“Joker: Folie á Deux” casting director Francine Maisler revealed during a recent chat at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (via IndieWire) that casting Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix was not originally her idea. It was director Todd Phillips who
A hacker exposed nearly 10 billion passwords in what’s been dubbed as possibly the largest such leak of all time. Read more...
The country legend will play three gigs at the Venetian: "How many hits can we fit into one show? Let’s find out!!!!"
Prime Video is set to release its first South African original film, the Cape Town-set crime caper comedy “The Shakedown,” which will be available globally on the streamer Aug. 8. Variety has been given exclusive access to the film’s trailer. “The Shakedown” follows the story
As one Idris Elba might say, the game is fixed.
"Success should not create an ever-raising bar of new growth expectations."
A research team led by Prof. Chen Changlun from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, developed advanced cobalt-doped nickel hydroxide bipolar electrodes and non-noble metal catalysts, which significantly
I’ve had some fun with The First Descendant but I wouldn’t say a strong, distinctive art style is one of its core virtues. It’s a pretty derivative game from head-to-toe. Now it turns out that some of the free-to-play loot shooter’s in-game icons appear to be ripped almost
Frogun Encore has reminded me of what I loved so much about the first game.
Heat warnings or advisories in effect for states on west coast, east coast and south, with more extreme highs forecast A fierce heatwave that shattered records this weekend will again grip much of the US on Monday, with more than 36 million Americans under excessive heat
Julio Foolio's death was allegedly ordered by his longtime rival Yungeen Ace who put a $10,000 bounty on his head according to the man boasting of the killing.
Climate policies are absent from campaigns in the US and Europe, despite voters ranking the climate crisis as a top concern, and politicians are failing to effectively communicate the interconnectedness of the climate crisis with other immediate concerns.
Bitcoin experienced a slight rebound on Monday morning, increasing by 0.29% and trading at around $57,000 . Read more...
Visit the rural villages of Doaba, in India’s Punjab state, and you’ll likely encounter enormous sculptures of airplanes, tanks, and soccer players perched atop homes. The regional custom began in the late 1970s with Indian citizens who had immigrated to other parts of the
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) downplayed concerns over former President Trump getting revenge on his political opponents if he is reelected, despite Trump’s repeated promises to go after President Biden and others. “Donald Trump has been the one that’s been very clear: that his
After carving a deadly path through the Caribbean over the last few days, Hurricane Beryl is moving in on the United States. The aviation tracking website FlightAware says that nearly 1,400 flights have been cancelled in America so far today as the storm makes landfall in
Rebecca Solnit: Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? I am not usually one to offer diagnoses of people I’ve never met, but it does seem like the pundit class of the American media is suffering from severe memory loss. Because they’re doing
A Hamas government official was killed by an Israeli air strike on a school in Gaza City on the weekend, the government media office confirmed, but who was he?
President Biden on Monday called into “Morning Joe” for a defiant interview in which he dismissed what he called “big names” and “elites” in the Democratic Party who have called for him to step aside as the nominee. "I'm getting frustrated by the elites in the party, 'Oh, they
Researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands have gained important insights into photons, the elementary particles that make up light. They 'behave' in an amazingly greater variety than electrons surrounding atoms, while also being much easier to control.
Dancy British post-punks the Wolfgang Press were mainstays of 4AD Records in the ’80s and ’90s, putting a sampledelic spin on classic rock ‘n’ roll, but they haven’t released an album since 1995’s Funky Little Demons . That’s about to change. Sans Mark Cox, who left the
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Microsoft employees based in China are reportedly being required to ditch Androids for iPhones as part of the company’s cybersecurity measures. Read more...
The standstill at the Gaza-Egypt border is exacerbating the already-dire humanitarian situation in the enclave, with trucks waiting for up to two months.
Lucid Motors on Monday posted strong deliveries for the April to June period as the electric vehicle maker continues its restructuring and bets its future on a new SUV. Read more...
After rollercoaster-like parliamentary elections, the French film and TV industry has expressed relief over the far right’s defeat. Predictions had pointed to a triumph from Marine Le Pen’s National Rally based on the first round’s results, marking the first time that such a
Republicans introduced a bill on Monday to require this year's forms Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) be released in October after the revamped applications' botched rollout last academic year. While the forms typically go out on Oct. 1, Democratic and
Global water scarcity, a result of both quantity and quality change, challenges the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. An international team of researchers has now developed a novel modeling approach to identify cost-effective combinations of water management,
A mass brawl involving two families on a July 3 flight forced the pilots to make an emergency landing just 36 minutes after takeoff. Read more...
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are throwing their support behind President Biden as a growing number of Democrats call for him to suspend his 2024 campaign. On Sunday, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Texas) issued a sharp rebuttal of those calling for Biden to step aside.
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Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday in the southern US state of Texas, where some residents were evacuated over warnings of flooding and power outages.
Americans are almost equally divided over their confidence in higher education, with an increasing number of individuals expressing reduced trust in postsecondary education, according to a recent Gallup survey. The poll, released Monday, found 36 percent of Americans have a
Portia Modise appeals to fans to help get her car back after being robbed outside her home in Soweto.
A team of anthropologists and behavioral specialists from several institutions in the U.S., working with a colleague from the U.K., has found that following the conquest of Great Britain in AD 43 by the Romans, the region experienced intensive economic growth.
