Starz reported its first-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday revealing a widened loss for the media company but indications it’s been improving its financial position one year out from its spinoff from Lionsgate. OTT revenue for the January-March quarter was $211.1 million (down
An incident involving team-mates Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni threatens to overshadow one of Real Madrid's biggest matches of the season.
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Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner shed new light on just how close OpenAI came to a shotgun merger with Anthropic in the chaotic aftermath of CEO Sam Altman’s firing in November 2023 – calling such a deal an "extremely risky move.” In a video testimony played in Oakland
WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday and would give the EU until July 4 to fulfill its side of the trade deal before hiking U.S. tariffs to much higher levels.
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe reports from Tenerife, where some locals fear the ship's arrival could bring health risks.
Blake Lively agreed to settle her claims against Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios on Monday, but her legal battle continues in the form of a motion for attorney fees resulting from Baldoni’s failed defamation suit against her. Lively filed the motion last September under a
A man who launched a Molotov cocktail attack on Jewish protesters in Colorado last year that killed one person and injured more than a dozen others pleaded guilty to all state charges against him on Thursday, US media said. Mohamed Soliman, a 46-year-old Egyptian, admitted a
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has spearheaded an international research collaboration to develop a pioneering theoretical framework that deciphers the predictability of complex networks. A research team including Professor Qingpeng Zhang's group at the HKU Musketeers
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A brief history: lessons from the rise and fall of Reconstruction . “Must America be forever defined by strict hierarchies of race, gender, religion, and wealth – or can the nation finally realize its promise of egalitarian pluralism?”
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Spider-Noir is just around the corner, but you could easily miss the streaming release date thanks to Amazon subscription confusion
The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry's biggest soap opera moment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT-maker. The explanation? That Altman was "not consistently candid in his communications with the board." Now, via
Are you prepared for new Phoebe Bridgers music? A new Phoebe Bridgers album cycle? New Phoebe Bridgers discourse ? It just might be creeping up on us. Bridgers has announced her first live performance since 2023, and it's happening soon. The post Phoebe Bridgers Playing First
Mark Ruffalo revealed in a new op-ed for The New York Times co-written with American Economic Liberties Project research director Matt Stoller that many Hollywood stars declined to sign the recent open letter that’s fighting to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. “The most
Plus, Forge Project's 2026 fellows, the Robert Therrien Estate leaves Gagosian for Zwirner, and this year's Frieze uniform.
Readers don't need false information to get the wrong idea. In the online attention economy, UC San Diego research finds that making science more clickable or shareable can help some readers learn more—but leaves many others with an incomplete understanding. The study is
Apple's rumored AirPods with cameras are nearing a stage where the company will test early mass production, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Currently, Apple testers are "actively using" prototypes that are in the design validation test stage, which is one step before the
A World Health Organization (WHO) official on Thursday said the threat level imposed by hantavirus, which has killed three people aboard a cruise ship, does not resemble the pandemic-level threat that COVID-19 had six years ago. Infectious disease epidemiologist Maria DeJoseph
By Steve Gorman and Keith Coffman DENVER, May 7 (Reuters) - The man who lobbed gasoline bombs at a pro-Israel rally in a fiery attack last year that killed one person and left more than a dozen others injured in Colorado pleaded guilty on Thursday to all charges he faced in
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America’s latest terribly-named and extremely risky military operation is back, baby. President Donald Trump scrapped “Project Freedom” on Tuesday, just two days after unveiling it, after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait expressed concerns and cut off U.S. access to its air bases and
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, global star Kate del Castillo details the return of “La Reina del Sur” for a fourth season on Telemundo next year. Her widow-turned-crime boss character Teresa Mendoza will “be touching hell,” del Castillo promises. The global star
Fewer than half of U.S. states are sufficiently prepared for a health emergency, according to research released Thursday. Only 20 states scored “high” on the annual report from Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) on national public health emergency preparedness. Seventeen states
Elon Musk's plans to get into the AI chip manufacturing business are going to be costly. As the New York Times and CNBC report, SpaceX is planning to invest at least $55 billion into its "Terafab" chip plant in Austin, Texas. That's according to the details of a public hearing
A federal judge in North Carolina conditionally agreed to cancel former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming court appearance on charges of threatening President Trump at his request and with the government's support. Comey asked to call off the hearing because he already made
“Murder in a Small Town” has been renewed for Season 3 at Fox. In addition, Peter Gallagher (“The O.C.,” “Grace and Frankie”) will join the series in a season-long arc. Gallagher will star as Rod Finlayson, who is described as “a charismatic, uber-independent, capable yet
President Trump says he was unaware of the high cost of attendance for World Cup soccer matches taking place in the United States next month. “I did not know that number,” Trump told the New York Post when told some tickets to matches were going for upward of $1,000 a piece. “I
U.S. officials in at least five states — Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas and Virginia — are monitoring symptoms of seven returning passengers.
A research team has developed a quantitative policy evaluation framework for assessing how cities can attract startups while maintaining high living standards. In this study, the team evaluated the startup ecosystem in an air-front smart city using a model that integrates
A judge said the case was not about a few rogue employees but showed serious and systemic failure.
On Thursday, Tennessee Republicans forced through a new congressional map that eliminates the state’s only majority-Black and only Democratic district, prompting protests in the state Capitol. In a special session, the Tennessee state House of Representatives voted 64–25–3 to
California drivers battered by soaring gas prices are finally getting a small break at the pump — but only for a few hours.
Anyone who missed out on the very tough-to-get tickets for Hayley Williams’ current tour of theaters will soon get a shot at picking up seats for a run of shows she’s doing in amphitheaters in the fall … although all indicators are that even these more sizable venues may prove
GOP Rep. Tom Barrett (Mich.) introduced a bill on Thursday that would require President Trump to wind down the Iran war by the end of July. It would also impose limits on the scope of the ongoing U.S. military campaign. Barrett, a 22-year Army veteran who deployed to Iraq and
President Trump and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva avoided going before the press at their high stakes bilateral meeting at the White House on Thursday in what was supposed to be an on-camera appearance before U.S. and Brazilian journalists. The only
A slight majority of Americans are in favor of requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, according to a new poll. In the Politico poll, 52 percent of respondents said they either “strongly support” or “support” needing “documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to
To celebrate founder Peter Dering’s birthday, Peak Design is taking up to 50 percent off a host of bags and accessories through May 8. The sale includes steep discounts on many of the company’s most popular backpacks and bags, as well as a couple of other items, including
The BBC's Katy Watson explains the case, the cultural sensitivities and why it has caused so much anger.
The Hayley Williams Show is coming to a city near you. Currently, the Paramore musician is on her first-ever solo tour supporting her recent album Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party . Today, she's announcing dates for The Hayley Williams Show, which will showcase music from
Radev won the first outright parliamentary majority in Bulgarian elections since 1997 last month on promises to fight corruption.
Nintendo's upcoming Star Fox 64 remake is redesigning Fox and company, but fans are divided on the new look.
Why do organizations often return to old patterns even after leaders invest in culture change, training, and transformation programs? A conceptual analysis published in Frontiers in Psychology by researchers at Tokyo-based DroR Corporation introduces Clinical Organizational
Jaime Pressly is the latest Hollywood star to make the jump to OnlyFans. The actor’s page on the subscription-based content platform officially launches May 7 at 1 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. ET. “I’ve always believed in evolving with the times,” Pressly said in a statement to Variety
The website for the Abolitionist Guide to NYC is just getting started, but the site does house an Abolitionist Map of NYC . The Abolitionist Map of NYC offers a geographic survey of incarceration and anti-carceral resistance in Manahatta from the Dutch colonization of
Armstrong shared the memo on social media shortly before 7 a.m., telling staff the cuts were necessary as AI rapidly reshapes how work is done.
The tests cover pedestrian automatic emergency braking, lane keeping assistance, blind spot warning, and blind spot intervention.
