By Mark Morales A 31-year-old man who was working for the production crew of the NBC show “Law & Order: Organized Crime” was shot and killed as he saved parking spots early Tuesday morning, New York City police said. The victim was later identified as 31-year-old Johnny Pizarro of Queens, according to an NYPD press
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN A trio of Asian passports offer their holders greater global travel freedom than those of any other countries, according to a new quarterly report released by London-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners. Japan has pushed ahead of Singapore and South Korea to offer its citizens visa-free or
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Harry Styles inspires more questions than he does easy answers. Questions like: How does one make the leap from boy band stud to formidable solo artist, or successfully style sweater vests and high-waisted trousers? And what, exactly, is the true meaning of “watermelon sugar”? We may never get the answers from
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Drew Barrymore is in a real life rom-com with the rain. The talk show host took to Instagram with a video of herself running outside into a rain shower and enjoying every second of it. “Whenever you can, go out into the rain!” she shouted, while getting drenched outside. “Do not miss
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Chelsea Handler and Jo Koy are taking a break from their relationship. Handler, who had been noticeably absent from Koy’s Instagram feed lately, wrote on her own Instagram account Monday that the two are taking a break. She also shared video that the two had planned to post on their upcoming one-year
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN From the looks of it, David Hasselhoff’s 70th birthday celebration went swimmingly. Hasselhoff shared a video on Instagram Monday in which guests sang happy happy birthday to him at a celebration. Some of his former “Baywatch” costars, including David Chokachi, Jeremy Jackson, Kelly Packard and Parker Stevenson, were in attendance.
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Alex Rodriguez sounds like he has no hard feelings when it comes to his split from Jennifer Lopez. Days before Lopez married Ben Affleck in Las Vegas, an episode of “The Martha Stewart Podcast” featuring Rodriguez was released. The former baseball player was asked about his former relationship with Lopez,
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN Buzz Aldrin is auctioning off a trove of personal items and historic artifacts from his storied career — including the jacket he wore during the moon landing. The only space-flown garment from the Apollo 11 mission still in private hands, the coverall is expected to attract bids of up to $2 million,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Limp Bizkit will not be kicking off the UK and European leg of their “Still Sucks” tour. Frontman Fred Durst and the band posted a note on their verified Instagram account. “For personal health concerns and based on medical advice given by my personal physician to take an immediate break
Continue Reading Story by Francesca Street, CNN. Animations by Emma Beinish and Alberto Mier, CNN American teenager Brad Miele spent the summer of 1984 exploring Europe by rail with his Sony Walkman in his ears. Days rummaging through Paris record stores and evenings sampling Berlin nightlife were soundtracked by Miele’s favorite albums. Miele’s mother also traveled around
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Yong Xiong, CNN Dinosaur footprints dating back 100 million years have been discovered in southwestern China after a sharp-eyed diner spotted them in a restaurant’s outdoor courtyard. Several stone pits at the restaurant in Leshan, Sichuan province, contained the footprints of two sauropods, a type of dinosaur that lived during the
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN It’s another good year for Copenhagen as, for the second year in a row, a restaurant in the Danish capital has been named the best on the planet at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. Geranium serves a meat-free, seasonally based Scandi menu in the unusual environs of the eighth floor
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s the end of “Desus & Mero.” Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, the duo behind the Showtime late-night series, announced on Twitter that they will be “pursuing separate creative endeavors moving forward” and ending their series. A Showtime spokesperson confirmed the news that “Desus & Mero” would not be returning
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Marcus Mumford has teamed up with a film legend for the music video to his powerful new single, “Cannibal.” According to Mumford, lead singer of British rock band Mumford & Sons, the video was filmed on July 3 in a high school gym in New York. “I’ve been overwhelmed by the
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Pink’s new song, “Irrelevant,” is a protest song for the times. The singer teased the new track last week, writing “Woke up. Got heated. Wrote song. Coming soon.” On Monday, the music video for the “Irrelevant” dropped — a four-minute indictment against some of the most pressing issues facing the country.
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Claes Oldenburg, the pop artist who reimagined everyday objects like clothespins and spoons as mammoth sculptures, has died at age 93, according to Pace Gallery in New York, which has represented the artist since 1960. Oldenburg had recently suffered a fall and died Monday in his home and studio in New York
Continue Reading Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The head of one of the world’s most prestigious art exhibitions has resigned after this year’s show became embroiled in a scandal over antisemitic imagery. Sabine Schormann, managing director of Documenta, which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany, stepped down on Saturday. A statement from the exhibition’s supervisory board expressed
Continue Reading Vasco Cotovio and Alex Hardie, CNN One of the United Kingdom’s largest airports suspended flights on Monday after high temperatures damaged a runway. Temperatures soared up to 37 degrees Celsius (about 99 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country. London Luton Airport announced the situation via Twitter and updated its status when the airport
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN From the moment it was announced that Beanie Feldstein would lead “Funny Girl” in its first Broadway revival, many theater fans wondered: How would Lea Michele take the news? Michele, a Broadway veteran known for starring on “Glee,” has been publicly angling for the role of comic heroine Fanny Brice for
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN You won’t see Taylor Kitsch in anything having to do with “Friday Night Lights” again. The actor told Variety, “You may see [a reunion or reboot], but I will not be a part of it,” he said. “I’m done. I’m good. I want to keep growing as an actor. Going back
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