By Lilit Marcus, Forrest Brown, Julia Buckley, Karla Cripps, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Marnie Hunter, Barry Neild, Maureen O’Hare and Francesca Street, CNN Travel is more challenging now than it has been in a long time. Borders tentatively reopen only to slam shut again. A once-simple visa on entry is replaced with piles of paperwork. And the
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Oscar Holland, CNN | Teele Rebane, Lizzy Yee and Cheryl Ho Depicting a heap of screaming faces and contorted torsos, the “Pillar of Shame” was not just a reminder of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre — it was, for many, an emblem of free speech in Hong Kong. One of the vanishingly few memorials to
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By Marianne Garvey Betty White is being remembered for her light, humor, charm and friendship. Ryan Reynolds posted a loving tribute to longtime friend and “The Proposal” costar, who died Friday at the age of 99. “The world looks different now,” Reynolds wrote. “She was great at defying expectation. She managed to grow very old
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Betty White wasn’t supposed to play Rose Nylund on “The Golden Girls,” but we are so grateful that she did. White was originally supposed to portray the hot-to-trot widow Blanche Devereaux on the comedy series about four senior women living together in Miami. It ran from 1985 to 1992. The
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(CNN) — Betty White, the self-described “lucky old broad” whose sweetly sarcastic senior citizen characters were a beloved fixture on TV shows and movies such as “The Golden Girls,” “Boston Legal” and “Hot in Cleveland,” died Friday, her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told People magazine in a statement. At 99, she was just weeks away from
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By Todd Leopold, CNN Betty White, the self-described “lucky old broad” whose sweetly sarcastic senior citizen characters were a beloved fixture on TV shows and movies such as “The Golden Girls,” “Boston Legal” and “Hot in Cleveland,” died Friday, her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told People magazine in a statement. At 99, she
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By Marianne Garvey Ariana Grande improvised part of her singing performance in “Don’t Look Up,” director Adam McKay reveals. The plot of the movie revolves around two astronomers who try to warn humanity about an approaching comet that will destroy earth and a debate about facts. Grande and Kid Cudi play famous pop stars who
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Tiffini Hale, a former cast member on “The All New Mickey Mouse Club” and singer in the pop group The Party died on Christmas Day, according to some of her costars and bandmates. She was 46. “It is with the heaviest of broken hearts that we share the sad news
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nicolas Cage knows it may sound “pretentious,” but he would prefer you refer to him as a “thespian.” The Oscar winner known for performances in such films as “Leaving Las Vegas” and “Face/Off” shared during a conversation on Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast that he’s not a fan of being called
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nicole Kidman may portray Lucille Ball in “Being the Ricardos,” but don’t try and draw comparisons between their former marriages. Kidman quickly shut it down when a journalist from The Guardian asked if some of her comments about Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz (played in the film by Javier
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN On the last day of each year, it has become a ritual for large crowds to gather in the brightly lit chaos of New York’s Times Square to ring in new beginnings. At 11:59 p.m. a dazzling ball descends down a pole, while attendees — and millions of people tuning in from
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By Sara Smart and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN After a woman tested positive for Covid-19 midflight, the bathroom became her seat for the next few hours. Marisa Fotieo was on an Icelandair flight from Chicago to Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 19, en route to her final destination of Switzerland with her brother and father. Before the
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN After a woman tested positive for Covid-19 midflight, the bathroom became her seat for the next few hours. Marisa Fotieo was on an Icelandair flight from Chicago to Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 19, en route to her final destination of Switzerland with her brother and father. Before the
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has plenty of reasons to toast 2021 with some Teremana. He produced and starred in two hit films, “Jungle Cruise” and “Red Notice,” debuted his biographical sitcom “Young Rock,” saw unprecedented sales growth with his Teremana tequila, and became the most followed American man on Instagram with
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Betty White left this world after having had a life well lived and well loved. Her agent and longtime friend, Jeff Witjas, told People magazine that White, who died New Year’s Eve at the age of 99, was aware of how much she was beloved. “She knew it, but I
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN A business manager who had worked with several high-profile celebrities, including the Kardashian-Jenner family, was found dead this week, according to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley Bureau Homicide division. Angela Kukawski, 55, had been reported missing from Sherman Oaks on Dec. 22, according to police. She was later found
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Ice Cube is explaining why his “Friday” costar Chris Tucker reportedly turned down a hefty paycheck to star in the movie’s sequel. Tucker was offered $12 million, according to Ice Cube, to reprise his role in the movie, which followed the 1995 hit comedy, and two sequels 2000’s “Next Friday” and
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Betty White said Ryan Reynolds just couldn’t quit her. The two starred in the 2009 movie “The Proposal,” and ever since Reynolds had been publicly calling White his “ex-girlfriend.” The iconic actress responded in an interview with People Magazine, saying, “I’ve heard Ryan can’t get over his thing for me, but
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Justin Hartley has remarried after splitting from “Selling Sunset” star Chrishell Stause and it sounds like things are going well. The “This Is Us” star told “Haute Living” magazine that he and his new wife, Sofia Pernas are “so happy,” adding “It’s incredible when you’re not forcing things.” “It doesn’t
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN HBO Max has developed a fondness for reunions after that awkward “Friends” gathering and “The West Wing” voting special. Yet “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” strikes just the right balance, looking back at the cinematic franchise with warmth and humor, while delicately capturing the impact on kids raised
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