Perry Bamonte, the Cure’s longtime guitarist and keyboardist, has died following an undisclosed illness. He was 65. In a statement posted to their website, the band wrote that Bamonte, who went by the nickname “Teddy,” was “quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative,” as well as “a vital part of the Cure story.”Perry Bamonte was born in 1960 in London. He first joined the Cure in 1984, as a roadie and Robert Smith’s guitar tech. Six years later, Bamonte was invited to become a full-time member following the departure of keyboardist Roger O’Donnell. Bamonte first appeared on the group’s chart-topping…
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Given Elsa Hosk’s trendsetting track record, it should come as no surprise that her Christmas Day outfit, which she posted to her Instagram feed, contained several of them. For starters, she wore a vintage Dior fur-trimmed blazer. With it, she wore the new denim color trend that’s coming for everyone’s medium-blue and dark-wash denim: light-wash jeans. They’re technically not new by any means, but I will say that they haven’t been as popular as they are this season in quite some time. All the It girls, such as Hosk and Sabrina Carpenter, are wearing light-wash jeans this winter. I, for…
Featured Podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Alex And Ranjan’s 2026 Outlook: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple’s Big Year, AI Love Boom The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast. Hard Fork: Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress? The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Subscribe to Hard Fork. The Talk Show With John Gruber: ‘A Naughty Citizen’, With Quinn Nelson The…
A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm Kempt “A Gift Before Dying is a novel both haunted and haunting, a book that sweeps you along relentlessly, not only into its mysteries, but into the dark world in which they lie.” “Accidents, murders, suicides, illnesses. Dying of old age was rare in Cape Dorset.” Cape Dorset is a remote Arctic community, inhabited mainly by the Inuit and a few people who aren’t. Sergeant Elderick Cole is one of the latter. In Malcolm Kempt’s A Gift Before Dying, he’s part of the place’s undermanned, overworked police force, banished there after botching…
Images of faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) are so realistic that even “super recognizers” — an elite group with exceptionally strong facial processing abilities — are no better than chance at detecting fake faces.People with typical recognition capabilities are worse than chance: more often than not, they think AI-generated faces are real.That’s according to research published Nov. 12 in the journal Royal Society Open Science. However, the study also found that receiving just five minutes of training on common AI rendering errors greatly improves individuals’ ability to spot the fakes. You may like “I think it was encouraging that…
Netflix In Season 5 of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) resembles a tree riddled with holes — a stark contrast from his original fleshy appearance. In an interview with People, Barrie Gower, the head of the “Stranger Things” makeup effects department, explained that this new version of the monster was primarily created with CGI, as opposed to the more practical-based creature we saw in Season 4. “[Vecna] evolved to the point where his body was just made up of these mutated vines and things, rather than being 100% human form,”…
For those of us Olds who remember life in the 20th century (or even life in [shudder] the 1980s) the fact that the 21st century is already 25 percent complete is slightly unfathomable. (Remember: Although most people and all Y2K-compliant computers celebrated the new millennium on January 1, 2000, the 21st century technically began one year later, on January 1, 2001. And now if you’ll excuse me, I am going to push my glasses up the bridge of my nose, straighten my bow tie, and very carefully adjust my pocket protector to ensure it is properly secured.)While the state of movies (and especially…
Just ahead of the new year, Harry Styles has released new music content for the first time in more than two years. On Saturday (Dec. 27), the pop superstar and former member of One Direction gifted fans with an official video for “Forever, Forever” — an instrumental song he debuted live on piano in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on July 22, 2023, his last concert on the Love On Tour. The video embraces nostalgia for the tour and the community Styles has built. It opens with two-and-a-half minutes of artful footage of fans queued outside RCF Arena, where they’d get to…
I’ve received all sorts of questions about mattresses over the years, ranging from what might help with back pain to suitable options for children. There’s one small use case that I’ve always had particular interest in, however: the best mattresses for putting in your guest room, vacation rental, or any space where visitors stay in the short term.Finding a mattress that will work for all sleeping positions and body types is a pretty tall order. When you’re traveling, you usually want a soft, supportive place to land for a bit. The Tuft & Needle Original Hybrid is one such mattress…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Diners, Dives, & Drive-Bys? Ever since the first episode of Survivor Borneo aired in 2000, we’ve been huge fans of reality television. While The Amazing Race remains a favorite of ours, it’s tough not to enjoy culinary battles like Iron Chef, MasterChef, and Bake Off. The idea for the series really clicked when I thought: what if someone used all that reality TV drama as cover for something more sinister? And what if it all took place in a small Ohio town where the locals aren’t used to seeing…
When numbers get large, things get weirdJezper / Alamy In 2025, the edges of mathematics came a little more sharply into view when members of the online Busy Beaver Challenge community closed in on a huge number that threatens to defy the logical underpinnings of the subject. This number is the next in the “Busy Beaver” sequence, a series of ever-larger numbers that emerges from a seemingly simple question – how do we know if a computer program will run forever? To find out, researchers turn to the work of mathematician Alan Turing, who showed that any computer algorithm can…
Apple TV Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “Pluribus.” We knew Rhea Seehorn was a tremendously talented actor from her time as Kim Wexler on “Better Call Saul,” but she may have topped herself with her poignantly nuanced work as stubborn survivor Carol on the Apple TV sci-fi hit “Pluribus.” We already honored Seehorn as TVLine’s Performer of the Week for the “Pluribus” premiere, and we have a policy of only honoring an actor once per season. But Seehorn’s work in this week’s “Pluribus” finale was so incredible, we…
In 2016, David Bowie’s death shook the world like a supernova – a deliberately-staged explosion that collapsed a lifetime of personas into a single, blinding point of closure. Ten years later, with a glut of posthumous Bowie films in tow, the question is no longer what remains to be said, but how it can still be said. The Final Act treats Bowie less as a subject than as a cosmological apparition. Director Jonathan Stiasny is concerned not with revelation but with design – how an artist who spent his career shapeshifting engineered the conditions of his own disappearance. It’s an endeavour he mostly succeeds in. Get more Little White Lies Stiasny frames his…
Perry Bamonte, who played guitar and keyboards for The Cure, has died at the age of 65.”It is with enormous sadness that we confirm the death of our great friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte who passed away after a short illness at home over Christmas,” the band posted on their website. “Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, ‘Teddy’ was a warm hearted and vital part of the Cure story.”After working as Robert Smith’s guitar tech and personal assistant, Bamonte became an official member of the Cure in 1990, and the first album he appeared on was 1992’s Wish.”Now, I’m…
From NYC to Paris, the style set can’t get enough of this unexpected shoe trend. Whether you call it calf hair or pony hair, there’s no debate: This faux-fur aesthetic is one of the hottest trends out the gate for 2026. If you’re already wearing this textured shoe, consider yourself a trendsetter. For those curious about how to style the calf-hair shoe trend, keep scrolling for outfit inspiration from the fashion people who defined it. Spoiler: Slip skirts, baggy jeans, and elegant winter coats make the list.The calf-hair shoe trend is right in step with the current fascination with walking…
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Altermagnets are a newly recognized class of antiferromagnets whose magnetic structure behaves very differently from what is found in conventional systems. In conventional antiferromagnets, the sublattices are linked by simple inversion or translation, resulting in spin-degenerate electronic bands. In altermagnets, however, they are connected by unconventional symmetries such as rotations or screw axes. This shift in symmetry breaks the spin degeneracy, allowing for spin-polarized electron currents even in the absence of net magnetization. View Original Source Here
Paramount Sometimes an actor is absolutely perfect for a part, and formal auditions don’t feel all that necessary. Such was the case for Alexander Siddig, the actor whom audiences first really got to know as Dr. Julian Bashir on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” a role he won by saying just one word. In an oral history of the series for SyFy, Siddig explained that while he thought he was simply auditioning for a bit part on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” it turned out that his one episode on that series…
One of the most acclaimed movies of Michael B. Jordan’s career, as well as 2025, is now available to watch at home on Prime Video. What Michael B. Jordan movie has joined Prime Video? Sinners, the 2025 hit from Ryan Coogler and starring Jordan, is now available to watch at home on Prime Video. The movie, which features a star-studded cast, was a massive hit for Coogler. After releasing in April, the film received critical and commercial praise. Sinners earned over $365 million at the global box office, and has been listed by many places as one of the best…
Howie Klein, an influential executive at Sire Records and onetime president of Reprise Records, has died at age 77. He worked closely with such acts as Lou Reed, Ramones, Talking Heads, Green Day, Wilco, Alanis Morissette, and many others. Klein passed away from pancreatic cancer, as reported by his sister Michelle via post on Facebook: “As most of my wonderful friends know my family has suffered another tragic death. My brilliant brother Howie Klein has passed away after suffering with pancreatic cancer for many many months. He had a truly amazing life and he lived it everyday. He will be…
Screenshots: Julia ForbesI spoke with Raj Mills, Sleep Number’s senior vice President of partnerships and research. She tells me, “Our AI models take into account foam depth and still maintain the same level of accuracy regardless of how far below the surface of the bed the sensors are.” She shares that they are cohesively performing a ballistocardiograph, which monitors the blood flow generated by the heart and ultimately determines your heart rate score. How effectively they can do so is debatable.Ultimately, I found there was quite a bit of variance in terms of the nightly score calculated on both ends.…
THE INVISIBLES by Rachael Dacus Sisters, Elinor and Saffron, couldn’t be more different, but they must put aside their feud to go to Italy and take possession of their inherited cottage. When they arrive, one sister finds it already occupied. With her psychic gift, Saffron can sense the invisible spirit, none other than the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who drowned in the nearby ocean. Elder sister Elinor never wastes time on fantasies about the afterlife and its denizens, and she hopes to persuade her younger sister to take advantage of their windfall by selling the property. But Saffron is…
Researchers have photographed a rare cat in Thailand that hasn’t been seen in the country for almost 30 years — and it’s adorable.Flat-headed cats (Prionailurus planiceps), named after their flattened foreheads, live in fragmented pockets across Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia, but they were feared extinct in Thailand.Researchers rediscovered the cats using remote camera traps in Thailand’s Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary in 2024 and 2025 — the first detections in Thailand since 1995. Cat conservation organization Panthera announced the rediscovery on Friday (Dec. 26), which is also Thailand’s annual Wildlife Protection Day. You may like “For decades, the flat-headed cat has…
Netflix The following post contains spoilers for the events of “Stranger Things” Season 5, Volume 2. Let us never underestimate “Stranger Things” again: Amid all the Demogorgons and nosebleeds, this show can still make us weep. Netflix released Volume 2 of the sci-fi thriller’s final season on Thursday night, and this latest batch of three episodes wraps up with a cathartic and long-awaited moment for Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), in which he comes out as gay to his closest loved ones. The scene (which takes place in the final 10 minutes of Season…
Plenty of new movies are streaming at home this holiday weekend, and we at ScreenCrush have your guide to the newly released films that deserve your attention while you relax with your family during and after Christmas.Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays are for watching movies, but if you’re not in the mood to journey out to your local theater, you can always heat up a bag of microwave popcorn, curl up on the couch in your PJs and hit “play” from the comfort of your own home.New Movies Streaming This Week and WeekendThis week you can catch the new Five Nights at…
Tyler, the Creator has unveiled a new freestyle called “Sag Harbor” alongside a fresh “Sugar on My Tongue” remix. You can hear them both below.“Harbor” makes numerous references to Tyler’s triumphant 2025, including his surprise album DON’T TAP THE GLASS (“Son got his fourth number one in a row, I’m a champion”), his sold-out CHROMAKOPIA world tour (“I’m on the road to doing stadiums next”), and what sounds like the purchase of a very nice ride (“Ship that car for three mil…”). The accompanying video ends with a touching title card: “what an incredible year, thank you for all the…
The new year is just one week away, and there’s no better time to start investing in new items than in the Boxing Day sales. Or in Zara’s case, the Christmas Day sale. Beacause yes, the Zara 2026 sale has started today, Christmas Day, at 6 pm on the app and website.For 2026, I’m determined to create a capsule wardrobe that perfectly strikes the balance between feeling comfy and looking elegant. I must admit, as someone with a luxury taste on a very non-luxury budget, I’ve always been extremely picky with the high-street buys that I invest in. However, there’s…
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Quyre? I saw too many reviews of new fiction using adjectives like “searing,” “gut-wrenching,” and “unsparing.” I wrote this as an alternative. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of The Quyre, what would they be? “Maybe This Time” and “My Romance.” What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write? Anything well written! What books are on your TBR pile right now? Cervantes, Don Quixote, Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera, and Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of…