By Lisa Respers France, CNN Just before welcoming a child with Rihanna was earlier this month, A$AP Rocky shared some thoughts about how he planned on approaching fatherhood. In a recently published interview with Dazed just before Rihanna gave birth, the rapper said he “will always remind my children to never lose their imagination, even
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Sarah Sekula, CNN Clickety clack sounds. Steam whistles. Conductors sporting overalls. What’s not to love about train travel? In a world of instant gratification, welcoming a slower travel experience can be a lovely change of pace. Whether it’s a day trip or a long-distance haul, you’ll score instant nostalgia with one of these incredible North
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Francesca Street, CNN The sun was starting to set over Skara Brae, a prehistoric stone village on the Orkney Islands, an archipelago off the most northerly tip of Scotland. A lone figure stood alone among the 3,000 year-old stone buildings, cradling a cup of tea in the waning light. Rachael was a history graduate in
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In a photograph by Tommy Kha, the artist, dressed as Elvis Presley in a bedazzled low-cut white suit, stares at the viewer from behind a table in a retro-looking bright teal kitchen. There’s a sense of the uncanny valley with his blank, unbreaking gaze, and the harsh light flattening his figure. But
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The “Mona Lisa” was the subject of attempted vandalism on Sunday when a visitor to the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris smeared frosting all over the Renaissance-era painting’s protective glass. The man, who appeared to wear a wig in videos of the incident shared on social media, approached the painting in a
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By Brandon Griggs, CNN You are forgiven if you don’t recognize the white-haired man in glasses smoking a cigarette in these promotional photos. He looks important but only vaguely familiar — like a long-lost uncle, or that old guy who plays chess every day in the park. It’s actor Bradley Cooper, under layers of prosthetic
Continue Reading By Foren Clark, CNN The roots of French cooking run deep. The foundations of the country’s culinary empire were laid as early as the mid-1600s when chef François Pierre La Varenne penned his hugely influential “Le Cuisinier François” recipe book, emphasizing regional and seasonal ingredients, highlighting complementary flavors, and beginning to document its terms and
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The “Mona Lisa” was the subject of attempted vandalism on Sunday when a visitor to the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris smeared frosting all over the Renaissance-era painting’s protective glass. The man, who appeared to wear a wig in videos of the incident shared on social media, approached the painting in a
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By Marianne Garvey The 75th Cannes Film Festival has revealed this year’s award winners and the recipient of its prestigious Palme d’Or. In addition to the film’s honored, Forest Whitaker received a Palme d’Or for his career, and Tom Cruise was awarded a surprise honorary Palme d’Or while in town promoting “Top Gun: Maverick” near
Continue Reading By Emily Smith, CNN Nearly two decades after her death, Julia Child’s can-do attitude and love for food still resonates with professional chefs and novice home cooks around the world. She was a pioneer in the food world and blazed a trail for women in the culinary arts and celebrity chefs on television. Her legacy
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Story by Rebecca Cairns, CNN; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN Sassy, hardy, and vicious: that’s how yellow-eyed penguins are fondly described by the people who spend their days working with them. “(They) aren’t as cute and cuddly as they look,” says Jason van Zanten, conservation manager at Penguin Place in the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand.
Continue Reading Story by Rebecca Cairns, CNN; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN Sassy, hardy, and vicious: that’s how yellow-eyed penguins are fondly described by the people who spend their days working with them. “(They) aren’t as cute and cuddly as they look,” says Jason van Zanten, conservation manager at Penguin Place in the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Johnny Depp’s defamation trial may be winding down, but he stayed in the spotlight this weekend. The actor and musician played guitar with his longtime friend Jeff Beck at a concert at Sheffield City Hall in in Sheffield, England. “Well…what a surprise we got last night when Johnny Depp joined
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By Marianne Garvey Master P and his family are mourning the loss of his daughter Tytyana Miller. Miller was 29. No cause of death was shared. The artist and producer took to Instagram with a message, writing: “Our family is dealing with an overwhelming grief for the loss of my daughter Tytyana. We respectfully request
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN A month after the death of her mother Naomi Judd, Wynonna Judd is reflecting on her loss. In a recent post on the younger Judd’s verified Instagram account, she wrote “There is so much happening in the world right now. So before I sat down to write this, I thought,
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By Brian Lowry, CNN The context is more important than the content in “Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special,” a spare one-man comedy show that the former “Weekend Update” anchor, knowing that he was ill, wrote and performed in a single take at home alone before his death in September. The posthumous release provides a fitting and
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By Amanda Watts, CNN Musician Ronnie Hawkins has died according to a post on The Band’s verified Facebook page. Hawkins, 87, died Sunday according to a post by Robbie Robertson, a member of The Band. “The story of The Band began with Ronnie Hawkins. He was our mentor. He taught us the rules of the
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By Forrest Brown, CNN It seems so eternal, doesn’t it? The gleaming white marble. The massive columns. The huge statue of a man sitting straight up with purpose and solemn dignity. The face is wise and weary and staring resolutely ahead. The hands — one clinched and the other relaxed. The inscribed speeches calling us
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Johnny Depp’s defamation trial may be winding down, but he stayed in the spotlight this weekend. The actor and musician played guitar with his longtime friend Jeff Beck at a concert at Sheffield City Hall in in Sheffield, England. “Well…what a surprise we got last night when Johnny Depp joined
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Heather Chen, CNN A glass-bottomed walkway in Vietnam, which opened to much public fanfare in April, has been declared the world’s longest bridge of its kind by Guinness World Records. The previous record for world’s longest glass-bottomed bridge was held by a structure measuring 1,726 feet in length in Guangdong, China. Located in the rural
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