Alongside its international competition, the 40th edition of the Fribourg Intl. Film Festival unfolds across a wide range of parallel programs that expand the festival’s focus beyond premieres to retrospectives, thematic sections, and audience-curated screenings. Set for March
It’s almost three years to the day since Victoria Alonso’s very public split from Marvel in 2023 as the studio’s former president of physical production. She’s doing great. She’s got a new book out, aptly titled “Possibility Is Your Superpower: Unlock Your Endless Potential,”
Alma Allen gets mega-gallery representation, Marina Abramović forays into balloon art, and more industry news.
This week: women’s strike in Argentina, graffiti dialogues in Brooklyn, UK museums hold human remains from former colonies, mini Tudor paintings, mapping The Met, and more.
A joint archaeological mission by the University of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) has documented the world's most extensive find of inscribed pottery sherds at the Upper Egypt site of Athribis. The archaeologists have recovered more than
As both energy prices and inflation fears pop higher, expectations for cuts are sliding lower.
The track marks the Brit singer's first new release in two years
Rising EDM artist SOUKHYA’s excitement is infectious when she talks about her recent experience in the JBL Music Academy. “The classes have helped me learn new things about myself as an artist and about the industry,” she says. It’s just one example of JBL‘s commitment to
The global trade crisis sparked by Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran may soon become a global food crisis, as farmers facing surging fertilizer prices warn they won’t be able to plant their crops, according to a report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace .
Huntr/x will reunite on Netflix as part of an ‘exclusive multiyear’ partnership with directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
The Trump administration’s tariff refund system is more than 40 percent developed, a customs official told a federal judge Thursday, and additional performance testing will take place “in the next few weeks.” Businesses are pushing for speedy refunds of the $166 billion in
The HarbourView Equity Partners investment has acquired “select music and non-music assets” from the Estate of Quincy Jones, one of the most legendary producers, composers and creators of the last 75 years. According to the announcement, the deal includes “select assets” from
“Steal This Story, Please!,” a documentary about the life and career of independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman, has debuted a new trailer in advance of its theatrical release. The film explores Goodman’s work on “Democracy Now!,” an hour-long TV, radio, and internet
Participants ate up Dead Meat and other gen AI powered detective games.
MOSCOW, March 12 - The director general of the U.N. nuclear watchdog discussed non-proliferation issues on Thursday with the head of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear energy corporation ahead of other meetings with officials, the company said.
The world has entered a "new dark age of abuses", with the United States "raining death" on Iran and Venezuela, a UN special rapporteur said Thursday. Ben Saul, the United Nations' special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while
A study led by Northwestern University researchers has reported a way to observe hydrogel nano and microstructure while the hydrogel remains fully solvated. The approach reveals that methylcellulose, one of the most widely used hydrogel-forming materials in biomedical research
"We encourage others in the industry to join us and take a stand."
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
"And we're like, wait a second, you just expect to have quests keep going?"
The Void Would Very Much Like You to Stop Screaming Into It . “I think we can both admit at this point that the screaming isn’t working. The screaming isn’t making you feel any better.”
Lanterns star Aaron Pierre joins James Gunn's Man of Tomorrow, bringing John Stewart to the big screen in 2027.
Oscar Week parties and events are in full swing. Lana Condor, Alexandra Shipp and Jurnee Smollett were some of the bold-faced names who attended Dior’s Club J’adore in Beverly Hills on Monday night. On Tuesday, Tyriq Withers and Maika Monroe walked the red carpet at the
March 12 - The U.S. and Western allies clashed with Russia and China on Thursday over Iran's nuclear intentions, as Washington sought at the United Nations to further justify the war it launched on Iran two weeks ago.
The business of war has always been lucrative. But when the people making money are tied directly to the people making policy, it raises questions Americans should be asking.
A research team led by Prof. Shao Dingfu from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has proposed a universal mechanism that enables deterministic electrical control of collinear antiferromagnets—overcoming a long-standing bottleneck in
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett will speak Thursday at the 2026 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture at the Library of Congress. Barrett, appointed to the high court by President Trump in 2020 during his first term, has been a key swing vote in consequential
If you want to know what the various large and small lost relics in Pokémon Pokopia can be, we list them in our guide.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Thursday that a recent trip to rescue a South Carolina family who was stranded in the Middle East amid the war with Iran turned into a “full scale evacuation” of hundreds of Americans from the region. Mace, who is seeking the GOP nomination for
Pearl Abyss' upcoming open-world RPG appears to run solidly on Sony's beefier home console
Researchers have developed a capsule-based method that makes it possible to analyze the same cell through multiple experimental steps. The technology overcomes a long-standing limitation in cell research and could open new ways to study disease mechanisms at the single-cell
A new study using multidecade satellite imagery and face-to-face human interviews tracked the environmental and societal impacts of gravel mining in the Lubha River, Northeast Bangladesh. The researchers found that the river had recovered its natural shape within just four
If you like building bases, you're probably going to like this.
The non-commercial Greenpoint-based space Subtitled NYC models the tentative ways we make do in everyday life.
Quintessential swing voter Joe Rogan is very worried about the potential outbreak of World War III due to U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, which have decimated the country’s military capabilities and have already provoked counterattacks on U.S. servicemembers, a spike in global
The Senate passed a landmark housing bill Thursday with a rare show of bipartisan support, but one Democrat still voted “no.” Brian Schatz of Hawaii was the lone Democrat to vote against the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would create incentives to build new homes,
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Olivia Rodrigo, Clairo, and Dua Lipa have shared pictures from the studio in the past few weeks, indicating new music is on the way
It’s one giant leap for moon hummus The post Scientists Grow Chickpeas in Lunar Soil appeared first on Nautilus .
“Marshals,” the new CBS drama set inside Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” universe, has been given a quick Season 2 renewal — just 12 days after premiere. The Eye gave “Marshals” the pickup after the show premiered on March 1 to boffo numbers. According to CBS, the show’s March
Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a motion to proceed to a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the 27-day shutdown that has hampered the functions of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical agencies. The motion
Three GDC microtalks on the editing process for narrative design highlight the need for human editors and strong empathy.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is stepping into the fight over the use of AI in domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, drafting legislation to put “commonsense safeguards” to protect privacy and the values of the American people. Schiff, a fierce critic of the
The spread of a particular genre of music reflects the borders between medieval empires in Europe. This is shown by a study conducted by a musicologist at the University of Würzburg, appearing in Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval.
Imagine looking up at the night sky and seeing a star suddenly burst into a blaze of light brighter than anything nearby. A flash so bright that it briefly outshines an entire galaxy before fading forever.
Clive Thompson wrote about coding with AI agents . “Software developers point out that coding has a unique quality: They can tether their A.I.s to reality, because they can demand the agents test the code to see if it runs correctly.”
The popular roguelike deckbuilder is made in Godot, and the engine makes a difference when it comes to game development and piracy
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) backed his fellow Kentuckian, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a day after President Trump slammed the libertarian representative during an address in Massie's home district. “I’m a big supporter of Thomas Massie. I have campaigned with him, will continue to
Netflix’s Diego Ávalos used a Málaga Talent appearance on Tuesday not only to explain how the streamer sources, develops and finances projects in Spain, but also to send a broader message to the local business: Netflix wants to be seen as accessible, flexible and closely
The International Energy Agency said Thursday that the US-Israeli war on Iran and its reverberating impacts across the region have sparked “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market,” with flows of crude and other fossil fuel products through the