By Cai Pigliucci, CNN While you’re strolling the grand halls of the State Hermitage Museum, in St. Petersburg, Russia, you might hear the faint sound of a meow coming from pipes below. Roaming the sprawling basement of what was once the Winter Palace — the official residence of Russia’s ruling tsars — are nearly 50
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN BTS fans, Christmas has come early — members of the K-Pop band finally have personal Instagram accounts. All members of the band — RM, Jin, V, J-Hope, Suga, Jimin and Jungkook — posted to their new social media profiles on Monday. The profiles have already amassed millions of followers, and commenting
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By Selina Wang, CNN Like so many people around the world, my life was massively upended by the pandemic. After getting legally married in 2019, my husband and I planned to have our wedding celebration early the following year in California. We were living in Beijing when the Covid-19 outbreak began. Soon after my husband
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The Roy family is rich in Critics Choice nominations. HBO’s “Succession” scored eight nominations for the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards, more than any other show, the group announced Monday. Their nominations included individual acting nominations for Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, who are both in the best actor in a
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Something pleasant lies ahead. A new trailer for the “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” special, which will debut on HBO Max on Jan. 1, has released. (CNN and HBO are both part of WarnerMedia.) The new look features Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the long-running franchise, and
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Charlie Cox is here to stay. The actor has been confirmed to reprise his role as Daredevil in the Marvel cinematic universe. Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios, said in an interview with CinemaBlend over the weekend, “If you were to see Daredevil in upcoming things, Charlie Cox, yes, would
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Jack Guy, CNN Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has auctioned off a non-fungible token (NFT) of the first edit ever made on the site. Wales typed the words “Hello, World!” after launching Wikipedia on January 15, 2001, and the moment has been immortalized in an NFT that sold for $750,000 at Christie’s on Wednesday, the auction
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN It’s a wrap for two of the stars of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules.” James Kennedy and Raquel Leviss shared a joint statement on social media that they have split and ended their engagement. “After these 5 wonderful years we had together, we decided we have two different goals and made the
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN “Superman” star Henry Cavill has revealed that not all heroes wear capes — some just have fluffy paws. The British actor, best known for portraying the DC Comics character in the DC Extended Universe, has credited his dog for saving his mental health. Cavill appeared alongside his pooch, Kal, on British
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN While promoting his new Spider-Man film, Tom Holland confirmed he has another big role coming. In an interview on the red carpet for an event promoting “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in London, Holland casually told reporters “Oh, I am playing Fred Astaire.” “The script came in about a week ago,”
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN While promoting his new Spider-Man film, Tom Holland confirmed he has another big role coming. In an interview on the red carpet for an event promoting “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in London, Holland casually told reporters “Oh, I am playing Fred Astaire.” “The script came in about a week ago,”
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN If a goal of the Sept. 11 terrorists was to undermine American values, “The Forever Prisoner” makes the case on that score, at least, the bad guys won. Focusing on the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a former associate of Osama bin Laden held in detention since 2002, director Alex Gibney’s
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The blueprint for “Landscapers,” a four-part British miniseries airing on HBO, turns out to be considerably sturdier than the construction, somewhat wasting the dream pairing of Olivia Colman and David Thewlis. It’s still an interesting detour into bizarre true crime, but so stylized as to blunt the overall impact by
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By Gregory Lemos and Amanda Jackson, CNN The Covid-19 positive case count among crew and passengers aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line ship Breakaway has risen to 17, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. The ship disembarked in New Orleans on Sunday and previously had detected 10 cases of Covid-19. All crew members and passengers
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos and Amanda Jackson, CNN The Covid-19 positive case count among crew and passengers aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line ship Breakaway has risen to 17, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. The ship disembarked in New Orleans on Sunday and previously had detected 10 cases of Covid-19. All crew members and passengers
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Julia Buckley, CNN It is a truth universally acknowledged that (almost) everyone loves cheese. And it’s a truth almost as universally acknowledged that Europe makes some of the best. Here, there are thousand-year-old cheeses. There are cheeses invented centuries ago by monks, cheeses that make cameo appearances in classic literature, and cheeses given intentionally offputting
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence is positively glowing. The 31-year-old star, who is expecting her first child with husband Cooke Maroney, dazzled in a floor-length gold gown as she posed for pictures at the premiere of her upcoming film “Don’t Look Up” in New York on Sunday night. She completed the shimmering
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Sam is an artist shiba inu from Berlin in a plaid button-down shirt who poses with his easel. Bertha is a microdosing king poodle chef who frequents the Berlin club Berghain. Bruno the boxer will hustle you in pool at the local dive bar; Pan the tarot-reading vizsla wants to know your
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By Dalal Mawad and Caitlin Hu, CNN Two hippos at a zoo in Antwerp, Belgium, have tested positive for Covid-19, in what is believed to be the first such infection reported in the species. The hippos, named Imani and Hermien, have shown no symptoms “other than runny noses,” according to a news release from the
Continue Reading Sana Noor Haq, CNN A stolen yogini statue, which was once on sale at Sotheby’s auction house in London, will be returned to the High Commission of India to be repatriated. The ancient statue depicts an Indian goat-headed deity derived from the yogini — female goddesses whose lineage traces back to rural and tribal villages
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