By Aimee Dawson Diriyah (CNN) — Sotheby’s inaugural auction in Saudi Arabia — and the country’s first major international art and luxury auction — took place in Diriyah on Saturday with works by regional artists selling particularly well. Sotheby’s reported a full house for the “Origins” sale, which was held in a 250-seat outdoor amphitheater
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kendrick Lamar may not have won a most valuable player trophy at the Super Bowl on Sunday night, but perhaps he should have. The cultural consensus is that the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper not only definitively put to bed who won his rap feud with Drake, but Lamar also
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Art historians studying a painting by Pablo Picasso have uncovered the mysterious portrait of a woman, hidden beneath its surface. The portrait of the woman was lost when Picasso painted over it, probably a few months afterward, in 1901 to depict his sculptor friend Mateu Fernández de Soto
Continue Reading By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, CNN (CNN) — Back at the turn of the 21st century, Qatar was a country with few cultural attractions to keep visitors and residents entertained. Yet the Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum — known as the FBQ Museum — was a place that most people visited as an alternative to
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York (CNN) — What is the state of American fashion right now? It’s a question at least partly answered by New York Fashion Week, which concluded Tuesday, where brands including Thom Browne and Calvin Klein showed their latest collections in a season marked by major debuts, returns and decisive shake-ups
Continue Reading By Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — A giant fatberg forced Bryan Adams to cancel a concert in Western Australia on Sunday night after authorities warned it could cause the venue’s toilets to overflow, posing a potential health risk. The sold-out show at Perth’s RAC Arena was called off just hours before the Grammy award-winning singer
Continue Reading By Jay Ganglani, CNN (CNN) — Ed Sheeran took to a busy street in southern India this weekend to surprise fans with a live performance but police soon swooped and pulled the plug on the British singer, saying he hadn’t received permission. The four-time Grammy winner was in between shows in the southern city of
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — This year’s Super Bowl halftime show was hardly a fashion extravaganza, with headliner Kendrick Lamar keeping things simple in a backwards cap and motorbike-style varsity jacket, which he kept on throughout. And without the costume-change roulette we’ve come to expect of halftime shows, the internet fixated on one item
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — One of the best things that can happen to a zoo or aquarium is for one of their resident animals to go viral. Just look at the multi-hour-long lines to see Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo in Thailand who has become an internet sensation following her July 2024 birth.
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bradley Cooper was flying high after the Philadelphia Eagles’ epic win at Super Bowl LIX. “I love the team, man,” Cooper told CNN’s Coy Wire on the field after the game, which saw the Eagles score a commanding 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Asked what he loved
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kendrick Lamar promised he’d tell some stories and performed the song everyone has been talking about during the Super Bowl halftime show. Actor Samuel L. Jackson opened up the set dressed in an Uncle Sam ensemble before Lamar went into performing his hits, including “Squabble Up,” “Humble,” “DNA”
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Jon Batiste kicked off Super Bowl LIX with his rendition of the National Anthem. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer, musician and composer – who previously doubled as leader of the house band for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – belted out the anthem at the Caesars Superdome in
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift showed up to Super Bowl LIX in “Style,” but the game could have gone better for her and the Chiefs. The Philadelphia Eagles bested the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 after playing a commanding game in which they scored four touchdowns and four field goals. The Chiefs’ offense
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Kendrick Lamar and Drake spent last spring trading disses. The rappers unleashed a slew of increasingly brutal attack tracks, taking aim at each other’s talent, parenting and race, among other sensitive subjects. It wasn’t until Lamar released “Not Like Us” that a verdict was rendered — Lamar had unequivocally
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — How important is extra legroom on a plane? Extremely important, if the results of the AirlineRatings.com annual round-up of the best airlines across the globe is anything to go by. Korean Air has been named Airline of the Year for 2025, beating out last year’s winner Qatar Airways, in
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars. Video posted on X shows the individual climbing onto the altar, which is used for major liturgical celebrations presided over
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our travel news roundup this week: the rise in solo dining, where to save money at US ski resorts, plus the Californian hot-air balloon company offering a rather cheeky package. Your love keeps lifting me higher Is it getting hot in here, or is a gas-burner propelling a
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (CNN) — Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies – often as Allen’s best friend – has died. He was 85. Roberts’ death was announced to The New York Times by his daughter, Nicole Burley,
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — After some stops and starts, award season is again underway with the 2025 Critics Choice Awards. The ceremony, which was twice delayed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, took place Friday evening in Santa Monica, with comedian Chelsea Handler serving as host. The awards honored the best in film
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — Postponed twice due to the wildfires that devastated LA last month, the Critics Choice Awards finally got underway in LA on Friday evening. Held at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar, just a few miles from the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood, this year’s ceremony occupied an
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