Original ‘Harry Potter’ cover art sells for $1.9 million, setting auction record
By Amarachi Orie and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — The original illustration for the first edition of J.K. Rowling’s 1997 novel “Harry…
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The rise of the AI beauty pageant and its complicated quest for the ‘perfect’ woman
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Ten women participating in a beauty pageant is nothing new. Some pose candidly, some play to the camera, their…
Continue Reading‘The Bear’ returns at the slow-cooked pace of a show simmered in praise
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — A posted sign in a kitchen reads “Every Second Counts,” but “The Bear” is clearly in no hurry during…
Continue ReadingThe world’s most liveable cities for 2024
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — It’s considered among the most beautiful cities in the world to visit, and it seems that Vienna may…
Continue ReadingMarilyn Monroe’s former home saved from demolition, designated as a historic and cultural monument
By Cindy VonQuednow, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to preserve Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood home,…
Continue ReadingBill Cobbs, veteran actor known for roles in ‘Demolition Man’ and ‘Air Bud,’ dead at 90
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Bill Cobbs, a veteran Hollywood actor known for roles in “Demolition Man,” “That Thing You Do!” and…
Continue ReadingParis Hilton says she will ‘not stop until America’s youth is safe’ at House committee hearing on child welfare
By Alli Rosenbloom and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Paris Hilton is opening up about her experience with past abuse as she continues to advocate…
Continue ReadingDwayne Johnson and Chris Evans must save Christmas in ‘Red One’ trailer
By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans are doing Christmas in summer. Amazon MGM Studios debuted the first trailer for…
Continue ReadingCyndi Lauper never wanted to be pitted against Madonna
By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Cyndi Lauper is still going strong. The singer and songwriter has a new documentary, she’s playing the Royal…
Continue ReadingFire breaks out on world’s largest cruise ship
By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Crew on board the world’s largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas, were called on to tackle a fire this…
Continue Reading‘The Last Safe Abortion:’ Photos show a rarely seen side of abortion care work
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Sixty years ago this month, a young woman died alone from a self-induced abortion she and her lover had…
Continue ReadingElvis Presley’s actual blue suede shoes sell for $150,000 in auction
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — When Elvis Presley’s debut album took the charts by storm in 1956, “Blue Suede Shoes” was its…
Continue Reading‘People are really uptight in the States these days’: Why this American prefers living in Estonia
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — He hadn’t traveled any further than Canada before he was 20, but Stewart Johnson says he knew from…
Continue ReadingHow an 80-year-old Judy Garland song became a Pride anthem
By Scottie Andrew and Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — It was 1944 when the trolley first started to clang. “The Trolley Song,” a second-act…
Continue ReadingChernobyl once brought tourists to Ukraine. They’re still coming but now to see scars of different terror
By Svitlana Vlasova and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Before Russia invaded Ukraine, visitors from abroad frequently travelled to see Chernobyl,…
Continue ReadingCéline Dion insisted on keeping muscle spasm footage in documentary, director says
By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Céline Dion insisted that graphic footage of herself having a violent muscle spasm should stay in a new…
Continue ReadingSpencer Milligan, ‘Land of the Lost’ star, dead at 86
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Actor Spencer Milligan, best known for playing Rick Marshall in 1970s kids’ TV show “Land of the Lost,” has died…
Continue ReadingIn upstate New York, Casa Susanna was a safe haven for trans women in 1960s America
By Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — With coiffed black hair, pearls, a hand on her hip and a high-heeled pointed toe, a woman poses jubilantly for the…
Continue ReadingEddie Murphy says the ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ movies are among his most important work. Here’s why
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Eddie Murphy is a Hollywood veteran who has starred in many beloved films through his decades-long career. The…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s epic romance has already inspired an upcoming Hallmark movie
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s on-field embrace at the Super Bowl earlier this year looked like the stuff of…
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