‘Dallas Buyers Club’ director Jean-Marc Vallée dies
By Andy Rose, CNN Acclaimed film director Jean-Marc Vallée — who helmed the 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” — died Sunday…
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Wayne Thiebaud, celebrated American painter, dies age 101
Oscar Holland, CNN | Joe Sutton, CNN and Carma Hassan, CNN Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose paintings breathed color into the everyday symbols of…
Continue Reading Three BTS members test positive for Covid-19
K-pop band BTS stopped by a United Nations meeting to speak and perform their song “Permission to…
Continue Reading ‘Insecure’ fast-forwards through life in its series finale
By Brian Lowry, CNN Series like “Insecure” can struggle to come up with significant finales because, when all’s said and done, life…
Continue Reading After five seasons, ‘Insecure’ leaves behind a long-lasting legacy
By Leah Asmelash, CNN For the last five years, many Sunday scaries have been staved off by one thing: “Insecure.” The hit HBO show,…
Continue Reading Hugh Jackman pays tribute to Broadway’s swings and understudies after Sutton Foster’s Covid-19 diagnosis
The actor and two-time Tony Award winner sang the praises of a swing actor who stepped into the lead role in “The Music Man” with just eight hours…
Continue Reading Olivia Munn and John Mulaney have shared a photo of their new baby
By Alaa Elassar, CNN It’s a Christmas Eve gift! Actress Olivia Munn and comedian John Mulaney have shared the first glimpse of their baby, who…
Continue Reading Cruises are once again facing disruption because of Covid-19
By Jason Hanna, CNN At least four ocean cruise ships were turned away from ports of call or were prohibited from letting passengers disembark in the…
Continue Reading Cruises are once again facing disruption because of Covid-19
Covid concerns and rough weather are the main factors causing travel-related problems during the Christmas…
Continue Reading Cruises are once again facing disruption because of Covid-19
The cruise line industry is facing disruptions again due to the outbreak of Covid-19. Over the past week, four cruise ships were turned away at their…
Continue Reading Christmas Eve air travel well below 2019 levels amid flight cancellations as Omicron cases surge
By Alaa Elassar and Sonnet Swire, CNN While the number of people flying out of US airports this year has matched, and at one point exceeded, 2019…
Continue Reading Hugh Jackman pays tribute to Broadway’s swings and understudies after Sutton Foster’s Covid-19 diagnosis
By Chloe Melas, CNN Hugh Jackman paid an emotional tribute to understudies, calling them “the bedrock of Broadway.” The actor and…
Continue Reading How World War II shaped ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
By Rachael Scott, CNN It’s George Bailey’s crucial moment. Disheveled and desperate, he offers up a Hail-Mary prayer to a God he’s…
Continue Reading 2 of the world’s wealthiest countries shoot to the top of ‘very high’ risk travel list
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN As Omicron grips the world, the only person enjoying frictionless global travel this Christmas is Santa, thanks to his…
Continue Reading 2 of the world’s wealthiest countries shoot to the top of ‘very high’ risk travel list
AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TAKE TO THE SKIES THIS HOLIDAY, THE RAPID SPREAD OF OMICRON VARIANT CONTINUES NATIONWIDE. DARRYL FORGES…
Continue Reading Travel to New Zealand during Covid-19: What you need to know before you go
CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to New Zealand, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the…
Continue Reading Carnival cruise ship with ‘small number’ of Covid-19 cases books a new port after being denied entry to 2
By Carma Hassan and Jason Hanna, CNN A Carnival cruise ship that departed Miami has “a small number” of people aboard who have tested…
Continue Reading Carnival cruise ship with ‘small number’ of Covid-19 cases books a new port after being denied entry to 2
FL: Scientists study which masks offer the most protection from Covid-19 and are best for holiday…
Continue Reading Kate Winslet ‘couldn’t stop crying’ when she was reunited with Leonardo DiCaprio
By Chloe Melas, CNN Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio’s friendship will go on, despite distance or time. When the two Oscar winning actors…
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New this week: ‘Lost Daughter,’ NYE in Nashville, Boba Fett
By The Associated Press Christmas may be over, but a feast of movies and television shows arrive next week. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s critically…
Continue Reading Three BTS members test positive for Covid-19
By Gawon Bae and Alaa Elassar, CNN Three members of the K-pop supergroup BTS have tested positive for Covid-19, according to BIGHIT Music statements…
Continue Reading Dream comes true for terminally ill boy who loves ‘Moana’
By Terry Ward, CNN Ever since the movie “Moana” first hit theaters, 8-year-old Mathias Pascal from Cuxac-d’Aude, France, has…
Continue Reading How a kind gesture and a strand of Christmas lights connected a community
By Marianne Garvey In Towson, Maryland, there is a street called Dunkirk Road. There are 32 homes on Dunkirk, where families of various races,…
Continue Reading How to start — and finish — a puzzle (in GIFs)
By Scottie Andrew, CNN ‘Tis the season to stay inside, get cozy and crack open a brand-new jigsaw puzzle. Completing that puzzle, though, is no…
Continue Reading Kris Jenner, Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian release ‘Jingle Bells’ song
By Chloe Melas, CNN Kris Jenner is sharing her holiday spirit in song. The famous momager and matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner empire released her…
Continue Reading The couple who met on a train on Christmas Day
Francesca Street, CNN On Christmas morning 2011, Linda Wenger boarded a Metro-North train from New York’s Grand Central Station to head upstate…
Continue Reading Passenger seen on video punching flight attendant pleads guilty, DOJ says
By Stella Chan, CNN A woman who punched a flight attendant on a May Southwest Airlines flight from Sacramento to San Diego pleaded guilty to…
Continue Reading Hong Kong’s famous Tiananmen Square ‘Pillar of Shame’ statue removed from university
Helen Regan, Wayne Chang, Teele Rebane and Karen Smith, CNN For more than 20 years the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture stood as a memorial to…
Continue Reading Qatar’s ambitions to become ‘the art Mecca of the Middle East’
Marianna Cerinni, CNN The Middle East nation of Qatar has announced an ambitious plan to expand its public art program as it prepares to play host to…
Continue Reading Phish postpones New Year’s Eve concert because of Omicron
By Megan Thomas, CNN Phish has announced they will reschedule their shows in New York City next week, citing concerns over the Omicron variant of…
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