By Scottie Andrew and Leah Asmelash, CNN We laughed, we cringed, we tweeted — these are the pop culture moments that we’ll remember fondly as the year comes to an end. From the most meme-worthy moment of “House of Gucci” to the best resurrection of an early-2000s touchstone — Bennifer tried, but was bested by
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith is making the best of her hair loss. The actress and “Red Table Talk” host first went public about losing her hair in 2018. On Tuesday, she shared a video on her verifed Instagram account that showed her closely shaved hair. “Now at this point, I can
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Marianna Cerini, CNN When Dubai-based Basma Abu Ghazaleh launched her luxury ready-to-wear brand Kage in 2009, she said she could count the number of fellow fashion designers in the region on one hand. “There were couture labels, sure — we’ve always been known for that — but very few high-end contemporary options,” she said in
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith is making the best of her hair loss. The actress and “Red Table Talk” host first went public about losing her hair in 2018. On Tuesday, she shared a video on her verifed Instagram account that showed her closely shaved hair. “Now at this point, I can
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Cynthia Nixon reportedly considered not joining her fellow “Sex and the City” cast members for the series reboot. According to the News Corp’s Herald Sun, Nixon said “It was a very hard decision” when it came to reviving her character of Miranda Hobbes in “And Just Like That” for HBO
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Unlike Las Vegas, what happens in the Sarlacc Pit doesn’t stay in the Sarlacc Pit, which is good news for Disney+ and “Star Wars” fans. Enter “The Book of Boba Fett,” which has returned to where it all began on the sands of Tatooine with a spare, almost silent premiere
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Lori Loughlin took on the “Jerk.” The former “Fuller House” star made a rare social media appearance in her daughter Olivia Jade’s TikTok account recently. Olivia Jade, who is a social media influencer, rated her family members doing a viral dance known as the “Jerk.” “Mom: 100/10 cute af and
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Julia Buckley, CNN The first thing it resembles — this private, manmade island, straddling the Adriatic Sea and the Venetian lagoon — is a Bond villain’s lair. The second — as you dock at the private pontoon, walk past the Brutalist concrete façade, and into a “control room” where staff watch monitors tracking the waters
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Oscar Holland, CNN Predictions for the future have not always been entirely accurate. If sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s classic novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” had been prophetic, humanoid robots would live among us by now, almost indistinguishable from people. And if Keanu Reeves’ 1995 movie “Johnny Mnemonic” had came to pass, human
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Hugh Jackman went from praising those on Broadway who have stepped up in the face of the pandemic to sharing that he has tested positive for Covid-19. The two-time Tony Award winner, who will star in the upcoming revival of “The Music Man” on Broadway set to open in February,
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By Paul P. Murphy and Steve Almasy, CNN A Los Angeles woman is facing a federal assault charge after allegedly hitting and spitting on another passenger on a December 23 Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta. The incident occurred after the female passenger found the aisle from one of the bathrooms to her seat blocked
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Cheer” is returning for a seemingly dramatic second season. The Netflix docuseries, which follows the cheer teams at Navarro College and their rival Trinity Valley Community College in Texas on their journey to a national competition in Daytona Beach, Florida, will see Covid-19 upend the 2020 cheer season and a serious
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Betty White, a national treasure, is just weeks away from celebrating her 100th birthday. The award-winning actress spoke to People Magazine ahead of the milestone, saying, “I’m so lucky to be in such good health and feel so good at this age. It’s amazing,” White said. White revealed a secret to
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By Marianne Garvey You get a car! And you get a car! Kris Jenner played Oprah and gifted her entire family Moke electric cars in different colors. Jenner’s daughter Kim Kardashian showed off the row of cars on her Instagram, saying the pink ones belong to her and Khloe Kardashian. “Oh my god, look at
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bebe Rexha is not feeling great this holiday season. The singer shared a video on her verified TikTok where she explained why. “So it is the holidays and I know we’re all supposed to be, like, merry and like, ‘Yay, it’s the holidays,’ which Rexha said she has felt a
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Reuters New crystals from Irish company Waterford have joined over 2,000 sparkling triangles covering the ball that drops over New York’s Times Square every year, days before the countdown to 2022. “We’re here today replacing 192 of the Waterford crystal triangles on that ball behind me with a new design, ‘the Gift of Wisdom,’” said
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy and Steve Almasy, CNN A Los Angeles woman is facing a federal assault charge after allegedly hitting and spitting on another passenger on a December 23 Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta. The incident occurred after the female passenger found the aisle from one of the bathrooms to her seat blocked
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Marianna Cerini, CNN Year two of the pandemic was, in many ways, just as challenging and weird as the first. That said, in-person events made a tentative comeback, as did socializing outside our homes — albeit with masks on our faces and hand sanitizer in our pockets. More so than in 2020, we adapted to
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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 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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