By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Located in north-central China, the ancient city of Xi’an has long been famous for its 2,000-year-old Terracotta Army, an attraction that draws travelers from all over the globe. But this month, all eyes are on another one of its historic sites – the Xi’an City Wall, said to be
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CNN By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Put away those bunny ears and crank up the heat, it’s time to say goodbye to the Rabbit and enter the Year of the Dragon – the only mythical creature among the 12 Chinese zodiac signs. In addition to eating auspicious food and giving/receiving blessings,
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By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — Usher was 15 years old when he released his first album in 1994. Now, some 30 years later, the R&B singer will perform in his first Super Bowl halftime show. In that time, he has sold over 80 million records worldwide and earned eight Grammys. Some were taken by
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — In photographer Zhang Xiao’s images of the Shehuo festival, an ancient celebration still observed in parts of northern China during the Lunar New Year, rural life comes alive with something altogether more fantastical. Villagers dressed as cranes, roosters and mythical lions pose for portraits standing amid crops or in
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Prime time’s longest-running TV medical drama is gearing up for its 20th season next month, and at least one familiar face will be back in the hallways of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. “Grey’s Anatomy” will welcome back Jessica Capshaw as Dr. Arizona Robbins when it returns for its landmark season,
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — In 2007, singer and now-fashion mogul Jessica Simpson showed up to a Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles football game wearing a pink Cowboys jersey to support her then-boyfriend Tony Romo, the Cowboy’s star quarterback. The Cowboys lost that game after Romo played what is widely considered one of the worst game
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — A woman of a certain age will be getting her moment in primetime this fall. ABC has given the greenlight to “The Golden Bachelorette,” a female-fronted spinoff to the historic senior citizen dating show “The Golden Bachelor,” which aired last year. News of the spinoff was announced by ABC
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Get ready for a truly stellar and eclectic class of new Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees for induction this year. On Saturday, the esteemed music institution announced that Cher, Lenny Kravitz, Sinéad O’Connor, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and Mariah Carey are up for the honor, with
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week, a European airline is weighing passengers before takeoff, the new luxury train trip that costs $8,500 one way, and how Ukraine keeps its railways running, two years into the war. Life on the rails In June 2024, the world’s most iconic luxury train route
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — CBS introduced its version of “The Equalizer” after the Super Bowl the last time the network aired the big game, and programmers liked what they saw. So they’re capitalizing on that massive platform again to help launch a very similar series, “Tracker,” built around the likability of “This is
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — After four nights of sold-out shows at the iconic Tokyo Dome, Taylor Swift is expected to head straight into another mammoth journey: a long-haul flight back to the United States, with the clock ticking before the Super Bowl kicks off Sunday evening. That
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — It wasn’t a great start of the year for aviation safety, with a runway collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport and a door plug blowing out in mid-air from an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 making headlines within days of each other, and with four more fatal accidents involving regional
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — As even a casual fan of Taylor Swift can tell you, the singer’s favorite number is 13. “I was born on the 13th. I turned 13 on Friday the 13th. My first album went gold in 13 weeks. My first No. 1 song had a 13-second intro,” Swift
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Many viewers were sad when “The Office” went off the air after nine seasons in 2013, and now one of the actors on the finale is sharing how unhappy things were filming it. During a recent episode on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Dakota Johnson went so far
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — One of the UK’s oldest and most important cathedrals is hosting two ’90s-themed silent discos, a move that has proved popular with revelers but sparked a backlash from some Christians, who say a disco has no place in a cathedral. Bathed in colorful illuminations, clutching glow sticks and wearing
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mark Ruffalo celebrated his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, and had a little help from a certain “13 Going On 30” cast member. Jennifer Garner was on hand to honor the man of the hour, which felt right since the beloved film in
Continue Reading By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When the guy she’d met on the plane asked her out, Cristina Farina said yes without hesitation. Cristina had spent much of the flight to London from her Italian hometown Florence deep in conversation with this stranger. He seemed friendly, interesting, interested. “Why don’t we meet tomorrow, go have
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are reuniting once again for their fifth film collaboration. The two are making their own version of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime classic “High and Low.” The two first collaborated in 1990’s “Mo’ Better Blues,” which starred Washington. In 1992, they made the “Malcolm X”
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — A little movie with a dour theme, “Suncoast” had no chance of basking in the theatrical sunshine, but deserves to be seen on Hulu. Writer-director Laura Chinn tells the semi-autobiographical story about her dying brother and understandably crazed mother, with no-dry-eyes left performances by Nico Parker and Laura Linney,
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By CNN staff (CNN) — It’s National Pizza Day – so let’s wrap ourselves in the warm, gooey embrace of cheese, settle into a heavenly array of toppings and chomp down on some delectable crust. The celebration comes every February 9, but it’s hardly the only pizza-positive spot on the calendar. Still to come: National
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