Jack Guy and Lianne Kolirin, CNN A print of a painting by Britain’s King Charles III went for almost 10 times its original estimate when it sold at auction Thursday. The print is one of 100 of a painting of Balmoral Castle, a royal residence in Scotland, and was part of Bonhams’ “The Scottish Home”
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN N.O.R.E., co-host of “Drink Champs,” is expressing regret over allowing Kanye West to make controversial comments during the podcast. The rapper called “The Breakfast Club” radio show Tuesday to address what happened with West on the Revolt.TV show. “I just want to be honest, I support freedom of speech,” N.O.R.E
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN N.O.R.E., co-host of “Drink Champs,” is expressing regret over allowing Kanye West to make controversial comments during the podcast. The rapper called “The Breakfast Club” radio show Tuesday to address what happened with West on the Revolt.TV show. “I just want to be honest, I support freedom of speech,” N.O.R.E
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN The creator of “The Crown” has hit back at criticism of the upcoming new season, insisting he has “enormous sympathy” for the new monarch, King Charles III. Due to premiere on Netflix on November 9, the fifth season of the hit drama tackles the divorce of the then-Prince and Princess of
Continue Reading By Natasha Chen, CNN Victoria Wade flew from the East Coast to Southern California earlier this month to go to Disneyland. On the day she was set to buy her ticket, she saw the news: Prices went up overnight at US Disney parks, including admission to the original resort in Anaheim that she was about
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kelly Ripa is turning a negative into a positive. During a recent episode of the podcast “Not Skinny But Not Fat,” the morning talk show host was asked about Kathie Lee Gifford saying she doesn’t plan to read Ripa’s new memoir, “Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories.” “It’s really hard to
Continue Reading Will Noble, CNN In March 2022, the world let out a collective gasp when the remarkably preserved shipwreck of Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance was discovered almost two miles beneath the icy Antarctic seas. But scores more sunken vessels remain on the ocean floor, awaiting rediscovery. Here are some of the world’s most infamously elusive shipwrecks,
Continue Reading Will Noble, CNN In March 2022, the world let out a collective gasp when the remarkably preserved shipwreck of Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance was discovered almost two miles beneath the icy Antarctic seas. But scores more sunken vessels remain on the ocean floor, awaiting rediscovery. Here are some of the world’s most infamously elusive shipwrecks,
Continue Reading By Emiko Jozuka and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A building believed to house the oldest toilet in Japan faced its biggest threat in centuries on Monday when a conservation worker accidentally reversed his car into it, according to local officials. Koudou Uno, a spokesman for the Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto, said the doors of the approximately
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN Actor and director Olivia Wilde appears to have a good sense of humor. After a tabloid story published Monday referenced a special salad dressing made by Wilde, people have been abuzz searching online for the recipe. The salad chain Sweetgreen even jokingly tried to stake claim to the dressing, with an
Continue Reading Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN On Sunday morning, a puffy, Michelin Man-like figure trudged through Times Square in New York, panting from the exertion of trying to move while wearing 27 hazmat suits. Inside the white cocoon was Zhisheng Wu, a Chinese artist who staged the street performance to criticize China’s unrelenting zero-Covid policy.
Continue Reading Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN On Sunday morning, a puffy, Michelin Man-like figure trudged through Times Square in New York, panting from the exertion of trying to move while wearing 27 hazmat suits. Inside the white cocoon was Zhisheng Wu, a Chinese artist who staged the street performance to criticize China’s unrelenting zero-Covid policy.
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Early movie star Anna May Wong, who broke into Hollywood during the silent film era, will become the first Asian American to appear on US currency, a century after she landed her first leading role. Wong’s image, with her trademark blunt bangs and pencil-thin eyebrows, will feature on the back of new
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN Anne Hathaway chooses to look at the troubling period after her Academy Award win almost a decade ago as an “opportunity” to learn. Hathaway, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her turn in 2012’s “Les Misérables,” spoke at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event on Monday night about the hatred
Continue Reading Gladys Tsai, CNN Taiwan is finally opening to visitors this month, but travelers hoping to head to one colorful landmark might find themselves disappointed. “Rainbow Village” in the central city of Taichung has emerged as an Instagram favorite in recent years when the veteran soldiers’ accommodation was spared demolition after an elderly artist covered its
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Black Adam” features a protagonist of almost unlimited power, which only makes its puny script more conspicuous. Dwayne Johnson is saddled by a very limited range of expression as the ancient mystical being featured in DC’s latest superhero epic, a film that isn’t nearly as cool as its poster, while
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France and Omar Jimenez, CNN Lawyers representing Roxie Washington, the mother of George Floyd’s daughter, have drafted a cease-and-desist letter to Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, over comments he made claiming Floyd was killed by a fentanyl overdose. On the podcast “Drink Champs,” West claimed George Floyd was killed by a
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN After about five hours on the witness stand, Kevin Spacey finished testifying in his defense in a sexual misconduct trial, stemming from allegations made by actor Anthony Rapp. Rapp, best known for his role in “Star Trek: Discovery,” claims that in 1986, Spacey, then 26, invited Rapp, then 14, to his
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN The first official trailer for “Creed III” has arrived. Michael B. Jordan is ready for another round in the ring. Jordan plays boxer Adonis Creed who trains with his late father Apollo’s formal rival, Rocky Balboa. The new trailer shows Adonis being challenged by Damian Anderson, played by Jonathan Majors, a
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN By now you may have heard something about Olivia Wilde’s salad dressing. Internet detectives have been furiously trying to figure out her recipe after it was mentioned in a story published Monday by the Daily Mail. There is even a theory that Wilde previously shared the recipe for the dressing
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