By Lianne Kolirin, CNN A beer festival held in an English churchyard has provoked a wave of controversy after pictures emerged of visitors reveling among the graves. Locals in the northeastern town of Stockton-on-Tees flocked to the 1,000-year-old St. Mary’s Church for the St. Mary’s Norton Beer Festival, which took place over four days and
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By Chloe Melas, CNN “The Last of Us” first look is here. The forthcoming HBO series is based on a popular video game franchise and stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, who play Joel and Ellie. (Like CNN, HBO is part of WarnerMedia.) The series takes place 20 years after civilization has been destroyed and
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Cheryl Burke has tested positive with a breakthrough case of Covid-19, she revealed on Instagram. The news comes before “The Dancing with the Stars” pro was set to return to the show on Monday for her second dance with Peloton instructor Cody Rigsby. “The PCR test came back, and it came
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Like many of us, Kelly Rowland’s 6-year-old son Titan has an itch to travel. “He recently asked me were we going to be able to go some place really cool with snow,” Rowland told CNN. “So, I think I’m going to have to start fixing my mind on what are
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Singer Kelly Price has broken her silence after her family said she was missing following her announcement she had contracted Covid-19. In a video interview with TMZ, the Grammy-nominated R&B and gospel singer said she almost didn’t survive her bout with the virus. “At some point, they lost me,” she
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN The Rolling Stones have marked their first concert without late drummer Charlie Watts with an emotional onstage tribute. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood honored their bandmate of nearly six decades as they finally kicked off their pandemic-delayed “No Filter” tour at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis,
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Dan Hodge, CNN and Amanda Sealy, CNN Patience. Understanding. Tranquility. This is what Tokyo-based “ultra-technologists” teamLab wants visitors to experience when they enter its new artwork, entitled “Floating Flower Garden; Flowers and I are of the Same Root, the Garden and I are One.” But this immersive installation marks a departure for the world-renowned collective,
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Dan Hodge, CNN and Amanda Sealy, CNN Patience. Understanding. Tranquility. This is what Tokyo-based “ultra-technologists” teamLab wants visitors to experience when they enter its new artwork, entitled “Floating Flower Garden; Flowers and I are of the Same Root, the Garden and I are One.” But this immersive installation marks a departure for the world-renowned collective,
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN A fire damaged the Susan B. Anthony Museum and House in New York on Sunday, before firefighters put out the blaze and rescued artifacts inside. The Rochester Fire Department (RFD) responded around 1:00 a.m. to an automatic fire alarm at the residence that once belonged to Anthony, a leader of the
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN It looks like a dreamy life of freedom on the open road: golden sunsets, cozy bunks and endless photo ops amidst stunning views of nature. A growing cult of nomads are taking long road trips — sometimes for months — in tricked-out camper vans, often documenting their travel highlights on Instagram
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas Britney Spears is just days away from a court hearing that could determine the fate of her court-ordered conservatorship. In “Toxic: Britney Spears’ Battle For Freedom,” a CNN special report which debuted Sunday, some of singer’s friends and former employees spoke out about the singer’s conservatorship and shed light on what life
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN The fight over Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship returns to court in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Judge Brenda Penny is expected to consider several petitions filed since the last hearing in the case on July 14. Jamie Spears, the singer’s father, has served as her conservator since 2008. Earlier this month, he
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Broadway is back and the 74th Tony Awards were presented Sunday after a long delay due to the pandemic. The event honored productions from the 2019-2020 Broadway season. See the full list of nominees below with winners indicated in bold. Best Musical “Jagged Little Pill” “Moulin Rouge: The Musical” *WINNER “Tina:
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN The 74th Tony Awards will honor the shows from the 2019 – 2020 Broadway season, before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered all performances. But after 18 months, Broadway is back in business and ready to celebrate. Here’s how to watch: Where and when it will air The show will air on Sunday
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Leah Dolan, CNN From September 27 to October 5, the streets of Paris will once again come alive with models, designers and editors as fashion week prepares to take over the capital. There are more than 100 brands on the official Paris Fashion Week schedule — and while only around a third of designers are
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By Al Goodman, CNN Eruptions from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma have intensified, as flights are suspended and officials ordered additional evacuations — bringing the total number of evacuees to almost 6,000 people. “According to the records of the volcanic surveillance that has been carried out since the beginning
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Earlier this summer, a new princess giddily square-danced onto the scene. They’ve got blue fur, a nose shaped like a hook and a thing for chickens. They’re a Muppet — one you’ve probably known for a while. Their name is Gonzo-rella, the royal alias of Gonzo the Great. The idiosyncratic Muppet
Continue Reading Silvia Marchetti, CNN For nearly 33 years he lived a hermit life on a beautiful island in the Mediterranean, where he was the sole inhabitant. Mauro Morandi, known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe after developing a loyal online following, was caretaker of the Sardinian island of Budelli, embracing silence, solitude, and the peacefulness of nature while
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN 50 Cent knows that there are already complaints about his new Starz series, “BMF.” Critics of the drama, based on the real life “Black Mafia Family” crime syndicate, have argued the show glamorizes drug-trafficking and money laundering. “The lifestyle choices are always going to give you more danger,” 50 Cent
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Sarah Jessica Parker paid tribute to her late “Sex and the City” co-star Willie Garson on Friday, calling the loss of her friend and colleague “unbearable.” Garson died on Sept. 21 of pancreatic cancer. “It’s been unbearable,” she wrote in a tribute shared on Instagram. “Sometimes silence is a statement. Of
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