By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Jimmy Cliff, the smooth-voiced singer who helped popularize the reggae genre, has died at age 81, his wife announced on Instagram on Monday. “It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia,” Latifa Chambers said. “I
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Udo Kier, the German actor who starred in both European art house and Hollywood movies, collaborating with some of the most significant artists of his time, died on Sunday at age 81, his partner, Delbert McBride, told Variety. CNN has reached out to Kier’s agent for comment. After rising
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By Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — The moment Brazilian pop sensation Liniker walked into Amoeba Music in Hollywood, the crowd roared. Fans lifted their phones, snapping pictures with one hand and clutching her Latin Grammy-winning record on the other, many still buzzing from watching her performance at the awards show days earlier. The Latin
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Our pre-Thanksgiving travel news roundup is all about transportation, from flight attendants’ holiday survival tips to Egypt’s new high-speed rail and how the world’s oldest passenger ship began a new life on land. A unique airport and a unique plane Maho Beach, on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Dolly Parton has had to miss two significant ceremonies as she continues to follow her doctors’ orders amid some “health challenges.” The legendary singer, songwriter and entrepreneur, 79, was unable to attend her recent induction into the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions’ Hall of Fame. That
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Isidor and Ida Straus are remembered as two of the highest-profile victims of the Titanic disaster, and among the few first-class passengers to perish. The pair, who were depicted in James Cameron’s Oscar-winning 1997 movie “Titanic,” were offered seats in one of the lifeboats but refused to be separated.
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CNN By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Fatima Bosch of Mexico has been named Miss Universe 2025 in a scandal-hit competition where she emerged as a fan favorite after she was berated by a Thai pageant director during a pre-pageant meeting, triggering a walk out by contestants. The 25-year-old humanitarian and volunteer was crowned by
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Charlie XCX sees your Brat Summer and raises you. That’s because the pop star is betting she can extend that run with a forthcoming film conceived by and starring her. A teaser trailer has dropped for “The Moment,” an A24 movie which Vanity Fair described as “a revisionist
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Navigating airports and airplanes can be stressful at the best of times. As millions of travelers take to the skies over the busy holiday period, that built-in stress can hit new heights. In the US, the now-ended government shutdown has also brought weeks of travel uncertainty. While shutdown-related flight
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ariana Grande stopped work in solidarity with her “Wicked: For Good” costar Cynthia Erivo when Erivo fell ill. Then Grande suffered the same fate. The petite actress and singer — Grande, not Erivo, who also fits that description — posted a photo on her Instagram stories from the
Continue Reading By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — In popular culture, the archetypal look of a witch is a female figure generally depicted wearing a black dress, robe, or cloak. Typically, she also sports a pointed hat and carries a broomstick that doubles as her mode of transport. It’s an image that was largely solidified by the
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Bodrum, Turkey (CNN) — The mountainous Bodrum Peninsula rises over the vibrant blue Aegean Sea, its peak richly forested, its foothills stacked with white flat-roofed homes and hotels. On the peninsula’s exclusive northern coastline, superyachts bob between the ultra-luxury villas and hotels of Paradise Bay. In Bodrum town on the southern
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A copy of the first ever issue of “Superman,” discovered in a Californian attic last year, has become the most expensive comic ever sold, fetching $9.12 million at auction. Three brothers from northern California discovered the issue of “Superman #1” while clearing out their mother’s attic after her death.
Continue Reading By Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — It’s only taken a few hundred years, but the “Spice Islands” region of eastern Indonesia — now known as the Maluku Islands — is once again attracting attention. Virtually off-the-grid for global travelers just two decades ago, the archipelago and its hundreds of islands, along with several surrounding regions,
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN LOS ANGELES (CNN) — In March 2023 – eight months before Cassie Ventura filed the bombshell lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs that would ignite his public downfall and ultimately lead to his criminal conviction – another accuser was contemplating coming forward. Music producer and publicist Jonathan Hay had contacted
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CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN LOS ANGELES (CNN) — In March 2023 – eight months before Cassie Ventura filed the bombshell lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs that would ignite his public downfall and ultimately lead to his criminal conviction – another accuser was contemplating coming forward. Music producer and publicist Jonathan Hay had
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By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Fatima Bosch of Mexico has been named Miss Universe 2025 in a scandal-hit competition where she emerged as a fan favorite after she was berated by a Thai pageant director during a pre-pageant meeting, triggering a walk out by contestants. The 25-year-old humanitarian and volunteer was crowned by last
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction after selling for $54.7 million. “El sueño (La cama)” – “The Dream (The Bed)” – grabbed the title at Sotheby’s in New York, after it surpassed the existing record
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Michel, 52, declined to address the court before US
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Friends, family and fans gathered Thursday to honor the late Chadwick Boseman receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Thursday was declared “Chadwick Boseman Day” in Hollywood, and his “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” costar Viola Davis, his “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler and
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