Story by Francesca Street, CNN. Animations by Emma Beinish and Alberto Mier, CNN American teenager Brad Miele spent the summer of 1984 exploring Europe by rail with his Sony Walkman in his ears. Days rummaging through Paris record stores and evenings sampling Berlin nightlife were soundtracked by Miele’s favorite albums. Miele’s mother also traveled around
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Yong Xiong, CNN Dinosaur footprints dating back 100 million years have been discovered in southwestern China after a sharp-eyed diner spotted them in a restaurant’s outdoor courtyard. Several stone pits at the restaurant in Leshan, Sichuan province, contained the footprints of two sauropods, a type of dinosaur that lived during the
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN It’s another good year for Copenhagen as, for the second year in a row, a restaurant in the Danish capital has been named the best on the planet at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. Geranium serves a meat-free, seasonally based Scandi menu in the unusual environs of the eighth floor
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s the end of “Desus & Mero.” Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, the duo behind the Showtime late-night series, announced on Twitter that they will be “pursuing separate creative endeavors moving forward” and ending their series. A Showtime spokesperson confirmed the news that “Desus & Mero” would not be returning
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Marcus Mumford has teamed up with a film legend for the music video to his powerful new single, “Cannibal.” According to Mumford, lead singer of British rock band Mumford & Sons, the video was filmed on July 3 in a high school gym in New York. “I’ve been overwhelmed by the
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Pink’s new song, “Irrelevant,” is a protest song for the times. The singer teased the new track last week, writing “Woke up. Got heated. Wrote song. Coming soon.” On Monday, the music video for the “Irrelevant” dropped — a four-minute indictment against some of the most pressing issues facing the country.
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Claes Oldenburg, the pop artist who reimagined everyday objects like clothespins and spoons as mammoth sculptures, has died at age 93, according to Pace Gallery in New York, which has represented the artist since 1960. Oldenburg had recently suffered a fall and died Monday in his home and studio in New York
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The head of one of the world’s most prestigious art exhibitions has resigned after this year’s show became embroiled in a scandal over antisemitic imagery. Sabine Schormann, managing director of Documenta, which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany, stepped down on Saturday. A statement from the exhibition’s supervisory board expressed
Continue Reading Vasco Cotovio and Alex Hardie, CNN One of the United Kingdom’s largest airports suspended flights on Monday after high temperatures damaged a runway. Temperatures soared up to 37 degrees Celsius (about 99 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country. London Luton Airport announced the situation via Twitter and updated its status when the airport
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN From the moment it was announced that Beanie Feldstein would lead “Funny Girl” in its first Broadway revival, many theater fans wondered: How would Lea Michele take the news? Michele, a Broadway veteran known for starring on “Glee,” has been publicly angling for the role of comic heroine Fanny Brice for
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN You won’t see Taylor Kitsch in anything having to do with “Friday Night Lights” again. The actor told Variety, “You may see [a reunion or reboot], but I will not be a part of it,” he said. “I’m done. I’m good. I want to keep growing as an actor. Going back
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Emilia Clarke says she had “the most excruciating pain” after suffering two brain aneurysms, but is grateful for both her recovery and for working on “Game of Thrones” at the time. “It was incredibly helpful to have ‘Game of Thrones’ sweep me up and give me that purpose,” she said
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Lil Uzi Vert has new music out and new pronouns. Over the weekend, the rapper updated their Instagram bio to include the pronouns “they/them.” Those pronouns are often used by those who identify as non-binary. The artist has long shown support for the LGBTQ+ community, from sporting rainbow outfits during
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Should we really be surprised by Bennifer 2.0 given that Jennifer Lopez’s 2002 album, “This Is Me…Then,” contained a heartfelt single titled, “Dear Ben”? As Lopez and Ben Affleck are now newlyweds, let’s take a look back the duo’s history. December 2001 Lopez and Affleck met on the set of
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Alex Rodriguez sounds like he has no hard feelings when it comes to his split from Jennifer Lopez. Days before Lopez married Ben Affleck in Las Vegas, an episode of “The Martha Stewart Podcast” featuring Rodriguez was released. The former baseball player was asked about his former relationship with Lopez,
Continue Reading Nourhan Elkallawy, CNN Coming across this unexpected shape on the seabed is enough to take your breath away — so it’s a good job you’d probably have a tankful of breaths strapped to your back. The venerable old Lockheed Martin L1011 Tristar airplane, with its three engines, mounted on wings and tail fin, would be
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Considered a “culinary ambassador” for Ukraine, renowned chef Yurii Kovryzhenko has spent years championing the national gastronomy of his home country around the world. Now Kovryzhenko, who’s previously run restaurants in South Korea and Georgia, as well as Ukraine, is preparing to open a neo-bistro-style establishment in London that will be staffed
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN More than 2,000 tourists have become stranded in a resort town in southern China after authorities imposed a snap lockdown to curb a coronavirus flare-up, as the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy continues to upend businesses and daily life. The city of Beihai, a popular summer holiday destination known for its white-sand
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN More than 2,000 tourists have become stranded in a resort town in southern China after authorities imposed a snap lockdown to curb a coronavirus flare-up, as the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy continues to upend businesses and daily life. The city of Beihai, a popular summer holiday destination known for its white-sand
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas and Amir Vera, CNN Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have officially tied the knot, a source close to Lopez tells CNN. The couple wed Saturday, during an “intimate ceremony in Las Vegas,” the source said. Lopez confirmed their Vegas wedding in her newsletter Sunday, ending the letter with a new name: Mrs.
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