By Lilit Marcus, CNN Qantas has taken an important step toward launching Project Sunrise, its long-dreamed-of goal to establish direct flights between Australia and the cities of New York and London. The airline has ordered 12 Airbus A350-1000s planes, with hopes that the ultra-long-haul routes can begin operating in 2025. In total, there will be
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Oscar Holland, CNN Dior hosted a fashion show in South Korea for the very first time on Saturday, presenting its latest collection to a star-studded audience in Seoul. The French fashion giant transformed the prestigious Ewha Womans University into a runway, sending skateboarders down a sloping central ramp before models appeared in waves of yellow
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Country star Miranda Lambert celebrated National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day with photos of her furry family. “Here are some of my favorite moments with my rescue herd!” Lambert wrote on Instagram on Saturday. “Adopt don’t shop!” She posted photos of her five dogs, Thelma, Louise, Delta Dawn, Cher, and Bellamy;
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN It’s gonna be May — for the 10th year in a row. The iconic Justin Timberlake “It’s gonna be May” meme, a play on the singer’s pronunciation in the *NSYNC song “It’s Gonna Be Me,” has officially been around for a decade. The meme, featuring a fresh-faced, boy band-era Timberlake, was
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By Chloe Melas and Sonia Moghe, CNN Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial concluded its third week in a Virginia court on Friday. Depp is suing Heard, his ex-wife, for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas and Sonia Moghe, CNN Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial concluded its third week in a Virginia court on Friday. Depp is suing Heard, his ex-wife, for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
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By Dakin Andone, CNN Naomi Judd’s daughters honored her during her induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame Sunday night, just one day after they announced her death. During the ceremony, Wynonna Judd and Ashley Judd reflected on the difficulty of honoring their mother’s achievement so soon after losing her. “I didn’t prepare anything
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By Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN Country music legend Naomi Judd — one half of the duo The Judds — has died, her daughter Ashley Judd announced Saturday. She was 76. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered,” Ashley Judd said
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN One of the biggest stars at country music’s biggest festival had quite the weekend. Carrie Underwood paid tribute to Naomi Judd at the Stagecoach Festival held in Indio, California. Actress Ashley Judd announced Saturday that her mother had died at the age of 76. The elder Judd had been one
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By John Blake, CNN Rod Roddenberry Jr. is the only son of “Star Trek’s” iconic creator, but he never watched the show growing up. He was more into cars, heavy metal music and watching action television shows like “Starsky & Hutch” and “Knight Rider.” “It wasn’t until I got older and more mature that I
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Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Isa Soares, Madalena Araujo, Oleksandra Ochman, CNN; Photographs by Serhii Korovayny/Redux for CNN With the audience waiting eagerly in its seats, a familiar message echoes through the hall, reminding patrons to turn off phones and immerse themselves in the experience. It’s immediately followed by a more abnormal announcement. “Dear guest, our event will
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Christina Maxouris, CNN Country music legend Naomi Judd — one half of the duo The Judds — has died, her daughter Ashley Judd announced Saturday. She was 76. “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered,” Ashley Judd said
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Long-time talk show host Andy Cohen has announced the birth of his second child, a daughter named Lucy Eve Cohen, born via surrogate. Cohen posted a picture of himself smiling with his new bundle of joy on Instagram on Friday. Lucy was born at 5:13 p.m. in New York City and
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Google knows where to get its kicks… The search engine’s latest Google Doodle celebrates the historic cross-country highway Route 66. The artwork is an animated video composed of over 100 paintings and sketches by Google art director Matthew Cruickshank while on a road trip. Route 66 was built in 1926 and
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By Marianne Garvey Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are currently spending their days in a Fairfax, Virginia courthouse. Depp, who concluded his testimony this week, is suing his ex-wife for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she wrote. How they landed there –13 years after first meeting — is a story of an
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Been stuck at home so long your passport has cobwebs? It’s time to start planning your comeback tour. Your journey just might land you at the world’s busiest airport, which has taken a surprising path to world dominance. CNN Travel is here with our weekly feast of fun, adventure and inspiration.
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By Selina Wang, CNN Beijing is partially locking down to control a Covid outbreak that could completely shutter the Chinese capital. But just as the government is tightening controls in the city — testing 21 million residents, shutting schools and some shopping malls — I’m trying to get in. Flights from Tokyo to Beijing this
Continue Reading By Selina Wang, CNN Beijing is partially locking down to control a Covid outbreak that could completely shutter the Chinese capital. But just as the government is tightening controls in the city — testing 21 million residents, shutting schools and some shopping malls — I’m trying to get in. Flights from Tokyo to Beijing this
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By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Ayda Zugay isn’t someone who normally likes to save things. The walls of her Boston home are bare. She keeps a small bag packed with essential items in case she ever needs to leave quickly. But for more than two decades, she’s held onto an envelope that she hopes will
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By Sara Smart, CNN One couple has taken their love to new heights, quite literally. To about 37,000 feet, in fact. A Southwest flight from Dallas to Las Vegas turned into a makeshift wedding chapel on Sunday, complete with toilet paper streamers and a flight attendant maid of honor. Pam and Jeremy Salda had been
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