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Toyin Owoseje, CNN The white three-piece suit worn by John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” fetched $260,000 at a California auction. The monochromatic ensemble went under the hammer as part of the “Hollywood: Classic & Contemporary” sale organized by Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) over the weekend. (TCM, like CNN, is owned by

Radina Gigova, CNN and Amarachi Orie, CNN | Oscar Holland, CNN The Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto — who wrote the haunting score to “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence” and won an Oscar for 1987’s “The Last Emperor” — has died aged 71. His management team announced that he died on March 28. He had been treated

By Carole Rosenblat, CNN The Covid pandemic caused the Hotel Leopolis in Lviv, Ukraine, to close for two months in 2020. Yet, since then, and a little more than a year after Russia invaded, the Leopolis has continued to be open for business without a pause. The hotel’s management even decided to continue a renovation

Sujata Assomull, CNN Dior hosted a landmark runway show in Mumbai on Thursday, a move nodding both to India’s long-standing role in manufacturing European high fashion and the growing power of its luxury consumers. With the historic Gateway of India monument acting as a backdrop, the French label presented its Pre-Fall 2023 collection to a

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Interview by Christiane Amanpour, CNN Contributors Alex Hardie, CNN Famed artist duo Gilbert & George, who describe themselves as two men who are together one artist, have unveiled a new gallery in London dedicated to their work. The pair — Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore — have been working together for six

By Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN More than 70 years after cheetahs were declared officially extinct in India, the country is now home to four newborn cheetahs, India’s Environment Minister announced Wednesday. The cubs were born to Siyaya and Freddie, two of the eight rehabilitated cheetahs brought from Namibia to India’s Kuno National Park

Amarachi Orie, CNN Amsterdam is asking young British men to “stay away” if they plan to visit the city to cut loose and “go wild”. The Netherlands’ capital’s new online campaign to tackle nuisance tourism launched this week and targets visitors between the ages of 18 and 35, the city’s local authority announced in a

Francesca Street, CNN Jemma Gregory stumbled across Denise Warner’s podcast more or less by chance. It was 2006. Jemma, a student in Brisbane, Australia in her 20s, was looking for a LGBTQ+ listen on her “old school” chunky iPod. “It was when Apple had just started promoting podcasts on iTunes like, way, way back in

By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN Travel is so busy this spring break season at Miami International Airport that officials are advising flyers to give themselves an extra hour — arriving three hours, rather than two — before a domestic flight. Miami International is the fastest-growing airport in the United States, setting monthly passenger

By Janelle Davis, CNN You’ll no doubt be hungry after watching “Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico.” Every episode is full of mouthwatering regional specialties prepared by chefs all over the country. For those wanting to follow in Eva Longoria’s footsteps, below is a guide to the restaurants and locations she visited. Veracruz: Cradle of Mexican

By Rebekah Riess and Paradise Afshar, CNN A Delta Air Lines passenger was arrested after opening one of the plane’s doors and sliding down an emergency exit slide as the plane prepared for takeoff from Los Angeles to Seattle Saturday, officials said. The incident on Delta Flight 1714 took place around 10:40 a.m. local time,

Jamiel Lynch, CNN and Rachel Burnstein, CNN A charter school principal in Tallahassee, Florida, did not follow procedure before a lesson on Michelangelo’s statue of David was given to sixth graders, school board Chair Barney Bishop III told CNN. Due to this and other issues, she was asked earlier this week to either resign or

By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Pans clattered in the background as Eva Longoria searched for her earbuds so she could talk while cooking lunch for her family in the kitchen of their Mexico City home. “There’s not a wasted moment that happens in my day,” Longoria said. That includes gearing up for the March 26 premiere

Elinda Labropoulou The Vatican has returned three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures kept by the Vatican for centuries to Greece. The decision to return the 2,500-year-old marbles was announced by Pope Francis last year, who described the decision as a gesture of friendship. One of the fragments depicts the head of a boy, another the

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York officials have returned more than $20 million worth of ancient artifacts to Greece, including an “extraordinarily rare” gold coin commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar which set auction records in 2020 as the most expensive coin ever sold. The repatriation ceremony took place on Tuesday at the Greek Consulate in

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The Beyhive may still be waiting for “Renaissance” visuals, but a surprise couture collection directly inspired by the album’s songs, courtesy of Balmain, might scratch that itch (for now). The French luxury brand’s creative director, Olivier Rousteing, released a lookbook Friday of showstopping designs made in collaboration with Beyoncé. The collection’s theme: