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Olivia Rodrigo Sings Her ‘Stupid Song’ in Central Park and the Corner Store in New Music Video
The single appears on the singer-songwriter's newly-released album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
Rare-earth-free zinc oxide achieves a first in stress-to-light conversion
Mechanoluminescent materials convert mechanical energy such as stress, strain and vibration directly into light, making them attractive as self-powered sensors that require no batteries or wiring. From biomedical sensors to self-powered infrastructure monitoring sensors,
Novel forecasting model developed to predict river temperature
The temperature of rivers is something most people think about only if they plan to go swimming, kayaking or spend a day fishing. Few consider how it could potentially affect their electricity bill.
Jacob Soboroff Aims to ‘Connect’ New MS NOW Weekend Show With Social-Media Energy
Jacob Soboroff says he was doing creator media before creator media became cool. In some views, the 43-year-old MS NOW correspondent has finally made it. After years of doing what can sometimes be intense in-the-field coverage of the treatment of people crossing the southern
Siri is good now??
You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer." But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a
EU countries reach deal to unblock accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova
Friday's agreement allows Ukraine and Moldova to formally open the first cluster of accession negotiations, known as "Fundamentals".
Kathryn Newton Joins Cooper Hoffman in Hulu Pilot ‘Durango’
Kathryn Newton will star opposite Cooper Hoffman in the Hulu drama pilot “Durango.” The project follows Mikey (Hoffman), a ski bum townie chasing a buzz, who meets Bunny (Newton), a homeschooled runaway working as a diner waitress. “Together they’re riding an avalanche of bad
Elvis Costello Knocks Oasis, Defends Olivia
Elvis Costello will say whatever. He doesn't care. In the past, that tendency has gotten him into trouble. He was famously banned from Saturday Night Live earlier in his career, and he once said some drunken, racist stuff against Ray Charles that he's still apologizing for
Justin Baldoni to Pay Blake Lively’s Legal Fees in Final ‘It Ends With Us’ Ruling
The court also found that Lively is not entitled to additional damages
Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood...
Joe “Handyman” Negri, a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fixture, has died at age 99 . “He really was like the friendly fellow you might find walking around a neighborhood. He was just incredibly gentle as a person, but also as a musician.”
Jane Campion Says Harvey Weinstein ‘Did Some Horrific Things’ but Led a ‘Brilliant’ Awards Campaign for ‘The Piano’: That ‘Was His Vision’
Oscar-winning filmmaker Jane Campion, who is presiding over the jury at this year’s Taormina Film Festival, dedicated a great part of her time in Sicily to revisiting her 1993 seminal drama “The Piano.” Accompanied in the jury by the film’s star, Holly Hunter, the New Zealand
Reading Marjane Satrapi’s comic book Persepolis during Iran war
Comic book author Marjane Satrapi passed away last week in Paris at age 56, just before conflict between Israel and her native Iran re-erupted. While her work has enjoyed enduring fame, the present conflict has made it more relevant than ever before. Satrapi’s work is unique
'It's not over yet': Tel Aviv celebrates Pride but war in back of mind
Rainbow flags, colourful floats and Bad Bunny on loudspeakers brought a festive mood to Tel Aviv for this year's Pride march, the first in full form since before the October 7 attack and the war in Gaza. "I wanted to come last year, they cancelled it at the last minute, and the
The Wolf Among Us 2 director reveals the sequel's darker tone
We saw The Wolf Among Us 2 in action, and got a glimpse of the long-awaited sequel's much darker tone.
Landscape water velocities across Europe reshape nitrogen pollution risk under climate change
Nitrate pollution is a growing global environmental challenge due to the extensive use of fertilizer. A study published in Science, led by the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) with the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), shows
Nuclear clocks tick for the first time
Two independent research teams have achieved a longstanding goal in physics: building a working nuclear clock. The devices, developed by Beichen Huang and colleagues at Tsinghua University and by Luca Toscani De Col and colleagues at the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and
‘There’s No Toxicity’: Mariska Hargitay and the ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Team on How the First Female Showrunner in 26 Years Changed Everything
Michele Fazekas has known Mariska Hargitay and the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” team for 25 years. While she didn’t join the drama as showrunner until this year’s 27th season, she was in the writers’ room for Seasons 3 through 7 and kept a friendship with the show’s
Hegseth must stop using the government to promote his own religion
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is using his government platform to promote his personal evangelical Christian beliefs, which has led to the reclassification of religious affiliations and the suppression of distinctions among religious groups, threatening religious liberty.
A new method could spot fentanyl variants no one has cataloged yet
Researchers used machine learning to help predict chemical signatures for over 1 billion possible fentanyls, including variants never seen before.
Wanda Sykes Turned Down Kevin Hart’s Netflix Roast and Says ‘Thank God’: It’s ‘Lazy Writing’ With ‘Recycled Sexist, Racist, Gay Jokes’
Wanda Sykes abstained from Netflix’s high-profile Kevin Hart roast in May, and the comedian is quite pleased with her decision. Asked by Vulture if she was asked to participate in the live telecast, Sykes said, “I was. Kevin called me before it was announced, and I said, ‘No.’
Sofia Coppola Is Rooting for the Knicks and Fighting for Women’s Rights: ‘Everyone Needs to Focus on Being Vocal’
“It’s just so outrageous,” offers Sofia Coppola. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker is seated across from me inside No Matter What, an immersive art installation from Planned Parenthood in Greenwich Village. The pop-up, running Friday and Saturday, is a walk-through multimedia
Trump’s Iran progress met with skepticism
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Rush Night Three: All of ‘Moving Pictures’ and Much More
The band also added "New World Man" to the set — along with a memorable train wreck on "2112"
‘Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson on Pitching Rue’s Death to Zendaya: ‘It Was a Very Emotional Reaction’ and ‘Tough Discussion’
Pitching Rue’s death in the series finale of “Euphoria” to Zendaya was not an easy conversation, according to the show’s creator Sam Levinson. “When I pitched her this season and the ending, it was a very emotional reaction,” Levinson said in an interview with Variety‘s Daniel
Mother finds body of missing son two days after Kenya's Ebola quarantine centre protests
Sylvester Muigai Ndung'u was in Nanyuki to fetch a school uniform on Tuesday, his mother says.
Blake Lively Wins Partial Victory in Final ‘It Ends With Us’ Ruling
Blake Lively won a partial victory on Friday, as a judge ordered Wayfarer Studios to pay her attorneys fees for having to defend against Justin Baldoni’s failed defamation suit. The judge, Lewis Liman, ruled that Lively was entitled to recover her defense costs under a 2023
Carbon dioxide unlocks safer oxidation chemistry under room-temperature conditions
Oxidation reactions are indispensable to the chemical industry, but from a process safety perspective, they are among the most challenging transformations. A research team at the University of Bayreuth, working in collaboration with international partners, has now introduced a
Horse owners' personality and attachment style shape how they interact with and care for their horses
A new study shows that horse owners' psychological characteristics, including their attachment styles and personality traits, are systematically linked to how frequently they ride, train, and spend quality time with their horses, as well as the equipment they choose to use. The
Vance: Iran will get no cash from deal with US
The Trump administration is pushing back against reported details regarding the proposed deal with Iran, with Vice President Vance insisting Tehran would not be "receiving any cash" under the agreement. Vance on Friday morning reupped President Trump’s dismissal of details
