What we know — and don’t — about director Zhang Yimou’s Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Oscar Holland, CNN Filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was, for many, the abiding memory of China’s…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was, for many, the abiding memory of China’s…
Continue ReadingBy Adam Pourahmadi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Johnny Vegas strolls onto the balcony of a suite at the Five Palm Resort overlooking the glittering Dubai…
Continue ReadingBy Adam Pourahmadi and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Johnny Vegas strolls onto the balcony of a suite at the Five Palm Resort overlooking the glittering Dubai…
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan and Danya Gainor, CNN The highest glacier on the world’s tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN It has been a tough slog for some air travelers ever since the winter holidays rush. Between the spike Omicron variant cases…
Continue ReadingSara Spary and Hannah Ryan, CNN A 16th century drawing by one of the key figures of the German Renaissance has been valued in excess of $10 million…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Sun and water can cooperate to make a visit to Yosemite National Park in California potentially extra special. It’s a…
Continue ReadingBy Will McGough, CNN Perhaps no travel destination in the world has had a rougher go of things these past few years than Puerto Rico. In addition to…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN From Joe DiMaggio to Albert Einstein, Princess Diana to Victoria Beckham, watchmaker Patek Philippe has long been a celebrity…
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Davis, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN Orecchiette is a pasta specialty from the Puglia region — down in Italy’s…
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Davis, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni and Heather Fulbright, CNN “There is some truth to the old adage ‘Most of the world…
Continue ReadingLivia Borghese and Hannah Ryan, CNN Monica Vitti — a revered star of Italian cinema — has died at the age of 90, according to Italian…
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN Gwyneth Paltrow began building her dream home in 2015, after she happened upon a derelict lot for sale in Montecito, California,on a…
Continue ReadingRecipe from Stanley Tucci, CNN. Photographs by Heather Fulbright, CNN This dessert recipe was created by Chef Gianni Scappin’s sister, Livia.…
Continue ReadingRecipe from Stanley Tucci, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN “The Tucci Cookbook” photographer Francesco Tonelli contributed this…
Continue ReadingRecipe by Stanley Tucci, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN This appetizer, from the “The Tucci Cookbook,” is best served warm on…
Continue ReadingBy Breeanna Hare, CNN Of all the classic Italian dishes to try, risotto alla Milanese is a stunner — and the good news is that it isn’t…
Continue ReadingBy Maria Pasquale, CNN With restrictions on international travel still shifting, Italy lovers around the world are getting their fix any way and…
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN Could brighter days be ahead? Travel and tourism are expected to return to almost pre-pandemic levels this year, and a…
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Warm thoughts of young romance — not the cold, harsh possibilities of a Midwestern road trip in winter — were on…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN As storms buffet the UK, footage has emerged of a pilot pulling off a particularly challenging landing — but not before the…
Continue ReadingNick Remsen, CNN French for “high dressmaking,” Haute Couture is the most luxurious and highly protected classification of fashion,…
Continue ReadingSana Noor Haq, CNN Ye (formally known as Kanye West) is apparently tired of being asked to do an NFT. The American rapper and designer made it clear…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN There are many different places a retired plane can end up in its after life. Some return to the sky to fly for other…
Continue ReadingBy Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A penguin couple received an extra special New Year’s gift at a zoo in New York, where they became the…
Continue ReadingAmanda Florian, CNN After realizing there weren’t any Koreans in the pantheon of iconic Disney princesses, 22-year-old Julia Riew set out to…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Dolce & Gabbana has joined a growing list of fashion houses to ban animal fur, announcing Monday that it will use a…
Continue ReadingJeevan Ravindran, CNN Vogue France has been criticized after publishing a social media post that many users branded as offensive to Muslim women amid…
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Dust off your pink, tiger-print jacket — it’s time to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Saying goodbye to the Ox,…
Continue ReadingScottie Andrew, CNN The “dark academic” is smart but sullen, effortlessly cool but largely withdrawn, with rings under their eyes…
Continue ReadingNicola Ruotolo, Sana Noor Haq, Livia Borghese and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Italy’s former royal family has asked the country’s central bank…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN A village shadow puppet show, a shepherd grazing livestock and a pair of young acrobats performing handstands are among the scenes…
Continue ReadingIvana Kottasová, CNN | Design by Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon It took at least nine hard blows from an ax to smash the glass case in…
Continue ReadingSara Smart, CNN What started out as a couple’s renovation project to convert a historic building into a bar has turned into an effort to…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Ly, CNN Passenger facilities at LaGuardia Airport’s overhauled Terminal B are officially complete, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York…
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN A man charged with groping a flight attendant has been sentenced to six months in prison. Enio Socorro Zayas was sentenced on…
Continue ReadingXiaofei Xu and Camille Knight, CNN Several Nazi-pillaged artworks held in France’s national collections could soon to be reunited with the…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN From the moment 57-year-old supermodel Kristen McMenamy opened Valentino’s latest show in Paris, it was clear the fashion…
Continue ReadingLilit Marcus The central Asian nation of Bhutan reopens to visitors today for the first time since the pandemic began. This means that the…
Continue ReadingSana Noor Haq, CNN A 12-year-old illustrator has signed a deal with Nike, his agency confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. Joe Whale, who goes by the name…
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN When Jonathan the giant tortoise was born, Queen Victoria was just a teenager. While the British monarch died more than 120…
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN Pre-pandemic, the idea of airlines advertising flights to nowhere, in which passengers land in the same place they took off,…
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN Chanel unveiled its latest collection in dramatic style at Haute Couture Week in Paris — by sending a real-life princess…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Why build a superyacht that just moves on water when you can create one that flies through the air as well? Rome-based…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Jackson, CNN Ozzie, the world’s oldest male gorilla and the third-oldest gorilla in the world, died Tuesday at Zoo Atlanta, the…
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Traveling around Europe may be about to get less complicated for fully vaccinated travelers from countries within the…
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN A female tourist was thrown out of Venice after she was caught posing for photos topless on a war memorial. The 30-year-old from…
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN “I’ve come to Antarctica to find a husband,” Nicole McGrath told Cole Heinz, mock serious. Heinz laughed. The…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Ivan Watson, CNN “Private jet for your pet” is the kind of phrase you might expect to hear from a movie star or media…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus and Ivan Watson, CNN “Private jet for your pet” is the kind of phrase you might expect to hear from a movie star or media…
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