By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Over the past two decades, the Argentinian photographer Irina Werning has traveled around Latin America with a specific directive in mind: find women — and eventually, men — with the longest hair. Titled “Las Pelilargas,” or “The Long-haired Ones,” the body of work celebrates the shared cultural reverence for
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Oscar-nominated actor John Lithgow, who has portrayed everyone from Winston Churchill to a Cardinal at the Vatican, apparently really misses his days playing an alien. According to Lithgow, his time playing Dick Solomon on the NBC comedy “3rd Rock from the Sun” are years he remembers fondly. “It was
Continue Reading By Aaron Cooper, CNN New York (CNN) — United Airlines is apologizing to a mother who says a flight crew asked her to remove her son from his breathing machine before they could take off. “The way you treated my son when we were attempting to fly home from Tampa to Newark was absolutely ridiculous,”
Continue Reading By Joyce Jiang and Aaron Cooper, CNN Hong Kong/New York (CNN) — A United Airlines Boeing 787 jetliner flying from Los Angeles to Shanghai had to turn around last weekend after it was discovered one of the pilots had taken off without a passport, the airline told CNN in a statement. Flight UA 198 departed
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It’s Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s world, and we’re all just vacationing in it. Blanco, the producer of some of the music industry’s biggest hits, has a new project out with his lady love, Selena Gomez. Their first joint album, “I Said I Love You First,” was released
Continue Reading By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — Some Americans dream of leaving the United States for a new life overseas — an idea that always generates renewed interest at the start of a new presidential administration. However, relocation experts and seasoned expats emphasize that an international move is an enormous, life-altering decision that — as exhilarating
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — TikTok has withdrawn a controversial filter that allowed users to alter their photos to make themselves look heavier. Each AI-filtered video on the app follows the same pattern. It starts with an unedited photo of the user—usually slim—before the “chubby filter” trickles down the screen, altering the subject’s physique,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — An “Othello” revival, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, has made history. The production at the Barrymore Theatre is now Broadway’s top-grossing play of all time, generating $2.8 million with eight preview performances. It exceeded a record held by“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” which pulled in more
Continue Reading By Stephy Chung and Aria Chen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — K-pop band NewJeans played a sold-out show and debuted a new song in Hong Kong on Sunday — just days after a South Korean court upheld an injunction prohibiting the group from carrying out independent musical or commercial activities. But the band’s members then
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Mount Fuji is a UNESCO World heritage site, a world-famous landmark and an icon of Japan. But it has also become a “trash mountain” overcrowded by millions of tourists. To try and bring more balance to this popular tourist attraction, Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures – who share Mount Fuji
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — After last week’s party-centric episode, Saxon Ratliff has a monster of a hangover, but something tells us this is only the beginning of the icks for him and others. Here’s what went down at everyone’s favorite tragic luxury resort this week: That’s so high school To continue the morning-after
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Carnie Wilson’s daughter Lola Bonfiglio is holding on for one more day after making it through the first round of auditions on “American Idol.” Bonfiglio made her “Idol” debut on Sunday and enlisted some of her famous family members to help her get through her audition. Her mom Carnie
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Actor Brennan Elliott is grieving his wife Camilla Row, who he says died after a years-long battle with gastric cancer. Elliott, who is best known for his roles in several films for the Hallmark Channel and the drama series “UnREAL,” announced Row’s passing in a statement posted to his
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Robert De Niro is embracing all that fatherhood has to offer as he spends time with his two-year-old daughter Gia. The Oscar winner opened up about spending quality time with his daughter, revealing on a recent episode of Sirius XM’s Radio Andy that he and his daughter love to
Continue Reading By Helen Iatrou, CNN (CNN) — In recent times, the main problem facing Greece’s picturesque island of Santorini has been the crowds of tourists jostling for space among the whitewashed walls of Oia town as they hunt for the best spot for sunset selfies. Then, earlier this year, another problem reared its head — one
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood funnyman (and success story) Seth Rogen is known for many things, not the least of which is his penchant for smoking marijuana. In a new interview with The Guardian published on Saturday, Rogen – who runs a weed business in addition to his writing, producing, directing and acting
Continue Reading CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The world for kids today looks a lot different than it did for their parents. A scene from the hit Netflix series “Adolescence” captures just how vast that difference is. In the show’s second episode, Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe (Ashley Walters) is at a secondary school to investigate
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Spring has sprung, and with it comes a fresh bouquet of offerings at the local cineplex. While not summer blockbuster season just yet, this spring’s movie lineup includes some big titles. Here’s a roundup of some of the standout cinema arriving in theaters from now through Memorial Day: ‘Death
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — The world for kids today looks a lot different than it did for their parents. A scene from the hit Netflix series “Adolescence” captures just how vast that difference is. In the show’s second episode, Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe (Ashley Walters) is at a secondary school to investigate why
Continue Reading By Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — It was the water pistol shot that echoed around the world. In the summer of 2024, after years of enduring the pressures of overtourism, locals in Barcelona ramped up their protest, with thousands gathering to chant “tourists go home.” But it was a small group armed with toy water
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