By Breeanna Hare, CNN Of all the classic Italian dishes to try, risotto alla Milanese is a stunner — and the good news is that it isn’t hard to create outside of its namesake Milan. That is, of course, as long as you can get your hands on saffron, the expensive spice that gives Milanese
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By Maria Pasquale, CNN With restrictions on international travel still shifting, Italy lovers around the world are getting their fix any way and anywhere. Cue the transportive power of season one of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” available now on CNN. Season two premieres March 13, with new episodes airing every Sunday at 9 p.m.
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Could brighter days be ahead? Travel and tourism are expected to return to almost pre-pandemic levels this year, and a top health official says Europe could be about to enter “a long period of tranquility.” Here’s the latest news from CNN Travel this week. Tourism is bouncing back Omicron is still
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By Forrest Brown, CNN Warm thoughts of young romance — not the cold, harsh possibilities of a Midwestern road trip in winter — were on Dawn O’Hair’s mind as she left Chicago for Indianapolis to see her boyfriend. Her weekend visit, back in the winter of 1997-98, did not go well. After a spat with
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Julia Buckley, CNN As storms buffet the UK, footage has emerged of a pilot pulling off a particularly challenging landing — but not before the plane appeared to nearly topple over and scrape its tail on the runway. British Airways flight 1307 traveled from Aberdeen to London on Monday — but the 80-minute flight had
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Thirty-five years after “Dirty Dancing,” Fox takes Baby out of the corner (or more accurately, storage) as the basis for an unscripted/celebrity/competition/dancing show, called (what else?) “The Real Dirty Dancing.” It’s unlikely you’ll have the time of your life watching, except perhaps for those who choose to laugh at it
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN Mickey Guyton, a multi-Grammy-nominated artist, will sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVI in Inglewood, California, the National Football League (NFL) announced Tuesday. Guyton’s 2021 debut album, “Remember Her Name,” earned her a Grammy nomination for best country album, the first-ever for a Black artist. “👏🏾Look👏🏾at👏🏾God,” Guyton wrote on Twitter.
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN After apologizing on social media for her comments about the Holocaust, Whoopi Goldberg opened “The View” on Tuesday by addressing the situation again. “Yesterday on our show, I misspoke. I tweeted about it last night but I want you to hear it from me directly,” the comedian and actor said. “I
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Garner is coming back to television. Starz has announced that Garner has been added to the revival of “Party Down” as a regular. The actress is set to play play Evie, a producer in a relationship with Henry Pollard (played by Adam Scott). Her last major TV role was
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN India Arie is the latest prominent artist to announce she’ll be removing her music from Spotify because it platforms Joe Rogan, a podcast host who has repeatedly made false claims about the Covid-19 vaccine. Arie’s departure from the service is over a different set of comments Rogan made. The R&B singer
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Nick Remsen, CNN French for “high dressmaking,” Haute Couture is the most luxurious and highly protected classification of fashion, conceived by an invite-only group of the world’s most respected designers. Haute Couture Week, held twice a year in Paris, offers a rare glimpse into this lofty domain, where visual escapism, extraordinary craft and one-of-a-kind outfits
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By Marianne Garvey Jessica Biel wished husband Justin Timberlake a happy 41st birthday on social media. “The Sinner” actress took to Instagram on Monday, writing, “Happy birthday, 80s baby,” alongside a snap of the two in ’80s inspired looks on the beach. The two will celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary in October and share two
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Moses J. Moseley, who portrayed one of the zombies on “The Walking Dead,” has died, his talent manager Gail Tassell confirmed to CNN Tuesday. He was 31. “We are heartbroken by his loss and he will forever be in our hearts and deeply missed,” Tassell told CNN. “He was a
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Love is even sweeter the second time around for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Lopez talked to People magazine about how she’s “never been better.” She credits part of her happiness to reuniting with Affleck. The two were previously engaged to back in 2002 before they split in 2004. Both
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Sana Noor Haq, CNN Ye (formally known as Kanye West) is apparently tired of being asked to do an NFT. The American rapper and designer made it clear in a social media post on Monday night that he has no interest in stepping into the digital art world in that way. “My focus is on
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By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Actress Rachel Zegler has responded to criticism of her casting as Snow White in an upcoming live-action remake. Speaking virtually about her detractors to actor Andrew Garfield as part of Variety’s Actors on Actors series, Zegler said it was necessary to “love them in the right direction.” “I never in a
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN There are many different places a retired plane can end up in its after life. Some return to the sky to fly for other airlines, others are recycled for parts (around 80 to 85% of an aircraft can be recycled) while a vast number are relocated to aircraft boneyards. One particular decommissioned
Continue Reading By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A penguin couple received an extra special New Year’s gift at a zoo in New York, where they became the organization’s first same-sex foster parents to successfully hatch an egg. The chick was hatched on January 1 by Elmer and Lima, two adult male Humboldt penguins, at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo
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Amanda Florian, CNN After realizing there weren’t any Koreans in the pantheon of iconic Disney princesses, 22-year-old Julia Riew set out to create one herself, along with an accompanying musical. The Harvard student, who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, has been writing and composing for years. But with her seventh full musical to date,
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Oscar Holland, CNN Dolce & Gabbana has joined a growing list of fashion houses to ban animal fur, announcing Monday that it will use a sustainable “eco-fur” in future collections. In a joint statement with animal rights group Humane Society International, the Italian label said it would phase out fur from this year. It will,
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