On Wednesday evening’s red carpet, Addison Rae and Anitta both wore bridalwear looks evoking the star’s performance of “Like a Virgin” at the very first VMAs, almost 40 years ago to
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Wednesday and it was a night of female pop powerhouses, nostalgia and… aliens. The reigning women of the charts owned the night with Taylor Swift’s happy award show dance moves making a return, Chappell Roan making her fiery VMA debut,
Continue Reading CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Police in Nashville are crediting rock legend Jon Bon Jovi with coming to a woman’s aid on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday night. According to a statement posted to the Nashville Metro Police Department’s X page on Wednesday, the musician “helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Two weeks after former “Dancing with the Stars” dancer Artem Chigvintsev was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, his wife of two years Nikki Bella has filed for divorce. Bella filed the petition on Wednesday, according to Napa County Superior Court records available online. Chigvintsev and the former WWE
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) took place Wednesday night in New York, where Taylor Swift won the event’s top prize for video of the year. Megan Thee Stallion acted as host of the typically unpredictable proceedings, but it was a smooth and star-studded show that felt more like a concert than an
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Police in Nashville are crediting rock legend Jon Bon Jovi with coming to a woman’s aid on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday night. According to a statement posted to the Nashville Metro Police Department’s X page on Wednesday, the musician “helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) were pushed back a day to avoid clashing with the US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, so all eyes were on New York’s UBS Arena Wednesday night. The annual award show has a reputation for outlandish style dating back
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Dawn Richard, a former member of Danity Kane, a musical group formed by Sean “Diddy” Combs as part of the MTV reality series “Making the Band,” has accused the producer of sexual battery, sexual harassment and false imprisonment, among other allegations, in a complaint filed Tuesday
Continue Reading By Brynn Gingras and the Associated Press, CNN (CNN) — Justin Timberlake is expected to enter a plea in a driving while intoxicated case related to his June arrest in Sag Harbor, New York, according to the Suffolk County district attorney’s office. Timberlake will appear at a hearing this Friday, marking the singer’s first return
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — If song selections were a subtweet, Vice President Kamala Harris said a lot with “The Man” on Tuesday. Following her presidential debate with former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia, Harris made an appearance at a post-debate party to address supporters. It happened not long after Taylor Swift formally endorsed
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — The words “Titanic moment” are possibly the last thing you want to hear on a boat – but that was the phrase used by one passenger on board the Carnival Spirit cruise ship last week, after the vessel unexpectedly struck an iceberg. No one was hurt on board and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Frankie Beverly, who with his band Maze gave the world an anthem that will forever be tied to cookouts and good times, died on Tuesday, his family announced. He was 77. Beverly’s family posted a statement on the band’s social media accounts, which began: “Grieving the loss of
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in the Spanish city of Malaga have posted billboards that aim to educate tourists on appropriate behavior during their visit, including one that reminds them to wear clothes. The four different signs, which were posted on X by the local tourist board on Saturday, feature the British flag
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Tom Cruise pulled off an impressive stunt at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony for which he was compensated by… thrill? According to Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Cruise was all for his jump from the Stade du France to accept the official Olympic
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A newly unveiled sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and two corgis in Northern Ireland, intended to pay tribute to the late monarch, has received somewhat mixed reviews from the public. While the local council told CNN that the bronze statue of the Queen “has been warmly received
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Chappell Roan is having the year of her life. Her songs are taking over TikTok, she’s touring the country to massive, record-breaking crowds and she’s been rising up the Billboard charts all summer long. But Roan wasn’t pumped out of the pop-music machine as a fully formed star in
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