David McElhinney Perhaps surprisingly, fewer than 10% of the 6,852 islands making up the Japanese archipelago are inhabited. But among those 400 or so, travelers are treated to a rich tapestry of natural treasures, deep-seated mysticism, thriving cultural assets and stretches of sprawling urbanity. Covid restrictions mean that most of us can only dream about
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By Forrest Brown, CNN It has been a tough slog for some air travelers ever since the winter holidays rush — and it may not be over soon. Citing the spike in Omicron variant cases and in some cases bad weather, airlines have been canceling and delaying thousands of flights since December 23. The trend
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN Terrible weather. Computer glitches. Inflation. Staffing shortages. Holiday crunches. It was a tough slog for many air travelers for much of 2022. And the year went out rough as it came in with a massive winter storm the week before Christmas and the meltdown of Southwest Airlines. And 2023 couldn’t even
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By Marianne Garvey “The Batman” has a new action-packed trailer. The upcoming DC film, starring Robert Pattinson as Batman and Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, shows Batman trying to defeat The Riddler, played by Paul Dano. The new trailer also focuses on the growing relationship between Batman and Catwoman. “Two years of stalking the streets as
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By Andy Rose, CNN Acclaimed film director Jean-Marc Vallée — who helmed the 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” — died Sunday near Quebec City, Canada, his production company’s publicist told CNN. He was 58 years old. “He was a friend, creative partner and an older brother to me,” Nathan Ross, a partner in Vallée’s production
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By Marianne Garvey Tom Holland is having quite the career peak. The “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star’s name is reportedly being tossed in the ring to host the Academy Awards on March 27. But, he says, it’s probably not going to happen. “Maybe in the future, but in all honesty I’m just too busy right
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Dwayne Johnson gave his mother a heartfelt surprise this Christmas. The actor and entrepreneur posted the sweet moment when he gifted his mother a car over the holiday weekend.. His young daughters helped him with the big reveal. “She was shocked,” Johnson wrote. “She got a few good ugly cries in.
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By Chloe Melas, CNN If you thought you spotted Tom Hanks in “1883,” you’re right. The Oscar winner appeared on the second episode of the Paramount+ show with Tim McGraw. As it turns out, McGraw is actually old buddies with Hanks. “You never want to botch a scene when you got Tom Hanks in there
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Cobra Kai” might not be the best show on TV, but few appear to have more fun playing with their formats, as this “Karate Kid” revival — having received a major commercial boost from its migration to Netflix — kicks off (literally) its fourth season. Each new round of episodes
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN Acclaimed film director Jean-Marc Vallée — who helmed the 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” — died Sunday near Quebec City, Canada, his production company’s publicist told CNN. He was 58 years old. “He was a friend, creative partner and an older brother to me,” Nathan Ross, a partner in Vallée’s production
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Francesca Street and Livia Borghese, CNN One of the largest cruise ships operating in the Mediterranean has become the latest to be hit by a Covid outbreak amid the current global surge in virus cases. MSC Cruises confirmed 45 Covid positive passengers disembarked from its MSC Grandiosa vessel in the Italian port of Genoa on
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Oscar Holland, CNN | Joe Sutton, CNN and Carma Hassan, CNN Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose paintings breathed color into the everyday symbols of post-war America, has died age 101, according to a statement from the University of California, Davis, where he taught for more than 40 years. Known for his vibrant depictions of ordinary life
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By Gawon Bae and Alaa Elassar, CNN Three members of the K-pop supergroup BTS have tested positive for Covid-19, according to BIGHIT Music statements published on global fan community platform Weverse. The group had recently returned to South Korea from the US, where it kicked off its first tour in two years since the beginning
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By Brian Lowry, CNN Series like “Insecure” can struggle to come up with significant finales because, when all’s said and done, life goes on. Yet the HBO dramedy’s final episode managed to create something memorable, informed by the line when the central character says, “I just wanna fast-forward to the part of my life where
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN For the last five years, many Sunday scaries have been staved off by one thing: “Insecure.” The hit HBO show, chronicling the lives of Issa Dee, played by star and creator Issa Rae, and her friends has become something of a television phenomenon. For hours on Sunday evening, as the show
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Hugh Jackman paid an emotional tribute to understudies, calling them “the bedrock of Broadway.” The actor and two-time Tony Award winner thanked Kathy Voytko, who plays Sutton Foster’s understudy as Marian Paroo in “The Music Man,” following their performance this week. Jackman told the audience that Voytko had only had her
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By Jason Hanna, CNN At least four ocean cruise ships were turned away from ports of call or were prohibited from letting passengers disembark in the Americas this week because of Covid-19 cases aboard. Though other cruises have had cases since US-based ships resumed service this summer with vaccine requirements and other measures meant to
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, CNN At least four ocean cruise ships were turned away from ports of call or were prohibited from letting passengers disembark in the Americas this week because of Covid-19 cases aboard. Though other cruises have had cases since US-based ships resumed service this summer with vaccine requirements and other measures meant to
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN It’s a Christmas Eve gift! Actress Olivia Munn and comedian John Mulaney have shared the first glimpse of their baby, who is now 1 month old. Munn posted an Instagram photo showing baby Malcolm wearing a blue beanie and swaddled in a fluffy blanket as he sleeps. “My Golden Ox baby.
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By Alaa Elassar and Sonnet Swire, CNN While the number of people flying out of US airports this year has matched, and at one point exceeded, 2019 levels, Christmas Eve air travel fell sharply below pre-pandemic levels. Thousands of Christmas weekend flights were canceled at the last minute because of staff and crew calling out
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