Christmas proved to be a merry time at the box office, with moviegoers heading back to Pandora and also picking up their ping-pong paddles for the holidays. James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” made $24 million on Christmas Day, securing the No. 1 spot and powering it through
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Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from supernaturally strong monsters—capable of sinking their claws even into solid stone.
As per tradition, Netflix is kicking off the New Year with a new Harlan Coben mystery thriller — in this case, it’s “Run Away.” Adapted for television by Danny Brocklehurst, who was also at the helm of 2024’s “Fool Me Once,” the eight-episode limited series follows a desperate
Firms see lots of room to run in a country that hosts nearly 20 per cent of the world’s data but only 3 per cent of its storage.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ by aggressively detaining a pastor. Multiple agents in tactical gear can be seen in a video arguing with a man in his car on a video taken on Christmas Eve in Lewiston, Maine. “Are you a U.S.
These are the stocks posting the largest moves midday.
Sidus Space shares have jumped sharply this week after the small space-tech company announced it had won a place on a major US defence contract.
Syrian authorities did not identify a perpetrator in the blast, which occurred in an area of Homs where most residents belong to the Alawite religious minority.
Madden stars Nicolas Cage as NFL legend and video game pioneer John Madden in a biopic coming to Amazon's Prime Video in 2026.
Adam Serwer : “The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back.”
Paul called the Pokémon card the "rarest and most valuable" in the world, and is putting it up for auction in January 2026.
Hope Walz, daughter of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), this week ripped into the Trump administration by wishing a Merry Christmas to those who have been "terrorized" by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "Today, I’m holding all of our neighbors that ICE has been
An explosion killed at least eight worshippers at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area of Syria's Homs on Friday, state media said, with an Islamist militant group claiming responsibility. The attack during Friday prayers is the latest on the Alawite community, and the
In a recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Dr. Bernardo Arriaza argues that the practice of artificial mummification among the Chinchorro people may have evolved as a response to high infant mortality rates, with the artistic mummification of the dead
In the Middle Ages, a plague killed a third of Europe's population. Fleas carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, transmitting the Black Death from infected rats to millions of people.
From Zelda to Mario , here are our favorite Switch games The post The 27 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch appeared first on Kotaku .
Although shoppers are still bargain-hunting, fewer people headed to the high streets and shopping centres compared with last year.
President Trump on Friday called the U.S. strikes in Nigeria a “Christmas present” for ISIS militants in Nigeria, citing violence against Christians in the African country’s northwest region. “I said yesterday, ‘Hit them on Christmas Day. It will be a Christmas present.’ We hit
Mickey C. Lee, who competed on Season 27 of “Big Brother” in 2025, died on Dec. 25. Her family shared the news on Instagram, days after revealing she’d suffered multiple cardiac arrests. She was 35. On Dec. 23, the Lee family launched a GoFundMe, promoting it on her Instagram.
Onyx Partners, a Boston-based investment firm, was set to acquire 119 JCPenney stores from the Copper Property CTL Pass Through Trust.
Vitamin C doesn’t just belong in skincare products—it works even better when you eat it. Scientists discovered that vitamin C from food travels through the bloodstream into every layer of the skin, boosting collagen and skin renewal. People who ate two vitamin C–packed
The virtuoso showed why she's a Grammy nominee for A Tip Toe High Wire with a fleet-footed pivot
Since we had a robust discussion last month on whether Pluribus sucks or not, I thought I’d ask: now that the season finale has aired, what did you think of the first season as a whole? My impression of the show has improved slightly, but this feeling remains: It was
The committee overseeing celebrations for America's 250th birthday next year announced Friday that the Times Square Ball in New York City will be featured in a pair of events on New Year's Eve and in July. America250 said the Times Square Ball, which attracts scores of tourists
How many times am I allowed to put ‘Running around with Mega Raichu in Pokemon Legends: Z-A ’ on here? The post Kenneth Shepard’s Top 10 Games Of 2025 appeared first on Kotaku .
Give your Switch 2 or Steam Deck a massive infusion of storage space and save 40% off the price of the Samsung P9 Express microSD card. The post Samsung microSD Card Drops to $0.13 per GB Record Low, Practically Free Storage Upgrade for Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck, and More
Indiana Senate Majority Floor Leader Chris Garten celebrated Christmas by posting AI-generated images of himself violently attacking Santa Claus in front of the Indiana Statehouse. “When you find out the North Pole is trying to bring more bureaucratic overreach & unfunded
2025 was the year of the ninja, thanks to new Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi games, and the arrival of Assassin's Creed Shadows.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Season 5, Volume 2 of “Stranger Things, now streaming on Netflix. In one week, we’ll have all the answers. But for now, we’ve got a lot of questions. During the Christmas Day release of Volume 2 of “Stranger Things 5,” many key
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The reviews of Donald Trump’s takeover of Kennedy Center Honors are in, and it’s official: The president shouldn’t quit his day job just yet. Trump had asked his fans Tuesday to let him know what they made of his stint as “Master of Ceremonies” for the yearly award show. “If
The musicians participated in the city's annual charity event, the Busk
Despite realizing that fans were souring on open-world design, Retro was apparently unable to reset again The post Metroid Prime 4 Devs Explain How They Got Stuck With An Open-World Hub appeared first on Kotaku .
Podcast host Joe Rogan on Thursday slammed President Trump's White House plaque describing former President Biden's time in office as "so crazy," saying it sets a bad precedent. "This is so crazy," Rogan told his guest, comedian Shane Gillis, on "The Joe Rogan Experience"
A shiny gray crystal called platinum-bismuth-two hides an electronic world unlike anything scientists have seen before. Researchers discovered that only the crystal’s outer surfaces become superconducting—allowing electrons to flow with zero resistance—while the interior
Some of the stabbed victims remain in serious condition. A 38-year-old man was arrested for alleged attempted murder at the factory, authorities said.