By Lisa Respers France, CNN Ticket holders weren’t the only ones devastated when Adele had to cancel her Las Vegas residency. During a recent conversation with “Desert Island Discs” on BBC Radio 4, the superstar singer shared that she felt like “a shell of a person for a couple months” after having to disappoint her
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN In just a few hours, the skies will be lit up with fireworks across the country to mark America’s independence. CNN’s “The Fourth in America” concert special will highlight celebrations coast to coast. Performances You can dance and sing along to musical performances by AJR, Ava Max, Alessia Cara, Avril Lavigne,
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Director Peter Brook, whose ground-breaking stage productions transformed 20th-century theater, has died aged 97, according to his publisher, Nick Hern Books. “We’re honored to have been Peter’s publisher for the past 20 years, sharing his wisdom and insights with the world,” read a statement posted by the publisher to Twitter on Sunday.
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN British pop star Harry Styles has canceled his performance in Copenhagen after a shooting took place at a mall close to the concert venue where he was scheduled to perform. Three people were killed and several others injured in a mass shooting Sunday at Field’s, a shopping center in the Danish
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A letter written by Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s founding fathers, thought lost for decades is finally going on display at the Commonwealth Museum in Massachusetts. Written by Hamilton in 1780 to the Marquis de Lafayette, the letter is believed to have been stolen from the Massachusetts State Archive during World
Continue Reading Zoe Sottile, CNN Famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed iconic buildings like the Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania and the Guggenheim Museum in New York — and he also designed a dog house for a 12-year-old boy who sent him a letter. Jim Berger grew up in a San Anselmo, California, home that his parents
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The Backstreet Boys had an on-stage visitor at their show in Toronto, Canada on Saturday night. Rapper Drake joined the boy band during their performance of “I Want It That Way.” It was the second of two shows the group performed in Drake’s hometown as part of their DNA World Tour.
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car’s broken down. Please rescue us. Werneth hopped in his vehicle to assist, driving by Patrick Space Force Base near Cape Canaveral, Florida. From the A1A highway, Werneth said you
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN On Good Friday 2017, Wyatt Werneth got a call from his wife, who had gone grocery shopping with their daughter: The car’s broken down. Please rescue us. Werneth hopped in his vehicle to assist, driving by Patrick Space Force Base near Cape Canaveral, Florida. From the A1A highway, Werneth said you
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Newlyweds Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian are reflecting on “a scary and emotional week.” The pair posted on their verified social media accounts about Barker’s recent hospitalization. “I went in for an endoscopy Monday feeling great,” Barker wrote in a note posted on his Instagram stories. “But After dinner, I
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN Lindsay Lohan has announced she is married. The actress, 36, who celebrated her birthday Saturday, posted a photo with Bader Shammas, a financier, calling him her husband. “I am the luckiest woman in the world. You found me and knew that I wanted to find happiness and grace, all at the
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN Poison frontman Bret Michaels is thanking supporters as he remains hospitalized for a “medical complication.” Michaels was touring with the glam metal band in Tennessee this week when he was hospitalized shortly before a show Thursday. “To the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!! I was
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN French railway aficionado Arthur Mettetal was watching a video on YouTube when some parked train carriages in the corner of the frame caught his eye. The cars were painted a distinctive night-blue hue once associated with the Orient Express, the famed long-distance trans-Europe passenger train synonymous with 20th century travel glamor. While
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Happy July 4th weekend to our US readers and a wonderful July vacation season to everyone else. Here at CNN Travel, we’re riding out the price hikes, the flight cancellations and the chaos, and we are just grateful restrictions are easing and the open(ish) road is ahead. Here’s the latest in
Continue Reading Stephy Chung, CNN and Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Beijing’s Palace Museum, located in the heart of the Forbidden City, contains the world’s largest collection of Chinese art, spanning nearly 5,000 years of history. Now, more than 900 of those treasures are on display at the new Hong Kong Palace Museum — a “gift” from the
Continue Reading By Livia Borghese, Jula Buckley and Maureen O’Hare, CNN The countdown has begun. From January 16, 2023, visitors to Venice — that jewel in Italy’s tourism crown — will have to pay for the privilege. It’s set to become the first city in the world to require an entrance fee. The launch date was announced
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson, CNN Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, who appeared in the 2020 docuseries “Tiger King,” and four others have been indicted on 10 counts of wildlife trafficking and money laundering charges. Authorities claim that Antle and his employee “laundered more than $500,000 in cash they believed to be the proceeds of an operation to smuggle
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN If she hasn’t already, Kate Bush may want to send Netflix a muffin basket. The singer has broken three world records, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, thanks to her 1985 song “Running Up That Hill” being featured on the latest season of the series “Stranger Things.” Bush
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert is remembering her late co-star Michael Landon, more than three decades after he died of pancreatic cancer at age 54. “Today is the 31st anniversary of the death of one of the most influential people in my life and I am so, so sad,”
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Millie Bobby Brown will star in a new Netflix film from the Russo brothers, called “The Electric State.” The “Stranger Things” star will play an orphaned teen in a “retro-futuristic” world. According to Netlix’s announcement, the movie “follows an orphaned teen (Brown) as she traverses the American West with a robot and
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