By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — American company Pizza Hut has teamed up with a century-old Hong Kong restaurant to put a modern spin on a traditional dish, or more simply, snake on a pizza. The new offering combines shredded snake meat, black mushrooms and Chinese dried ham – all indispensable ingredients of
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — People magazine has named actor Patrick Dempsey this year’s Sexiest Man Alive. Dempsey was revealed to be the new Sexiest Man Alive on Tuesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after audience members asked Dempsey, whose voice and face were concealed, questions to help narrow down his identity. “I’m just
Continue Reading CNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — For a few days in the southern hemisphere every spring, the world’s biggest and most famous coral reef explodes. This is coral spawning season – a time when the Great Barrier Reef creates the next generation of corals. In fact, as some scientists explain it, it’s when the
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — For a few days in the southern hemisphere every spring, the world’s biggest and most famous coral reef explodes. This is coral spawning season – a time when the Great Barrier Reef creates the next generation of corals. In fact, as some scientists explain it, it’s when the whole
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Following criticism from animal rights group PETA for using live butterflies in dresses, the founder of Japanese brand Undercover has apologized and promised to never feature living animals in his designs. “I regret that I trapped butterflies that could fly freely in the sky,” said Jun Takahashi in a
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The popular video game “The Legend of Zelda” is coming to life in a new live-action movie. “I have been working on the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda for many years now,” famed Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto wrote on the gaming company’s X (formerly Twitter) page Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Megan Fox is recounting her experience with pregnancy loss in her new book of poetry. The two poems that reference her experience, titled “i” and “ii,” are at the end of the book, which is called “Pretty Boys are Poisonous.” In “ii,” the “Transformers” star describes feeling a “heartbeat” and then
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Television legend Bob Newhart has nothing but enthusiasm for and fond memories of playing Papa Elf to Will Ferrell’s starry-eyed Buddy in “Elf.” The modern holiday classic, released in 2003, turned 20 years old on Tuesday. “Without question, the part of Papa Elf outranks, by far, any role I
Continue Reading By Lisa France, CNN (CNN) — Times really have changed. Homer Simpson has, according to the animated character, stopped strangling his son Bart – bringing to an end a long-running (and outdated) gag on the show. It’s one of many set pieces on the beloved animated series. In this recurring interaction, Homer, the family patriarch,
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — On Monday night in New York City, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) presented its annual Fashion Awards at the American Museum of Natural History. It’s one of the biggest events of the year for industry insiders and creatives, as the ceremony aims to promote US designers on
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A rare first-class menu from the Titanic sold for £83,000 ($102,000) on Saturday as part of an auction of memorabilia associated with the doomed ocean liner. Heavily water-stained, with some of the lettering partly erased, the menu likely ended up in the North Atlantic for a time when
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — It’s a short commute from Usher’s “My Way” residency show to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, where he’s been in heavy rehearsals for the 2024 Super Bowl. The singer will headline the halftime show on Feb. 11 and release his ninth studio album, “Coming Home,” the same day. He’ll
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Hootie & the Blowfish fans mark your calendars: the feel-good pop rock band is hitting the road next year with the “Summer Camp with Trucks Tour.” Produced by Live Nation, the tour with the popular 1990s band will feature special guests Collective Soul and Edwin McCain. The band
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — John Oliver is transforming from a comedian into a campaign manager for one of the biggest elections of the year: New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll. On his show “Last Week Tonight” on Monday, he backed the pūteketeke bird as New Zealand’s Bird of the Century, a competition
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — She’d been living in Miami for around three decades and had built a life that she loved. But Julie Balzano, originally from Long Island, found herself struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living in the “Magic City,” recently ranked as the 10th most expensive city in
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — On the afternoon photographer Mayan Toledano snapped a playful bedroom portrait of her friends in Mexico City — an image that would eventually become the cover of her first book — one member of the group, Karla, had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend. Toledano, who is primarily based
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Plenty of memories are being shared in the wake of the death of Matthew Perry. The “Friends” actor died in an apparent drowning accident at his Los Angeles home recently and the investigation continues into his cause of death, though law enforcement sources said there was no foul
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — After 26 years in business, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is closing due to costs becoming too expensive – for both customers and the restaurant operators. Deanes EIPIC, the flagship fine dining restaurant of an empire started by Northern Irish chef Michael Deane in the 1990s, won
Continue Reading By Marc Bain (CNN) — When Revolve and Maison Meta, an AI-centric creative agency, teamed up for the first AI Fashion Week this April, the promise was always that the online retailer would turn garments from the top three collections submitted to a design competition that ran during the fashion week’s proceedings into physical products
Continue Reading CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Consider journalist Bryan West the “lucky one,” because he’s The Tennessean and USA Today network’s new Taylor Swift reporter. The Tennessean announced the news on Monday, saying West, a veteran journalist and two-time Emmy winning TV producer, “emerged as the standout choice from a pool of hundreds of
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