Jacqui Palumbo, CNN For photographer David LaChapelle, signs are pointing to the end of days — the Thwaites Glacier, or “doomsday glacier,” is barely hanging on; raging fire seasons have brutalized the Amazon; and critical changes in jet streams are causing extreme weather conditions worldwide, he said in a phone call. In Maui, where LaChapelle
Continue Reading Shalba Sarda, CNN Indian poet Ashok Vajpeyi called Bikaner “a city where one half of the population is occupied with making bhujia and the other half eating it.” Anyone visiting this far-flung destination in northwest India’s frontier state of Rajasthan might agree. The golden and crispy fried snack, shaped like noodles, is served everywhere from
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Columbus Zoo has welcomed a long-legged, endangered new addition: a baby Masai giraffe. The unnamed newborn was born to 12-year-old mother Zuri on August 31, according to a news release from the zoo. “Not only is the calf fiercely cute, but his birth is especially significant as it marks an
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN “Succession,” the 2020 Emmy winner for best drama series, will be a top contender at this year’s ceremony on Sept. 12. But if you’re wondering whether the HBO drama can beat last year’s champion, Netflix’s “The Crown,” that matchup of TV’s royal houses will have to wait. Once upon a time,
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, which celebrate the best television shows and performances of they year, will be presented Monday. Here is everything you need to know ahead of TV’s big night. The host Kenan Thompson will take center stage as this year’s host, live from the Microsoft Theater in downtown
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN On its surface, the saga of FN Meka appeared to be a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of music powered by artificial intelligence. The digital avatar of a Black man with green braids, face tattoos and a sound reminiscent of 6ix9ine was billed as an “AI-powered robot rapper.” Though the company
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Just weeks after winning TSA’s “cutest canine” competition, the agency’s oldest sniffer dog has officially retired. Eebbers, the adorable 11-year-old Vizsla-Labrador mix, has been working in passenger screening at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s for almost 10 years, said the TSA in a statement shared with CNN. Eebbers and his handler,
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta and Megan Thomas, CNN Indiana Jones, the world’s most famous archeologist, is back for his next adventure. Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, debuted the first teaser footage for the new, still-untitled film during the studio’s presentation at Disney’s D23 Expo on Saturday. Though the video showed to the crowd has not
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta and Megan Thomas, CNN Indiana Jones, the world’s most famous archeologist, is back for his next adventure. Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, debuted the first teaser footage for the new, still-untitled film during the studio’s presentation at Disney’s D23 Expo on Saturday. Though the video showed to the crowd has not
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN “Succession” drops viewers into the high-stakes world of running a media empire and all the top-secret deals, attempted coups and shocking scandals that comes with it. The actors and creators of the award-winning series, which will compete for more statues at Monday’s Emmy Awards, insist that the characters are inspired by
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas They’re back. The trailer for the new season of “The Mandalorian” was unveiled at Disney’s D23 Expo on Saturday, teeing up a new round action with the bounty hunter and lovable Baby Yoda side-by-side — as they should be. “The Mandalorian” wrapped its second season in December 2020, when the title character
Continue Reading By Catherine E. Shoichet and Austin Steele, CNN What do a pub in London, a 113-year-old apartment building in New York City, a former mental hospital in Atlanta, a luxury resort in Hawaii, a sprawling office complex in New Jersey and a mausoleum in one of the South’s largest cemeteries have in common? On some
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN In our travel roundup this week, we bring you lightning strikes, rainbow ice caves, clifftop hotels and tales of romance. And in the United Kingdom, ceremonial events are set to lead up to Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. Are you traveling to Britain to witness the historic events? Or is a
Continue Reading Nick Glass, CNN It was one of those photogenic if historically insignificant moments when one (bona fide) icon fleetingly met another. Queen Elizabeth II met Marilyn Monroe at a London film premiere in 1956. The women probably had precious little in common aside from their age (both were then 30), global fame and glamour. A
Continue Reading Nimi Princewill, CNN Calls are growing in South Africa for Britain’s royal family to return the world’s largest known clear-cut diamond in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. Known as the Great Star of Africa or Cullinan I, the diamond is cut from a larger gem that was mined in South Africa in 1905
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Fox’s Tucker Carlson called country star Maren Morris a “lunatic” after she defended transgender kids — so she used the insult to raise over $150,000 for organizations supporting transgender youth. Morris partnered with GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, and Trans Lifeline to release a shirt emblazoned with the
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Look at this teaser, isn’t it neat? Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” is coming back to theaters next year, with Halle Bailey bringing a live-action Ariel to the big screen for the first time, and the studio unveiled a sneak peek at the new film at its D23 Expo. It’s short but
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Look at this teaser, isn’t it neat? Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” is coming back to theaters next year, with Halle Bailey bringing a live-action Ariel to the big screen for the first time, and the studio unveiled a sneak peek at the new film at its D23 Expo. It’s short but
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Giselle is finding out what comes after happily ever after in the new teaser trailer for “Disenchanted,” the sequel to 2007’s “Enchanted” — and she’s not loving it. The film picks up 15 years since after Giselle (Amy Adams) found her New York prince Robert (Patrick Dempsey). When she begins growing
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Two of the UK’s biggest music stars paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth in concert on Thursday. Harry Styles paused to honor the late monarch during his latest Madison Square Garden show. “From my homeland there’s some very sad news today,” Styles told the crowd Thursday night, before he led the audience
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