By Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — It’s become Italy’s other “leaning tower.” And now, after mounting concern that the Torre Garisenda in Bologna might be on the verge of collapse, a plan has been hatched to save it using the same equipment that shored up the Tower of Pisa. The 48-meter (158 feet) Garisenda tower
Continue Reading By Jay L. Zagorsky (CNN) — Five out of the six biggest US airlines have raised their checked bag fees since January 2024. Take American Airlines. In 2023, it cost $30 to check a standard bag in with the airline; today, as of March 2024, it costs $40 at a US airport – a whopping 33% increase. As a business school professor who
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In February, the artist and ink-maker Thomas Little loaded up his van and traveled around North Carolina to paint 20 delicate, lonely vignettes of American landscapes — each one representing a city in his home state that experienced at least one mass shooting in 2023. On their subject matter
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Setting poor grammar and punctuation aside, “STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces” joins the recent Paul Simon documentary in providing a big streaming canvas to let a star open up about his life and career. In Steve Martin’s case, that includes a first half devoted to his
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — A one-space mausoleum crypt in the vicinity of Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner will go on auction Saturday, when it is expected to reach between $200,000 and $400,000. The burial spot (specifically, Wall B, Space C-3) is notably one row above and four spaces to the left of Monroe’s
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rebel Wilson is hoping to help young people feel empowered when it comes to sex and intimacy by revealing that she lost her virginity at the age of 35. “Not everybody has to lose their virginity as a teenager,” Wilson told People magazine in an interview published on Wednesday
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs once traced his success back to a pair of shoes. One day, when he was a child, he asked his mother for a new pair of sneakers, but she couldn’t afford them. He recalled in a 2016 CNN interview that his mother almost began to
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Christina Applegate is detailing the day-to-day adversities she faces living with multiple sclerosis, and how laughter and friendship are often the best medicine. “This is the worst thing that’s ever happened to me in my entire life,” Applegate said on this week’s episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast. “I
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — It’s one of the most iconic, and hotly-debated, props in cinematic history: The floating wood panel that spared Kate Winslet’s “Titanic” character Rose DeWitt Bukater from icy North Atlantic waters after the titular ocean liner’s sinking — but not Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack Dawson. And it’s now been sold at
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Emma Stone looks like she’s ready for anything after taking on her Oscar-winning role as the baffling woman-child Bella Baxter in “Poor Things.” In the first teaser trailer for her next team-up with “Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos – a film titled “Kinds of Kindness” – Stone cruises around
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Yeehaw! Beyoncé’s new album is almost here. The singer revealed the tracklist for “Act 2: Cowboy Carter” on Instagram Wednesday. In addition to the already released singles “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” there are several other tracks, including a previously speculated cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” “Smoke
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A Paris apartment owned by the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has sold for €10 million ($10.8 million). The futuristic abode, which sits on the Seine River in central Paris with views of the Louvre, went under the hammer Tuesday morning, according to real estate broker Groupe Althémis, which
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Seth Meyers and Kristen Stewart had a blast in a “Day Drinking” segment in New York. The two imbibed at Boxers NYC, where Stewart was put through a series of acting exercises with ridiculous lines like, “Your father, he’s had a fart attack.” Meyers and Stewart kicked the day
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The new Netflix series “3 Body Problem” isn’t really about China’s Cultural Revolution or US culture wars. The science fiction epic, adapted from Liu Cixin’s Hugo award-winning novel, is more concerned with big theoretical questions, like how humanity might respond to an impending extraterrestrial invasion. But that hasn’t stopped
Continue Reading By Jack Guy and Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — North Korea’s state broadcaster, KCTV, has blurred out a pair of jeans worn by veteran British TV host Alan Titchmarsh as part of the country’s censorship of foreign fashion and culture. KCTV carried an episode of Titchmarsh’s show “Garden Secrets,” originally aired on the BBC in
Continue Reading Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — For many people, being diagnosed with breast cancer, and undergoing surgery, brings about a period of grief for the loss of their figure as they’ve known it — among other things. But Vanessa Gonzalez faced their double mastectomy with a calm certainty, and eventually even came to celebrate it. Gonzalez,
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Eva Mendes has opened up about her transition from actress to full-time mom to her kids with actor partner Ryan Gosling. “It was like a no-brainer,” the “Hitch” star said in an interview aired on NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday. “I’m so lucky. And I was like, if I
Continue Reading By Atika Shubert, CNN (CNN) — The Spanish day is famously long. Lunch doesn’t start until two in the afternoon. Work often ends after seven in the evening and dinner begins at half past eight, at the earliest. To the delight of some tourists keen to experience a different way of living, many restaurants close
Continue Reading By Cath Pound, CNN (CNN) — From a steam train shooting out of a fireplace (“Time Transfixed,” by René Magritte) or to the nude back of a woman transformed into a violin (“Le Violin D’Ingres” by Man Ray) surrealist art still has the power to intrigue. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the movement,
Continue Reading By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — After losing the number one spot to Bangkok in 2023, Tokyo has reclaimed its crown as the city with the top eatery in the region at the annual Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, which were announced in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday evening. Sézanne, which has made a name
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