Glenn Close is all too aware of how a certain strain of religious fundamentalism can turn toxic. When Close was 7 years old, her parents joined the Moral Re-Armament, a spiritual movement led by an American minister named Frank Buchman that she likens to a cult. “When I was
The media world will take a new swing at showing games from Major League Baseball. The league has struck new — and widely-expected — agreements with NBCUniversal, Netflix and Disney’s ESPN that will put the national pastime on streaming outlets where it has never appeared
“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling visited the set of the new TV series HBO is filming based on her books. The series entered production in July, with filming taking place at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and elsewhere in the U.K. It is set to be released on HBO and HBO Max
Clairo, Don Toliver, Men I Trust, Sombr, Tems, and the Alchemist will no longer be performing after the fest postponed last weekend due to weather issues
Body-doubling is now 100% cozier.
An estimated 1 trillion species of microorganisms reside on Earth, yet scientists have been able to study less than two percent of them. Because many microorganisms cannot be cultivated in laboratories, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are creating technology to
Despite common thought, some of the best gifts throughout the holiday season are packed inside stockings rather than sitting under the tree. In a time where advanced devices like portable speakers and streaming sticks are small enough to fit in a boot, there’s no saying what
An international team of researchers have found what triggers degradation in one of the most popular pigments used by renowned 19th and 20th century painters. Using a multi-method approach, including advanced synchrotron radiation techniques, they've unveiled how light and
Chris Willman, senior music writer and chief music critic for Variety, was honored with the Country Music Association’s Media Achievement Award on Tuesday. Shaboozey and Stephen Wilson Jr., both nominees and performers at this year’s CMA Awards ceremony in Nashville, surprised
The film is currently being developed by production and sales group Anton.
It’s Sunday, the final day of BravoCon, and inside a cavernous space within Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Frances Berwick, chairman of Bravo and Peacock Unscripted, appears thrilled by the controlled chaos that’s unfolded here. “‘Joy’ is a bit overused this weekend, but I think
Russian President Vladimir Putin was welcomed by a dancing robot as he arrived at an artificial intelligence conference in Moscow on Wednesday.
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.
Margaret Qualley and Ed Harris also star in director John Patton Ford's feature.
Landscape painting is "re-envisioned through a hallucinatory, technicolor lens." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Pastoral Landscapes Brim with
If you were put in charge of Arc Raiders, how would you plot out its design in 2026?
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's lavish welcome of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington this week, touted by many as rehabilitation of human rights record of Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, has been followed by the kingdom ramping up its planned U.S.
US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to end Sudan's grinding civil war at the request of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, condemning "tremendous atrocities" in a conflict he has previously overlooked. Trump admitted that the devastating civil war between Sudan's army and the
"I’ve never seen anybody deal with it in this way,” said the Oscar winner about the satirical comedy on the struggles of destigmatizing periods. "A wonderfully, bravely, revolutionarily funny thing to do."
Almadi's release occurred during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington.
The creators of true-crime hit podcast “Anatomy of a Murder” have sued Audiochuck, the company founded by Ashley Flowers, alleging they weren’t paid “millions of dollars” they were owed under Audiochuck’s ad deal with SiriusXM. Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger, hosts
The creators of true-crime hit podcast “Anatomy of Murder” have sued Audiochuck, the company founded by Ashley Flowers, alleging they weren’t paid “millions of dollars” they were owed under Audiochuck’s ad deal with SiriusXM. Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger, hosts and
Open semi-natural settings in urban areas—like parks and golf courses teeming with plants and small mammals—are possible hotspots for interaction between coyotes and humans, a new study suggests.
"In 1990, in the last breaths of the Cold War, a delicious act of American subversion unfolded in Moscow. It’s long been forgotten. It shouldn’t be."
Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that “abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas” in response to a ProPublica report published Wednesday. Clinton’s comments came in a Wednesday post on the social platform X, which included a link
The Saja Boys perform ‘Your Idol’ in the movie, but what if the movie’s lead roles were reversed? The post A Newly Revealed Version Of One Of KPop Demon Hunters’ Most Popular Songs Is Messing With My Head appeared first on Kotaku .
In the third episode of “The Ring”, Euronews’ brand new political debate show, we travel to Paris and zoom in on the political and social crisis that agitates France and worries Europe.
Central bank officials are deeply split over the biggest threat to the economy: weak hiring or stubbornly-elevated inflation.
As part of the fascist war on “woke”, tens of thousands of books have been pulled from the shelves of libraries around the country over the past few years. On the front line are the nation’s librarians, “first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will not release a federal employment report for October after missing the window to collect data from households during the government shutdown, the agency announced Wednesday. In a press release, the BLS said it was unable to conduct its
The Deputy Returning Officer, Elizabeth J. Dent wishes to inform potential candidates for the General Election that the closing date for receipt of nomination papers is 4pm Friday 21 November 2025 at the Registry Office, Townhall, Stanley.
Deborah Ann Woll and Tales From Woodcreek co-creator Ed Gass-Donnelly reveal what went into the show's custom props.
How our eyes and brains sync to music The post Blinking to the Beat appeared first on Nautilus .
There's some good to be found in the recently released Quest 3 exclusive, but a lot of bad, too The post Deadpool VR Is A Game For Deadpool Fans And Nobody Else appeared first on Kotaku .
The first look at Peacock’s “Ponies” has been released. The 8-episode series will premiere on Jan. 15. Taking place in Moscow in 1977, “Ponies” follows two women who work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy until their husbands are mysteriously killed in the
The developer knew the perfect rating wouldn't last, but admits it's "disheartening" to lose it.
This House Is Creaking is the brainchild of Chicago-based musicians Micah Miller and Ehmed Nauman. Their music sounds like it would chug a Celsius before a 3 a.m. A. G. Cook set while wearing a ratted sweater three-times too big for it with smeared eye-liner. That is to stay
For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce new sounds. But a new article in The Quarterly Review of Biology reveals that many more birds can learn to understand the sounds of others, suggesting
A research team from the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague has discovered Solarion arienae, an extremely rare and morphologically unique unicellular eukaryote that sheds new light on early eukaryotic evolution.
Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre said Prince Andrew felt “entitled” to her and said she was given $15,000 for her first night with him.
Multiplayer games like Arc Raiders have struggled to compete at the Game Awards over the past few years, but the bar is high for a reason.
A major Russian drone and missile barrage killed 25 people in western Ukraine’s Ternopil region.
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Megan Moroney is going into the 2025 CMA Awards tied with a leading six nominations, and that is a numeral that’s working for her, since she will be using the telecast to perform “6 Months Later,” the leadoff single from the album she’s promised for early next year. The country
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Matt Donnelly unpacks his reporting on Producers United and its quest to address the dilemmas and the disrespect that contemporary producers battle. Donnelly is joined by Producers United
A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress. The findings of the UC Riverside-led study are published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
The feature will be rolled out globally by January 2026.
President Trump vowed to make a push for peace in the war-torn African country of Sudan on Wednesday after listening to an appeal from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to Washington. “His majesty would like to me do something very powerful having to do