Author: Press Room

Lupita Nyong’o Is the One to Watch on the Wakanda Forever Press Tour

Lifestyle

The cast of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever were out in full force at the Hollywood premiere on October 26. As expected, there was plenty of excellent fashion on the red carpet: Rihanna arrived in an offbeat look by Rick Owens, while Letitia Wright paid a touching tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman in a bejeweled Alexander McQueen blazer that resembled the Givenchy haute couture suit Boseman wore to the 2018 Oscars.Lupita Nyong’o—who plays Nakia in the film—was positively glowing in a knotted white one-shoulder dress by Balmain, which she wore with an intricate shell crown and purple shoes. As the…

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TMZ walks back report Jerry Lee Lewis died

Investing

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in the CNN Reliable Sources newsletter. Goodness, gracious. TMZ stunned readers Wednesday, sending off push alerts reporting that the iconic rocker Jerry Lee Lewis had died. The only problem: Lewis,87, is, in fact, alive. Moments after publishing the story, the outlet took down its story and replaced it with a new article reporting that Lewis was still among the living. “TMZ regrets the error,” the unbylined story said. But not before a host of national and local outlets ran with the erroneous report, setting off a cascade of “BREAKING” stories that also…

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Three likely outcomes for Yeezy merchandise: destroy it, rebrand it, export it

Investing

Yeezy merchandise has no place to go. Retailers are dumping it. Resellers are blocking new product listings associated with it. Even off-price outlets like TJ Maxx don’t want any goods associated with hate-speaker Kanye West, the embattled rapper who has legally changed his name to Ye. So where will the mounting glut of Yeezy products — sneakers, sweatshirts, sweatpants, jackets, T-shirts, bags — wind up? Industry analysts suggest three outcomes: It will be rebranded, exported for donation or sale in secondary markets or destroyed. In other words, Yeezy might be headed to landfills. It’s a dramatic fall from grace for…

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No entry: These are all the countries that are still closed to tourists thanks to COVID

Travel

After two years of tough restrictions, travel has started to resemble the pre-pandemic ‘normal.’From vaccination certificates to testing to last-minute border closures, would-be jetsetters have abided by stringent rules.But this year, the tide has turned. Over the past few months, 30 countries have scrapped their remaining entry rules.Though 109 countries still have some travel restrictions in place, 118 are completely open – at least to vaccinated travellers, who we have focused on here.A few countries still have closed borders – even to vaccinated travellers. So where are they, and what are the rules?Which countries have the strictest COVID rules for…

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