By Karol Suarez and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Rio de Janeiro has canceled its world-famous Carnival street parades due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, the city’s mayor Eduardo Paes announced Tuesday during a YouTube live stream. While some major Carnival events will still go ahead, organized street parties, known as “blocos” are to be canceled
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By Eric Cheung and Will Ripley, CNN Darryl Chan tested positive for Covid-19 when he landed in Hong Kong last month. More than two weeks later — and despite never showing any symptoms — he remains isolated in a hospital bed with no sign of being allowed to leave. “I think the worst part is
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Oscar Holland, CNN With Covid-19 causing delays in construction schedules and project openings, compiling CNN’s annual architecture lookahead has become a tricky business. Indeed, several entries in last year’s list (and even 2020’s) are yet to officially open their doors. Regardless, the coming year promises — for now, at least — a slew of hotly
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Francesca Street and Teele Rebane, CNN More than 3,000 passengers and crew members were held on a major cruise liner in Hong Kong on Wednesday after a Covid scare prompted authorities to order the ship to return to port. Passengers and staff were allowed to disembark Wednesday night after being tested for Covid-19, a Royal
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jimmy Fallon is opening up about his experience with Covid-19. The ‘Tonight Show’ host wrote on Instagram that he tested positive “on the first day of our holiday break” but only experienced “mild symptoms.” Fallon said he is vaccinated and has had a booster. “Thank you to the doctors and nurses
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By Chloe Melas, CNN We are just hours away from the sixth and final season of “This Is Us.” The cast of the NBC drama appeared on the “Today” on Tuesday the impact of the series and the friendships they’ve formed with each other over the years. “I’ve had a woman come up to me
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By Joseph Ataman and Dalal Mawad, CNN French TV star Igor Bogdanoff has died of Covid-19, six days after his twin brother Grichka died due to the same disease, the brothers’ lawyer confirmed to CNN Tuesday. Maitre Eduoard de Lamaze said he was informed about the deaths by the twins’ relatives. “They are dead from
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jay Weaver, a bassist and vocalist for the Christian band Big Daddy Weave, has died from complications due to Covid-19, his brother and fellow band member Mike Weaver announced on social media. He was 42. “Hey everybody. Thank you so much for all your prayers for my brother,” Mike Weaver
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By Marianne Garvey “Morbius,” starring Jared Leto, has been pushed back by Sony from Jan. 28 to April 1, the studio announced. Leto plays Michael Morbius, a scientist who attempts to cure his rare blood disease by using bat DNA, but instead turns into a vampire. The first trailer featured Morbius walking by a poster
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Tristan Thompson has revealed he is the father of a newborn son and has apologized to Khloé Kardashian. The Sacramento Kings basketball player posted a note on his Instagram stories Monday stating that a paternity test has proven he fathered a child in December with fitness model Maralee Nichols. “I
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The opening credits for “Peacemaker” feature John Cena and the rest of the cast in a choreographed dance number that is joyously goofy, setting the tone for what’s to come. If only this HBO Max series spun out of “The Suicide Squad” was consistently as good, despite (and partly because
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Francesca Street and Livia Borghese, CNN One of the largest cruise ships operating in the Mediterranean has become the latest to be hit by a Covid outbreak amid the current global surge in virus cases. MSC Cruises confirmed 45 Covid positive passengers disembarked from its MSC Grandiosa vessel in the Italian port of Genoa on
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN After you finish your fries, eat the ketchup packet. When you add your pasta to boiling water, toss the bag into the pot, too. If these instructions sound confusing to you, it’s only because you haven’t yet heard of Notpla, a London-based startup company that is designing a seaweed-based replacement for single-use
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By Yong Xiong and Karla Cripps, CNN After nearly four years of construction, China’s longest underwater highway tunnel is now open to vehicle traffic. At a length of 10.79 kilometers (6.65 miles), the Taihu tunnel stretches under Lake Taihu in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province, about 50 kilometers east of Shanghai. According to government officials in
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jimmy Fallon is opening up about his experience with Covid-19. The ‘Tonight Show’ host wrote on Instagram that he tested positive “on the first day of our holiday break” but only experienced “mild symptoms.” Fallon said he is vaccinated and has had a booster. “Thank you to the doctors and nurses
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By Sana Noor Haq and Katharina Krebs, CNN Ukraine‘s minister of culture has been watching Netflix series “Emily in Paris” — and he’s not happy. Oleksandr Tkachenko shared his frustration about the “offensive” way in which Petra, a Ukrainian character, is portrayed in season 2 of the show, which debuted on Netflix in December. The
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By Marianne Garvey Whoopi Goldberg has tested positive for Covid-19, “The View” co-host Joy Behar announced on Monday’s episode of the talk show. Behar told viewers that Goldberg’s case was mild thus far. “They say there’s no place like home for the holidays and that’s exactly where we are this year,” Behar said of the
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Ben Affleck has no hard feelings toward Snoop Dogg. The actor on Monday appeared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and opened up about the rapper’s accidental mispronunciation of his name while announcing the Golden Globe nominations last month. “He did get the emphasis a little off, yes,” Affleck told Clarkson. Snoop
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The trailer for Janet Jackson’s forthcoming two-night documentary is “All For You.” That’s if you are someone who has been following her longstanding career and wondering about the intensely private singer and actress. Here are just a few of the moments from the trailer that have folks excited that we
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Laura Smith-Spark and Francesca Street, CNN British-born Sikh army officer Preet Chandi has become the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition to the South Pole Chandi, who has spent the past few months skiing solo and unsupported across Antarctica, announced on January 3 that she’d completed the 700 mile trek in 40
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