Billy Steinberg, a longtime member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame who is regarded as one of the most successful tunesmiths of the ’80s and ’90s, died Monday in California at age 75. He died after a long battle with cancer, his attorney, Laurie Soriano, confirmed to Variety.
Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentarian behind films like “Titicut Follies,” “At Berkeley,” “National Gallery” and “Ex Libris,” died on Monday. He was 96 years old. Wiseman’s death was announced in a joint statement from the Wiseman family and Zipporah Films. “For nearly
I never thought I would become an art critic who complains about exhibition didactics. And yet, after a visit to the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, here I am.
It's like jumping, but done manually.
A new pilot study examining how immigrant residents engage with city services and government processes in Long Beach suggests that heightened federal immigration enforcement is undermining democratic participation, even among U.S. citizens who fear for undocumented family
At high densities, white-tailed deer inhibit growth of trees but increase the overall diversity of smaller plant and weed species, according to a long-term study published recently. The work is published in the journal PLOS One.
Jurassic Park and Spider-Man screenwriter David Koepp gives his actors (Stranger Things' Joe Keery, Barbarian's Georgia Campbell) appealing material.
Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is much more than your average heist thriller. Chris Hemsworth plays Davis, a jewel thief who specializes in meticulously targeted robberies. He commits those heists along the 101 freeway in Los Angeles and doesn’t harm anyone. Mark Ruffalo plays the
Logan Paul’s record-setting Pikachu Illustrator card sale has sparked allegations about its PSA 10 grade and history with Liquid Marketplace.
President Trump on Monday slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) for signing a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom to address climate change. “The U.K.’s got enough trouble without getting involved with Gavin Newscum,” Trump told Politico, referring to the
A research team led by UAB researcher David Reverter has discovered the molecular mechanism that describes in detail the process regulating cell division in bacteria, based on the binding of the MraZ protein to the dcw gene cluster. The research has been published in Nature
The entrenched problem of underquoting or price baiting has made it harder for buyers to hunt for a home they can afford.
These bastions of culture and history have become unlikely spots where emotional purchases are made.
U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee said at a conference for American Jewish organization presidents in Jerusalem that he doubts Iran will abandon nuclear or missile ambitions. In Tel Aviv, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Trump is still deliberating between a diplomatic or military response
Comedian Bill Maher said that President Trump, with whom he has had a contentious relationship with, is “yelling at” him during their texts. “You hear from him sometimes afterwards, right?” CNN’s Elex Michaelson asked Maher about the president in an interview released Saturday,
The seven-time Oscar nominee died Sunday at home on his Virginia ranch, his wife, Luciana, announced.
In the eastern Utah desert, carbon-dioxide-saturated water bubbles, sprays and foams from the ground. These cold-water geysers, sometimes called soda pop geysers, are a new and reliable Earth-based analog for scientists studying plume eruptions of ocean worlds in the outer
A federal judge ordered the National Park Service to restore exhibits about slaves who lived at the nation’s one-time executive mansion in Philadelphia, agreeing with the city that the Trump administration likely unlawfully removed the displays. U.S. District Judge Cynthia
The country-radio star will be celebrated by the Country Radio Broadcasters during their annual meeting in Nashville
Robert Duvall was a true original, on and off the screen, who had a multitude of quirks and interests as a person but was never anything less than a consummate professional and “marvelous actor.” That’s how director Walter Hill, who helmed Duvall in the 2006 miniseries “Broken
Whether saturating entire frames or dribbling down a rare contrasting design element, there’s red everywhere you look in “The Blood Countess,” as you might well expect. Little of it, however, is the dark congealed claret of blood as we know it. Ulrike Ottinger prefers to paint
The kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie will face the “most severe” federal penalties if they do not release her unharmed, President Trump told the New York Post Monday. Trump said in a phone interview that if the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie is killed, he would ask the
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sparred with Czech Deputy Prime Minister Petr Macinka on Monday at the Munich Security Conference over their views on President Trump's policies. Clinton railed against Trump's betrayal of traditional Western values and institutions,
Dollar Tree is turning over a new, slightly more luxurious leaf.
Vue Lumière will release “Kokuho,” the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of all time in Japan, in U.K. and Ireland cinemas. Directed by Lee Sang-il from a screenplay by Okudera Satoko, the kabuki theater drama has generated $125 million in Japan since its release. The
As governments and companies race to meet climate pledges, from net-zero goals to near-term emissions cuts, Cornell researchers have developed a blockchain-based platform to improve how those commitments are recorded and verified. Carbon registries serve as repositories for
Nearly a month after a wastewater spill into the Potomac River began, recovery efforts are ongoing. The spillage, which resulted from a section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line collapsing last month, resulted in an overflow of roughly 243 million gallons of wastewater as
A small-town Kansas mayor is in trouble for voting illegally as a noncitizen—but he has the support of his town. Joe Ceballos was recently reelected mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, by a comfortable 101-20 margin. But just hours before the results came in, Ceballos, a legal
The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of carbon in its vegetation. In 2023, the region experienced unusually high temperatures, reaching 1.5°C above the 1991–2020 average, accompanied by unusual
Hollywood tributes are pouring out for Robert Duvall, who died on Monday at the age of 95. Duvall’s death was announced on Facebook via a statement from his wife, Luciana Duvall. Adam Sandler, who appeared alongside Duvall in the 2022 film “Hustle,” shared a heartfelt
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview aired Sunday that he will be looking into the safety of ultra-processed foods, claiming the current industry-led standards are not enough. Appearing on CBS News's "60 Minutes," Kennedy told
The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.
Creatures that can change from one form to another are a staple of science fiction: Think werewolves and Transformers. Nature, too, has its shapeshifters, such as dimorphic fungi. While scientists have known for some time that they can reversibly transition between yeast and
The discovery of a vertebra is another piece of the puzzle of missing apex predators The post Giant Pythons Once Roamed Prehistoric Taiwan appeared first on Nautilus .
Labi Siffre, a UK folk musician influenced by soul and jazz, has had a fascinating career. Over the decades, Siffre has only intermittently been active — a cluster of solo albums in the early ’70s, a few more in the ’80s and ’90s. A few of Siffre’s songs have been UK hits, like
But Peace Walker 's coop mode is back
President Trump said he did not raise the prospect of renaming New York’s Penn Station as “Trump Station,” pushing back on media reports that he offered to unfreeze billions in federal funds in exchange for the name change. In a post Monday on his Truth Social platform, the
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday went after President Trump over the removal of a pride flag at New York City's Stonewall National Monument, where the modern pro-LGBTQ movement started. “This sacred ground is so important, and in 1969, as everybody knows,
Charette will act as a senior advisor to Carney and Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-US trade on the upcoming review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, a statement from the prime minister's office said.
The legendary actor, who died Sunday at 95, made his film debut in the 1962 classic.
The AI model has been compared to DeepSeek and has been praised for its ability to produce cinematic storylines with just a few prompts.
A judge ordered Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Monday to restore a slavery-related exhibit at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Burgum ordered the National Park Service last month to remove the Philadelphia exhibit at the former
yes, this interview was about aliens but it was also about accountability. About governing in reality, not ideology. About understanding that voters can care about human dignity and public order at the same time.
What are the best Switch 2 games? From Mario Kart World to Mario Tennis Fever, here are our favorites to play on the Nintendo Switch 2.
President says it is inappropriate for UK to be dealing with Gavin Newsom after Ed Miliband meets governor in London Donald Trump has vented his fury against a green energy deal between the British government and California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, a likely future Democratic
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how fruit flies tune their development in response to environmental changes (diapause). Studying fruit fly strains from different latitudes across Japan, they showed that the sensitivity to starting reproductive diapause
The move follows further revelations over her friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Ryan Routh, the man accused of plotting to kill President Trump as he golfed in south Florida during his 2024 presidential campaign, is challenging his life sentence. Routh's attorney filed a notice with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit signaling that he intends
The group of 34 women and children with family links to Islamic State group have been held in the Roj camp for nearly seven years.
J. Cole‘s decision to bow out of his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar may have led to questions about his place in hip-hop’s “Big Three,” but his latest album is proof that he remains one of the game’s biggest commercial stars. The Dreamville rapper’s eighth (and supposedly