By Marie Lodi, CNN (CNN) — A time capsule is often a small cache of significant items representing a particular moment in history — newspaper clippings, photographs, memorabilia and other cultural artifacts. But in early 2022, a different kind of capsule (and certainly one much larger than usual) was unearthed, after being hidden away for
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Life wasn’t so “Charmed,” it seems, on the set of that popular series. On a new episode of her podcast “Let’s Be Clear,” Shannen Doherty featured part two of her conversartion with her former “Charmed” costar Holly Marie Combs. As with part one, their costar Alyssa Milano figured
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Planes are going to be crowded. Patience will be tried. Some level of aggravation is all but inevitable, especially after all the recent shutdown-related chaos. Throw in a seat-kicker, a tipsy stranger or someone who’s blissfully barefoot, and the holiday odyssey becomes even more challenging. This Thanksgiving, 6 million
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It has been a busy year for bookworms. In 2023, literary heavyweights Bret Easton Ellis, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Attwood and Zadie Smith returned to the scene and published new work, in some cases, for the first time in over a decade. In the summer, authors such as Eliza Clark,
Continue Reading By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — In Rembrandt’s enormous 17th-century masterpiece “The Night Watch,” a troupe of Dutch civilian soldiers gathers in a darkened room and prepares to march out to defend their city. Rembrandt, a master of light and shadow, strategically illuminated his subjects’ expressive hands and faces, while dimness hid the room’s details
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift is known for several of her songs about heartbreak, so it seems only right she’d know how to help a friend recovering from a breakup. Swift sent a personalized breakup playlist to Jessica Chastain after the actress shared she was dealing with a recent split when they
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — This Christmas Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney want to give you their hearts. Not really, but it fits this story. The friends and business partners, who together own the UK soccer team Wrexham, recreated “Wham” album covers in which they were styled to look like George Michael and
Continue Reading CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — This Christmas Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney want to give you their hearts. Not really, but it fits this story. The friends and business partners, who together own the UK soccer team Wrexham, recreated “Wham” album covers in which they were styled to look like George Michael
Continue Reading By Samantha Tse, CNN (CNN) — Borosilicate glass, mylar film, polyurethane, glass organza, polyamide powder and thermo-plaster polymers. These are the raw materials used by Dutch couturier Iris van Herpen to create the sculptural, otherworldly confections worn by stars including Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton and Jennifer Lopez. Though Van Herpen may not yet be a
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Stripping off from the waist down at a sacred site. Driving a car across a medieval bridge, as fragile as it is famous. Carving your name into a world icon, and going on a punishing hike… to take illegal drugs. These are just some of the things tourists have got
Continue Reading Reuters A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional proverb about abundance. Farmer Tanyapong Jaikham and a team of workers planted the seedlings at various spots in the field in the northern province of Chiang Rai to depict cartoon cats, hoping
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Big Bang Theory” star Kate Miccuci says she is now cancer free after sharing on her social media last week that she underwent surgery following a lung cancer diagnosis. Over the weekend, Miccuci shared an update on her TikTok page. “I have great news, which is that I am
Continue Reading CNN By Alli Rosenbloom and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A New York jury on Monday found actor Jonathan Majors guilty of assault and harassment of his former girlfriend during a domestic dispute. Majors, a rising star who has appeared in Disney’s Marvel franchise and “Creed III,” was convicted on Monday of one count of reckless
Continue Reading CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Comedian and satirical talk show host Ziwe has released her full interview with former New York Rep. George Santos, who earlier this month became the sixth lawmaker to ever be expelled from Congress. During their conversation, which was recorded last week and released on YouTube on Monday, Santos
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A New York jury on Monday found actor Jonathan Majors guilty of assault and harassment of his former girlfriend during a domestic dispute. Majors, a rising star who has appeared in Disney’s Marvel franchise and “Creed III,” was convicted on Monday of one count of reckless assault
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A dress worn by Princess Diana in 1985 has sold for a record $1.148 million at auction, 11 times its estimate. The blue and black dress, designed by Moroccan-British fashion designer Jacques Azagury, is now the most expensive dress worn by the princess to be sold at auction, smashing
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Processing times for passport applications are back to pre-pandemic levels, the US State Department announced on Monday. The return to normal wait times comes after years plagued by delays as the department worked through a backlog caused largely by the coronavirus pandemic. Processing time for routine service is now
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Kate McKinnon and Billie Eilish were purrfectly funny together on “Saturday Night Live.” McKinnon returned to the show to host over the weekend and brought back her old character, cat lady Barbara DeDrew. McKinnon, who had an 11-year run on the show and left in 2022, starred in a
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Demi Lovato is looking forward to being a bride. The singer took to Instagram over the weekend to share the news that she is engaged to songwriter Jordan Lutes. “I’m still speechless last night was the best night of my life and I can’t believe I get to marry
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Actor Jonathan Majors was on the cusp of becoming one of Hollywood’s A-list stars. The 34-year-old would likely have been campaigning for an Oscar for his role as a body builder in the Sundance breakout “Magazine Dreams” and preparing for production on a role that would have turned him into
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