By Maureen O’Hare, CNN In travel news this week, China is on the move as the Lunar New Year rush gets underway, a boy makes the catch of a lifetime, temperatures drop to minus 80 F in the world’s coldest city, plus what it’s like to spend the night in an igloo in the Alps.
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Josh Campbell, CNN Alec Baldwin, who is set to face involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of a crew member during a “Rust” film rehearsal, will continue starring in the lead role, a production attorney told CNN on Friday. As the film proceeds, operations will include “on-set safety supervisors and union
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi and Josh Campbell, CNN Alec Baldwin, who is set to face involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of a crew member during a “Rust” film rehearsal, will continue starring in the lead role, a production attorney told CNN on Friday. As the film proceeds, operations will include “on-set safety supervisors and union
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace, CNN Here’s some “tough news” for premium travelers whose New Year’s resolution was healthier meals: Desserts are back. After a pandemic pause, the signature treats are returning to premium cabins at United Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The offerings include Delta’s dessert cart and United’s sundae cart. They’re available only on international
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Ticket sales for Madonna’s “Celebration Tour” went live on Friday. The superstar announced her tour, set to mark her four decades of hits, earlier this week with a black and white video of herself seated around a table of comedians, musicians and directors, including Amy Schumer and Diplo, who all played
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Legendary rocker Neil Young has paid tribute to former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmate David Crosby. “David is gone, but his music lives on. The soul of CSNY, David’s voice and energy were at the heart of our band,” the statement, posted to Young’s website, read. Crosby’s family announced Thursday
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Regina King has paid tribute to her late son, Ian Alexander Jr., nearly one year after his death. King on Instagram Thursday shared video of a lantern glowing in the sky on what would have been Alexander’s 27th birthday. “January 19th is Ian’s Worthday,” she captioned the video. “As we still
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN What do you get when you take a movie about a group of octogenarians who are hardcore Tom Brady fans and a song written by Diane Warren sung by Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and Debbie Harry? You get the single “Gonna Be You,” which debuted Friday
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess, CNN Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug and a racketeering co-defendant conducted a hand-to-hand drug transaction during a court hearing, prosecutors said in a motion filed in Atlanta. Fulton County prosecutors say the alleged exchange was captured on courtroom surveillance video Wednesday. The rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Cut the world some slack please, Apple TV+. The streamer has announced that Season 3 of “Ted Lasso” is happening in spring 2023. No actual date, just that. A first-look photo was also released featuring the character Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) and Nate Shelley (Nick Mohammed) standing face to face
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Actor and producer Alec Baldwin is not the only public figure to face charges in connection to a death that resulted from a tragic event. Baldwin and a film armorer will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter by Santa Fe, New Mexico prosecutors in the shooting death
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN And you think you helped scarf down a really big pizza recently? You’ve got nothin’ on this one. When Pizza Hut decided to bring back its “big New Yorker” pizza — a cheese and pepperoni pie with foldable slices designed to be eaten on the go in true Manhattan style —
Continue Reading By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Rangers in northeastern Australia were astonished when they stumbled across what may be the largest toad on record, weighing in at nearly 6 pounds. Dubbed “Toadzilla” by the rangers, the 2.7-kilogram (5.9-pound) amphibian was found in Conway National Park in Queensland last week when park officials were conducting track work, the
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN As the climate crisis intensifies, the pressure on the aviation industry to cut emissions increases. And now, the industry has taken a step forward, with a successful test flight of a hydrogen-electric engine, which produces no carbon emissions. ZeroAvia’s 19-seater Dornier 228 twin-engine aircraft completed a roughly 10-minute test flight on Thursday
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN In the Jade Emperor’s “Great Race,” the folk tale that dictates the order of China’s zodiac animals, it was the rabbit that enjoyed an unlikely stroke of good fortune. Clinging to a log in a fast-flowing river, the helpless creature was assisted by the dragon, who used a powerful gust of breath
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Legendary rocker Neil Young has paid tribute to former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmate David Crosby. “David is gone, but his music lives on. The soul of CSNY, David’s voice and energy were at the heart of our band,” the statement, posted to Young’s website, read. Crosby’s family announced Thursday
Continue Reading By Dan Heching and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN David Crosby, a folk rock pioneer and one of the founding members of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died, his family announced Thursday. He was 81. “It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away.
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have welcomed a new child. “She’s here!” Teigen shared in an Instagram post showing the couple’s older children, Luna and Miles, holding their baby sister on Thursday. The family’s new addition is named Esti Maxine Stephens. (Legend’s birth name is John Roger Stephens.) The couple have
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN “Outlander” viewers, rejoice. The fantasy TV drama will wrap up with its eighth and final season, Starz announced on Thursday. The time-traveling saga won’t end there, though. The network has also announced a prequel series, “Outlander: Blood of my Blood,” is coming to the small screen. The new 10-episode series will
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN There is no shortage of robot uprising fiction in the Western canon (see: the works of Ray Bradbury and Philip K. Dick; classics like “The Terminator”; family-friendly spins like “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”). It’s a conceit that preys on one of mankind’s great fears, that robots will replace us. But
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