By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Michael Goessling remembers being eight years old and grooving to The Doobie Brothers. “I was a crazy Doobie Brothers fan and people remember me singing along to ‘China Grove’ and listening to their music like ‘Black Water’ back in the day,” the now 59-year-old said in an interview.
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By Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — A colossal sea arch that had long been a major landmark on Hawaii’s rugged coastline has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean more than 500 years after it was naturally formed, the local park service confirmed. Hōlei Sea Arch stood at a height of roughly 90 feet (27 meters) in
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — If clothes tell a story, then Florence Pugh’s “East of Eden” press tour wardrobe has tantalizingly mirrored that of her character in John Steinbeck’s classic novel. And at the New York premiere of Netflix’s new adaptation, she assumed her villainous final form. After more than two weeks of period-coded
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Juliana Ukiomogbe Long before Dr. Leslie King-Hammond became a leading scholar and mentor in the art world, she was a young girl watching a glass blower make her a replacement eye. Born in the South Bronx in 1944, she had developed a tumor that required one eye to be removed. In a new documentary about
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By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — Over almost four decades, Russell T Davies has established himself as one of the most influential TV showrunners in the UK — and in the global queer community. In shows like “Queer as Folk,” “Years and Years,” “It’s a Sin” and “A Very English Scandal,” Davies has explored the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday morning in Miami, Florida, on domestic violence related charges, authorities confirmed to CNN. Ross, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts, was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6:10 a.m. Thursday morning, according to information provided by the Miami-Dade
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN When we unlock our phones, pass through airport security, and — depending on where you live in the world — walk down the street, our faces are analyzed for the exact combination of nose width, eye spacing and jaw shape that allows an algorithm to see and recognize us. For billions
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — People lined up from early morning for the slim chance they might get a first public view of “You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder’s top-secret Elizabeth Holmes documentary, which held a sold out premiere in New York on Wednesday before heading to theaters in two weeks. One lucky person
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Ella Langley’s country anthem “Choosin’ Texas” has spent nearly half the year atop the Billboard Hot 100. Its 24-week run has surpassed even Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” making it the longest-running No. 1 single in US history. And lots and lots of people say
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN Yogyakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — In the frenetic, action-packed metropolis of Jakarta, a democratically elected president oversees Indonesia’s government. But just a few hours east, a sultan still holds court. Yogyakarta is a rare thing, a sultan’s kingdom inside of a country that is otherwise a republic. In the local Javanese language,
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In New York this fall, Sotheby’s will put up for auction a rare Vincent van Gogh painting, not seen for half a century, which it expects will sell for a staggering $180 million and set a new auction record. That would normally be enough buzz for a marquee November
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By Fiona Sinclair Scott, Leah Dolan, CNN Paris (CNN) — Paris Fashion Week, the biggest arena for the industry’s battle of ideas, has wrapped after nine days of shows. Rihanna was spotted, and maniacal crowds lined up outside shows to screech and wave at their favorite stars all week. Chanel, and designer Matthieu Blazy, made
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By Stephen Lioy, CNN Ala Kol, Kyrgyzstan (CNN) — Just a few dozen steps over snow-covered scree remain to the top of the pass, and then I finally climb up to a panorama of mountain ridges backdropping a stretch of blue glacial water. The surrounding peaks are known as the “Mountains of Heaven” — roughly
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By Leroy Ah Ben, CNN Antalya, Turkey (CNN) — I’ve always loved a good waterslide, but it had been years since I’d set foot in a waterpark when I arrived at Antalya’s Land of Legends and found myself staring up at Dragonfly Tower on the Turkish Riviera. From a distance, it didn’t look too intimidating.
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By Chris Dwyer, CNN (CNN) — Some meals begin long before the first plate is served. They may start on a mountain road climbing through a remote valley, on board a ferry crossing an unfamiliar sea, or with a flight taken largely because a remarkable table waits at the other end. Around the world, certain
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — The ladder to fame, Lindsey Weber and Bobby Finger declare, is broken. For a decade, the two have been picking apart the gradations of fame on their podcast, “Who? Weekly,” watching as the old monoculture fades into a blur of indistinct stardoms and not-really-stardoms. “If A-listers are calling the
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Tanya Fevzi While New York, London and Milan’s fashion weeks have come and gone –– having brought us everything from Henry Zankov’s new take on Diane von Furstenberg’s wrap dress to Di Petsa’s fountain of breast milk and a very skirt-centric Prada show –– Paris’ has only just begun. Perhaps the most anticipated of all
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By Zoe Whitfield (CNN) — The Belgian photographer and filmmaker Eva Verbeeck credits the shaping of her adolescent years to two singular pop culture supernovas: singers Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. “Especially Britney,” Verbeeck shared on a recent video call. “She really had this lore around her of the ‘American girl.’” Like many women whose
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By Kate Springer, CNN Standing in Penn Square, the heart of downtown Lancaster, it’s easy to imagine the scene that must have unfolded on these same streets nearly 250 years ago. The American Revolution was in jeopardy. It was September 1777, and the British forces had just defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of
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By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Miami and Tampa both have enviable weather, a vibrant Cuban diaspora and beautiful beaches at their doorsteps. Both Florida cities also lay claim to the Cuban sandwich. So when you dig into which community is the cradle of this layered love affair, expect an earful. “As far back as
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