By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Crystal Wahpepah has made it her mission to share her Indigenous community’s rarely seen foods with the world. Wahpepah, who is Kickapoo and Sac and Fox, recently opened Wahpepah’s Kitchen, the newest Indigenous restaurant in Oakland, California — and likely the newest in the country. “When I was
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By Chloe Melas, CNN There’s a slow burn happening between Kim Kardashian and comedian Pete Davidson. The two have been spotted in public together on several occasions in recent weeks, holding hands and hitting up Disneyland on Halloween weekend, sparking speculation their friendship has turned romantic. “They are just getting to know each other, not
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By Forrest Brown, CNN What a difference Covid-19 vaccines and 12 months make. Last year, the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was a muted affair. Because of the pandemic, it was a TV-only event. No animated crowds lining Manhattan’s avenues. No long parade route. The 2021 spectacle returned to the more familiar parade of yore
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN An alum of Beyoncé’s media and management company will lead one of the country’s most prestigious ballet companies — a significant move in a historically White-dominated world. Janet Rollé, formerly the general manager of Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment for five years, will be the new CEO and executive director of the American
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The cast of “Corba Kai” went out of their way to make a superfan of the show feel very special. That superfan just happened to be actor Andrew Garfield. In a video posted on Wednesday, the “Tick, Tick … Boom” star got a surprise message from cast members from the Netflix
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s friendship over the past decade is a joy to witness for their fans. The singers have a lot to celebrate after they were nominated for six Grammy Awards on Tuesday for their Cole Porter tribute album, “Love for Sale.” Following the nominations, Gaga went on BBC
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By Marianne Garvey We all need some post-Thanksgiving dinner viewing time — or just some silence from our families while we sit together and watch a movie. And what’s better than a cheesy holiday tale to distract us from the world? With titles like “Gingerbread Miracle” and “Single All the Way,” Santa has delivered syrupy
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By Jack Guy, CNN Pigs may not actually fly, but they might have a role to play in keeping air travel safe. Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has employed 20 of the animals as part of a pilot project aiming to reduce the number of bird strikes on aircraft. Collisions between aircraft and larger birds, such as
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Lin-Manuel Miranda is not throwing his shots, and in 2021, the creator of “Hamilton” has been getting a whole lot of them. After his earlier work “In the Heights” became a critically admired (if little seen) movie, Miranda has made his directing debut with “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” a loving
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder may be one of Hollywood’s longest standing “marriages.” Reeves has once again addressed talk that he and Ryder are actually married, thanks to actual priests officiating the wedding scene performed in Romania for the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola directed drama “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” “We did
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Longtime “General Hospital” cast member Steve Burton says the soap opera fired him from the show for refusing to get vaccinated. In a video posted on his verified Instagram account Tuesday, Burton explained what happened, writing in the caption, “Hey! I wanted you to hear it from me. I love
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Longtime “General Hospital” cast member Steve Burton says the soap opera fired him from the show for refusing to get vaccinated. In a video posted on his verified Instagram account Tuesday, Burton explained what happened, writing in the caption “Hey! I wanted you to hear it from me. I love
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Leah Dolan, CNN The International Woolmark Prize 2022, a prestigious award for emerging designers committed to lessening fashion’s environmental impact, has unveiled its seven finalists. The new cohort of fashion talent — including British labels Ahluwalia and Saul Nash, American designer Peter Do, Chinese label Rui, along with South African womenswear brand MMUSOMAXWELL, French label
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By Marianne Garvey Ask Mary Fitzgerald about the new season of “Selling Sunset” and she tells you both the drama — and the houses — are bigger and better than ever. Netflix’s real estate/reality series follows a group of realtors at The Oppenheim Group in Los Angeles, as they butt heads and sell houses. Season
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Turkey, family time and football are among the traditions that many look forward to at Thanksgiving each year. But there is one other major event that often takes center stage during the holiday: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The annual parade, celebrating its 95th march this year, has become something of
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By Paul Sillers, CNN Gleaming airplanes have been returning to the empty blue skies above 30,000 feet in recent months, opening up travel possibilities as they skim the clouds on their way towards unfiltered sunshine. On board, safely behind face masks, many passengers have been shrugging off the old discomforts of plane travel in their
Continue Reading By Paul Sillers, CNN Gleaming airplanes have been returning to the empty blue skies above 30,000 feet in recent months, opening up travel possibilities as they skim the clouds on their way towards unfiltered sunshine. On board, safely behind face masks, many passengers have been shrugging off the old discomforts of plane travel in their
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Jack Guy, CNN “NFT,” the abbreviation of “non-fungible token,” has been named Word of the Year by dictionary publisher Collins, beating “crypto” and “cheugy” to the top spot. An NFT is “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or a collectible,”
Continue Reading Jack Guy, CNN “NFT,” the abbreviation of “non-fungible token,” has been named Word of the Year by dictionary publisher Collins, beating “crypto” and “cheugy” to the top spot. An NFT is “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or a collectible,”
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Skylar Mitchell, CNN In September, when the New York fashion scene converged for the city’s full return to live runway shows since the Covid-19 pandemic, one highly-anticipated brand was visibly absent from the runway. Months after being awarded a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund grant for emerging designers, Anifa Mvuemba, founder of women’s apparel label Hanifa, opted
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