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Silvia Marchetti (CNN) — His ancestors migrated from Italy to the United States in the late 1800s, and a century and a half later, Vito Andrea Racanelli decided to do it all in reverse — leaving his home in Denver to return to the country his family left behind. Unlike many Americans who have been

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Irish government is implementing a pioneering scheme that will give 2,000 artists a basic income for three years, allowing them to focus on their creative output while maintaining an adequate standard of living. Under the scheme, which follows a three-year pilot, eligible creatives will receive €325 ($386) a

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — To stand even a chance at enjoying Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights,” you must let it wash over you. Every split egg yolk, every inch of snail mucus, every glistening raindrop on screen — it’s all designed to sit slickly on the surface, never going more than skin deep. The

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In 2020, Mandy Moore and her musician husband Taylor Goldsmith bought their dream home in Altadena, California, as a family of two, hiring a team to begin renovating the romantic Spanish Colonial Revival property and update its 1930s charm. In 2023, as a family of four, with another baby

By Trista Kurniawan and Yixin Wang, CNN (CNN) — Lincoln’s Rock has long been one of the Blue Mountains’ quieter sunset spots — a rocky overhang with sweeping views across eucalyptus valleys just outside Sydney. But in recent years, the once-sleepy Australian lookout has found itself at the center of a global social media storm.

By Sheena McKenzie (CNN) — After delighting onlookers with a series of stylish cameos at the Paris Games in 2024, Snoop Dogg is back at the Olympics with a new, slightly more official, job: coach. The gig comes with a fresh wardrobe of looks cooler than the snow-capped Italian alps. So far, he’s been spotted

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Growing up near Boston, elements of Italian-American culture were threaded through much of Liz Fitzgerald’s life. Every Christmas Eve, her uncle would visit her family’s home to celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes, bringing dishes like stuffed shrimp, calamari and clam chowder, while her aunts poured batter into

By Leah Dolan, CNN Les Archives, located in Paris’ 6th arrondissement, is a secondhand designer store rendered entirely in millennial pink. This is not your typical Aladdin’s Cave vintage shop, where rails are stacked on top of each other and garments fill every corner. The blush-toned space is sparse, with a smattering of shoes on

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Ephesus, Turkey (CNN) — The security lines at the entrance move with airport-like efficiency. Beyond them, the concrete of the 21st century falls away, replaced by creamy pillars and marble paving stretching into the distance, with green hills beyond. It feels like stepping back 2,000 years in time. In a country

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Bad Bunny’s style has always defied expectations. So, amid intense speculation that he would use his Super Bowl outfit to subvert masculine stereotypes, stage a protest or publicly lambast ICE (again), it was perhaps no surprise that he did precisely none of those things. This was a jubilant celebration

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: the world’s most expensive rice, trouble at Rome’s Trevi Fountain, plus how the hotel bathroom door situation has gotten out of hand. World-class rice Kinmemai Premium has been certified by Guinness World Records as the most expensive rice on the planet, but what is

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — When the owner of a tiny sketch sent a photo of it to an auction house’s online valuation portal, they had no idea of its significance. The drawing is barely bigger than a hand. And it depicts only a foot, with its heel slightly raised off the ground and

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Since the first trailer dropped, outrage has surrounded the theatrical costuming of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” But for any historical fanatics feeling short-changed, Margot Robbie and her stylist Andrew Mukamal offer a small consolation: by going period on the red carpet. Kind of. It must be understood that historical

Story by Francesca Street. Video by Max Burnell (CNN) — Niki Ghofranian surveyed the view from atop the stone walls of Dunstaffnage Castle, hoping, against the odds, to find a way out. The walls stood some 60 feet above the grass below. Jumping would be ill-advised, perhaps fatal. In the distance: hills, lochs, islands. Nearby: