A major career shift is underway for Peter Alexander in American broadcast journalism. After stepping away from his long-running role at NBC News, a new chapter is already locked in, with a fresh position confirmed. Peter Alexander announces he’s joining MS NOW It seems Peter Alexander will not be staying off-screen for long. Just days after confirming his NBC exit, the veteran anchor has officially signed on with MS NOW. He will take charge of the network’s weekday 11 a.m. slot while also stepping in as chief national reporter and a breaking news anchor. The move gives Alexander a more…
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Sony’s Legacy Recordings has announced the Blu-ray and DVD release of Billy Joel’s The 100th: Live at Madison Square Garden (The Complete Concert). Due out on May 29th, pre-orders are available here. Billy Joel’s The 100th Blu-ray/DVD The concert film captures the 100th consecutive performance of Joel’s legendary MSG residency, which took place on March 28th, 2024. While the concert was played on CBS two weeks later, this new physical release includes 11 songs not aired on that original broadcast: “The Downeaster ‘Alexa,’” “The Longest Time,” “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” with Sting, “Half a Mile Away,” “The…
Over the past year, we’ve witnessed one unlikely pant trend after another make a return from a long hiatus. To name a few, we’ve seen cigarette pants, skinny jeans, capris (all of which are slim-fitting pant trends, I might add), but there’s a fresh trend that deserves the next spotlight, and Anya Taylor-Joy seems to think so, too. While attending the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix over the weekend, Taylor-Joy wore a Y2K-inspired outfit with an edgy and cool pants trend that’s officially made a comeback: low-rise bootcut pants.Her leather pants were by FRAME, which she paired with a vintage…
If your TV isn’t as smart as you hoped, or you just hate its built-in interface for some reason, there are a variety of other options for dedicated streaming. For households that watch a lot of shows and movies on Prime Video or use Alexa for their smart home management, we recommend checking out the Fire TV Stick 4K Max. The latest generation is currently marked down to just $35 for the Amazon Big Spring Sale, a $25 discount from its usual price.AmazonFire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd Generation)While the Fire TV Stick is a good choice for Prime Video,…
The National Association of Black Bookstores (NAB2), founded on Juneteenth, 2025, has announced the first National Black Bookstore Day to be celebrated on April 7. National Black Bookstore Day is intended to “recognize, elevate, and drive support to Black-owned bookstores across the United States.” NAB2 founder Kevin Johnson, who owns Underground Books in Sacramento, CA, noted in a release that the event also honors the legacy of his late mother, Georgia “Mother Rose” Peat West, who opened Underground Books in 2003. Participating in National Black Bookstore Day is easy: Consult NAB2‘s directory to locate a Black-owned bookstore near you. Make…
The practice of states revising standards for how their schools teach history is developing a storied and often contentious history of its own. A University of Kansas scholar has published new research arguing that history standards are prone to overt politicization, and that the best examples of how to handle history education are in states that practice “standards minimalism.” The paper is published in the Journal of American History. View Original Source Here
Courtesy of Sony Pictures What do “Nash Bridges” and “Donnie Brasco” have in common? Apart from being acclaimed crime dramas that feature cops, they both inspired the pilot episode of “The Shield.” Prior to making the show, Shawn Ryan and Glen Mazzara worked as writers on “Nash Bridges.” While the beloved FX series is much grittier than their old cop show, they were inspired by one of its musical cuts while conceiving “The Shield” pilot. “They put the Kid Rock song [‘Bawitdaba’] over this teaser — and it worked,” Mazzara…
New series and new TV show seasons are airing on television and streaming online this week.Looking for a new series to binge-watch, a new TV show to get hooked on with your partner or pals, or just want to know if any of your favorite shows have a new season or special out soon? We’ve got you covered.While movies are great for a one-night escape, TV shows and streaming series require a little more commitment with (typically) a long-term payoff. Whether you’re looking for your next all-in TV obsession, or just something you can casually play in the background while…
Disclosure have released their first new music of the year. Howard Lawrence gives a rare lead vocal turn on “The Sun Comes Up Tremendous.” The song arrives with a music video directed by Colt Grice and Moldyroom. Watch it below.Last year, Disclosure put out a run of singles that included collaborations with Pa Salieu, Anderson .Paak, and Leon Thomas. The duo’s latest album, Alchemy, dropped in 2024. Next week, they’ll kick off a North American tour that includes sets at both weekends of Coachella. Scroll down to see all of Disclosure’s upcoming shows.Read about Disclosure in Noah Yoo’s 2019 column…
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Dearest Discerning Readers,For more than three decades, I’ve had the extraordinary privilege of representing authors — and I can say without hesitation that it has made my life endlessly fascinating. This career has introduced me to some of the most intelligent, passionate and trailblazing people I could ever hope to meet. Among them is Joan Lunden — someone who is not only iconic, but truly unforgettable. Many of you know Joan as the beloved co-host of Good Morning America for nearly twenty years. But after spending time with her on book tour this month in New York City, Westport, CT, and Palm Beach, what…
QUICK FACTSName: Tudor HeartWhat it is: A gold necklace with a red-enameled pendantWhere it is from: Warwickshire, central EnglandWhen it was made: Circa 1518Half a millennium after a solid-gold Renaissance necklace was forged, a metal detectorist spotted it poking out of a dried-up pond in central England. The necklace’s heart-shaped pendant — which features the red-enameled initials H and K, as well as a rose and a pomegranate — is one of only a few Tudor-period jewels to survive the bitter divorce of King Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon. (The queen’s name is often spelled “Catherine,”…
Katrina Marcinowski/HBO If the first few episodes of HBO’s “Rooster” were about world-building, Episode 4 is where the show finally lets loose — as evidenced, among other things, by the 40s eventually duct-taped to Greg’s hands. With Zach Braff — a frequent collaborator of series creators Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses — behind the camera, Greg’s night out with Tommy and his friends delivers some of the series’ biggest laughs to date, while Steve Carell leans into the kind of cringe comedy that made him a household name on “The…
Treating adult film as a material, cultural object allows the Whittinghams to actually manage safe access to these explicit experiences. They describe how “platforms tend to ban certain bodies, kinks or expressions while allowing others, and legislation like the UK’s Online Safety Act increasingly requires ID verification to access adult material online” shifting the view on how the private viewing sphere of content viewing is affected by heteronormative bias. The idea that PornHub is an intentionally curated platform probably isn’t something which crosses most site user’s minds, but surely bringing these questions into play exposes the under analysis of porn as…
When Kevin Lyman launched Vans Warped Tour in 1995, he made a decision that confused a lot of people in the industry: no headliners. Every artist on the bill listed alphabetically, given equal billing, equal space on the poster. Three decades later, with Warped returning for its biggest edition yet — five two-day U.S. festivals across Washington D.C., Long Beach and Orlando, plus international debuts in Montreal and Mexico City — that decision looks less like idealism and more like foresight. “The industry talks a big game about artist development,” Lyman tells Billboard. “But we are willing to die trying.”…
Approximately ten years ago, a good 50% of the pants in my closet fell under the category of cropped flares. In the years since, the pant trends have gotten looser and longer, but fashion is cyclical, and cropped flares have officially made the comeback we’ve all been anticipating. Fashion people the world over have been wearing them in the form of satin, ponte, and linen pants, and of course, jeans. But perhaps the most significant proof we have is a few recent Bella Hadid outfits, one of which included a pair of cropped flared jeans that she wore with loafers…
One of the purported advantages of self-driving car tech is that every car can learn from one vehicle’s mistakes. Here’s how Waymo puts it on its website: “The Waymo Driver learns from the collective experiences gathered across our fleet, including previous hardware generations.”But in Austin, Waymo’s vehicles struggled for months to learn how to stop for school buses as drivers picked up and dropped off children. An official with the Austin Independent School District (AISD) alleged that the vehicles had, in at least 19 instances, “illegally and dangerously” passed the district’s school buses while their red lights were flashing and…
Each memoir and biography in this collection invites you to walk in someone else’s shoes, feel their victories, their losses, and discover that even ordinary lives can hold extraordinary lessons. Perfect for readers who crave inspiration, humanity, and stories that linger long after the last page. Have a Love Affair with the USA by Evelyn Kelly and Natalie Kelly Release Date: March 17, 2026 Have a Love Affair with the USA is a warm, inspiring travel memoir that invites readers to rediscover America through curiosity, courage, and connection. Written by award-winning mother-daughter travel team Evelyn and Natalie Kelly, the book…
Luca Parmitano during a spacewalk on 9 July 2013ESA/NASA When the water reached my face, it spread over my nose and up into my nostrils in an instant. I was almost blinded, I couldn’t hear anything and I couldn’t breathe through my nose. I already knew I needed to reach the airlock and get back inside the International Space Station. The key question: how long did I have before the water reached my mouth and I couldn’t breathe at all? When you go on a spacewalk, you enter a new world. It’s an incredibly privileged perspective. Inside the ISS and…
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Peter Krause has appeared in a staggering amount of television since he caught his big break on Carol Burnett’s sketch comedy show “Carol & Company” in 1990, replacing Jeremy Piven. In 2007 he told New York Magazine his thoughts on how that door opened for him. “[Piven] was the original ‘young guy’ on the show,” Krause said. “I guess they chose to go in a more apple-pie direction, in terms of looks.” Krause honed his skills over the years — his stint on “Carol & Company” segued…
It looks like the real opponent for Mortal Kombat 2 will be the box office. The sequel to the 2021 action reboot made a heavy first strike with its incredible Red Band trailer, which garnered over 106 million hits on YouTube in just the first day of its release on July 21. It showed off Karl Urban, who famously plays Billy Butcher in The Boys, as the aging Hollywood martial arts icon Johnny Cage being convinced to enter a tournament to fight on behalf of the Earth (or specifically, Earthrealm). Since then, however, the movie was delayed from its original…
Lacuna Coil co-vocalist Cristina Scabbia isn’t shy about discussing the artists, albums and songs that’ve impacted her most (such as her five favorite albums when she was a teenager). In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, however, Scabbia looked inward to discuss her five favorite Lacuna Coil songs to play live, and her answers may surprise you.Which Songs Does Scabbia Love Playing Live?Unsurprisingly, Scabbia named three songs from Lacuna Coil’s latest LP – 2025’s Sleepless Empire – which the band once described as “captur[ing], through our eyes, the chaos of a generation trapped in a digital world that never stops,…
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A research team led by Prof. Boseok Kang at Sungkyunkwan University has uncovered the origin of polarity inversion, a long-standing phenomenon in polymer semiconductors that occurs only in certain materials. The team, in collaboration with Prof. Yun-Hi Kim (Gyeongsang National University) and Prof. Han-Sol Lee (Gachon University), has published their results in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. View Original Source Here
James Gourley/Getty Images The 1982 classic “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” is just that: a classic. Directed by Amy Heckerling from a script by Cameron Crowe, the film is widely regarded as one of the greatest ’80s teen comedies — so it may come as no surprise that it was adapted into a CBS TV show called “Fast Times,” one that crashed and burned after just a handful of episodes. It was so disappointing that we even named it one of the worst TV shows based on movies. Patrick Dempsey…
One of the original stars of Hocus Pocus isn’t so confident about the third film.The sequel to 2022’s Hocus Pocus 2 came up during a panel at MegaCon Orlando last weekend, where the first movie’s stars Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, Thora Birch, and Jason Marsden answered questions about the franchise. The four starred as Max, Allison, Dani, and Binx, respectively, in the 1993 film.“Your first question about Hocus Pocus 3, as far as I know, there is a development deal, and that’s all I think we know,” Katz shared, while Marsden added that “no one has contacted us yet” despite…
The Barbie Dream Fest was billed as the ultimate “Barbie fan weekend,” promising attendees “interactive experiences,” “unique programming,” a “star-studded panel,” and other “unforgettable experiences.” But after the first two days of the event at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, some attendees who paid up to $450 for tickets have likened it to Fyre Fest and the viral Willy Wonka “immersive experience” from 2024. It’s easy to see why: videos and photos posted to social media capture a huge convention center filled with a only a few Barbie-related vendors, a small rolling skating rink, an interactive…
I think we can all agree that white midi skirts are easy to style, pretty, and versatile. They’ve also been absolutely everywhere for the past several years, and many are understandably feeling a bit bored with the trend at this point. That said, they’ve undoubtedly become a wardrobe staple that we’ll continue to wear—especially during the spring and summer months. But if you’re looking for a fresher style to swap out from time to time, the trend that should be on your radar is khaki knee-length skirts.Models are often among the first to adopt trends, so I wasn’t all that…
Last year, Garmin introduced a Pro version that incorporates the inReach’s satellite communications savvy. Not only does it cost at least $400 more than the Apple Watch Ultra and $200 more than the regular Fenix 8, but you also have to pay for the inReach subscription plan, which has several tiers and ranges from $8/month to $50/month depending on whether you want features like unlimited texting or sending photo messages.What you get for this mind-boggling price is a sports watch that can do anything and everything. It has best-in-class battery life (every Fenix can last for weeks on a single…