Francesca Street, CNN Maggie Musgrave was sitting, alone, in Miami International Airport, crying. It was a Sunday evening in summer 2011. Thunderstorms were raging over Miami, and the airport departure area was getting increasingly crowded, with stranded travelers fighting for seats as plane after plane was grounded. Maggie, then 28, was on her way home
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN Not many aircraft can claim to be truly one of a kind, but the NASA AD-1 is undoubtedly one of them. A slim pointed cigar with a single wing that pivoted around a central point, which led to a jarring asymmetry in flight. No other piloted plane has ever been built
Continue Reading Leah Dolan, CNN and Oscar Holland, CNN When the late Karl Lagerfeld met Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s daughter Apple, as a baby, he predicted that she would one day become “a Chanel girl.” That’s according to fashion insider Derek Blasberg, whose account was seemingly confirmed by Paltrow when she commented on his Instagram post
Continue Reading Rebecca Cairns, CNN The year is 2050. Agriculture happens in labs, as well as fields. And on the menu for dinner? Microalgae. That speculative future meal might not sound very appealing, but microalgae are packed with proteins, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals — including vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and E, iron, calcium and
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Interview by Coy Wire, CNN If Eileen Gu’s account of last Saturday’s Freestyle Ski World Cup event in Calgary is anything to go by, a day in the Olympian’s life is as varied as it is busy: She took first place in morning qualifiers, wrote two essays, read some René Descartes and
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Interview by Coy Wire, CNN If Eileen Gu’s account of last Saturday’s Freestyle Ski World Cup event in Calgary is anything to go by, a day in the Olympian’s life is as varied as it is busy: She took first place in morning qualifiers, wrote two essays, read some René Descartes and
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN John Mayer has announced a first-ever solo acoustic tour. The 19-date tour will stop at arenas across North America and is set to kick off on March 11 in New Jersey, according to a press release. The tour ends in Los Angeles on April 14. Tickets go on sale on February
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Taylor Swift has us floating on a cloud of “Lavender Haze.” The singer teased the debut of the music video to her latest single on Instagram on Thursday, telling her followers to “meet me at midnight.” In the clip, a person appearing to be Swift is seated on a bed clouded
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN Britney Spears has asked her fans to respect her privacy after she says “prank phone calls” prompted a wellness check from police earlier this week. The singer posted a note to Twitter on Thursday in which she addressed the police visit and said, “I love and adore my fans but this
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN The first official teaser trailer for “Daisy Jones & The Six” has dropped, along with the fictional band’s first single and tracklist from the upcoming Amazon series. The show follows a fictional ’70s band of the same name and is based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 2019 novel, “Daisy Jones & the
Continue Reading By Matthew Pittman, CNN The reboot of “Gossip Girl” is coming to an end after two seasons, but one of the stars of the HBO Max series is just getting started. Grace Duah, 25, made her television debut on “Gossip Girl,” playing the rebellious and carefree teenager Shan Barnes. Like the other teen characters on
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN “Succession,” the king of prestige TV, is returning this March — its acid-tongued dialogue, family infighting and meme-worthy moments intact. HBO’s latest trailer for “Succession’s” fourth season pits three of the Roy siblings (minus, Connor, of course) against their father, the unbeatable titan Logan Roy. When we last left them, Shiv’s
Continue Reading Thomas Page, CNN The campaign by American photographer Nan Goldin to shame galleries and museums into cutting ties with the Sackler families, the owners of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma, was always under a lens — that was part of its point. Beginning in 2018, a number of noisy protests at some of the art world’s
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN For some people, relaxation looks like settling down with a nice glass of wine and the most graphic, disturbing tale of murder imaginable. True crime stories have always appealed to our baser natures. Now, the genre is practically a lifestyle, with endless docuseries, podcasts and investigations to binge and discuss over
Continue Reading Sarah Reid, CNN Qatar hasn’t only been busy building soccer stadiums but also a slew of architecturally striking and accessible museums in its well-documented quest to be recognized as the arts capital of the Arabian Peninsula. Qatar travel guide Most of the Gulf nation’s major museums have opened or been renovated during the past decade,
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN John Legend shared his first photo with newborn daughter, Esti, on social media. The singer and his wife Chrissy Teigen recently welcomed Esti Maxine Stephens, who shares Legend’s birth surname. Legend is holding the baby in the picture, captioned, “Our new love.” Teigen commented, “eeeee I love her.” “Saturday Night Live”
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Three people received medical treatment during filming for a real-life “Squid Game” show, Netflix has confirmed, but the streaming giant denied that anyone suffered “serious injury.” Netflix announced last year that it was launching “Squid Game: The Challenge” as a reality competition series based on its smash-hit drama — a fictional
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN People on the internet can calm down now as Austin Butler has acknowledged that his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens, is the “friend” he credits for encouraging him to play Elvis. As Butler rides the awards season wave with nominations for his performance in the title role in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” some
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN There’s a great deal of conversation recently about celebrities using Type 2 diabetes medication Ozempic for weight loss. Chelsea Handler is now sharing that she was one such celeb, though she wasn’t initially aware of it. During a recent conversation on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, Handler said her “anti-aging
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN There aren’t many teen wolves in “Teen Wolf: The Movie,” but there is a pack of them in “Wolf Pack,” the series premiering the same day, from the same producer and on the same streaming service that is definitely not a spinoff of “Teen Wolf,” but rather adapted from a
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