By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Every day, thousands of tourists from around the world plan their bucket-list trips to the Great Wall of China. Despite the wall’s 5,500-odd miles of terrain, stretching from east to west across the country, most travelers find themselves at either the Badaling or Mutianyu sections, the two areas closest
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is continuing to support Travis Kelce at his football games, this time by bringing her dad, Scott Swift, to join in on the fun. The father-daughter pair were seen on the Fox broadcast enjoying Sunday’s Kansas City Chiefs game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium
Continue Reading By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen Southeast Asian sculptures after they were linked to a late art dealer accused of trafficking artifacts looted from the region, according to the museum and the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York. New
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Comedian and satirical talk show host Ziwe has released her full interview with former New York Rep. George Santos, who earlier this month became the sixth lawmaker to ever be expelled from Congress. During their conversation, which was recorded last week and released on YouTube on Monday, Santos said
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel know the true meaning of the word sisterhood. The “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” co-stars reunited this weekend in New York City for a “Barbie” screening and Q&A event. Ferrera has drawn attention and praise for her powerful role in
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Legendary “Saturday Night Live” alums Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph made a surprise appearance on the long-running sketch show’s Christmas episode to help Kate McKinnon make her hosting debut. McKinnon, who left “SNL” in 2022 after appearing on the show for a decade, welcomed Rudolph and Wiig on stage
Continue Reading CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Legendary “Saturday Night Live” alums Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph made a surprise appearance on the long-running sketch show’s Christmas episode to help Kate McKinnon make her hosting debut. McKinnon, who left “SNL” in 2022 after appearing on the show for a decade, welcomed Rudolph and Wiig on
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — “Hate” is such a strong word, but we’re human enough to admit hating on things — especially Christmas songs — can be a joyous exercise. Healing, even! (And the English language has yet to produce a better word for the white-hot jolt of being exposed to Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime”
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Festive magic fueled by nostalgia has been credited for the “astonishing” sale of a Christmas tree, “bought for pennies” more than a century ago, for £3,411 ($4,328) at auction on Friday. The 31-inch tree, complete with 25 branches, 12 berries and six mini candle holders, was estimated to sell
Continue Reading Essay by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — At the unveiling of Oprah Winfrey’s new portrait at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday, she recalled a story about her grandmother once instructing her to boil clothes outside to get them clean. The family was so poor they had no running water, and her grandmother said
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: the world’s most attractive city destinations, why fake olive oil is on the rise and the flight-booking hack travelers love but airlines hate. Using legs to fly Skiplagging is a covert way to save big dollars on air travel by booking a cheaper, multileg
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — In December last year, after their flight from Orlando to Knoxville was unexpectedly canceled, 13 stranded strangers desperate to reach their destination rallied together, rented a van and hit the road. It was a spontaneous decision that one of the passengers, Alanah Story, chronicled via a series of videos
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Actor and author Mayim Bialik will no longer host the long-running game show “Jeopardy!” she announced Friday in a social media post. Bialik said Sony, which produces the show, informed her that she will no longer host the “syndicated version of Jeopardy!” she wrote on Instagram. “I am incredibly
Continue Reading CNN By Josh Campbell and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — “Friends” star Matthew Perry died as a result of “acute effects of ketamine” and subsequent drowning, an autopsy report shows. The report, released Friday by the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office, shows Perry’s blood tested positive for ketamine, which is known to treat depression and
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Southwest Airlines’ longstanding “customer of size” policy is generating new chatter, thanks to viral TikTok videos and media coverage surrounding efforts to push other airlines to offer seating policies for passengers who don’t fit comfortably into today’s narrow airline seats. The policy, which Southwest says has been around for
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — “Friends” star Matthew Perry died as a result of “acute effects of ketamine” and subsequent drowning, an autopsy report shows. The report, released Friday by the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office, shows Perry’s blood tested positive for ketamine, which is known to treat depression and anxiety.
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Despite its big swings with series like “The Lord of the Rings,” some of Amazon’s clearest Prime Video successes have involved more meat-and-potato-type offerings, like “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” and “Reacher.” The latter returns for a second season that again casts Alan Ritchson as an appropriately hulking version
Continue Reading By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — Jessica Vincent fondly remembers embarking on frequent thrifting trips — at secondhand stores, yard sales, flea markets — with her mother as a child. It’s a habit she retained into adulthood, and one that on Wednesday turned into a six-figure windfall for the Richmond, Virginia native (and the art and
Continue Reading By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Whatever Tony McNamara made from “Poor Things,” his son deserves a cut of dad’s check. The Oscar-nominated screenwriter’s uproarious, frequently filthy adaptation of Alastair Gray’s novel about Bella Baxter, a deceased woman reanimated with the brain of an unborn child, is not short of quotable lines. But it’s hard
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Devoted fans of classic anime series “Yu Yu Hakusho” now have a five-episode live-action adaptation. The Netflix series stays close to the story of Yusuke and his friends, but also features an extensive cast of characters. Takumi Kitamura stars as the teenage Yusuke. Sei Shiraishi plays Yusuke’s best friend
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