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John Cena is singing a different tune about the prospect of procreation -- a lullaby, if you will! In the past, the wrestler-actor, 40, and his fiancée, NIkki Bella, have made no secret of his lack of interest in becoming a dad. "John doesn't want kids, so we're not going to have kids," Nikki, 34, told TMZ in April 2017. But he's now slowly coming around to the idea, he told Wonderwall.com while promoting his new comedy, "Blockers," in Beverly Hills on March 21. "I'm actually coming more to grips with maybe giving [fatherhood] a try," he tells us, explaining that the shift is due to his growing understanding that it's okay that he might not turn out to be the perfect dad. "It's the realization and the honesty with myself to be like, hey, this is you as a personality -- you're a tough-to-change personality. You may end up doing it wrong," he says. The WWE star admits that when it comes to the prospect of ...

Amazon has been awarded a patent that will let its package delivery drones recognize human movement and voice. The online-shopping giant wants to shave delivery times down to just 30 minutes and plans to take to the sky to achieve it. Awarded on Tuesday (March 20), the patent would allow for drones to identify gestures such as a thumbs-up, frantic waving, shaking fists and a shooing motion. Filed in July 2016, the patent also identifies voice recognition as a future control input for strangers. Someone who is bothered by a nearby drone would be able to shout for it to leave. The drones would use a combination of depth, auditory and light sensors along with infrared and visible light cameras. They would also be capable of learning how best to deliver packages based on human interaction. “In some examples, when in the learning context, a human operator may interact with the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) in order to ‘teach’ the UAV how to react given certain gestures, ...

Jennifer Lawrence, recently crowned the world’s highest-paid actress for the second year in a row, is still working on her real estate game. The “Hunger Games” star—who, according to Forbes, made $46 million before fees and taxes in the year through June 1, 2016—recently sold her starter condo in Santa Monica,, Calif. Her profit: Less than $280,000. Previously:  Five Homes for the World’s Highest-Paid Actress Jennifer Lawrence The property, identified by Variety as belonging to Ms. Lawrence , sold last month for $1.15 million, about a month and a half after it was listed at $1.169 million by Andrew Thurm of Coldwell Banker. The actress reportedly bought the two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom townhouse for $879,000 in 2006, long before winning her Oscar for her role in the romantic comedy “Silver Linings Playbook ” in 2012. It is unclear when the 26-year-old last lived in the 1,413-square foot condo. Her current home seems a better fit to her ascending caree...

Unlike her heart, three weeks of Celine Dion's Las Vegas shows won't go on. The singer is postponing her March and April concert dates due to a middle ear condition known as Patulous Eustachian tube, "which causes hearing irregularities, and makes it extremely difficult to sing," according to an announcement about the canceled shows. She is set to undergo a "minimally invasive surgical procedure to correct the problem," the announcement added. Dion's shows from March 27 to April 18 have been canceled. She is set to return to the stage at The Coloseeum at Caesars Palace on May 22. "My luck hasn't been very good lately... I've been so looking forward to doing my shows again and this happens," Dion said in a statement. "I just can't believe it! I apologize to everyone who planned to travel to Las Vegas to see my show. I know how disappointing this is, and I'm so sorry." Dion has been dealing with her ea...

Apple has proposed a set of new emoji to provide better representation of people with disabilities. The 13 emoji include guide dogs, hearing aids, prosthetic limbs and people using canes and wheelchairs. In a statement, the tech giant said: "Apple is requesting the addition of emoji to better represent individuals with disabilities. Currently, emoji provide a wide range of options, but may not represent the experiences of those with disabilities. "One in seven people around the world has some form of disability, whether that be a physical disability involving vision, hearing or loss of physical motor skills, or a more hidden, invisible disability." Apple said its proposed additions are "not meant to be a comprehensive list of all possible depictions of disabilities — it is intended to be a starting point." While coming up with the new emoji, the tech giant worked with various disability charities, including the American Council of the Blind, th...

While appearing on "Big Boy's Neighborhood" radio show on Friday, she said, "To be in a relationship is difficult, to be famous and in a relationship is even more difficult and then you end up arguing about things that you usually wouldn't argue about as a normal person." She never said outright that she's single, because she isn't ready to let him go. "I love him, I miss him, I think about him every day. I can't say that I'm single because I still think about him every day," she said. "My heart is still with him. Hopefully, we can work it out but if we can't—the love is still there." In other words, a reconciliation isn't totally out of the question. Fans initially starting thinking there was trouble between the two when they unfollowed each other on Instagram. After that, they both took down photos of each other. Amber and Savage seemed destined for the altar early on. Shortly after they began dating...

Taylor Swift has sold more than 2 million copies of "Reputation" -- making it the first album to accomplish that feat since Adele's "25" in 2015, according to Nielsen tracking figures. All six of Swift's previous albums, "1989," "Red," "Speak Now," "Fearless," and "Taylor Swift" also surpassed the 2 million mark. As perspective, Ed Sheeran's 2017 album, "Divide," is the only other album to sell more than a million copies last year. Swift recently debuted her latest music video for "Delicate," in which we saw an uninhibited Swift dancing barefoot in the rain. Many of her followers speculated on social media that the video was Swift's way of showing her desire to break free from the expectations that come with fame. She'll hit the road for her "Reputation" tour on May 8.

The verified Facebook pages for SpaceX and Tesla have been eliminated after Elon Musk, the chief executive of both companies, was dared by a Twitter user to delete them. The social media site has been roiled by reports that Facebook user data was exploited by British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica on behalf of President Donald Trump 's 2016 election campaign. The official Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX had roughly 2.6 million followers each. #deletefacebook  On Friday morning, Musk replied to a tweet that Brian Acton, a cofounder of WhatsApp, wrote earlier in the week. Acton, who made a fortune when Facebook bought WhatsApp for $16bn in 2014, tweeted the trending "#deletefacebook" hashtag, adding that "it is time". "What's Facebook?" Musk joked. A user then challenged Musk to delete the SpaceX Facebook page. Musk coyly agreed and said he did not know there was such a page. It appears he also ordered the el...

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the US to call for tighter gun control. The March For Our Lives movement was formed after a high-school shooting in Parkland, Florida last month. Student leader and Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez gave a powerful speech at the main Washington DC event. She listed the names of the 17 victims - and then stayed silent on stage for six minutes, 20 seconds - the time it took for them to be shot and killed. More than 800 sister protests were planned nationwide and abroad, with solidarity events taking place in Edinburgh, London, Geneva, Sydney and Tokyo.

Chris Evans seems to be getting ready to hang up his Captain America shield. The actor, who has played the iconic role since 2011, expressed his intention to step away from the role after the fourth "Avengers" film in an interview with the New York Times . "You want to get off the train before they push you off," he told the publication. Evans will next appear in "Avengers: Infinity War," due in theaters next month. A sequel to that film, which will be the fourth "Avengers" movie, already has a May 2019 release date. Evans has shot the sequel but is set to do reshoots in fall, which could be his last time donning the iconic suit, according to the Times. A representative for Evans did not immediately return CNN's request for comment. In addition to the "Avengers" films, Evans has starred in three Captain America standalone films. The last -- "Captain America: Civil War" -- was released in 2016.

At least 14 people have been killed in a car bomb blast outside a popular hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, according to a government official. The explosion on Thursday happened near Weheliye hotel on the busy  Maka Al-Mukarrama Road. A spokesman for the Somali interior ministry confirmed the death toll to Al Jazeera, adding that 10 others were wounded in the blast.  Witnesses at the scene said the powerful blast struck a street filled with civilians.  "Most of the casualties are ... people who were spending time to take tea, there was devastation and buildings were damaged," Mohamednur Abdirahman told AFP News Agency.  "The blast was so huge, a vehicle containing explosives went off near a teashop in front of Weheliye hotel, leaving more than 10 people dead. I saw people being rushed to hospital and some of them were already dead," another witness, Abdulahi Moalim, told AFP.  The attack was claimed by al-Shabab, Reuters news agency reporte...