By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Gabriella Vagnoli never forgot that trip to Scotland. She tried not to think about it, to “remove that chapter completely.” She’d known Dan Watling for only a few days. He lived in the US. She figured she’d never see him again. But as her long-term relationship in Italy started
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century is expected to fetch millions when it goes up for auction this spring. The “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” thought to be one of the Austrian painter’s final works, is expected to fetch up to $54 million at
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Sharon Stone is opening up about her dating life – and 2024 could be a good year for it. “I’d be absolutely ecstatic to have a relationship… It’s just that I spend so much of my time painting, the guy’s probably gonna (have to) pop out of the woodwork.
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “The Underdoggs” comes with a mischievous warning that there will be ample profanity uttered in front of and by young children, which, like everything else in this direct-to-Amazon comedy, serves as part of its crude charm while becoming a tad repetitive. Mostly, this variant of “The Bad News
Continue Reading By Selina Julien, CNN (CNN) — Closed to tourists until recently, Saudi Arabia is still an unknown quantity for many would-be travelers. That’s changing fast. The country reported a 56% growth in international arrivals in 2023 from 2019 pre-pandemic levels, according to the UNWTO. So, where are some of the best places in this emerging
Continue Reading By Christy Choi, Mayumi Maruyama, Hanako Montgomery and Francesca Annio, CNN (CNN) — The face of Japanese beauty is now a Ukrainian-born model — at least according to pageant judges who sparked a debate on cultural identity by naming 26-year-old Karolina Shiino as Miss Japan on Monday. The annual Miss Nippon contest, which takes its
Continue Reading Reuters A health warning from South Korea’s food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after the practice went viral in social media posts. Video clips showing people consuming the deep-fried starch toothpicks with seasoning such as powdered cheese have racked up thousands of likes and shares on
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The fact that producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman complete their World War II trilogy with “Masters of the Air” on Apple TV+, after doing “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” for HBO, is surely a sign of the streaming times. Yet HBO might have got
Continue Reading CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The fact that producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman complete their World War II trilogy with “Masters of the Air” on Apple TV+, after doing “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” for HBO, is surely a sign of the streaming times. Yet HBO might have
Continue Reading By Alex Rees, CNN (CNN) — For young celebrities in the public eye today, many of life’s milestones are accompanied by a glossy magazine feature — or perhaps a carefully-staged paparazzi shoot, depending on the narrative at hand. It could be the announcement of a new professional venture or personal success; a “revenge body” reveal
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Melanie Safka, the singer who went by the mononym Melanie famous for songs including “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” and “Brand New Key,” has died. She was 76. The news was shared with CNN by Billy James of Glass Onyon PR, who said Melanie died on Tuesday. A
Continue Reading By Wallace Ludel (CNN) — Carl Andre, the American sculptor who helped define the Minimalist movement and whose quiet, material-driven work forever changed the lexicon of contemporary sculpture, has died at the age of 88. His death passing was confirmed on Wednesday by the Paula Cooper Gallery, with which the artist had worked since 1964.
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN | Photos by Shelby Knowles for CNN (CNN) — Ella hadn’t found a style that felt like her until a Lolita waltzed into her workplace in California’s Bay Area. Not a “Lolita” in the Nabokovian sense, the woman was an adult dressed in Lolita fashion, a style of dress popularized in
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jake Gyllenhaal makes for a very believable bar bouncer. The first trailer for the movie “Road House,” a “high-octane, adrenaline-filled reimagining” of the 1989 Patrick Swayze classic, shows a beefed-up Gyllenhaal ready to take on some local bad guys in the Florida Keys. He plays ex-UFC fighter Dalton, who
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Elle King has postponed an upcoming Texas concert following her controversial performance last week at Dolly Parton’s 78th birthday celebration at the Grand Ole Opry. Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth announced that King’s Jan. 26 concert would be rescheduled. “The Elle King event, originally for Fri. 1/26/24, has
Continue Reading CNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Erin Throlopolis is the Manager for the Managerial Logistics of Management for McManagement. If her title made you laugh, you should see her videos. “Corporate Erin” is a character conceived of by actress Lisa Beasley, one of several social media talents who have gone viral by taking
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Erin Throlopolis is the Manager for the Managerial Logistics of Management for McManagement. If her title made you laugh, you should see her videos. “Corporate Erin” is a character conceived of by actress Lisa Beasley, one of several social media talents who have gone viral by taking the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Justin Timberlake is back. The singer and actor dropped a new single and accompanying video on Thursday. “Selfish” tells the story of someone loving someone so much that it is exactly that. The accompanying visuals are a “video within a video,” with Timberlake seen filming the project. In
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Mattel struck gold – or pink – with “Barbie,” which was the first major feature film to come from the toy company and made nearly $1.5 billion worldwide, becoming the biggest movie of 2023 and racking up eight Oscar nominations earlier this week. Now, CNN has learned that Mattel
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom will send back gold and silver artifacts looted from Ghana in the 19th century after a long-term loan agreement was struck. Both the British Museum and the V&A will send items related to the Asante royal court to Ghana, where they will be displayed at the
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