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Nick Glass, CNN | Natasha Maguder, CNN “The most mysterious and beloved artist of all time.” Without a hint of apology, this is how the general director of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, Taco Dibbits, describes Vermeer. And it’s hard to disagree. Of course, we have other more recognizable names — Leonardo, Rembrandt, Picasso, Van Gogh — but

Oscar Holland, CNN To passersby, the sight of two men embracing besides New Delhi’s India Gate in 1986 might have seemed unremarkable. In a city where public displays of platonic male affection are relatively commonplace, it was photographer Sunil Gupta who attracted more attention at the time. “Men holding hands or lying in each other’s

Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español Cuban American artist Celia Cruz will be the first Latina singer to feature as part of the American Women Quarters Program, the US Mint announced. Music legend Cruz, known as the Queen of Salsa, will be honored along with four others by appearing on a quarter in 2024. Cruz was

By Janelle Davis, CNN. Recipe from Regina Escalante, Merci Eva Longoria can’t get enough of this salty dish. While visiting the sun-soaked city of Mérida on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, she met Regina Escalante, who runs the wildly popular restaurant Merci, and sampled the chef’s grilled fish with sour orange, prepared beachside for flavorful tacos. In

Dalya Al Masri, CNN Saudi Arabia is unveiling a reconstruction of the face of an ancient Nabataean woman after several years of work by historians and archaeologists. The reconstruction, which is the first of its kind, is modeled on the remains of Hinat, a Nabataean woman who was discovered in 2015 in a 2,000-year-old tomb

Oscar Holland, CNN Harry Styles had a night to remember. Not only did he take home two Grammy Awards on Sunday evening, but he also served up some of the ceremony’s most talked-about outfits. The former One Direction star began the night in a plunging technicolor jumpsuit that revealed a collection of butterfly and bird

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The story of Pampa Kampana, poet, prophet and mother of the empire of Bisnaga, begins with fire. Salman Rushdie’s protagonist in his new novel “Victory City” — a fictional retelling of the fallen Indian empire of Vijayanagar — lives to be 247 years old and buries 24,000 of her verses on the

Toyin Owoseje, CNN A handwritten letter sent by a young Marlon Brando to break up with his French girlfriend in the late 1940s could fetch up to $15,000 at auction. The rare letter was addressed to Solange Podell, Brando’s love interest when he was a budding Broadway star. Boston’s RR Auction is in charge of

Toyin Owoseje, Arnaud Siad, CNN World-famous fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at the age of 88. His death was announced Friday in a statement shared on the Paco Rabanne Instagram account. “The House of Paco Rabanne wishes to honor our visionary designer and founder who passed away today at the age of 88,” the

Julia Buckley, CNN You check your luggage for a flight, but it doesn’t appear on the carousel at your destination. For decades, your only course of action has been an internal scream, followed by a report to your airline, in the hope that it will locate your bag and deliver it back to you. But

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The coastline of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, will be getting a new addition in 2026: the sparkling exterior of Bentley Motors’ first residential building, rising above a skyline full of luxury condos and hotels. At approximately 749 feet tall, Bentley Residences is currently set to be the tallest US oceanfront building, according

Richard Quest and Julia Buckley, CNN There’s something in the air in Seattle. And while at first sniff you might assume that it’s coffee, nose a little harder and you’ll notice that Seattle doesn’t run on caffeine — it runs on innovation. It’s not for nothing that this city has spawned Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing and

Leah Dolan, CNN More than two decades ago, Jennifer Lopez changed the internet forever when she wore a dress so striking it inspired engineers to build Google Image Search. It was at the 2000 Grammy Awards, when Lopez’s emerald green and blue palm leaf printed Versace dress became one of fashion history’s most enduring outfits.

By Chris Boyette, CNN So far this week, more than 6,000 flights have been canceled within, into or out of the United States as icy weather has hit large swaths of the country. By Thursday afternoon, nearly 6,300 flight cancellations had been logged on flight tracking site FlightAware since Monday, including more than 750 Thursday

Lianne Kolirin, CNN Gillian Anderson has called on women around the world to contact her anonymously about their sexual fantasies. Anderson, who plays forthright sex therapist Jean Milburn in the blockbuster Netflix series “Sex Education,” has posted a video on Instagram and explained that she’s “launching a major exploration of women and sex.” Seated on

Oscar Holland, CNN Pamela Anderson made her name in red. In fact, the swimwear she and her “Baywatch” co-stars wore in the 1990s is so iconic that Pantone has since officially named the tone “Baywatch Red.” So there was, perhaps, no better color the 55-year-old star could have worn to the premiere of Netflix’s new

Lianne Kolirin, CNN A couple abandoned their baby at an airport check-in desk in Tel Aviv, Israel after arriving without a ticket for the child. The pair, who have not been identified, were checking in for a Ryanair flight from Ben Gurion International Airport to Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday with the infant. It emerged that