Jimmy Kimmel got teary-eyed while honoring podcaster-comedian Adam Carolla, his longtime friend and former colleague, at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Wednesday. Kimmel began his speech by remembering his first introduction to Carolla, which came in 1994 when the
Olivia Rodrigo has spoken about the online controversy surrounding her recent choice to wear a babydoll dress, stating that the logic behind the criticism showed how “we really normalize pedophilia in our culture” and that she was actually inspired by music icons like Kathleen
The United States on Wednesday reimposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the Palestinian territories who has harshly criticized Israel, after an appeals court overruled an earlier order prohibiting the action. A notice on the Treasury Department's website showed
Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” has been unveiled to members of the film press ahead of its June 12 release date, and first reactions are calling the sci-fi UFO-focused movie “Spielberg’s best film in 20 years,” with high praise for star Emily Blunt. Gizmodo senior
“This is the rare and special circumstance of an album — a classic expressive work,” Swift's lawyer argued
Johanna Harvey, an assistant professor of wildlife disease ecology at the University of Rhode Island, has described bird flu in public presentations as a quiet virus with loud consequences. Now, she's published a new paper in Wildlife Monographs, describing how circulating
Persistent methane emissions from sectors such as agriculture and growing debates over the credibility of carbon offsets are creating new challenges for governments and companies pursuing net-zero commitments. New research suggests that temporary carbon storage may have a
It's no wonder why every studio executive in Hollywood would kill to be in business with Curry Barker, the Gen Z auteur who first gained attention on YouTube. His horror film, costing $750,000 to make, has earned $60.7 million in its first 11 days at the domestic box office.
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Our History” and “Seasickness,” the sixth and seventh episodes of “Widow’s Bay,” now streaming on Apple TV. Betty Gilpin felt like she was haunting the cast of “Widow’s Bay.” Apple TV’s horror-comedy from creator Katie Dippold
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story An inside look at the US’s Ebola screenings The Hill’s Laura Kelly traveled to Uganda to document the on-the-ground situation surrounding the Ebola outbreak in the country. While federal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged President Trump and members of Congress to supply Kyiv with Patriot missile interceptors to help end its conflict with Russia. “Frankly, while we have achieved significant success in defending against all types of
May 27 (Reuters) - The United States has re-added Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, to a list of sanctioned individuals, according to a notice posted to the U.S. Treasury's website on Wednesday. Here are the details: • The U.S. imposed
When a team of researchers recorded a low thundering underneath the surface of the Hudson River, they thought they were hearing the muffled rumble of trains. A closer look and listen led to a much more interesting discovery: The thunder came from Atlantic sturgeon—an iconic and
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story At least $73M going toward DC NPS projects At least $60 million from a National Park Service (NPS) entrance fee fund is going toward Washington, D.C.-based projects as President Trump seeks to “beautify” the
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump’s new warning for Oman President Trump has suggested the U.S. would attack Oman if it and Iran sought to control the Strait of Hormuz, saying
Wanna dance with somebody? The New York State Liquor Authority is poised to let bars and restaurants allow their customers to dance without risking their liquor licenses, nearly a decade after New York City eliminated strict cabaret and zoning laws, The Post has learned. While
The old "monkey see, monkey do" adage may rest on some neuroscientific evidence, finds a new Yale study. To examine how the primate brain facilitates cooperative behavior among individuals during social interaction, a team of researchers trained pairs of marmoset monkeys to
Scientists at William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS, FlowWest and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently announced that the Chesapeake Bay's annual "dead zone" is expected to be relatively mild this summer.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “The Handmaid’s Tale” sequel series, “The Testaments,” now streaming on Hulu. The first season of “The Testaments” came to an end Wednesday with its Season 1 finale. And blessed be the fruit, because
Gayle King is once again speaking out about the long-standing rumor that she was dating Oprah Winfrey, and explaining why the iconic host refused to publicly shut it down on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Speaking with Alex Cooper on her viral “Call Her Daddy” podcast, the CBS
Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud after he allegedly made $1.2 million on Polymarket bets related to Search-related trends in 2025, as reported earlier by ABC News. In their now-unsealed complaint, prosecutors allege that Michele Spagnuolo "knew the
At least $60 million in National Park Service (NPS) funds are going toward Washington, D.C.-based projects as President Trump seeks to “beautify” the city ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, contracts reveal. Projects that aim to improve city fountains and memorials are
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a safer and more precise way to study how genes function in living tissues by refining a recently developed CRISPR-based genetic technique in fruit flies, enabling researchers to better study how genes contribute to development
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is headed to Asia this week, where he will attend the continent’s biggest defense forum as questions swirl about the U.S.’s support for Taiwan. Hegseth, who is departing for this year's Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Wednesday, will huddle
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story What’s next for physical AI in the US First there was image classification, then generative AI models like ChatGPT, followed by agentic AI systems that can operate with limited human involvement. Rev Lebaredian, Nvidia’s vice
The U.S. said Wednesday that it was “disappointed” in a decision by the Dutch government to block New York-based Kyndryl’s planned acquisition of a cloud services provider over concerns about national security. “We were disappointed by the Dutch government’s decision regarding
The maker of the typing game battle royale Final Sentence reckons you can save a couple bucks for something else.
Studio execs are seeing what's happening with 'Obsession' and the upcoming 'Backrooms' — both from filmmakers who cut their teeth on YouTube — as a watershed moment in Hollywood.
Apple TV has revealed a first look at “Last Seen,” a new six-episode Australian thriller. The show will debut with the first two episodes on the platform on September 9, followed by a new episode every Wednesday. “Last Seen,” formerly known as “The Dispatcher,” follows police
Former First Lady Dr. Jill Biden recently told CBS Sunday Morning that she thought her husband, Joe Biden, was having a stroke on stage during his now infamous 2024 debate with Donald Trump. “I don’t know what happened,” Dr. Biden said. “As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh, my god,
The BBC visited China’s EV factories and found they are dominating the ecosystems shaping the global auto industry.
Researchers at TU/e have demonstrated that energy transfer without loss via light or heat can occur over much greater distances than previously thought possible thanks to vibrations in microscopic gold rods. They succeeded in making energy jump from one particle to another over
Centuries before we started debating the transformative effect of AI on science, a new light in the sky shone the way The post The Supernova That Sparked the Original Scientific Revolution appeared first on Nautilus .
Companies like Gardenia, Yeo’s and APB Singapore are moving production operations from Singapore to Malaysia. While boosting investment, this could intensify competition for labour, industrial land and other limited resources, say observers.
Two former Malaysian ministers have launched their own political party. There is much derring-do in the move, it is too early to write off the new entity, says this ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute researcher.
The A24 film stars Pattinson as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen alongside Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher, and Bokeem Woodbine
A former Biden White House adviser said Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) was right to distance himself from his past culture war comments, saying “peak woke got weird.” “I think it’s great that Talarico is calling some of his high-net-woke comments cringe,” Yemisi Egbewole
The Pokémon Company can't keep up with insatiable demand
Heat behaves in predictable ways: a hot cup of coffee cools, a laptop warms your hands, the sun heats Earth. But at scales thousands of times smaller than a human hair, those rules begin to break down, and scientists are learning how to take advantage of that.
Astrophysicists think that black hole masses are hierarchical. The largest are supermassive black holes (SMBH) like the one at the center of the Milky Way and other galaxies. Stellar mass black holes are born of collapsing stars, and are smaller. The smallest of all are the
The main exhibition of the 2026 Venice Biennale sets rage and retribution aside, relaxing the oppressed’s clenched fist for a moment of calm, centeredness, and self-forgiveness.
Earlier today, it was announced that the United States Of America was celebrating its 250th birthday with a series of concerts this summer. The lineup for the Great American State Fair included Morris Day And The Time, but the Minneapolis funk veterans have already dropped off
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was unconcerned about the political fallout of an extended conflict with Iran, and that Iranian leaders had miscalculated if they thought the November midterm
Workshop just got a fancy UI update, fresh out of the beta branch.
Melbourne-based Dylan Young is the mind behind Way Dynamic, the latest signee to vaunted American indie label Jagjaguwar. Last fall, Way Dynamic released Massive Shoe, an album that broke through to streaming success in our nightmare landscape on the strength of easygoing ’60s
A new phishing tool is allowing cyber attackers to get access to Microsoft 365 users' accounts without even needing to know your password, the FBI said in a warning issued to the public on Thursday.
A major review examining the causes of rising youth unemployment says getting on the career ladder is now "out of reach" for many.
Maryland election officials are mailing replacement ballots to voters after a vendor error led to some voters receiving a mail-in ballot for the wrong political party's primary in June. However, in criticizing the mix-up, President Donald Trump distorted the facts to claim that