By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Al Pacino is a proud dad. When the actor was preparing to shoot the 1992 film “Scent of a Woman” – in which he played a freewheeling and curmudgeonly retired Army veteran who is blind – Pacino recently told E! News that he asked his eldest daughter, who was
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The eagerly awaited Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has been canceled for the weekend, with severe weather impacting the area as the cause. According to the festival website, the National Weather Service’s forecast for the region where the festival was to continue, in Manchester, Tennessee, pointed to “significant and
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By Cindy Augustine, CNN (CNN) — It was never meant to last: When the pandemic hit, New York City’s political leaders rushed to save restaurants, granting an outdoor-dining lifeline via an executive order. New Yorkers watched as restaurants, previously contained indoors, spilled onto city sidewalks and streets (read: parking spaces). With few restrictions, restaurant owners
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — While the prosecution has called nearly 30 witnesses, the case against Sean “Diddy” Combs has primarily relied on a handful of people who have accused the hip-hop mogul of sex trafficking, prostitution, kidnapping, arson, forced labor and more. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to one count of racketeering
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: the secret rules of British pubs, what it’s like inside one of Asia’s biggest fish markets, plus lasting love connections that began on trips to Italy and France. Instant attraction It was summer 2022 and California-based model Ambika Mathur was “feeling kind of stagnant”
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Getting “some work done” is no longer taboo to discuss publicly. Ricki Lake shared on an episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” this week that she recently underwent cosmetic surgery. “I’ll reveal this to you [although] I’ve told other people,” the actor and former talk-show
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — One of the Republican party’s most famous members has some thoughts about what is currently happening in the United States. At an event for his Netflix show “Fubar” this week, former Republican governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was asked about President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National
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By Kati Chitrakorn, CNN London (CNN) — More than ever, high-end brands want you to know exactly how, and where, their goods are made. They are producing enormous glossy coffee table books showing white-coated workers hand-stitching products in glamorous workshops, and creating marketing campaigns emphasizing the exquisite materials and dedicated handiwork that go into the
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Global air traffic has been disrupted following Israel’s strikes on Iran Friday, with several major airlines suspending flights to and from locations in the Middle East and rerouting their planes to avoid much of the region’s airspace. The airspace above Iran and Israel as well as Jordan, Syria and
Continue Reading By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Wes Anderson has a message for London’s finest tailors: he’d love a Savile Row suit — if someone will give him a discount. “Hopefully if we put this out there someone will contact me,” he said on a call from New York. “(They’re) quite a lot of money, but
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CNN By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Wes Anderson has a message for London’s finest tailors: he’d love a Savile Row suit — if someone will give him a discount. “Hopefully if we put this out there someone will contact me,” he said on a call from New York. “(They’re) quite a lot of money,
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Kanye West has been in touch with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ family about possibly attending Combs’ ongoing criminal trial to show his support. A source close to Combs told CNN that West, who goes by Ye, is currently in New York City. He did not attend Thursday’s court proceedings but
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Before there was “Land Shark,” “Baby Shark” and “Sharknado,” there was the great white one. The 1975 summer blockbuster “Jaws” ignited a cultural obsession with sharks. Fifty years later, the its famed director will celebrate the movie with a NBC special. The network will commemorate the anniversary with
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Chicago (CNN) — The pope has been spotted in sportswear — and this time it isn’t AI. Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and the first American pope, wore a White Sox baseball cap during a public appearance at the Vatican, making him the first pope to make such a casual
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Don’t be surprised if you see Dua Lipa “Levitating” with happiness. The singer confirmed during an interview with British Vogue that she is engaged to actor Callum Turner, telling the publication “It’s very exciting” and expressing her pleasure with the ring he had made “after consulting her best
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — After a long-forgotten painting of Hercules and Omphale was punctured by glass and coated in debris during the 2020 explosion in Beirut, the monumental oil-on-canvas, painstakingly restored over more than three years, has gone on view at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. In the wake of the tragedy,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “God Only Knows” how respected Brian Wilson was for his talent. The Beach Boy, whose death at the age of 82 was announced Wednesday, drew online tributes. Paul McCartney shared a series of photos of Wilson, at least one of which was taken by McCartney’s late wife Linda
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By Will Noble, CNN (CNN) — In 1943, as American troops were dispersed around British air bases to join the Allied war effort, a short informative film, “How to Behave in Britain”, was produced. One section was dedicated to the “dos” and “don’ts” of a British pub, and used a roistering soldier — who tosses
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Nike has launched its first ever collaboration with an Indian fashion label, unveiling a range of patterned sportswear inspired by the country’s ancient tie-dying techniques. Created alongside Delhi-based brand NorBlack NorWhite, the colorful footwear and apparel collection “invites women into sport” while celebrating “Indian culture and craftsmanship,” according to
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CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ananda Lewis, a former MTV VJ who connected a generation of music fans to their favorite celebrities on the music network, has died. She was 52. The news was confirmed by her sister Lakshmi Emory, who posted a tribute on Facebook. No further details were available. CNN has
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