Kumail Nanjiani gently skewered a room full of Hollywood heavyweights in his opening monologue at the Directors Guild Awards, taking aim at the Epstein files, runaway production, the extended running times of many movies and the fact that the guild’s top award was named in
On the red carpet for the DGA Awards Saturday night, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos addressed the proposed Netflix-Warner Bros. merger and President Donald Trump’s possible role in the deal. Asked by Variety‘s Marc Malkin if it makes him nervous when the President says he’s
Their main message is now a pragmatic one: reviving Thailand’s stagnant economy.
PM Anwar had warned the authorities would take 'maximum action' hours before arrests.
Just 1.29 million Koreans under 40 owned homes in 2024, the lowest on record.
Here we go again.
Kumail Nanjiani is hosting the ceremony honoring the best film and TV directors of the past year.
For nearly a year, repeated misdiagnoses of the deadly kala-azar disease left 60-year-old Harada Hussein Abdirahman's health deteriorating, as an outbreak in Kenya's arid regions claimed a record number of lives. Kala-azar is spread by sandflies and is one of the most dangerous
The 78th annual DGA Awards are underway in Los Angeles, honoring the year’s most outstanding directorial achievements in film and television. The ceremony is hosted by Oscar and Emmy-nominated comedian Kumail Nanjiani. Quipped Nanjiani (who, unlike previous DGA Awards host Judd
The coalition had split for the second time in less than a year.
SYDNEY, Feb 8 - Australia's conservative opposition coalition reunited on Sunday after the junior partner National Party severed ties last month with the Liberal Party over its decision to back government hate speech laws drafted in the wake of the Bondi massacre.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — USA Luge men's doubles slider Zack DiGregorio is a New England Patriots fan. Makes sense: He's from Massachusetts, his mother has worked for the Patriots for more than two decades and the Patriots are about to play in the Super Bowl for the 10th
If she loses her Lower House majority, Japanese PM Takaichi has said she will resign.
His meeting with Anwar Ibrahim will take place in Putrajaya on Sunday (Feb 8), where they will witness the signing of several cooperation agreements in health care, national security and labour.
TOKYO, Feb 6 - Japan's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is seeking to secure her grip on power in a national election on Sunday, with polls suggesting a big win for her conservative party.
"We received your message," the US news anchor says in the latest video plea for the return of her mother Nancy Guthrie, 84, who is believed abducted.
Days after The Washington Post laid off nearly one-third of its staff, the outlet’s publisher and CEO, Will Lewis, has stepped down. Current CFO Jeff D’Onofrio will step into Lewis’ role, effective immediately. “After two years of transformation at The Washington Post, now is
The first lady's documentary is falling off steeply in its second weekend, prompting Amazon MGM to go on the offensive and stress that the film is in it for the long game, whether theatrically or streaming.
More Americans are interested in watching Bad Bunny perform in Sunday's Super Bowl's halftime show than Turning Point USA’s Kid Rock-headlined alternative concert, according to a new poll. The YouGov America survey, released Friday, found that 35 percent of respondents prefer
BANGKOK, Feb 8 - Polls opened in Thailand on Sunday in a general election defined by a three-way battle between the country's conservative, progressive and populist camps, with no single party expected to secure a clear majority, prolonging the spectre of political instability.
Analysts believe it is unlikely any party will achieve a landslide victory and a coalition government is likely.
At 70, indigenous teacher Biana Watre Momin acted in an Indian film that has changed her life.
The director admitted he "promised" himself he would work with 'The Notebook' actress again following their time collaborating on 2022's 'Multiverse of Madness.'
Will Lewis said "difficult decisions" had been made to ensure the newspaper's future.
Which also explains why Shani's central to it.
Team USA alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin on Saturday told reporters during a press conference (via USA Today) that she hopes to elevate “inclusivity… diversity and kindness” at the 2026 Winter Olympics despite the current political turmoil in the United States. When asked about
With 116 medal events in total, KXAN is keeping track of how many medals each participating team has won.
Japan’s general election campaign ended on Saturday with major party leaders holding competing rallies across Tokyo. This has by any definition been a strange campaign. It was unexpected; it was the shortest-ever general election; its coming spurred the unlikely creation of a
After injuries and fatalities caused by sharp strings, falls and celebratory gunfire, an event that dates back centuries returns.
The crisis is compounded by a critical shortage of affordable, properly stored antivenom.
The White House posted an edited image of Nekima Levy Armstrong after she was arrested for organising a protest in a church.
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off with an opening ceremony on Friday that averaged 21.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings and digital data from Adobe Analytics. The official Nielsen Big Data + Panel viewership will be posted
The Washington Post’s publisher and CEO is stepping down amid widespread layoffs at the company, the paper announced on Saturday. In an all-company email sent on Saturday, Lewis said it’s the “right time for me to step aside” and thanked Post owner Jeff Bezos for his
Savannah Guthrie took to Instagram on Saturday afternoon to share another message with her mother’s kidnapper, this time saying she and her family will pay for Nancy Guthrie’s return. “We received your message, and we understand,” Guthrie said in the video, flanked by her
Argentina has tightened its enforcement framework against foreign vessels suspected of illegal fishing inside its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), giving greater evidentiary weight to satellite records and other remote sensors to open proceedings and impose fines, under a new
Greg Brown, the founding guitarist for Cake, has died. The band's social media account announced the news today, saying he passed "after a brief illness." The post Cake Founding Guitarist Greg Brown Has Died appeared first on Stereogum .
“One Battle After Another” cinematographer Michael Bauman has won the British Society of Cinematographers Award for best cinematography in a feature film. This is Bauman’s first win and nomination at the BSC Awards. He triumphed over “Die My Love” (Seamus McGarvey), “Marty
The mysterious U.K. rap phenomenon's New York concert found millennials and Gen Z alike enthralled by a emergent rap subculture
President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu will be guests at Windsor Castle from 18 to 19 March.
Observers say Sanae Takaichi's personal popularity may boost the ruling party's showing at the polls.
Reducing wolves to protect endangered caribou doesn't always deliver the expected results, and the shape of the land may be the deciding factor.
Green Day's lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong on Friday called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to "quit that s--tty job you have" during a pre-Super Bowl LX party in San Francisco ahead of their performance before Sunday's game. "This goes out to all the