HBO Years before Sarah Jessica Parker signed on to expand the “Sex & The City” universe by starring in “And Just Like That…,” she expressed mixed feelings about a different “SATC” spin-off. A prequel that aired on The CW from 2013 to 2014, “The Carrie Diaries” follows a teenage Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) balancing her fledgling career in The Big Apple with high school romance. Asked what she thought about someone else playing her signature character in 2013, the “SATC” star said, “I’m not sure. You know, I think it’s one of those…
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Movie studios milk their cinematic cash cows to death, pumping out sequel after sequel even for films where a follow-up isn’t truly warranted. In turn, these otherwise great series sometimes go out not with a bang, but with a whimper.In many cases these films are dragged out through decades, usually in the name of nostalgia, as studios attempt to capitalize on a movie’s lasting title familiarity, pop culture impact and fan enthusiasm. Take the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, for instance.Loosely based on their classic Disneyland theme park ride of the same name, Disney struck pirate gold with 2003’s The Curse…
Just weeks after spending time in jail for charging at Ariana Grande on a red carpet in Singapore, Johnson Wen was kicked out of a Lady Gaga concert in his native Australia. In videos posted to X and Instagram by other fans at the Mayhem Ball show, the 26-year-old prankster speaks to security personnel before being escorted out of Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The concert had not yet started at the time of his forced exit. In the clips, fans audibly shout, “Get him out of here!” and, “That’s the guy that tackled Ariana!” “Got kicked out of Lady Gaga…
One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the dirt and flatbed trucks shuttle to and fro. A hangar-like structure with a gleaming white roof stretched hundreds of meters along the opposite perimeter. The company that owned the plot, Riot Platforms, was busily constructing the world’s largest bitcoin mine.A year and a half later, a projected two-thirds of the facility is being repurposed to accommodate AI and high-performance computing (HPC) tasks. Less a…
07 Dec 2025 New Worlds, Big Feelings: 6 YA Books to Get Lost In Whether you’re chasing fantasy realms, swoony romances, or gripping mysteries, these six YA titles offer immersive escapes. Each book balances vivid imagination with the emotional honesty that makes YA so irresistible. A dreamy, adventurous list for readers ready to explore. Legacy (The Beginning) by J. Esme Release Date: September 4, 2025 Angel Huaiquipan always felt destined for more, though he never knew what form it would take. His parents imagined a safer life, far from any throne, but love—not power—reshaped his fate. It broke rules, forged…
Firefighters working in Spain in AugustPedro Pascual/Anadolu via Getty Images This year is set to be the second-warmest year on record behind 2024, with many regions experiencing unprecedented storms, wildfires and heat. The mean temperature for 2025 is currently 1.48°C above the preindustrial average, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). That would tie it with 2023 and put it second after 2024, which was 1.6°C above the preindustrial average. While the El Niño climate phase warmed the planet in 2024, the world is now in the alternate La Niña phase, when an upwelling of cool water…
NBC The stage is almost set for the Season 28 finale of “The Voice.” Monday’s episode marked the end of the playoffs, sending two more singers through to next week’s live shows — while leaving several deserving artists at the mercy of the viewers at home. With Jazz McKenzie (Team Bublé) and Aubrey Nicole (Team Reba) already confirmed for the finals, it was time for Snoop Dogg and Niall Horan to make some difficult choices of their own. The eight acts who performed on Monday included: Yoshihanaa, Mindy Miller, Toni…
You’d be right to want to exact cold, hard revenge on a person who tortured you and planted nightmare imagery of death and suffering in your mind for life. Yet would you go so far as to murder them for the greater good, as penance not only for your trauma, but for the many others who suffered as a result of this’s person’s horrendous, state-approved questioning methods?This is the pertinent hypothetical at the forefront of the Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s mind, as he was one of those people who was arrested, placed in custody under spurious charges and made to suffer the…
What is 2025 Best Rock Album? Last week you helped vote Three Days Grace’s Alienation to a final matchup against the winner of this week’s matchup. We’re pitting Avatar’s Don’t Go in the Forest against Deftones’ private music album, with the winner advancing to next week’s final selection.For Avatar, their tenth album was a special one. Don’t Go in the Forest has been one of the band’s best records to date, led by the singles “Captain Goat,” “In the Airwaves,” “Tonight We Must Be Warriors” and “Death and Glitz.” The group embraced the chaos and came up with a 2025…
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride. Jackson Sturkey will be a featured guest on “If These Walls Could Talk” with hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 at 2 PM ET live from the infamous Pangea Restaurant. Wendy Stuart is…
Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Jane Clementi. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s ICARE Initiative. ICARE stands for Increasing Community Awareness through Relevant Education. ICARE Programs are generously funded by The Greater Pike Community. Jane Clementi co-founded the Tyler Clementi Foundation to make sure that society learns the consequences of discrimination and bullying, as she learned all too…
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CoinDesk: The US CFTC launches a pilot program allowing BTC, ETH, and USDC to be used as collateral in US derivatives markets — Acting Chair Caroline Pham has unveiled a first-of-its-kind U.S. program to permit tokenized collateral in derivatives markets, citing “clear guardrails” for firms. — What to know: View Original Source Here
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Atlantic‘s Best Books of 2025 Alert alert! We have another major best books list in the ether. The Atlantic released a list of their picks for the 10 best books of the year. Hats off to any outlet able to whittle it down to so small a number. If you’ve been scouring all of the lists, you won’t find any surprises here…
Ocmulgee Mounds, a site in central Georgia with 12,000 years of Indigenous history, may be on the verge of becoming the newest U.S. national park. This is the flagship designation of the National Park Service system, which includes many types of properties in addition to formally designated national parks. View Original Source Here
CBS It’s impossible to envision “The Office” without John Krasinski as Jim Halpert. The dubious glances Jim shoots at the camera in response to the shenanigans that occur at his ostensibly mundane job set a whole new standard for deadpan comedic responses. But if a few things had gone differently behind the scenes, Jim could’ve been played by Josh Radnor of “How I Met Your Mother” fame instead. During an appearance on the “How We Made Your Mother” flashback podcast, Krasinski’s former co-star Jenna Fischer asked Radnor if he ever auditioned for Jim. Radnor answered in the…
The co-creator of Marvel Comics’ Venom has an actor in mind should the character ever make another appearance in a movie. Who did Venom’s co-creator say would make a good Eddie Brock? In a recent post on social media, X user, voice actor, and content creator “TheDoctorX11” revealed that they had spoken to Venom co-creator David Michelinie — who is also credited as the co-creator of Carnage, Ant-Man, and War Machine — who was asked about the potential of Reacher star Alan Ritchson as Eddie Brock. In a surprise response, Michelinie revealed that Ritchson is someone he’d previously said would…
Time to remember the reason for the season — Buddy Christ! Consequence is giving away one Steelbook and two 4K Ultra HD editions of the Kevin Smith comedy Dogma, in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary. Dogma, Smith’s fourth film as writer and director, stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as rejected angels on a quest to return to Heaven, no matter how many people they have to kill along the way. The cast also includes Linda Fiorentino, George Carlin, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Alan Rickman, Jason Mewes, and Alanis Morissette as God. After years of rights issues, Smith finally…
The duration of a total solar eclipse always varies. In April 2024, the eclipse that crossed North America lasted 4 minutes and 28 seconds. By contrast, the one that will reach Spain in August 2026 will only last 1 minute and 43 seconds. In less than two years, both will be put to shame by the longest conjunction of the century.According to NASA’s solar eclipse calendar, the longest solar eclipse in 100 years will occur on August 2, 2027. Its total phase will last 6 minutes and 23 seconds. During that time, regions of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle…
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe (1841) is generally considered the first modern detective story. Most writers of crime fiction know that, and yet many of us are surprised to learn that the eccentric detective, M. Auguste Dupin, isn’t a policeman. He isn’t even a detective like Hercule Poirot. Monsieur Dupin is a complete amateur who solves a seemingly impossible locked-room mystery by exercising what Poe called “ratiocination,” the use of deductive reasoning. He involves himself in the shocking murders of a reclusive mother and daughter in Paris’s Rue Morgue for the pure pleasure of solving…
Homo floresiensis — a small ancient human species nicknamed the “hobbit” — may have gone extinct around 50,000 years ago because declining rainfall levels reduced the prey available for hunting. This may have forced them to migrate to areas where they competed with modern humans, new research suggests.The rainfall shortage would not have been the only reason why they went extinct, the team noted. A volcanic eruption that occurred around 50,000 years ago may also have been a significant factor in their extinction.So far, fossils of the hobbit have been found in only one cave, known as Liang Bua, on…
Apple TV In the streaming era, the current vanguard of prestige television is Apple TV, sparing no expense in producing many of the best shows in the medium. Launched in 2019, the premium streaming service has teamed up with leading actors and television creatives in developing its original content, which boasts some of the highest production values on television. For those looking for streaming originals always bringing their A-game, Apple TV has carved a strong place in the industry landscape. Whether it’s expansive science fiction or star-studded workplace comedies, Apple…
It’s a new beginning for Avengers: Endgame.Marvel announced today that ahead of Endgame’s long-awaited sequel, the previous Avengers blockbuster will return to theaters in September of 2026.Avengers: Endgame first debuted in theaters April of 2019 and quickly became one of the most successful films in the history of Hollywood. The movie was the sequel to 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, and the culmination of the first 11 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. To date, it has grossed $2.79 billion in theaters. It’s the second-highest grossing film ever behind only James Cameron’s original Avatar, which has grossed $2.92 billion worldwide.Marvel confirmed the news of Avengers: Endgame’s re-release with a…
Corinne Bailey Rae stunned the crowd at a Billboard U.K. Live event at Aviva Studios in Manchester last week (Dec. 2). The intimate showcase at the venue, home of Factory International, saw an exclusive fan-led Q&A before a career-spanning live performance by Bailey Rae and her band. The event was the latest in-person experience held by Billboard U.K. following the takeover at The Great Escape in Brighton this past May, and the Global Power Players celebration at SXSW London in June. Tickets for the event at Aviva Studios were free for attendees and allocated via a ballot. Fans were able…
I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve automatically reached for black pants this fall and winter—and it’s not even winter yet. Wearing black is the go-to this time of year for many, but I get very bored seeing it head-to-toe on myself and everyone else. Enter some Elsa Hosk outfit inspiration.Hosk never makes the obvious choice when putting an outfit together. She thinks outside the box and has put together thousands of very successful outfits as a result. The latest came a few days ago, when Hosk was photographed attending a Ralph Lauren event in Los Angeles. She could’ve…
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07 Dec 2025 High-Tension Mysteries and Thrillers Perfect for Your Next Obsession These six gripping mysteries blend sharp writing with modern suspense, delivering that can’t-stop-reading buzz. Each book builds its own vortex of danger, secrets, and shifting truths. Perfect for readers hunting for their next big obsession. Dangling and Dangerous (The Ranfurly Mysteries Book 2) by K.M. Krenik Release Date: November 27, 2025 Lord Robert Ranfurly is tested beyond his strength when his five-year-old daughter goes missing. But this time, he isn’t alone, with the woman he loves, Courtney Drake, by his side. The serpent earring case is still perplexing…
Some researchers are concerned that tattooing brings health risksOlga Kolbakova / Alamy Tattoo ink collects in lymph nodes and interferes with the immune system, causing potentially lifelong changes to the body’s disease-fighting mechanisms. That is the conclusion of a study in mice, in which tattooed animals showed chronic inflammation in their lymph nodes – which were pigmented with the ink – and had altered antibody responses to vaccines. Human lymph nodes from tattooed individuals had similar inflammation and colouring, even years after people received their tattoos. The findings suggest tattoos might be associated with higher disease risks and that additional…
Courtesy of Paramount+ (2) Warning: This post contains spoilers from “Landman” Season 2, Episode 2. Proceed accordingly. Season 2 of “Landman,” Taylor Sheridan’s latest macho show about tough guys with wounded hearts, is treading the path the series began in Season 1, albeit with one key difference: This time around, the Paramount+ series has more of a focus on Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) and his dysfunctional family. This week’s hour is Exhibit A. Episode 4, titled “Dancing Rainbows,” delivers a harsh and emotionally turbulent trip down memory lane as the Norrises attend…
If there’s one thing that 2025 has done really well it’s to place out in the open the fact that the so-called “system” for securing political asylum is a sham. Rather than representing the collective moral outlook of a country – or what that outlook purports to be – it instead leans on violence and intimidation, making a desired choice of residence less a question of a rock and a hard place, and more a rock and a rock. Dreamers, by first-time filmmaker Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor who channels her personal experiences, initially flouts a Prisoner Cell Block H vibe, as Nigerian refugee Isio (Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo) is flung into Hatchworth Removal Centre (likely…