By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Meryl Streep and her husband Don Gummer have been living apart in recent years. The news was confirmed by a representative for Streep in a statement to People on Saturday. “Don Gummer and Meryl Streep have been separated for more than 6 years, and while they will always care
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — From the White savior narrative at the heart of “Dances With Wolves” to the Indigenous stereotypes in “The Last of the Mohicans,” Hollywood doesn’t exactly have the best track record when it comes to portrayals of Native Americans. So when it was announced that Martin Scorsese would be directing
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: a record-breaking temple has opened, one of Europe’s best cities is reinventing itself and a Japanese airplane encountered a weighty issue. Like old times at the airport Remember when you could escort a friend or relative to their airport gate and wave goodbye? That’s
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The subject of Vivica Fox’s new project is grateful for her. Tonesa Welch’s story is told in the new BET+ original movie, “First Lady of BMF.” She hailed Fox, who makes her feature-length directorial debut with the project. “I think that by her being a woman director, it
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Boooooo to not seeing our favorite stars trick or treat us by dressing as Marvel characters or Ken and Barbie. SAG-AFTRA, actors union currently on strike, has some guidance for its members regarding what they should or should not be wearing to any Halloween festivities. The “strike-friendly tips
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The Rolling Stones performed at a New York City club to celebrate the release of their new album, “Hackney Diamonds.” The band hit Racket NYC to perform their first album of new material in eighteen years. Questlove played DJ as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood took the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Idina Menzel has shared about some of the “very complicated” reasons she and Taye Diggs split in 2013. The “Wicked” star appeared on a recent episode of the podcast “Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson.” Ferguson explained that he went from being a fan of Menzel from
Continue Reading By Senay Boztas (CNN) — Six paintings stolen from an old town hall in the small coastal town of Medemblik in north Holland have been returned via an unusual doorstep delivery to an art detective nearly 40 miles away in Amsterdam. Arthur Brand, known for his work in recovering an early Van Gogh painting last month, as
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lupita Nyong’o has gone public with her pain. The Oscar-winning actress posted a lengthy note Thursday on her verified Instagram account in which she revealed the end of a relationship. “There are much more important things going on in the world right now, and my thoughts are with
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Having passengers shuffle down the jetway and fumble their way into the cramped seats of a commercial flight is one of the most time-consuming, logistical nightmares that major US airlines execute thousands of times each day. Now, the airline with the most planes will start packing in passengers using
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Due to set sail from Istanbul on November 1, the three-year cruise was meant to be a smooth sail across the globe and into nomadic living for its inhabitants. But with less than two weeks to go before the scheduled departure date, Life at Sea cruises is navigating choppy waters
Continue Reading By Francesca Perry, CNN Mallorca, Spain (CNN) — In one of Pixy Liao’s photographs, she wrestles with her boyfriend Moro in a hotel room; in another, she flings his naked body over her shoulder and carries him in the way a fireman might rescue someone. The images form part of her ongoing project “Experimental Relationship”
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Saying that the Sydney Opera House is a well-known icon of Australia is kind of like saying the Amazon is a creek. The building, which turns 50 years old on October 20, has been given a cultural value of $11.4 billion by the global financial firm Deloitte. Sure, the
Continue Reading By Maggie Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Offering everything from Michelin-endorsed dim sum to juicy smoked goose served in a world-renowned restaurant, Hong Kong is home to some of the finest culinary experiences on the planet. But there are hundreds of underrated meals that aren’t going to have quite the same impact on your
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Adele has said goodbye to drinking alcohol. While chatting with a beverage-consuming concertgoer during her Las Vegas show last week, the singer revealed to her audience that she “stopped drinking quite a while ago,” according to a video posted to social media. “It feels like forever,” she said, revealing
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — At least we can now definitely say Travis Kelce has been going out on dates with Taylor Swift. In the latest episode of his “New Heights” podcast with his brother Jason Kelce, Swift and Travis Kelce’s weekend in NYC came up, of course. Jason Kelce asked his brother
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Julia Fox’s press tour for her tell-all memoir “Down the Drain” has been in full swing this month, which means ample opportunity for the actor, model and newly christened author to go full on, well, Julia Fox. It takes restraint to not dedicate our Look of the Week title
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — MTV’s 2023 Europe Music Awards (EMAs), set to take place in Paris on November 5, are canceled as the conflict in the Middle East continues, according to a statement posted to the show’s social media Thursday. “Given the volatility of world events, we have decided not to move forward
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — George Clooney, Tyler Perry and other A-list actors have made a significant proposal to try to help resolve the months-long actors’ strike. After meeting over Zoom with SAG-AFTRA union leadership on Tuesday, Clooney and more than a dozen other prominent and high-earning members proposed changes that included removing a
Continue Reading By Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — Photographer Chloe Sherman had rarely used social media, until a chance discovery by her daughter prompted her to revisit her work documenting the queer community in 1990s San Francisco. Sherman’s daughter, home from college in the spring of 2021, had noticed her mother’s photograph “Kindred Spirits, 1994” posted on
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