By Paradise Afshar, Pete Muntean and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — An Alaska Airlines passenger accused of attacking another traveler with pens wrapped in rubber bands in late January has been charged in federal court with assault with a dangerous weapon, according to court documents filed in the US District Court of Nevada on Wednesday. Julio Alvarez Lopez, who was
Continue Reading By Julian Ryall, CNN Yokohama, Japan (CNN) — Of all the cities in Japan, Yokohama is without doubt the most international and cosmopolitan. While many other urban centers have built over their past in the rush to modernize, Yokohama has gone to great lengths to preserve its history as the port that opened the country
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — If you joined the throngs of Americans and international visitors flocking to a National Park Service site in 2023, this next statistic likely won’t come as too much of a shock: Roughly 325.5 million recreation visits were paid to the more than 400 sites administered by the NPS last
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — With the lunar touchdown of the Odysseus spacecraft on Thursday, the world’s most expensive living artist has now earned a new, space-age superlative: His creation is now the first “authorized” work of art on the moon. Exchanging the gallery space for a transparent box in space, the American artist Jeff
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Tom Holland once said that he thinks he has no “rizz,” shorthand for “charisma,” whatsoever. But it just so happens his girlfriend Zendaya disagrees. “I think someone who has beautiful charisma… is Mr. Tom Holland,” she said in an interview with Buzzfeed published Thursday, issuing a rare comment on
Continue Reading CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, according to representatives for Williams. The news was shared in a press release on Thursday to “correct inaccurate and hurtful rumors about her health,” a care team for Williams wrote in a statement. “As Wendy’s
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, according to representatives for Williams. The news was shared in a press release on Thursday to “correct inaccurate and hurtful rumors about her health,” a care team for Williams wrote in a statement. “As Wendy’s fans
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The devil will wear Prada at the Screen Actors Guild Awards this weekend. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, who starred in the 2006 hit film “The Devil Wears Prada,” will reunite at the event to present an award together, the SAG Awards revealed Thursday. The reunion comes
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Consider the toilet — that humble porcelain bowl that spirits away our waste several times a day. It’s not a piece of technology that often gets flashy updates (though dual flushing, seat warming and electronic bidet features can certainly elevate it), nor is it a darling of the design
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Natalie Portman has been working to keep her private life separate from her public life as an actor since she began working at age 13. In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Portman explained, “I got very protective of it very early on. I chose a different name when
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Translating kids’ animation to live-action is a tricky proposition, as Disney and the 2010 movie version of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” can attest. Netflix gets the look and action right in a lavish series based on the Nickelodeon show, but too-elemental dialogue and uneven performances make this eight-episode
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Karl Marx once gifted a signed copy of “Das Kapital” to scientist Charles Darwin, but the book remained largely unread, providing an “amusing insight” into the dynamics between these two intellectuals, according to experts. In “Das Kapital,” economist and philosopher Marx explored how the capitalist system works and, he
Continue Reading By Christian House, CNN (CNN) — Saul Leiter had a thing for umbrellas. They pepper his mid-century photographs of New York, popping up over years of work: pink umbrellas, red umbrellas, yellow umbrellas. Their owners remain hidden underneath, dry and out of sight, upstaged by their vivid canopies. In “Saul Leiter: An Unfinished Word,” a
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — While the A380 superjumbo is enjoying a steady resurgence after having been on the brink of retirement during the pandemic, its older sibling – another four-engined aircraft from Airbus – seems dangerously close to being grounded for good. The A340 was introduced 30 years ago with Lufthansa and Air
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — In opening statements of “Rust” film armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed’s manslaughter trial Thursday, both the prosecution and the defense agreed that negligence was to blame for the on-set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. But whose negligence, exactly? New Mexico prosecutor Jason Lewis said Gutierrez Reed’s
Continue Reading By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Travelers who were hoping to experience Qantas’ long-awaited, record-breaking ‘Project Sunrise’ flights next year will have to be a bit more patient. Australia’s flag carrier said on Thursday that manufacturing delays have impacted the delivery dates for the Airbus A350-1000 jets that will be used to service the ultra-long-haul
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — British YouTuber Ashley Humphries has made several videos about traveling in South Korea, including a tour of the DMZ and a visit to an abandoned theme park called Yongma Land. But he’s now interested in going there for more than just a holiday. Humphries is one of the first
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — In an effort to keep the movie theater industry alive – beyond creating many films we know and love – some of Hollywood’s most celebrated filmmakers are the proud new owners of an historic movie theater in Los Angeles. Led by “Juno” and “Ghostbusters” director Jason Reitman, a coalition
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Josh Brolin is known as a doting father and movie star of epic proportions, but above all, the man is a gifted wordsmith. Brolin – who plays Gurney Halleck in the Denis Villeneuve “Dune” movies – took a more creative approach to promoting the franchise’s second installment “Dune: Part
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Barry Keoghan is not embarrassed by that dancing scene at the end of “Saltburn.” In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Irish actor said he drew his character’s freedom dancing in the nude from his own life. “I do dance around naked though, in my house,” Keoghan told
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