By AJ Willingham, CNN Walt Disney World’s iconic Splash Mountain ride is officially closed, but hardcore Disney fans are going to creative lengths to keep pieces of the attraction forever. Throngs of people crowded Orlando’s Magic Kingdom theme park to witness the log flume-style attraction’s final runnings on January 23, decked in all manner of
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The political polarization evident in the response to the 1619 Project — the New York Times’ sweeping journalistic initiative timed to the 400th anniversary of slavery in America — makes its translation to television something of an event. Yet Hulu’s six-part docuseries, “The 1619 Project,” illustrates the challenges bringing such
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter announced he is releasing a solo album and showed his face — sort of. The French electronic duo, who split up in 2021, wore space-like helmets as costumes whenever they performed. The two were rarely photographed without them. Bangalter’s album, called “Mythologies,” will be orchestral. The picture
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Shemar Moore is a new dad. The actor shared a People magazine story on his verified Instagram account which announced that he and partner Jesiree Dizon have welcomed their first child together, a daughter. “Ya boy is officially a Dad!!!,” Moore wrote in the caption of the post. “Dreams come
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Just two episodes of HBO’s “The Last of Us” have aired so far. But it has become so popular in only two weeks that one of its stars, Bella Ramsey, already thinks a second season of the show is “likely.” “If people keep watching the show then it’s down to the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nick Sands, the brother of Julian Sands, has told a UK publication he knows “in my heart that he has gone” as California authorities continue to search for the actor. Julian Sands was first reported missing from the Mt. Baldy area in California on January 13. Authorities announced late Tuesday
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN An Emirates flight from Tokyo Narita to Dubai International on January 19 touched down with an extra traveler on board, after a passenger gave birth in the air. The new arrival made their appearance on the 12-hour overnight Flight EK 319, which landed on schedule despite the medical emergency, the airline
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, Yoonjung Seo, Paula Hancocks, Jake Kwon and Junko Ogura, CNN Tens of millions of people across East Asia braved a severe cold snap Wednesday as subzero temperatures and heavy snow brought travel chaos during the Lunar New Year holiday, with climate experts warning that such extreme weather events had become the “new
Continue Reading By Miquel Ros, CNN There’s a European capital whose crowning glory is a flying saucer that stands higher than the Statue of Liberty — but this sci-fi city isn’t troubling anyone’s list of the continent’s most visited destinations. Anyone visiting Bratislava, capital of Slovakia, will find it hard to miss the aptly named, 95-meter high
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN Paris Hilton has announced the birth of her first child with husband Carter Reum. Sharing a picture of a baby’s hand clutching a woman’s thumb, the media personality and heiress wrote on Instagram Tuesday: “You are already loved beyond words,” alongside a blue heart emoji. Hilton’s representatives confirmed the announcement to
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN “Sesame Street” co-creator Lloyd Morrisett has died at age 93, Sesame Workshop announced Monday. “Lloyd leaves an outsized and indelible legacy among generations of children the world over, with ‘Sesame Street’ only the most visible tribute to a lifetime of good work and lasting impact,” Sesame Workshop tweeted. “Sesame Street” was
Continue Reading Toyin Owoseje, CNN One of Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period paintings is at the center of a lawsuit between a Jewish family and New York’s Guggenheim Museum. The heirs of Karl Adler and Rosi Jacobi want the repatriation of the artist’s 1904 masterpiece “Woman Ironing (La repasseuse),” which they claim the couple sold under duress as
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN Carolyn Mazzie arrived at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in September 1971, excited to embark on a three week tour of Europe. Carolyn, then 30, worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad, an American train network that’s since been absorbed into the Union Pacific rail company. 50 years ago, Southern Pacific Railroad had several thousand
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Actor Jeremy Renner was trying to stop his snow-removal tractor from sliding and hitting his grown nephew when he was pulled under the vehicle and crushed on New Year’s Day, according to a Nevada sheriff’s office incident report. The parking brake was not engaged and would have stopped the snowcat
Continue Reading Stephy Chung, CNN A young man stands grinning in Beijing’s Forbidden City. It’s the dead of winter, and one of his hands is buried deep into the pockets of his long overcoat to protect it from the chill. The other grasps the unmistakable contours of a glass Coca-Cola bottle. Today, Coke is the world’s most
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The full entertainment lineup for the 2023 Super Bowl has arrived. In addition to Rihanna’s highly anticipated halftime show performance, a number of additional Hollywood heavyweights are joining the major sporting event as pre-show performers. The NFL announced on Tuesday that Emmy-winning actor Sheryl Lee Ralph will perform “Lift Every Voice
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN While it’s true that everyone enjoys a good comeback story, it would be simplistic to say that’s the only reason people are loving on Brendan Fraser so much right now. Yes, it’s lovely to see him continue to get accolades and recognition for his emotional turn in last year’s somber drama
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The last three years have been big ones for Paul Mescal. The Ireland-born actor received his very first Academy Award nomination on Tuesday for his role in “Aftersun,” Charlotte Wells’ debut feature about a single father who tries to bond with his adolescent daughter (Frankie Corio) during a trip to Turkey.
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Scheming “White Lotus” besties Mia and Lucia have moved onto their next gig: a Skims fashion campaign. Kim Kardashian’s shapewear and apparel brand has tapped Italian actors and real-life friends Simona Tabasco and Bea Grannò to model limited-edition bras and underwear from its forthcoming Valentine’s Day Shop. Kardashian shared the news on
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Balkrishna Doshi, one of the Indian subcontinent’s most celebrated architects, has died at the age of 95. Doshi passed away on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson from the Pritzker Prize. He was India’s first — and to date, only — winner of the award, the profession’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Throughout
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