Entertainment

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN London (CNN) — How can a 170-year-old brand feel modern? The answer may lie in understanding the difference between building on heritage versus leaning on nostalgia. At the Burberry show on Monday night — the final event on the London Fashion Week calendar — Britain’s oldest luxury fashion brand, under

By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — This season, many of the designers showing at London Fashion Week seemed to want to remind us of one thing: humans made these clothes. It was an idea placed front and center at the Steve O Smith show — which wasn’t a show at all, but a seminar,

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Items owned by French cultural icon Brigitte Bardot, including her copy of the Kama Sutra and pairs of her famous ballet flats, went under the hammer in Paris at the Hotel Drouot on Monday. The sale included nearly 300 lots and fetched over 953,000 euros ($1.09 million) according to

By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — Small, shy and clad head-to-claw in black, New Zealand’s karure, or black robin, has been crowned the country’s 2026 Bird of the Year. The critically threatened bird is found only on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of mainland New Zealand. The karure finished at

By Joe Yogerst, CNN As the MV Alejandrina docked along the waterfront of Quellón in southern Chile, a few dozen passengers rushed to reserve their sleeping places in the cafeteria and on the open-air stern deck. Having already forked over a few extra pesos for an airplane-style butaca (armchair) seat, I headed upstairs to a

By Oscar Holland, Alli Rosenbloom, Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — The death of Cindy Crawford’s son, model Presley Gerber, is being investigated by detectives with the Santa Monica Police Department as a “suspected overdose,” according to a media release from the law enforcement agency. Gerber died Sunday at the age of 27, her representative previously

By Marnie Hunter, CNN We’re all a little too preoccupied with the quest for the best — the best cheesesteak, the best taco, the best new restaurant. Chef David Chang’s solution: “Throw away your phone. I mean, really what’s the worst thing that’s gonna happen? You’re gonna go hungry? No, you’re gonna eat something.” It

By Leah Asmelash, CNN | Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — It was 4:54 p.m. — six minutes until So So Fed opened for Sunday dinner — and nobody had assembled the siu mai dumplings. Molli Voraotsady, the chef, was up late Saturday night chopping the mushrooms and making the marinade for the

By Lilit Marcus, CNN This week in travel: why hotels struggle to address noise complaints, the fake tourist attractions luring in visitors, and South Korea’s capital cements its super-cool status. ‘Make it look old’ It had a handful of glowing five-star TripAdvisor reviews, a series of sculpted columns and a photogenic lake, but this historic

By Barry Neild, CNN London (CNN) — Wars. Climate chaos. Soaring fuel prices. Disruptive passengers duct-taped to their seats. It’s not getting any easier to run an airline in these turbulent times, but some are clearly doing it better than others. In recognition of that, the annual Skytrax Awards — known as the aviation industry’s

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When Benjamin Rasmussen arrived at Theranos’ headquarters in Palo Alto, California, to photograph Elizabeth Holmes in 2015, he wasn’t anticipating an unusual day. He was on assignment for Bloomberg Businessweek, for a cover story that was Holmes’ opportunity to respond to the bombshell Wall Street Journal investigation that first

By Maya Baylis and Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — A stroll through Pepper Steps’ social media posts reveals all the hallmarks of a quintessential Gen Z influencer. But rather than showing makeup or skincare routines, this 27-year-old’s “Get Ready With Me” walkthroughs explore how to pack the perfect backpack and essential life-hack videos detail how

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — French backpacker Zoe has been waiting tables for months. By doing so, she’s trying to earn the right to stay in Australia for a third year, which she hoped would give her the ability to relax and see more of the country. But under a rule change