By Ella Alexander, CNN London (CNN) — When Laura Weir made her first speech as the British Fashion Council’s new CEO this summer, she put inclusivity at the heart of her mission. She addressed issues that have long been discussed among the city’s fashion designers: whether it is possible to run a viable brand if
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — As news was breaking of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show being suspended, guests booked on Wednesday’s episode were already on their way to the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood where “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is recorded, sources told CNN. The sudden decision made by ABC to pull the show from air
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will not air Wednesday night as ABC evaluates the show’s future. A reshowing of “Celebrity Family Feud” will run in Kimmel’s place at 10:30 p.m., John Paek, executive director of ABC Broadcast Distribution. A networking note indicates Kimmel’s program will be preempted “indefinitely.” Kimmel has come under fire for
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By Lex Harvey, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of musicians, actors, activists and speakers took to the stage at London’s biggest stadium on Wednesday to raise money for Palestinians at a fundraising concert for the war in Gaza. The event, “Together for Palestine,” brought a star-studded lineup to Wembley Arena and included
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By Jimena De La Quintana, CNN (CNN) — It was in 2007 when Peru’s Machu Picchu Inca sanctuary was designated one of the New 7 Wonders of the World after receiving more than 100 million votes in a global competition. Now, the New7Wonders project, which organized the vote, warns that Machu Picchu is at risk
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Robert Irwin is the second member of his famous family to appear on “Dancing with the Stars” and he sounds pretty excited about that. “What a full circle thing. I have so many memories of being there and watching [my sister, Bindi],” he recently told The Hollywood Reporter.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — After her recent win in a civil litigation case, Cardi B is celebrating some personal news. On Wednesday, the Grammy-winning rapper and artist revealed she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Stefon Diggs, an NFL wide receiver. “I feel like I’m in a good space,” she told
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York (CNN) — On Manhattan’s breezy piers, inside golden-hour lit warehouses and even in an Episcopal church: such locations served as the venue for runway shows, as New York Fashion Week kicks off a busy fashion month. While a growing number of influential designers (Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera and Marc
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By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — In Scanno, a medieval village deep in the wild mountains of central Italy’s Abruzzo region, one woman dresses as if time has never moved on. At 94, Margherita Ciarletta — witty, fiercely independent and guarded about her privacy — is the last person who wears Scanno’s centuries-old traditional clothing
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Egypt are on the hunt for a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet, once owned by a pharaoh, which has disappeared from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The gold bracelet adorned with a lapis lazuli bead was last seen in the restoration laboratory of the museum in Tahrir Square, Egypt’s
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Long lines, delays and record passenger numbers might not scream “satisfaction,” but while these remain frequent hallmarks of air travel in North America, a new study has revealed flyers are increasingly pleased with their experience of the region’s airports. Overall passenger satisfaction scores are marginally up from last year,
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By CNN Impact Your World and Lindsay Benson (CNN) — While Robert Redford made his mark with Hollywood films such as “All the President’s Men,” “Barefoot in the Park” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” the lifelong environmentalist and philanthropist was also committed to sparking change, protecting the earth and supporting up-and-coming filmmakers. “I’m
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By Chris Lau and Fred He, CNN China Eastern Airlines has begun selling tickets for its new route connecting Shanghai and Buenos Aires, in what the carrier touts as the “world’s longest direct flight.” The flight departing from Shanghai’s Pudong Interntional Airport (PVG) is scheduled to take about 25.5 hours to reach the Ministro Pistarini
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — After Paul Newman died of lung cancer at the age of 83 in 2008, Robert Redford talked to ABC about their longstanding friendship. Its inception, he explained, was their starring together in the hit 1969 film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” “It was just that connection of
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Just a few movies into her now-storied career, Glenn Close found herself starring opposite one of the most handsome and popular male movie stars of the time. In “The Natural,” Robert Redford played an aging baseball player who becomes a phenom. Close played his former girlfriend with whom he
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By Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — Police have made an arrest in the theft of hard drives containing unreleased music by Beyoncé. Atlanta-area police arrested Kelvin Evans for allegedly breaking into a SUV in the city over the summer and stealing hard drives and other items that were connected to the Grammy winner. Evans is
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — After the death of Hollywood great Robert Redford, his friends and former colleagues are paying tribute. Jane Fonda, Redford’s costar from several films spanning over 50 years, said the news of his death at age 89 on Tuesday hit her “hard.” ”I can’t stop crying. He meant a lot
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By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN (CNN) — When the legendary Hollywood actor-turned director Robert Redford passed away Tuesday, he left behind not only a body of impactful and culturally significant films, but also a style legacy that has largely become the blueprint for American menswear. Instantly recognizable by his floppy windswept hair and penchant for relaxed,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Music lovers, dressed in perfectly impractical desert wear, will return to Coachella next April, where the gathering will offer something for just about everyone. The Coachella Music and Arts Festival will take place April 10 – 12 and April 17 – 19, 2026, with headliners Sabrina Carpenter on
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — For the British, the difference between state visits and plain old official visits is far more than semantics. By convention, the full pomp and pageantry of a royal welcome — the guard of honor, the cavalry band, the palace’s finest silverware — is strictly for the former, making it
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