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☆ Father’s Day: 4 pop culture dads worse than you
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Whether you’re a new or seasoned father, the anxieties of raising children can pop up anywhere, anytime. “Also, just every dad I spoke to was like, ‘I’m worried that I’m gonna roughhouse too hard (and) they’ll get hurt,’” Boozan said. And “as a comedy writer, I’m biased, but I’m a big proponent of laughter as medicine. “That’s a great example of a workaholic dad who thinks that amassing a trove of riches in order to pass that along to your child is the way of being a good dad,” Boozan said. “The best thing my dad ever did … is he was a chill dad,” Boozan said.

Persons: I’m, Glenn Boozan, ”, Priscilla Witte, Thanos, Jack Torrance, Stephen King’s “, Boozan, “ I’m, “, ‘ I’m, they’ll, ’ ” Boozan, ’, ” Boozan, Walter ‘ Heisenberg, White Walter White, Bryan Cranston, Walter White Jr, ” Ursula Coyote, Walter White’s, White, Wayne Szalinski Wayne Szalinski, Rick Moranis, Diane, Marcia Strassman, Nick, Wayne Szalinski, Darth Vader Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, Darth Vader, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, ” Albert Clarke, ’ ”, Midas, Walter Crane, King Midas ’, Rich, “ Midas, “ That’s Organizations: CNN, Marvel, RJ, Lucasfilm, Century Fox, Star Locations: RJ Mitte, Wayne’s

☆ Taylor Swift, a pop culture juggernaut, propels ‘Sunday Night Football’ to record ratings
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. At its peak, NBC said that a whopping 29.4 million viewers were watching the game across linear television and streaming platforms. By comparison, the 2022 World Series commanded less than half the audience, with 12.8 million viewers in the final Game 6 of the series. And the series-clinching game of the 2023 NBA Finals brought in an average of 13.1 million viewers. On one of its social media accounts, the header image Monday was a series of photographs of an expressive Swift at the game.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Swift, ”, “, ” Swift, —, King Midas Organizations: CNN, NBC, Chiefs, Jets, Bowl, Nielsen, NFL, Spotify, Ticketmaster, Federal Reserve Locations: East Rutherford

☆ The global treasures in the running for UNESCO’s World Heritage status
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

This year, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is reviewing nominations from both 2022 and 2023, with participants from across the world attending the session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to examine almost 50 contenders. According to UNESCO, sites must be of “outstanding universal value” to be included on the World Heritage List. So far, the World Heritage Committee has inscribed approximately 1,157 sites in 167 different countries onto the World Heritage List. Seo Heun Kang/UNESCO World Heritage Nomination OfficeOnly those countries that sign the convention creating the World Heritage Committee and list are permitted to nominate sites. Gordion, the capital city of ancient Phrygia in Ankara, Turkey, is also nominated for a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Persons: John E, Seo Heun Kang, Bale, Gordion, Mustafa Ciftci, Midas, Morten Rasmussen, Sarah Langrand, Dominique Marck, Bani Ma’arid, Bani Ma'arid, Hamad Al Qahtani, Koh Ker, Mount Pelée, Canada Bale, Francesca Street Organizations: CNN, UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Cultural Organization, UNESCO World Heritage, Heritage, World, Anadolu Agency, Danish Agency for Culture, Fine Arts Department, de Nîmes, National Center for Wildlife, Architectural Museum, Kazan Federal University, Khinalig, Tunisia ESMA Museum, Clandestine Center of Detention, Wooden Posts, Greece Historic Center of Guimarães Locations: Gaya, Denmark, Thai, Ohio, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Hancock, United States, Goryeong, South Korea, Addis Ababa, Phrygia, Turkey, Ankara, B.C.E, Madagascar, Si Thep, Thailand, Si, Nîmes, France, Gorokhovets, Russia, Vladimir Oblast, Erfurt, Germany, Cambodia, Khmer, Courland, Latvia, Kaunas, Lithuania, Ab’aj, Guatemala, India, Karakum, Tajikistan, Menorca, Spain, Ethiopia, Iran, Klondike, Canada, Czech, Odzala, Kokoua, Congo, Mount, Northern Martinique, Benin Ha Long, Ba Archipelago, Vietnam, Forests, Azerbaijan, Jericho, Palestinian Territories, Kazan, Tunisia, Argentina, Belgium, Suriname Royal, Netherlands, Anatolia, Bisesero, Rwanda, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Masouleh, Turan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Northern Apennines, Italy, Tajikistan Highlands, Mongolian, Mongolia, Greece, Portugal

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