Entertainment

By Chris Lau and Lisako Neriki Ancheta, CNN (CNN) — Tranquil and blanketed in pristine white snow, the Japanese city of Otaru serves as the backdrop of a popular 1995 romance blockbuster that continues to bring starry-eyed travelers to the region every winter. But this sleepy city tucked away on the west coast of the

By Oscar Holland, CNN; Photo editor: Jennifer Arnow, CNN (CNN) — The Grammy Awards are renowned for outlandish fashion. But on a night of tributes to first responders and victims of LA’s recent wildfires, many guests struck a comparatively restrained note at the Crypto.com arena on Sunday. The all-black trend seen at recent award ceremonies

By Elinda Labropoulou, Billy Stockwell and Chris Liakos, CNN Athens, Greece (CNN) — The Greek island of Santorini is being rattled by dozens of tremors, prompting authorities to close schools and airlines to announce additional flights on Monday to help people leave the popular tourist destination. Over the past four days, more than 200 earthquakes

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — When air travel accidents such as the fatal midair collision near Washington, DC, occur, the consequences can reach much further than those directly affected by the tragedy. It can also give rise or increase people’s fear of flying, also known as aerophobia or aviophobia. Many people have sat through

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a collective sense the audience was about to witness history. They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé’s opera “Morgiane” – the earliest known, full-length

By Jessie Yeung and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A critical aviation warning system that went down Saturday has been restored to working order, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday. “It went down last night. A backup system was activated. As of right now, the lead system is online and working,” Duffy told CNN’s Jake

By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt to modern-day India — over 2,000 years ago. Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In this week’s roundup of travel news: Denver’s weed church, zodiac predictions for the Year of the Snake, plus what promises to be London’s most ambitious – and deepest – new visitor attraction. Going underground Some 30 meters (98 feet) below central London lies a mile-long network of tunnels

By Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — Haute couture is an enigma to most. Accessible to only a select few (an estimated few thousand people globally) because of the eye-watering price tags that such extraordinary designs command, the fashion designers who partake in the exclusive event in Paris must ensure that strict criteria are met,

By Marnie Hunter and Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — This week’s close call at Chicago Midway Airport between a Southwest aircraft and a private jet is the latest in a string of incidents that have many air travelers on edge. In the US alone, it follows the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River near

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A world-famous ballet school has agreed a legal settlement with a woman who claimed she developed an eating disorder as a result of body-shaming while studying there. Ellen Elphick, who was a student at the Royal Ballet School in London, said she became anorexic while participating in an intense