House of the Dragon co-creator Ryan Condal has cast doubt on a future return to the Game of Thrones franchise. The showrunner recently suggested that his work in George R.R. Martin’s fantasy world may end once House of the Dragon concludes with its planned fourth season. The comments are likely to disappoint fans who hoped Condal would remain involved in future spin-offs. Ryan Condal addresses potential Game of Thrones spin-off involvement after House of the Dragon Ryan Condal does not appear to be planning another return to Game of Thrones franchise after House of the Dragon. Ahead of the HBO…
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When it was revealed that Taylor Swift would be contributing a song to the soundtrack for Toy Story 5, one immediate question was what kind of song it would be: Toy Story’s musical legacy ranges from the relentlessly upbeat “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” to the heartbreak of Toy Story 2’s “When She Loved Me.” “I Knew It, I Knew You,” it turns out, is more in line with Randy Newman’s original anthem, though with slicker, warmer production courtesy of collaborator Jack Antonoff. “We wrote this with so much adoration for these characters that made us laugh and helped…
Dua Lipa can do—and wear—anything, something she proved this week when, in the matter of days, she went from her custom Schiaparelli wedding suit to an ultra-casual Ugg outfit. Both were copy-worthy in their own right, with the latter no doubt serving as Ugg styling material for years to come. Everyone wears them, but Lipa has a certain way of making Ugg boots look especially cool, and this time, a lot of that has to do with the pants she wore them with. Not leggings, not micro shorts—the just-married singer opted, instead, for white jeans, making her low-key boots look…
A case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in South Texas, the US Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday night. It marks the first detected breach of the US-Mexico border by the ravenous flesh-eating flies, which have been making their way up through Central America for the past several years.In a social media post on Wednesday afternoon, the USDA revealed that a sample from Texas had been sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, for confirmatory testing of a screwworm infection. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins later posted that the testing had confirmed the infection, which was…
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Marjane Satrapi, Author of PERSEPOLIS, Has Died at 56 Iranian French author Marjane Satrapi has passed away at 56. The cause and location of her death have not been shared, but one thing is certain: the world of graphic memoir has lost a giant. Satrapi’s best-known work, Persepolis, was published in the early 2000s and showed millions of readers the lives of everyday Iranians during the Islamic Revolution. As our Senior Editor Kelly Jensen stated, its blend of memoir, history,…
Researchers have developed a method for making simultaneous soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements of solid-liquid interfaces and bulk liquids. By controlling the thickness of the liquid layer, they obtained the O K-edge XAS spectrum of bulk H2O from a liquid H2O layer on a thin Au film using the transmission method, and they used the electron-yield method to obtain the XAS spectrum of the H2O/Au interface by measuring the drain currents from the Au surface following soft X-ray absorption. This method for obtaining simultaneous XAS measurements of solid-liquid interfaces and bulk liquids can be utilized to investigate the mechanisms…
AMC Here’s a trivia question: What do the “Star Trek” franchise and AMC’s “Hell on Wheels” have in common? Well, for a start, both tell stories set in wild frontiers, with “Star Trek” exploring space and “Hell on Wheels” taking place in the Old West. More than that, though, they both feature performances by Anson Mount and Colm Meaney, but “Hell on Wheels” never achieved the same level of mainstream recognition. “Hell on Wheels” sees Mount play Cullen Bohannon, an ex-Confederate soldier who’s out to find the Unionists who killed…
If you want to get your money’s worth from the new Scary Movie, I would recommend seeing it as high as Marlon Wayans’ giggly stoner Shorty Meeks. That seems to be the audience this very shaggy assemblage of blunt jokes and horror-movie references was made for (and possibly by). In a lucid state of mind, it doesn’t add up to much.A new Scary Movie, the first in 13 years, was probably inevitable from the moment Scream got its big legacyquel in 2022. The Wayans brothers’ mined the original Scream and a bunch of other late ’90s horror titles for the first Scary Movie in 2000; the Scream revival gives them license…
Amazon Music is once again streaming select performances from Primavera Sound Barcelona, which is already underway in the Spanish city. The 2026 edition will livestream on Thursday, June 4; Friday, June, 5; and Saturday, June 6. The broadcast begins each day at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the Amazon Music channels on Twitch and Prime Video. Pitchfork is proud to be a media partner of Primavera Sound this year as well.Among the artists set to have their performances broadcast on the livestream are the Cure, the xx, Big Thief, Geese, Doja Cat, Gorillaz, Ethel Cain, Wet Leg, Skrillex, Father…
Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Robotics startup Generalist, which released its GEN-1 model to complete short physical tasks in April, raised $400M led by Radical Ventures at a $2B valuation — The company raised $400 million in a funding round led by Radical Ventures — Generalist AI, a robotics startup … View Original Source Here
American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed by Isaac Fitzgerald “Isaac Fitzgerald has charmingly included us in his search as he sifts seeds of truth from mythology about John Chapman/Johnny Appleseed and introduces us to authentic individuals for appreciation along the byways of the American heartland.” Isaac Fitzgerald is a New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts; recipient of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award; and frequent Today Show guest. His current work of nonfiction, American Rambler, subtitled Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed, documents his insightful adventures following the legend…
The best beginner telescopes need to strike the perfect balance between being user-friendly and affordable, yet still good enough to avoid being a waste of time, money and effort. There’s no point buying a cheap telescope only to end up using it once and then immediately wanting to upgrade, but with many “mega-cheap” unbranded scopes, that’s what tends to happen.For new astronomers, keen youngsters and anyone on a budget, Celestron has some really great small telescopes that fit the bill perfectly. In this review, we’ll be looking at the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ — the smallest scope in the…
Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Thursday: The Stanley Cup Final continues, Welcome to Wrexham” faces a loss, and “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” enters the final round of competition. If you’d like a recommended watchlist delivered to your inbox each morning, you can sign up for TVLine’s free What to Watch newsletter here. …
In a flour mill, a young girl in pigtails winnows wheat when her manager drunkenly stumbles into frame. The camera cuts to his shoe sinking into soft mounds of fine grain. Against those same piles, he rapes her while wheat rains down on their bodies. This is how Julie becomes a society girl.Society Girl, Sangeeta’s 1976 directorial debut, stars Sangeeta herself as Julie, a sex worker pushed into the trade by circumstance and violence. Already an established actor before becoming one of Pakistan’s earliest woman filmmakers, she directs herself here without vanity. Julie is not a courtesan in the tragic-ornamental style of Anjuman (1970) or Umrao Jaan Ada…
It’s been a minute since Rachel Chinouriri last played a headline show in her home city, something she noted onstage at Shoreditch Town Hall on Wednesday night (June 3). “I realized I hadn’t done a London show, I think, in over a year. I was worried that maybe nobody would come tonight,” she admitted with a laugh, acknowledging her time away. “Thank you so much for being amazing, and reminding me that you guys are so special.” Performing in the music program for 2026’s SXSW London, the show provided the British star a moment of reconnection with her Darlings —…
The dress-over-pants trend has recently made a major comeback. However, don’t worry. The look has evolved significantly from its early 2000s roots. Forget the era of embellished halternecks paired with bell-bottoms and ballet flats, or tight minidresses with skinny jeans and knee-high boots. Today, the style set is prioritizing a more sophisticated, timeless take on the look and emphasizing that elevated sandals are the shoe trend that looks best with the outfit formula. Take Olivia Munn’s recent ensemble, for example.Spotted in New York this week, Munn showed the most chic way to pull off a dress-over-pants outfit in 2026. She…
“Factoring out the deepfake image itself—as it will remain under seal—there is nothing inherently stigmatizing about revealing the fact that a deepfake image was created of South Carolina Doe without revealing the image itself,” the lawyers wrote in one of their May 15 filings. “As a result, this case simply does not involve the types of compelling privacy interests traditionally recognized as requiring pseudonymity.”Neither xAI nor lawyers representing the company responded to WIRED’s request for comment about the case.Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law who has specialized in tackling digital abuse, says civil…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write this book? I’ve always been fascinated by the quiet ways people change each other. Not the dramatic, world-ending moments, but the tiny conversations that settle into your life before you realize they matter—a message, a habit. Someone becomes part of your evenings without permission or ceremony. Nothing Important, Everything Important began with that feeling—the strange intimacy of being known slowly. It’s a story about loneliness, timing, connection, and the ways people can become emotionally significant long before they understand what’s happening. I wanted it to feel soft and aching…
Waves supercharged by El Niño hit the California coast in 2016Eliason/Zuma Wire/Shutterstock A “Godzilla El Niño” is coming, according to some newspaper headlines. The actual story is that there is an 80 per cent chance of an El Niño developing by September. Most models forecast a moderate event – but some suggest it could be very strong, perhaps even a so-called super El Niño. That said, the bigger picture isn’t at all reassuring. However strong this El Niño turns out to be, we can be sure that even more damaging El Niños will occur in the coming decades. Even if…
MoviestillsDB “Outlander” may have shouted its final “Tulach ard!,” but that doesn’t mean we’re done obsessing over all things related to Starz’s time-travel drama. To wit: The series finale has us thinking about how various characters’ exited the series permanently over the years, from the accidental (sorry, Mrs. Bug!) to the truly sad (Old Ian, we’re still not OK). To that end, we’ve looked back over the show’s eight seasons and selected the five deaths we found most tragic. Before you get to the ranking below, though, a few notes:…
Sony Pictures’ Shania Twain movie has finally found its director. The biopic will chronicle the life and career of the five-time Grammy Award-winning and renowned country pop star. Plot details are still kept under wraps at the moment. Who is directing the Shania Twain movie? Leah McKendrick has been confirmed as the writer and director for the Shania Twain movie, reports Deadline. The official title for the biopic is Shania. Speaking of McKendrick, she’s an actor, screenwriter, director, and singer. As an actor, she’s appeared in movies such as Say Yes, All I Need, M.F.A., and Scrambled, which also saw…
During a new interview, Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil named the metal bands he listened to in the ’80s when his band was first starting out.The guitarist appeared as a guest on the Turned Out a Punk podcast to discuss his upcoming new memoir A Screaming Life: Into The Superunknown With Soundgarden and Beyond. Because Soundgarden formed in 1984 before the term “grunge” had been used to describe the sound of the bands in the Pacific Northwest — and because their music was more eccentric and progressive than the rock that was popular at the time — they were sometimes referred to as a metal band,…
Bloomberg: Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI collectively worth $9.9M+, ahead of SpaceX’s IPO — SpaceX’s initial public offering will likely make President Donald Trump’s already wealthy administration even richer. View Original Source Here
Happy June, my fellow comics fans! You’ve got a lot to look forward to this month. In addition to the expected slate of special anthologies “coming out” (lol) for Pride Month — including those published annually by DC and Marvel, not to mention this year’s Adventure Time Pride Special and Star Trek: Celebrations — you can enjoy these graphic novels about lost or directionless characters finding their way, dark secrets being forced into the light, and, of course, queer characters overcoming both ordinary and extreme challenges on their way to a well-deserved happy ending. Billy Bat Volume One by Naoki…
Galactic collisions are events of breathtaking proportions. The supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at their centers plunge into a chaotic orbital dance that eventually coalesce into a single remnant. On their way to that point, they could eventually get “kicked” out of the center of their galaxy—and finding these “recoiling” black holes has been a challenge of cosmology for decades. A new paper, made available on the arXiv preprint server by an international team, used a novel idea to track down these fast-moving behemoths. View Original Source Here
Prime Video “Off Campus” isn’t the first time Belmont Cameli has played a student athlete on TV — he appeared in the “Saved by the Bell” reboot prior to portraying hockey star Garrett Graham on Prime Video’s new romance series. Airing for two seasons in 2020 and 2021, the reboot followed the premise of the original 1990s “Saved by the Bell” series and introduced a new generation of Bayside High School students alongside several returning characters. Cameli portrayed Jamie Spano — the quarterback of the school’s football team and son…
The Russo brothers revealed they are not currently working on any other future Avengers projects aside from Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.Doomsday, out December 2026, and Secret Wars, scheduled for release in December 2027, are currently in post- and pre-production, respectively, but that’s all Joe and Anthony Russo have on the docket MCU-wise at the moment.The End of An Era for Joe and Anthony Russo and the MCU“When we did Endgame we were like, we’ve completed it. It was our fourth Marvel film, though. We had completed a story arc that we began in the Winter Soldier and for…
With The Hills star Spencer Pratt now heading to a runoff in the Los Angeles mayoral race, fellow early-aughts reality TV figure Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is apparently considering his own foray into politics with a run for New Jersey governor in 2029. The Jersey Shore star teased his very lofty ambitions during an appearance in Wall Township for the launch of Vue Magazine, where he said a political career would be the next logical step after he launches his drug and alcohol rehabilitation center business, Archangels “I’d like to have an Archangels center in every 50 states [sic],” Sorrentino…
While the Princess of Wales strongly favors wearing British fashion brands as a diplomatic gesture, her wardrobe has never been completely confined to UK labels. On her wedding day, for instance, she famously wore a tiara by French maison Cartier, and she routinely wears brands based in Spain (Zara and Massimo Dutti), Italy (Superga and Aquazzura), and the U.S. (Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors). Today, Kate Middleton threw her fashion fans for a loop and debuted an American brand she’s never worn before: Rodarte.Based in Los Angeles, Rodarte has been in the business since 2005. It’s led by sisters Kate…
A bipartisan group of UK politicians is sounding the alarm over the country’s partnership with the data analytics company Palantir.In a report published Tuesday, the 11 members of Parliament’s Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee warned that the country’s ballooning reliance on Palantir’s technology “represents an unacceptable point of weakness” that could hand the company overwhelming bargaining power in future negotiations.“We know that with vendor lock-in, over time, we’ll get more expensive and worse services,” Dame Chi Onwurah, chair of the committee and member of Parliament, tells WIRED. “It’s a trap that has to be avoided.”In a worst-case scenario, a deeply…