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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jean Smart had never done standup comedy before she took on the role of the brilliant and biting comedian…
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jean Smart had never done standup comedy before she took on the role of the brilliant and biting comedian…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Lynn Rippelmeyer’s reach for the sky started from an unlikely place. “I grew up on a farm in the 1950s. There…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — The 76th edition of the most fashionable film festival is officially underway, with a slew of directors, actors and…
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Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Occasionally a movie gets misleadingly marketed for understandable reasons, and so it is with “IF,” a…
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Occasionally a movie gets misleadingly marketed for understandable reasons, and so it is with “IF,”…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Once you’ve mastered basic “Bridgerton,” it’s possible to sit back and let each new season predictably wash…
Continue ReadingBy Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — There’s a lot to love about travel. Experiencing a new culture. Eating great food. Staying in top notch…
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi and Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind gave a riotous performance at Taiwan’s…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Australian police are seeking two people for allegedly vandalizing a century-old Chinese parade dragon and other…
Continue ReadingWorkers have closed one lane on Las Alturas Road while the City of Santa Barbara finds a solution for a Riviera house that is slowly sliding down the…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo and Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — Amid a dramatic two weeks of resignations and allegations made against the Miss USA…
Continue ReadingIf you enjoy eating outdoors, year-round, add Carpinteria to your…
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Are people born wicked?” It certainly seems like Glinda – as played by Ariana Grande – might be in the…
Continue ReadingThe Terrace Foundation garden plots have filled up and are producing fresh foods for a Santa Barbara neighborhood. There are 50 plots on the Westside…
Continue ReadingHundreds of students are getting a chance to see the work of National Geographic photographer Cristina Mittermeier in Santa…
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sophie Turner is now the happiest she’s been in “a really long time,” but she went through struggle…
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Ali Wong’s new standup set explores life after divorce. Wong played a 12-show stint during the Netflix Is a…
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Airplane overhead compartments. Home to luggage of all shapes and sizes, the odd coat or two, several…
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Gayle King learned she was a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model the same time the rest of the world…
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