Julia Buckley, CNN The first thing it resembles — this private, manmade island, straddling the Adriatic Sea and the Venetian lagoon — is a Bond villain’s lair. The second — as you dock at the private pontoon, walk past the Brutalist concrete façade, and into a “control room” where staff watch monitors tracking the waters
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Oscar Holland, CNN Predictions for the future have not always been entirely accurate. If sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s classic novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” had been prophetic, humanoid robots would live among us by now, almost indistinguishable from people. And if Keanu Reeves’ 1995 movie “Johnny Mnemonic” had came to pass, human
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Hugh Jackman went from praising those on Broadway who have stepped up in the face of the pandemic to sharing that he has tested positive for Covid-19. The two-time Tony Award winner, who will star in the upcoming revival of “The Music Man” on Broadway set to open in February,
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By Paul P. Murphy and Steve Almasy, CNN A Los Angeles woman is facing a federal assault charge after allegedly hitting and spitting on another passenger on a December 23 Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta. The incident occurred after the female passenger found the aisle from one of the bathrooms to her seat blocked
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Cheer” is returning for a seemingly dramatic second season. The Netflix docuseries, which follows the cheer teams at Navarro College and their rival Trinity Valley Community College in Texas on their journey to a national competition in Daytona Beach, Florida, will see Covid-19 upend the 2020 cheer season and a serious
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Betty White, a national treasure, is just weeks away from celebrating her 100th birthday. The award-winning actress spoke to People Magazine ahead of the milestone, saying, “I’m so lucky to be in such good health and feel so good at this age. It’s amazing,” White said. White revealed a secret to
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By Marianne Garvey You get a car! And you get a car! Kris Jenner played Oprah and gifted her entire family Moke electric cars in different colors. Jenner’s daughter Kim Kardashian showed off the row of cars on her Instagram, saying the pink ones belong to her and Khloe Kardashian. “Oh my god, look at
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bebe Rexha is not feeling great this holiday season. The singer shared a video on her verified TikTok where she explained why. “So it is the holidays and I know we’re all supposed to be, like, merry and like, ‘Yay, it’s the holidays,’ which Rexha said she has felt a
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Reuters New crystals from Irish company Waterford have joined over 2,000 sparkling triangles covering the ball that drops over New York’s Times Square every year, days before the countdown to 2022. “We’re here today replacing 192 of the Waterford crystal triangles on that ball behind me with a new design, ‘the Gift of Wisdom,’” said
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy and Steve Almasy, CNN A Los Angeles woman is facing a federal assault charge after allegedly hitting and spitting on another passenger on a December 23 Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta. The incident occurred after the female passenger found the aisle from one of the bathrooms to her seat blocked
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Marianna Cerini, CNN Year two of the pandemic was, in many ways, just as challenging and weird as the first. That said, in-person events made a tentative comeback, as did socializing outside our homes — albeit with masks on our faces and hand sanitizer in our pockets. More so than in 2020, we adapted to
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David McElhinney Perhaps surprisingly, fewer than 10% of the 6,852 islands making up the Japanese archipelago are inhabited. But among those 400 or so, travelers are treated to a rich tapestry of natural treasures, deep-seated mysticism, thriving cultural assets and stretches of sprawling urbanity. Covid restrictions mean that most of us can only dream about
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By Forrest Brown, CNN Terrible weather. Computer glitches. Inflation. Staffing shortages. Holiday crunches. It was a tough slog for many air travelers for much of 2022. And the year went out rough as it came in with a massive winter storm the week before Christmas and the meltdown of Southwest Airlines. And 2023 couldn’t even
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN It has been a tough slog for some air travelers ever since the winter holidays rush — and it may not be over soon. Citing the spike in Omicron variant cases and in some cases bad weather, airlines have been canceling and delaying thousands of flights since December 23. The trend
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By Marianne Garvey “The Batman” has a new action-packed trailer. The upcoming DC film, starring Robert Pattinson as Batman and Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, shows Batman trying to defeat The Riddler, played by Paul Dano. The new trailer also focuses on the growing relationship between Batman and Catwoman. “Two years of stalking the streets as
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By Andy Rose, CNN Acclaimed film director Jean-Marc Vallée — who helmed the 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” — died Sunday near Quebec City, Canada, his production company’s publicist told CNN. He was 58 years old. “He was a friend, creative partner and an older brother to me,” Nathan Ross, a partner in Vallée’s production
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By Marianne Garvey Tom Holland is having quite the career peak. The “Spider-Man: No Way Home” star’s name is reportedly being tossed in the ring to host the Academy Awards on March 27. But, he says, it’s probably not going to happen. “Maybe in the future, but in all honesty I’m just too busy right
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Dwayne Johnson gave his mother a heartfelt surprise this Christmas. The actor and entrepreneur posted the sweet moment when he gifted his mother a car over the holiday weekend.. His young daughters helped him with the big reveal. “She was shocked,” Johnson wrote. “She got a few good ugly cries in.
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By Chloe Melas, CNN If you thought you spotted Tom Hanks in “1883,” you’re right. The Oscar winner appeared on the second episode of the Paramount+ show with Tim McGraw. As it turns out, McGraw is actually old buddies with Hanks. “You never want to botch a scene when you got Tom Hanks in there
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Cobra Kai” might not be the best show on TV, but few appear to have more fun playing with their formats, as this “Karate Kid” revival — having received a major commercial boost from its migration to Netflix — kicks off (literally) its fourth season. Each new round of episodes
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