By Maureen O’Hare and Miquel Ros, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to airport expansion projects, the Gulf States are abuzz and the competition is fierce. A mammoth airport in Saudi Arabia has already set records for size, but new plans in Dubai are ratcheting up the race to be the world’s busiest airport by
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Picture it: A spare concert ticket comes your way, leading to a chance encounter with an internationally renowned pop star. When performing at one of the most famous music festivals in the world, they stare past the blinding stage lights into the crowd to lock eyes with you. What
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Around Australia, travelers are stranded and trying to get home after low-cost airline Bonza unexpectedly announced it has “temporarily suspended services.” The airline, Australia’s newest, had a fleet of six planes, all painted a bright purple color and given Aussie-inspired names like Sheila and Matilda. According to a report
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Gosling stars of the new film “The Fall Guy” and recently made a surprise appearance at Universal Studios Hollywood for the opening of “The Fall Guy Stuntacular Pre-Show.” A video of the “Barbie” star surprising the audience circulated on social media on Monday. The film’s director David
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CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s latest album “The Tortured Poets Department” is indeed the blockbuster that many expected it to become. On Sunday, the 31-song double album debuted at No. 1 on the all-encompassing Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 2.61 million so-called equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The teaser trailer for “Mufasa: The Lion King” dropped Monday, and who is in it is as exciting for many as what it is. The photorealistic-animated prequel to the hit 1994 film “The Lion King” brings back several of the stars of the 2019 Jon Favreau-directed remake of
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Billie Eilish is returning to the stage. The singer announced an upcoming tour on Monday, pegged to her third studio album “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” which is set to release on May 17. The tour of the same name will kick off in September in North American and
Continue Reading By Emily Blumenthal, CNN (CNN) — Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed one of the largest Roman dodecahedrons ever found, but mystery surrounds what it was actually used for. The 12-sided object is one of just 33 known to exist in Roman Britain, and one of approximately 130 in the world. It is considered “one
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Survivor” fans have spoken and CBS listened. Host Jeff Probst posted a video from a “For Your Consideration” (FYC) event in Los Angeles over the weekend to make an announcement about the forthcoming fiftieth (yes, you read that correctly) season of the reality competition series. “About 10 seconds
Continue Reading By Nick Remsen, CNN (CNN) — Tyrese Haliburton has great style. The 24-year-old pro basketball player — a point guard for the Indiana Pacers — has cultivated a look that’s equal parts academic, retro-militaristic, trendy and preppy. He likes a splash, too. If you look at his Instagram grid, you’ll see such items as a
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Anne Hathaway first shared she lost interest in drinking after a bad hangover in 2018. She’s now five years sober. Hathaway first shared her decision to skip alcohol during an appearance on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show,” explaining at the time she wanted to be fully available and present to
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Meryl Streep made the most of her AFI Life Achievement Award presentation to Nicole Kidman over the weekend. The two actors costarred together in the 2002 film “The Hours” and Season 2 of “Big Little Lies.” Streep had the audience laughing as she joked about “the very, very
Continue Reading By Dalal Mawad, CNN Paris (CNN) — French actor Gerard Depardieu will face trial in October over allegations of sexual assault, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN Monday. The assaults were allegedly committed against two people in September 2021 during the shooting of the film “Les Volets Verts”, the prosecutor’s office added without identifying them.
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — China Southern Airlines is launching its first-ever direct passenger flight from the megacity of Shenzhen to Mexico City, which will set the record as the longest nonstop regular commercial flight to originate in China. The flight will cover an intercontinental distance of around 14,147 kilometers (8,790
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — The soap opera surrounding the Haiku Stairs, a disused staircase in a remote part of eastern Oahu that has become popular on social media, continues even as the local government has begun removing the famed landmark. The staircase, which was built during World War II by the US Navy,
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s latest album “The Tortured Poets Department” is indeed the blockbuster that many expected it to become. On Sunday, the 31-song double album debuted at No. 1 on the all-encompassing Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 2.61 million so-called equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April
Continue Reading By Rochelle Beighton, CNN (CNN) — You know how it goes – you borrow a book from the library, get through the first three chapters, but then life intervenes, forcing you to return it unfinished. That’s exactly what happened to Hoa Xuande when he borrowed the 2016 Pulitzer-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, “The Sympathizer.”
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb, CNN Venice (CNN) — Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to visit Venice’s contemporary art festival during a trip which saw him visit a female prison and rehabilitate the reputation of a pioneering American nun artist. The 87-year-old Pope traveled to the northeastern Italian city by helicopter on April 28, touching
Continue Reading By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — A house purchase is often one of the trickiest life experiences to negotiate, requiring huge deliberations on location before spending weeks searching for the right property. Finding somewhere in another country is even more fraught with difficult decisions. Unless, of course, you’re Paul Millet. In which case, you land
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for embattled musician and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs are asking a New York court to throw out portions of a civil suit accusing the rapper and mogul of sexual assault and revenge porn. In a motion filed Friday in the State of New York courts, Combs’ attorneys raised
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