By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — On a weekend when millions of Americans took to the streets to say no to “kings,” an intimate, star-studded crowd in Hollywood showed up in support of a “Sir.” Stevie Nicks, Taylor Swift, Margot Robbie, Billie Eilish and Ringo Starr were among those who gathered to hear Paul McCartney
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Throughout an almost two-decade writing career, Rufi Thorpe had written three books. The third and most acclaimed one, “The Knockout Queen,” was optioned for the screen in what she called a “normal way,” by one company trying to make it into a movie. Then she wrote her fourth novel,
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By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — When Kellen Matwick, his wife Jacqueline and their two children boarded a one-way flight to Italy in August 2024, they toasted their new life. Matwick, whose great-grandparents emigrated from central Italy to Pennsylvania, is part of the vast Italian diaspora. He’s also one of the millions who saw his
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — China’s robot restaurant, the challenges of African airspace, plus TIME’s pick of the best places to visit in 2026. Here’s what’s happening in Travel. TIME’s ‘greatest places’ A heap of shiny new parks, museums, cruises, hotels and attractions have made it into TIME magazine’s 100 “greatest places of 2026,”
Continue Reading By Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — Fashion has long danced alongside the medium of art, with designers taking inspiration from the work of history’s great artists. With its technical prowess and avant-garde ambitions, many would argue that fashion belongs on the same plane as painting or sculpture. A monumental new show at London’s Victoria and
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — One Taylor Lautner … two Taylor Lautner … three! Taylor Lautner and his wife, also called Taylor, are expecting their first child. “What’s better than two Taylor Lautners?” the couple playfully asked in a joint Instagram post Thursday –– and from the pictures, the answer is obvious. The carousel
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. So goes the Victorian-era English rhyme that has long served as a sartorial checklist for bridal fortunes. With rumors swirling around her own nuptials to Tom Holland, and a promotional tour for her wedding-centered new movie “The Drama” underway, it’s three
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By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) — Standing in a long line at the airport isn’t always the worst thing. For many travelers, it’s standing in a long line at the airport and watching while other passengers sail past. That’s because travelers enrolled in TSA PreCheck or a service called Clear can reduce the amount of
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The Academy Awards will soon have a new home, one that doesn’t also include an attached shopping center. In 2029, the Oscars will move from the Dolby Theater in the heart of Hollywood to the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live, a sprawling tourist hub in Downtown Los Angeles, the
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By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — The boy who lived will rise again on Christmas Day 2026 as HBO Max reboots the tale of orphaned wizard Harry Potter in an eight-episode opening series bearing the name of the original novel: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” And in case you’ve been living in a cupboard
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By Stephy Chung, Oscar Holland, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — At Art Basel Hong Kong, Asia’s biggest art fair, a mysterious AI agent silently observed passersby through two tracking cameras. Not even its creator knew quite what it was looking for. Every two or three minutes, it picked someone out from the crowd and turned
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — When chef René Redzepi issued an apology to staff for past behavior and announced he was stepping away from Noma, one of the highest-rated restaurants in the world, the news made big headlines — but was anyone really surprised? Yes, Redzepi had one of the biggest fine-dining reputations to
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — FX’s “Love Story” — the Ryan Murphy-produced show that revisits the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy — concludes this week with the episode that won’t be easy to watch, even if everyone knew it was coming. The nine-episode series began by teeing up the
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The image of an Iberian lynx playing with its prey has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award for 2026. Standing on its hind legs with one paw flung out, the lynx seems both playful and predatory, batting around an unfortunate rodent as a precursor
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By Will Noble, CNN (CNN) — Britain is far from the wettest place on Earth, but its reputation as a gray landscape populated by perma-sodden umbrella-clutchers is so longstanding, it’s seeped into the national identity. “It’s raining cats and dogs” was a phrase muttered by Brits as far back as the 17th century, when torrential
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By Rebecca Cope, CNN (CNN) — It has become a popular internet pastime for people to speculate about what work a female celebrity has had done. Wrinkle-free, taut and glowing visages are analyzed by experts and non-experts alike, often resulting in a diagnosis that includes a facelift, blepharoplasty, fillers, or Botox. Yet in recent months,
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By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Colbert already has a new job lined up for when he ends his 11-year run as host of “The Late Show” in May – the comedian and well-known J.R.R. Tolkien superfan announced he will co-write and develop a new film in the blockbuster “Lord of the Rings” franchise.
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By Sofía Hanalei Sanchez New York (CNN) — On a cool, wintry afternoon in early March, a crowd of people streamed towards New York’s Washington Square Park for a Miley Cyrus lookalike contest. Many in the audience were die-hard Hannah Montana fans, including Iranian-American cousins, Sophia, 23, and Ariana Parizadeh, 22. Growing up the children
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — As a culture, we are nosy. That’s why tabloid culture — both in its grocery store checkout aisle and online forms —thrives, especially when it involves celebrities behaving badly. But it’s one thing to read about an incident and another to see it. An incident with Justin Timberlake
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Television relationship coach Mel Schilling, who starred in the Australian and British series of “Married at First Sight,” has died aged 54. Schilling was diagnosed with colon cancer in December 2023 and said earlier this month that the disease had spread to her brain. “Melanie Jane Brisbane-Schilling passed away
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