A man identified as a Palestinian refugee from Syria with Ukrainian citizenship was detained by Hezbollah and accused by Lebanon of being part of an Israeli bombing and assassination plot. His subsequent escape and disappearance now put Lebanon in a quandary
Netanyahu responded by saying Erdoğan is an 'antisemitic dictator ... who is committing genocide against the Kurds, supports the Hamas terrorist organization, oppresses his own people and imprisons political rivals'
The Japanese stage production Amaterasu was performed at Brussels Town Hall as part of celebrations marking the 160th anniversary of relations between Belgium and Japan. Organised by Be-Japon, the event was supported by the Japanese Embassy in Belgium and the City of Brussels.
War Machine has quietly broken into Netflix’s all-time Top 10 only months after its debut.
Charge nurse Dana Evans embodies the heart and soul of HBO’s “The Pitt.” She’s smart and reacts with her gut; she’s tough and empathetic, a fierce fighter for her patients and staff, but knows when not to pick a fight. Katherine LaNasa’s portrayal of this complicated woman has
Bulgaria, which is member of NATO and the European Union, has been providing military aid Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022.
The cards in the MTG Marvel Super Heroes set feature some truly iconic stories from Marvel Comics history.
Earlier this year, Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor released the very good and slightly slept-on solo album Paris In The Spring . Not long after that, he teamed up with Mike Simonetti, co founder of the Italians Do It Better label, to drop the absolute banger " Perfect Kiss ." The 12"
Jeff Gaspin is exiting his role as Netflix’s VP of unscripted series after a little more than two years, Variety has confirmed. The former NBC Universal Television Entertainment chairman first took the job in February 2024, reporting to Netflix VP of nonfiction series Brandon
The first-to-market advantage is built right into the name: the National Broadcasting Company. NBC was created a century ago amid the maelstrom of a mid-1920s gold rush that emerged around the cutting-edge technology of radio broadcasting. The pages of Variety in that era were
Across the country, surveillance companies have spun a vast web of tens of thousands of license plate cameras. The people selling this tech want you to believe that it's for your safety, but how are authorities really using automated license plate readers (ALPR)? In this week's
If there’s one thing Kristen Kish has brought to “Top Chef,” it’s her face card: tears and laughter. Since Kish returned to the Bravo show – she won season 10 – as host in 2024, watching Kish’s emotional responses has become as rewarding and heartwarming as seeing the chefs
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politics, tech influence, and tech shenanigans in Washington, DC. (If you're not a subscriber, you can get on board here.) We're back after a two-week hiatus, during most of which I was gallivanting
Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump regime: FIFA rents an office in Trump Tower . “The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” That’s called a bribe.
Bentonville, Ark., may seem out of the way for a film festival, but it’s a place where cinema and artists thrive. Launched by actress Geena Davis to give a voice to underrepresented filmmakers, the heartland event sees its 12th year unspool June 15-21. “Geena Davis has never
It is generally accepted by archaeologists that modern humans originated in Africa and dispersed worldwide, while other hominins went extinct. Yet how and when Homo sapiens dispersed out of Africa, and whether it was an abrupt event, is still debated. Even more uncertain is how
There's a question at the heart of SETI that doesn't get nearly enough attention. It isn't whether aliens exist, and it isn't whether we have the technology to detect them. It's a far more practical problem: With a billion stars in our galaxy and finite telescope time, how do
We're used to a lot of different natural things falling out of the sky. These can include snow, rain and sometimes even frogs (yes, really). All of these relate to weather phenomena.
If you've uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won't admit it right now. A group of independent musicians is suing Google, claiming that it illegally used songs they uploaded to YouTube to
We last heard from Bonobo when he contributed to the stacked Lazarus soundtrack alongside Floating Points, Kamasi Washington, and more. Now, he's announcing a new album called Distance In Static , and it features a great roster of guests like Arooj Aftab, Nilüfer Yanya, and
Advertising giant Havas acquired a majority stake in Archrival, a U.S.-based youth-culture and experiential activation agency, aiming to augment the capabilities of its Havas Play branded content and experiential marketing unit. The company said the Archrival acquisition
“Project Hail Mary,” the film adaptation of Andy Weir’s best-selling novel, is finally coming to streaming. It will release on MGM+ on June 18. Creative duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, whose previous films include “The Lego Movie” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,”
Kate Hudson and Javier Bardem star in writer-director Elizabeth Chomko's feature that is currently in production.
One of the hottest trends to come out of the network upfronts this year was the return of pilot season. NBC ordered a total of eight pilots this year — ordering half of them to series. Primetime’s back, baby! Well, OK, let’s curb our enthusiasm. I give a ton of credit to NBC
When it comes to cable-network Bravo, executives at NBCUniversal may be shouting “Encore!” The home to reality-series staples including “Summer House,” “Watch What Happens Live” and “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island” is scoring new ad commitments in TV’s annual ad-sales
Emmy-nominated actor and comedian Tracy Morgan will receive the inaugural Flip Wilson Award at the 8th annual AAFCA TV Honors ceremony. The new prize, a press release explains, recognizes individuals whose “comedic artistry and cultural impact” continue the legacy of the
Errors, anti-bot measures, and countless people mashing F5 make purchasing new Mega Evolution cards from The Pokémon Center harder than it should be
Google told a federal court this week that its YouTube terms of service grant AI models, like its music generator Lyria, broad rights to train their platforms using licensed work as it seeks to dismiss a lawsuit alleging such use was illegal. In a 41-page legal filing Monday,
Ubisoft Winnipeg is one of the offices that's shutting down
Instagram is going to let you tweak what its algorithm shows you on your main feed. With the Your Algorithm feature, "you can now see the topics we think you're interested in, and change them, across all the major parts of Instagram," according to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri.