By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Celine Dion had an important reminder in light of the holiday. The famed singer posted a Thanksgiving message on her verified Instagram account. “Dear friends, today is a beautiful reminder to slow down, take a deep breath, and give thanks,” she said in the opening of the clip.
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A visit to the Louvre museum in Paris is set to become significantly more expensive for travelers from outside Europe, with officials announcing plans to hike the price of tickets by 45%. From January 14, 2026, an individual ticket for visitors from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) —
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Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — There may soon — potentially very soon — be a time when even the world’s greatest riches are unable to purchase one of Fabergé’s legendary Imperial Eggs. There will simply be none left on the private market. The storied St. Petersburg jewelry house only ever produced 50 for the Russian
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Congratulations: You’ve taken time out of your Thanksgiving holiday and made it to the end of nearly 5 hours of Netflix viewing and are up to date (for now) on the final season of everyone’s favorite retro-’80s tween horror tale, “Stranger Things.” If you’re not, run away back into
Continue Reading NETFLIX, HBO, CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Congratulations: You’ve taken time out of your Thanksgiving holiday and made it to the end of nearly 5 hours of Netflix viewing and are up to date (for now) on the final season of everyone’s favorite retro-’80s tween horror tale, “Stranger Things.” If you’re not, run
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN Psadek, Cambodia (CNN) — After years guiding tourists around Cambodia, Nao Sok has a clear answer when asked which destination is most underrated: Oudong. Located about 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Phnom Penh, this was Cambodia’s capital from 1618 to the mid-1860s. The name Oudong comes from the Sanskrit word uttunga,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — What the cluck is going on in Kate Beckinsale’s family? The mother hen shared an outrageous story during her recent appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” It started with her explaining that the boyfriend of her daughter, 26-year-old Lily Sheen, is one of only five people Beckinsale has ever
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Strangers rallied behind Akira Montague when she took on a woman in court whom she had believed was one of her closest friends. Montague, a 27-year-old mother of two, won a $1.75 million judgment this month against the TikTok influencer Brenay Kennard, after accusing Kennard of having an
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — It was the night before Thanksgiving, 1980. An unexpected blizzard had coated central Missouri in inches of snow. And John Morris’ car had just spun off an icy road and into a ditch. John was still sitting behind the wheel of his 1969 Chevrolet Nova, in shock. He tried
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By Ali Halit Diker, CNN (CNN) — The village of Akyaka is one of those places you hope no one else finds out about. Tucked between pine-covered mountains and the cool, crystal waters of the Azmak River, it’s a picture of serenity. Whitewashed houses with wooden frames and sweeping eaves feel like part of the
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By Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — International tourists visiting popular national parks in the US next year will be required to pay additional fees and raised rates on annual passes, the US Department of the Interior announced Tuesday. In a statement hailing a new “resident-focused fee structure that puts American families first,” the department said
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — “Dancing with the Stars” has capped off its renaissance season with a winner whose abdominal muscles have had more TikTok-scrolling eyeballs on them than some Renaissance paintings hanging in the Met. Congratulations, Robert Irwin, a sweet-seeming boy who Samba-ed on the heartstrings of millions this season, culminating in a
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — “Stranger Things,” one of the streaming era’s most atmospheric and successful shows, is ending after ten years, and it’s kind of overwhelming. The show’s last episode dropped three and a half years ago, which means remembering what happened while also taking in all the teases about the new season
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Justice confirmed on Tuesday that the name of a law enforcement operation that led to several arrests in Columbia last week was named after a song by The Killers. Operation Brightside — which resulted in 33 arrests and 19 indictments for mostly illegal gun possession – was named after
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — In video footage, it almost looks like an earthquake. The ancient Torre dei Conti, which has occupied a street corner of central Rome since medieval times, is suddenly enveloped in billowing clouds as falling bricks spew from a hole in its side. As more of its internal
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Eric Dane’s latest role is probably his most personal to date. The “Euphoria” star has been talking about his diagnosis with and treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis since April. Dane appeared in an episode of “Brilliant Minds” this week, playing a firefighter named Matthew who also suffers from
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When you think of clothing silhouettes that evoke power and presence, 1980s-era padded shoulders might come to mind, the kind seen on Grace Jones when she wore a sharply tailored Giorgio Armani suit for her 1981 “Nightclubbing” album, or more recently, Doja Cat, whose exaggerated take at the 2025
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jon Gosselin got married over the weekend. The former reality television star shared the news on his social media in an announcement with “Entertainment Tonight.” Gosselin, who first came to fame with his now ex-wife on the hit TLC series “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” married his girlfriend
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By Kati Chitrakorn, Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Anna Wintour described the American philanthropist and former journalist Lauren Sánchez Bezos as a “great lover of costume and obviously of fashion” when asked about criticism surrounding the Bezos’s role as sponsors of the 2026 Met Gala. Speaking to CNN in Doha, Qatar, at the inaugural Franca
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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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