Karine Jean-Pierre is ready to take the stage. The former White House press secretary for President Joe Biden is stepping into a new kind of spotlight as the host of this year’s 17th annual African American Film Critics Awards, revealed exclusively to Variety. Jean-Pierre, 51,
Matthew McConaughey recently joined Woody Harrelson and Ted Danson on their “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast. During the episode, Harrelson recalled there were “so many times” he wanted to “punch” McConaughey while filming the first season of “True Detective” because
I sat down with curator eunice bélidor and arts administrator Dejha Carrington to discuss what have become reductive ideas about the role of art museums, my own included.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon slammed former CNN anchor Don Lemon for interrupting a Minnesota church service on Sunday, as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to roil the state. Lemon filmed and interviewed Nekima Levy Armstrong,
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba conducted a three-year observational study (January 2019–December 2021) using a network of live cameras to monitor characteristic clouds around Mount Fuji.
The Chilean artist knew that survival under authoritarianism requires both sustenance and nerve — something to live on and something to stand for.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry researchers at the University of South Carolina measured disinfection by-products in bottled water, with total disinfection by-products ranging from 0.01–22.4 µg/L and compared them with a single-sourced chloraminated tap water sample.
It's been five years since the League MMO was first revealed, and two years since Riot "reset" the project.
An international team from Kanazawa University (Japan), Tohoku University (Japan), LPP (France), and partners has demonstrated that chorus emissions, natural electromagnetic waves long studied in Earth's magnetosphere, also occur in Mercury's magnetosphere exhibiting similar
The emergence of a new political party led by the former president Rumen Radev could significantly reshape not only Bulgaria’s domestic affairs but also its foreign policy.
The Falkland Islands have recently been delighted to welcome a new visitor all the way from New Zealand!
By Ece Toksabay ANKARA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said on Monday that the Turkish government had no more "excuses" to delay a peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) now that a landmark integration deal was achieved in neighbouring Syria. On
The Stoxx Europe 600 index plummeted by about 1.3% in early trading as investors dumped export-heavy names exposed to the US market.
The former West Wing actor is charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse. He denies the claims
With Washington openly tying tariffs to geopolitical demands over Greenland, EU capitals are considering a never-used mechanism that would allow them to hit back — not as individual states, but as a single market of 450 million consumers.
About 90 minutes ago James Blake published a website at tryingtimes.info. Users who entered the password TryingTimes (Blake is apparently not much for cybersecurity) are directed to a page with the following message from Blake announcing a new album: Hi everyone. As a thank you
By John Hawkins (*) - Central bankers from around the world have issued a joint statement of support for US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, as he faces a criminal probe on top of mounting pressure from US President Donald Trump to resign early.
In a landmark discovery that bridges nearly a century of theoretical physics, a Chinese research team has successfully captured the first direct evidence of the Migdal effect, a breakthrough with profound implications for probing dark matter—the invisible substance thought to
Amanda Seyfried recently told The New Yorker that winning an Oscar is not important to her. She said that she’s “gotten this far” without an Academy Award, so “why would I need one now?” “Do you remember who won in the past ten years? It’s not the win that’s important. It’s the
Senegalese fans celebrate their team's victory at the Africa Cup of Nations.
The sun's inner corona, the hottest part of our star's atmosphere, appears faint yellow in a time-lapse made from images taken by the ASPIICS coronagraph aboard Proba-3.
"We had a great offer, I thought," Poison drummer Rikki Rockett said. "Bret [Michaels] wanted the lion’s share of the money, like $6 to every one of our dollars"
Emma Reynolds said South East Water was the poorest performer of all water companies
The chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), or Bd for short, is considered one of the causes of the worldwide decline in amphibian populations. In recent years, researchers have identified different genetic strains of the fungus that causes chytridiomycosis in various
Speaking about a potential US invasion of Greenland, Nuuk resident Ulrikke Andersen says she has already made contingency plans to flee by boat and hide in a hut in South Greenland. Others like student Nuunu Binzer and entrepreneur Inger Olsvig Brandt vow to stay, emphasizing
A big case for these kid detectives: Why haven't more people seen this hilarious movie?
Protests in Iran have been quelled, with the regime still in place, and President Trump's empty threat to take action against the government has been met with criticism for not backing up his words with action.
Genre distribution label Chroma has acquired North American rights to a trio of international features including “Mash Ville,” described as a whiskey-soaked kimchi western that earned its director best director honors at the Fantasia International Film Festival. The South
The early stage of giant telescope development involves a lot of horse-trading to try to appease all the different stakeholders that are hoping to get what they want out of the project, but also to try to appease the financial managers that want to minimize its cost. Typically,
As a journalist in a nihilistic 2026 hellscape, trust me when I say this: Abrupt career wakeup calls are usually pretty shitty. So then, I am charmed when Bushy B tells me about the moment his job as a case manager for at-risk youth came to an end. Taking a lunch break as his
Every day, we quietly judge the people around us. Did that co-worker split the credit fairly? Did a neighbor return a lost package? Did someone cut in line or respect the rules?
Some songs change your life. Most of the time, it happens unexpectedly. In BUNT.’s case, it happened on a very crowded train. Seated at a table for four somewhere between Hamburg and Stuttgart, surrounded by strangers, movement, and noise, he opened his laptop to make use of
Police say armed gangs burst into the two churches in Kurmin Wali, Kaduna state, during Sunday service.
Live and no longer unplugged.
The proposed 6,000-seat venue in Prince George’s County, Md., would become Sphere’s second US location.
One of the giants of 20th century fashion, his creations were worn by celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Julia Roberts and Gwyneth Paltrow.
A Czech and Spanish-led research team has demonstrated the ability to distinguish subtle differences between magnetic ground states using a new form of scanning probe microscopy.
The three highest-ranking Catholic cardinals who lead archdioceses in the United States issued a statement Monday criticizing U.S. foreign policy as overly militaristic, referencing President Trump's recent operation in Venezuela and threats to take Greenland by force. In a
Valentino, the renowned Italian fashion designer who perhaps rightly boasted he "knows what women want" has died in Rome. His sumptuous creations and fail-safe gowns saw him crowned the king of the red carpet for any major celebrities needing to be dressed to impress.
Iran's top police officer issued an ultimatum on Monday to protesters who joined what authorities have deemed "riots", saying they must hand themselves in within three days or face the full force of the law. But the government also pledged to tackle economic hardships that
An international team of researchers has systematically measured the β-decay half-lives of 40 nuclei near calcium-54, providing key experimental data for understanding the structure of extremely neutron-rich nuclei.
Baltimore’s own Powerwasher play post-punk with the quirky playfulness of Devo and a tough post-hardcore edge. It’s the kind of punk that almost feels like funk, rhythmically volatile in a way that makes me think of cartoon explosions. “3-MeO-PCE,” the lead single from their
Researchers at National Taiwan University have developed a modular platform to reprogram tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs), transforming them from oncogenic messengers into safe, customizable drug delivery vehicles through precise molecular editing.
