By Lisa Respers France, CNN Candace Cameron Bure and Bob Saget were like father and daughter to the end. Bure told “Today” that she had been scheduled to get together with Saget prior to his death in January at the age of 65. The pair, who starred as father and daughter on “Full House” and
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Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Along the West Coast of the United States, 1,377 miles of railroad tracks run from Seattle to Los Angeles — a route often named as one of the most beautiful train journeys in America. The route, called the Coast Starlight, takes 35 hours in total to wind through Washington state, cross
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo and Christiane Amanpour, CNN | Henry Hullah, CNN As the Beijing Winter Olympics gets underway, artist Ai Weiwei is once again criticizing China’s ruling Communist Party — and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which he said is “ignoring” the safety of the country’s athletes by prioritizing business and “standing next to the authoritarians.”
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN After years of speculation, James McAvoy has confirmed that he is married to Lisa Liberati. The Scottish actor, best known for playing a young Charles Xavier in the X-Men franchise, revealed in an interview with the UK’s Guardian newspaper Thursday that he secretly married his American partner after meeting her on
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Oscar Holland, CNN Filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was, for many, the abiding memory of China’s first ever Games. In a display of color, coordination and pyrotechnics, the celebrated director announced the country’s arrival on the world stage in dramatic fashion, complete with performers “painting” on an LED scroll, an
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By Adam Pourahmadi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Johnny Vegas strolls onto the balcony of a suite at the Five Palm Resort overlooking the glittering Dubai Marina across the bay and surveys the potential he sees in the Emirati city. “I can find New York in Dubai,” he says. I can find Miami and Los Angeles
Continue Reading By Adam Pourahmadi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Johnny Vegas strolls onto the balcony of a suite at the Five Palm Resort overlooking the glittering Dubai Marina across the bay and surveys the potential he sees in the Emirati city. “I can find New York in Dubai,” he says. I can find Miami and Los Angeles
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By Angela Dewan and Danya Gainor, CNN The highest glacier on the world’s tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of human-induced climate change, a new study shows. The findings serve as a warning that rapid glacier melt at some of the Earth’s highest points could bring worsening climate impacts, including
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By Forrest Brown, CNN It has been a tough slog for some air travelers ever since the winter holidays rush. Between the spike Omicron variant cases causing staffing shortages and bad winter weather, airlines have been canceling and delaying thousands of flights since December 23. This week, you can blame it on the weather again.
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Susan Sarandon is facing backlash from law enforcement for a Twitter post she shared comparing the officers gathered at slain NYPD Detective Jason Rivera’s funeral to fascists. Podcaster Danny Haiphong had originally posted a tweet that showed thousands of NYPD cops lined up on 5th Avenue in Manhattan last week to
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Susan Sarandon is facing backlash from law enforcement for a Twitter post she shared comparing the officers gathered at slain NYPD Detective Jason Rivera’s funeral to fascists. Podcaster Danny Haiphong had originally posted a tweet that showed thousands of NYPD cops lined up on 5th Avenue in Manhattan last week to
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Sara Spary and Hannah Ryan, CNN A 16th century drawing by one of the key figures of the German Renaissance has been valued in excess of $10 million after it was initially purchased at a yard sale for just $30 in 2017. According to Agnews Gallery — the London auction house in possession of the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Cheslie Kryst’s mother is speaking out about her daughter’s death, saying she has “never known a pain as deep as this. I am forever changed.” April Simpkins shared a statement with “Extra” where Kryst had worked as an entertainment correspondent. The 30-year-old attorney and former Miss USA died after jumping
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By Marianne Garvey Channing Tatum says he is traumatized after his dreams of playing a Marvel superhero fell apart. The “Magic Mike” star was set to play X-Men character Gambit in his own movie in 2016, but after production delays, the movie never happened. Tatum and his producing partner, Reid Carolin, were producing the movie
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Two judges on “The Masked Singer” walked off after Rudy Giuliani unmasked himself at the end of a show taping, a source close to the show told CNN Wednesday. Robin Thicke and Ken Jeong walked off stage following the revelation of Giuliani as a contestant on the popular Fox reality show
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By Forrest Brown, CNN Sun and water can cooperate to make a visit to Yosemite National Park in California potentially extra special. It’s a glorious, orange-tinged nature show called “Firefall.” For the 2022 season, the first one is coming up this February. (A possible second one occurs in fall.) The lava-lookalike spectacle happens at Horsetail
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Rihanna has given us another glimpse of her pregnancy. The singer and beauty mogul this week revealed that she and her boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky, are expecting their first child. On Wednesday, Rihanna shared previously published photos of her baby bump — plus a new one. “How the gang pulled
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By Will McGough, CNN Perhaps no travel destination in the world has had a rougher go of things these past few years than Puerto Rico. In addition to the pandemic, the Caribbean archipelago has faced an eye-popping string of disasters in the past half-decade. They include the Zika epidemic in 2016, Hurricanes Irma and Maria
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