By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — Higher visitor fees. Bans on cruise ships, new hotel construction and vacation rentals. Widespread protests, including highly publicized incidents in Barcelona when residents sprayed tourists with water pistols. Throughout 2024, various efforts by tourism authorities — and frustrated locals — to curb the sheer number of visitors in the
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In idyllic settings around India’s coastal southwestern state of Kerala, photographer Keerthana Kunnath has been capturing images of muscular women flexing their heroic forms. Amid foaming waves, palm fronds or rocky outcrops the women curl biceps, tense quads or exaggerate shoulders, exchanging gym clothes for a gauzy olive dress
Continue Reading By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ignore. “I certainly felt a tremendous void, and that void is due to the lack of knowledge
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ignore. “I certainly felt a tremendous void, and that void is due to the lack of
Continue Reading By Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — Travel can be tough for unmarried couples looking for a bit of privacy in India. Accommodations routinely decline to let this growing segment of the population share rooms — especially those looking to book a hotel in the city where they already reside. Which is why a change to
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Before “Friends,” David Schwimmer certainly had some odd jobs. Aside from being a rollerskating server at Chicago’s famed retro-style diner Ed Debevic’s, Schwimmer worked for his mother Arlene – a divorce lawyer – as a process server, he shared while appearing on Monday’s episode of “The Late Show with
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Danielle Fishel is sharing an update about her health. The “Boy Meets World” star said on Monday’s episode of her “Pod Meets World” podcast that she has completed “active cancer treatment” following her announcement in August that she was diagnosed with DCIS, which stands for ductal carcinoma in situ
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Rachel Accurso, better known as toddler-educator-of-the-internet Ms. Rachel, is bringing her popular YouTube series to Netflix. A four-episode season of Ms. Rachel’s videos that will include “interactive lessons that teach letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and more” will be available to stream on January 27, the streamer announced on Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — There are few moments as controversial in food history as the decision by a Canadian chef in the 1960s to put tinned pineapple on top of a ham pizza. When Sam Panapoulos created what he and his brother-slash-partner-in-crime dubbed Hawaiian pizza, it was a breach of Italian culinary protocol
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ben Stiller and his wife, actress Christine Taylor, are known to be one of Hollywood’s longest and happiest marriages, but that has not always been the case. In an interview with the New York Times, Stiller was asked about he and Taylor, who married in 2000, having split
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé is postponing an announcement she had previously teased to unveil on January 14, writing in a statement posted to her Instagram page that her decision to postpone was “due to the devastation caused by the ongoing wildfires around areas of Los Angeles.” “I continue to pray for healing
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jimmy Kimmel got emotional Monday night as he addressed the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. “As you know it has been a very scary, very stressful, very strange week here in LA, where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school,” Kimmel said with his
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Ryanair, Europe’s biggest airline, has called for the sale of alcohol to be limited at European airports to minimize the disruption caused by drunk passengers onboard flights. It called on the European Union to implement a two-drink limit per passenger at airports, imposing it by “using their boarding pass(es)
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch are friends who have stayed in touch since their series “Big Bang Theory” went off the air in 2019, but they have once again worked together. Bialik is playing an exaggerated version of herself on Tuesday’s episode of “Night Court,” which Rauch stars
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Several Italian museums are offering a solution to the age-old conundrum faced by dog owners – should they go out without their beloved pet or simply stay at home with their four-legged friend? Instead of having to make this decision, owners were able to leave their pets with dog-sitters
Continue Reading By Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Tropical beaches, cold drinks by the pool and extreme heat are some of the things one might associate with Thailand. Yet, a rare recent cold snap has seen residents of the kingdom’s capital throwing on extra layers and enjoying the cool winter breeze. Temperatures
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Singer Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson have announced their separation. Simpson said in a statement on Monday night that she and her husband of ten years have “been living separately” while “navigating a painful situation in our marriage.” “Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Days after “The Hills” alums Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt lost their home in the Palisades Fire, Montag’s followers are showing up to support her by streaming her music. Montag’s 2010 song and album “Superficial” claimed the No. 1 spot on iTunes’ charts Monday, with Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — As they say in Hollywood, the show must go on. On Monday, it was announced that both the Grammys and Oscars would proceed as planned on February 2 and March 2, respectively, answering a question that has been debated behind the scenes by decision makers tasked with figuring out
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Hoda Kotb can finally sleep in. The former “Today” co-host shared a photo on social media Sunday of a set of alarms on her phone turned off. “No alarm…whaaaaaaaattttt???” she wrote in the caption of the photo, which showed alarms for 3:00 am, 3:15 am and 3:30 am.
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