By Zoe Sottile, CNN Businesswoman and television personality Martha Stewart took to Instagram to mourn the death of her six pet peacocks, who were apparently killed by coyotes. “RIP beautiful BlueBoy,” wrote the homemaking mogul on Instagram alongside a video of one of her peacocks. “The coyotes came in broad daylight and devoured him and
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN Talk about a heavenly day: The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, temperatures in the low 70s and low humidity. Scott Vuncannon, a 58-year-old real estate developer and farmer, called his wife and said he was going hiking and would be back around 4 p.m. He packed his safety gear, including
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash and Brian Ries, CNN It’s National Tequila Day in the United States — Sunday, July 24. After the year we’ve had so far, you can’t blame anyone for wanting to take a bracing shot or two (responsibly, of course). In honor of the holiday, here are six surprising facts you might not
Continue Reading Jessica Bumpus, CNN I have reinstated the alarm clock. An overlooked mechanism in today’s technologically-synced, your-phone-does-everything world, it tells the time, it wakes you up, it is decentralized from a phone. It is marvelous. Why? Because before I brought an analogue clock back into my bedroom I was averaging two hours and 56 minutes of
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN Talk about a heavenly day: The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, temperatures in the low 70s and low humidity. Scott Vuncannon, a 58-year-old real estate developer and farmer, called his wife and said he was going hiking and would be back around 4 p.m. He packed his safety gear, including
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Marvel has released a new look at the next chapter of “Black Panther” and it’s powerful. The two-minute teaser, released during the studio’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con, is packed with peeks at what awaits us in the sequel without star Chadwick Boseman, who died after a private battle with cancer
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN DC Films fans were treated to new footage from “Black Adam” and “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, and stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Zachary Levi were both on hand with surprises up their superheroic sleeves. Levi, who plays Shazam, led the first half of
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Martin Goillandeau, CNN Brexit has contributed to travelers being stuck in gridlock at the start of the summer holidays at the port of Dover, French and UK officials have said, as a war of words escalates between the two countries over hours-long delays at the border. Holidaymakers and heavy goods vehicles
Continue Reading Zoe Sottile, CNN If just one diamond isn’t enough, SWA Diamonds might have the perfect ring for you. The India-based jewelry company broke a Guinness World Records title for the most diamonds set in one ring with a whopping 24,679 diamonds. The spectacular ring was designed to mimic a pink oyster mushroom, according to a
Continue Reading Zoe Sottile, CNN If just one diamond isn’t enough, SWA Diamonds might have the perfect ring for you. The India-based jewelry company broke a Guinness World Records title for the most diamonds set in one ring with a whopping 24,679 diamonds. The spectacular ring was designed to mimic a pink oyster mushroom, according to a
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN The newest trailer for Amazon’s upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series provides pivotal new glimpses of the dastardly evil plaguing Middle Earth, including Sauron himself, orcs and — my goodness, was that a balrog?! Premiering at San Diego Comic-Con, the new trailer for “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Fire”
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN The premiere of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is still a year away, and yet Ryan Gosling has found a way to turn every press appearance into an excuse to wax poetic about his upcoming role as the plastic boy-toy Ken. In an appearance this week on “The Tonight Show,” Gosling was eager
Continue Reading Toyin Owoseje, CNN Former supermodel Linda Evangelista says she has settled a lawsuit over cosmetic procedures which she claimed ruined her career. The 57-year-old Canadian fashion model sued cosmetic company Zeltiq Aesthetics, a unit of Allergan Aesthetics, for $50 million last year, alleging she became a recluse after a CoolSculpting treatment to reduce fat left
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Paying for some Bruce Springsteen tickets these days may be “Tougher Than The Rest.” That’s because Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” has some seats reaching $4000 to $5000 a seat. The high prices are not going over well. “I’m sure you won’t see this @springsteen but you or your management need to
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Kourtney Kardashian is clearing up claims about her son on social media. Kardashian, who shares Mason, 12, with her ex, Scott Disick, says their son has nothing to do with accounts claiming to belong to the preteen. “Hello everyone, hope it is a beautiful Thursday,” Kardashian tweeted. “After months and months of
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore. Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently. “I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today. While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Marking Billy Porter’s film directing debut, “Anything’s Possible” is a sensitive high-school love story that’s so light on conflict as to risk blowing away. Placing a trans teen at its center adds some heft to material that would in an earlier era would have been presented as an after-school special,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Do not try and label Jordan Peele as the “best horror director of all time.” The “Nope” director gently shut down a Twitter user who asked whether Peele could rightly claim that title after favorable reviews for his newest film, as well as Peele’s previous hits, 2019’s “Us” and 2017’s
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN Anyone who’s been to an airport recently can see that demand for travel is back in a big way. What’s not back with a vengeance are the resources needed to handle the crush of air travelers. Add summer weather to staffing issues at airports and airlines and you have a perfect
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Actress Selma Blair says she is hoping to “at least make a cameo” in “Legally Blonde 3.” Released in 2001, the original “Legally Blonde” starred Reece Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a California sorority president turned Harvard Law student. The 2003 sequel “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde” ended with Elle
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