Francesca Street, CNN Andrea Rubakovic was stranded at London Heathrow Airport and feeling increasingly panicked by the prospect. It was early January 2010 and a sprinkling of snowfall had ground the UK capital to a halt. Andrea’s flight home to Toronto, Canada was canceled, as was pretty much every flight on the Heathrow departures board.
Continue Reading Jacopo Prisco, CNN In which century was ciabatta bread invented? And how old is the chocolate chip cookie? If you don’t know the answers to these questions, don’t be surprised if your guesses are way off. These are among some of the foods that most people tend to believe are older than they actually are:
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN When the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei opens his new show in April, visitors will encounter a familiar scene at London’s Design Museum: Claude Monet’s famed water lilies. But rather than being composed of the French painter’s Impressionist brushstrokes, the monumental recreation is made from the studs of Lego bricks — a whopping
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN Just two weeks after announcing plans to build the world’s largest spokeless Ferris wheel, Seoul’s city government has shared its intention to construct urban ‘floating’ swimming zones along the South Korean capital’s Han River. Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon announced that an art pier and public swimming pool are planned for Ichon
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Bear lovers rejoice: The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is hiring for “professional bear huggers.” The department posted an adorable job listing on Facebook on Monday, featuring precious snaps of conservation officers cuddling baby bears. Unfortunately, a love of bears is not the only qualification you’ll need to become
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Disused electrical wires woven into a bustier dress and windscreen wipers forming a velvet fishtail gown. Fashion designer Jeremy Scott’s latest project sees him transform scrap auto parts into striking couture — or “car-ture,” as he dubbed it. Unveiled Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea, the capsule collection arose from a collaboration with
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The lineup for this year’s Lollapalooza was announced on Tuesday, and it features some major musical acts set to perform at Chicago’s popular music festival. Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lana Del Rey are all slated to headline the fest, along with The 1975, Odesza, Karol
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Singer and actress Halle Bailey has found her voice. While Bailey is known for her velvety vocals as one half of sister singing duo Chloe x Halle, the star of Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” told CNN in an interview that “a lot of the time it can
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Keanu Reeves had his late co-star Lance Reddick on his mind and on his jacket lapel at Monday night’s premiere of “John Wick: Chapter 4.” Reeves, star of the blockbuster franchise, spoke with press about Reddick, who died suddenly last week from natural causes at age 60. “He was a beautiful,
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Sarah Snook revealed some big news at the “Succession” premiere Monday night in New York. Snook told reporters that she is 32-weeks pregnant, expecting her first child with husband, Dave Lawson. “I feel great,” Snook told Entertainment Tonight. When speaking to CNN, Brian Cox, who plays the villainous patriarch on the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France and Chloe Melas, CNN The trial over a 2016 skiing accident involving Gwyneth Paltrow began on Tuesday. The actress and businesswoman was present in the Park City, Utah, courtroom as a jury was seated and opening statements began in the case. Terry Sanderson, 76, has accused Paltrow of crashing into him
Continue Reading Lianne Kolirin, CNN Archaeologists in England have discovered a “fantastic” Roman mosaic on land earmarked for a supermarket, suggesting a villa once occupied the site. A team of experts from Oxford Archaeology were asked to survey the plot of land in the town of Olney, near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, ahead of work to construct
Continue Reading By Valentina DiDonato, CNN Getting behind the wheel of a bright red Ferrari sports car doesn’t mean you can drive anywhere — not even in Italy. That’s what one American tourist found to his cost when he drove a gleaming Ferrari Spider into the Piazza della Signoria, a famous pedestrianized square in the historic center
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård is on daddy duty. The “Big Little Lies” actor revealed the news to Entertainment Tonight Monday at the Season 4 premiere of HBO’s “Succession.” His girlfriend Tuva Novotny, who gave birth to their baby, was not at the event. It’s Skarsgård’s first child and Novotny’s second. Novotny,
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Zach Braff says his new movie, “A Good Person,” was heavily inspired by his ex-girlfriend, actress Florence Pugh. “I’m just in awe of her talent and I said, ‘I wanna write this for Florence. What I’m writing is really gonna be challenging and she’s incredible,’” he told Entertainment Tonight while promoting
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Shaquille O’Neal’s followers were worried when they saw on social media that he was in a hospital bed. Now the basketball star and game analyst has explained what has been going on — with some light humor. “To all the people who are concerned. First let me start off by
Continue Reading Jacopo Prisco, CNN In a letter to his wife in March 1901, pioneering French painter Claude Monet lamented the bad weather that prevented him from working, as well as another conspicuous impediment to his creativity. “Everything is as good as dead, no train, no smoke, no boat, nothing to excite the inspiration a little,” he
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN It’s usually relatively difficult to fail to notice a superyacht, but this new concept from Jozeph Forakis Design has actually been designed to disappear into the background. Described as “virtually invisible” both in design and environmental impact, the 88-meter Pegasus concept is to be the world’s first 3D printed superyacht, according to
Continue Reading Lianne Kolirin, CNN Murals believed to be nearly 400 years old have been discovered at an apartment in northern England following a kitchen renovation. Luke Budworth, 29, his partner Hazel Mooney, 26, and their dog Leonard had temporarily moved out of the one-bedroom apartment in the cathedral city of York while their new kitchen was
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN A Florida jury convicted three men in the murder of rapper XXXTentacion on Monday. Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams and Trayvon Newsome were all found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery. XXXTentacion, who was 20, was shot and killed outside of a motorsports store in Broward County in June 2018. He
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