By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum Sunday include an emerald necklace set among more than 1,000 diamonds gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other treasures of “inestimable” value. The thieves targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery on the upper floor, which houses the French Crown Jewels. In
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Ayushi Shah, CNN Mumbai, India (CNN) — Inside the Maratha Mandir movie theater, audience members jump to their feet as the first notes of an iconic mandolin riff play, their bodies casting silhouettes against the opening credits of a film screened here nearly every day for 30 years. A joyous, collective
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau, Caitlin Danaher, Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Thieves have stolen “priceless” jewelry from the Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, in an audacious seven-minute raid on Sunday, the French interior minister has said. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told radio station France Inter: “A major robbery took place this morning in
Continue Reading CNN By Martin Goillandeau, Caitlin Danaher, Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Thieves have stolen “priceless” jewelry from the Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, in an audacious seven-minute raid on Sunday, the French interior minister has said. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told radio station France Inter: “A major robbery took place this morning
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Over the last two years, many big-name celebrities have made noise on behalf of a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Now that a ceasefire — no matter how fragile it may be — has been reached, the tensions in Hollywood show no signs of ending. In
Continue Reading By Jen Rose Smith, CNN What is bread? You likely don’t have to think for long, and whether you’re hungry for a slice of sourdough or craving tortillas, what you imagine says a lot about where you’re from. But if bread is easy to picture, it’s hard to define. Bread historian William Rubel argues that
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel stories this week: the seven-foot “monster” that stalked West Virginia, the Roman tunnel where a hated emperor nearly met his end, and the enormous bunker city built by Nazis in central Europe. Poland’s Nazi labyrinth The countryside around the little Polish village of Pniewo
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Attention! The fashion set has just deployed a new fall jacket that could become a wardrobe mainstay for us all. Earlier this week at the Victoria’s Secret after-party in New York, Jodie Turner-Smith arrived in a pair of relaxed, low-slung light wash jeans, a white vest and a black,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Lopez knows a thing or two about love and relationships. The singer-dancer-actress recently appeared on Howard Stern’s show and talk turned to her love life. Lopez said it’s difficult being in a romantic relationship when you are famous. Stern asked: “Do you think you’ve truly been loved?”
Continue Reading By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a painting by Pablo Picasso after it apparently vanished on the way to an exhibition. The 1919 gouache work “Still Life with Guitar,” which measures just 12.7 centimeters by 9.8 centimeters (5 inches x 3.9 inches), was supposed go on display from
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — South Korean author Baek Se-hee, who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki,” has died at age 35, the Korean Organ Donation Agency announced on Thursday. The agency’s statement did not give the cause of Baek’s death. Her book blended memoir and
Continue Reading By Rebecca Saunders, CNN (CNN) — It was a cold February day in northern Japan, snow piled high outside the onsen locker room windows as I slipped out of my clothes. Nervously, I stepped into the plumes of steam wafting from the next room and made my way toward the bathing area. This was no
Continue Reading By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — This fall Frankenstein’s monster rises once more, summoned this time by Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro. But green-skinned, bolt-necked and flat-skulled he is not. In fact, the monster — who first entered the cultural conversation over 200 years ago thanks to Mary Shelley’s gothic science-fiction novel — has
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Actress Diane Keaton died on Saturday after falling ill with pneumonia, according to a death certificate obtained by CNN. Specifically, Keaton’s cause of death was listed on the document as “primary bacterial pneumonia,” with no other significant conditions listed as contributing factors. The death certificate indicates Keaton,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “Speed” starring…Chuck Spadina? Crazy? Yes. But it almost happened. Keanu Reeves appeared on the latest episode of the “New Heights” podcast with brothers Jason and Travis Kelce, and the actor revealed that he almost went by the stage name “Chuck Spadina.” The “Matrix” star, who was born in
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Is it possible to be so hot that one is cool? Tyra Banks is about to test that out. The former supermodel turned entrepreneur has announced she’s launching hot ice cream. If you are wondering what that is exactly, you are not alone. Here’s what we do know:
Continue Reading By Jane Levere, CNN New York (CNN) — Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the leaders of the Impressionist school of painting, established in 1874 by a group of French artists, whose loose brushwork and brightly colored paints created a sense of spontaneity and modernity. And now, 150 years later, he will return to the spotlight
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Kim Kardashian has opened up about the end of her marriage to Kanye West, saying the relationship at times could be “toxic.” Speaking on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in an episode released Wednesday, Kardashian said the marriage to West, who has changed his name to Ye, got to
Continue Reading By Joe Yogerst, CNN Trabzon, Turkey (CNN) — If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. Since its founding in the 4th century CE by some of the earliest Christians to arrive along the Black Sea coast, the shrine has witnessed the evolution of
Continue Reading By Oscar Holland and Joyce Philippe, CNN (CNN) — WNBA player Angel Reese became the first professional athlete to walk the runway at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday, as the lingerie label — and self-proclaimed arbiter of sexiness in the 1990s — continues to rebrand following years of commercial turmoil. The 23-year-old Chicago
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