How Let’s Go! To Japan turned a cancelled COVID vacation into a hit board game
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Tyondai Braxton Announces New Album Splayed Werks: Hear Two Singles
Tyondai Braxton used to be the frontman of the experimental rock icons Battles, but he’s kept up a busy and prolific solo career since his departure in 2010. His most recent solo album Telekinesis — his orchestral piece that also included electric guitars, electronics, and a
Six Flags Power Outage Turned Coaster Into Stairs
High winds caused an outage at Six Flags Over Texas impairing several rides, including a roller coaster already underway
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Splits Critics: “Best Star Wars in Years” vs. “Boring and Lifeless”
The official review embargo has ended and here's what critics are saying about 'The Mandalorian and Grogu.'
The Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay Testifies Before Congress About Live Nation Monopoly
Earlier this year, Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster reached a surprise settlement with the Justice Department in a major antitrust case — a deal President Donald Trump reportedly pushed for, to the dismay of his ally Kid Rock , who has pushed hard for regulatory
Thai beer heir sacked after brother’s abuse accusations
Move comes after days of controversy over allegations the man had sexually abused his own brother.
Rami Malek Says Being First Egyptian Oscar Winner for Best Actor Is ‘One of the Greatest Achievements’: ‘All Over the World People Relate to Feeling Like an Immigrant’
Ahead of the world premiere of “The Man I Love” in competition at Cannes, Rami Malek joined his director and co-writer Ira Sachs for a Kering Women in Motion Talk in which the Oscar winner fought through shock and awe that he’s even showing a movie at the esteemed film
Arc Raiders' new trader comes to Speranza stacked with cosmetics, premium currency, and blueprints
Everyone say hi to Ermal.
SCORE Act pulled from House floor after CBC opposition
The SCORE Act, a landmark piece of legislation that would have paved the way for new standards in college sports on matters including revenue sharing and athlete compensation, will not be brought to the House floor for a vote this week, according to a House GOP staffer who
Cities meet ecology: New framework measures urban vibrancy through 13 human activity types
What do a thriving coral reef and a bustling city neighborhood have in common? More than you might think. A Perspective by Federico Botta and colleagues published in PNAS Nexus proposes a method for measuring urban vibrancy by studying cities the way ecologists study
MeerKAT discovers 15 new millisecond pulsars in a well known globular cluster
Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered 15 new millisecond pulsars in 47 Tucanae—one of the closest and best studied globular clusters. The finding is reported in the latest issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics.
U.K.-Asian Romance ‘My Indian Boyfriend’ Taps Sushant Shekhar, Reveals Cast at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)
London-based actor Sushant Shekhar has been cast as the male lead in “My Indian Boyfriend: The Golden Mile,” Vijay Chauhan’s U.K. remake of the Hong Kong romance, with the production unveiling its wider supporting cast at the Cannes Film Market. A graduate of the Royal Central
Indonesia plans to tighten state control over commodity exports
Under-invoicing is a widespread and longstanding problem in Indonesia’s commodities industry.
New film charts the life and times of Zurita de Oliveira, the mother of Portuguese rock
Francisca Marvão directs a documentary full of music and energy with a mostly female cast, in which artists and bands of today bring back the music of the first person to record a rock song in Portugal.
The Filmmakers at Cannes Who Are Learning to Love AI
A growing faction on the Croisette is making the case that technology should serve the artist — not replace them.
Should You Play Subnautica 2 In Early Access? The Answer Is Complicated
There are 20 hours of very impressive game already, but does that actually make things worse?
Does The Mandalorian and Grogu have a post-credits scene? Here's a spoiler free guide
Star Wars doesn't typically do post-credits scenes, but is The Mandalorian and Grogu an exception to the rule?
How not to run an election: California edition
California's "jungle primary" system, which allows candidates of all parties to run against each other on the same ballot, is a chaotic and confusing system that does not help either major party and is being criticized for its lack of order and potential for unknown candidates
‘Iron Boy’ Review: A Gorgeously Hand-Painted Childhood Drama
Departing from the 3D animation he contributed to at Pixar (“WALL-E,” “Up”) and wielded for his French co-directorial ventures (a pair of “Astérix” films), Louis Clichy’s first solo feature is an alluring, hand-painted memory. Drawing from his upbringing in France’s
Bessent urges more disruption to Iran's financing, will review US sanctions list
PARIS, May 19 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday called on allies to more forcefully disrupt Iran's financing networks and said the Treasury would scrub its sanctions list of outdated designations to make it easier for financial institutions to root out the most
A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell
A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment—a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission.
US lawmakers raise alarm over legality of Pentagon's lethal drug boat strikes
Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have questioned whether the military has the legal authority to use lethal force against civilian-style vessels in international waters outside of a declared theatre of war.
Climate report says world won't get as hot as feared but will pass warming limit
Scientists are jettisoning their worst and best case scenarios for a warming world as no longer plausible. That shows how modest gains in the fight to curb climate change have dialed back the most catastrophic of future heating but also confirmed that there's no chance to limit
Russian sanctions waiver extension shows G7 does not agree on everything, EU's Dombrovskis says
PARIS, May 19 - G7 member countries do not agree on everything, as the extension of the waiver on Russian sanctions shows, EU economy commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said on Tuesday, criticising the extension.
Kilby Block Party Knows What It’s Doing
Have you ever seen yourself out of the corner of your eye? It's disorienting. This happened to me during Turnstile's headlining set on the first night of Kilby Block Party, the indie-ish Salt Lake City music festival that lives up to its word-of-mouth reputation. These days, a
New 'Happy-Face' spider species discovered in the Indian Himalayas
Vibrant, tiny, and sporting a bright red grin on its back, the Happy-Face spider is one of the most famous and recognizable arachnids in the world. For over a century, this cheerful-looking creature was thought to be a unique resident of the Hawaiian Islands, a biological
Booking site crackdown failed to cut online hotel prices—but unlocked cheaper deals offline
A major French policy designed to make hotel prices more competitive online may not have worked as intended, but it did unlock cheaper deals for customers booking directly with hotels. The new study of European hotel markets finds that banning "price parity clauses"—rules which
