Thanks to Sunday’s “House of the Dragon,” we’ve got a new entry in the “Game of Thrones” bath-matic universe. Continuing in the tradition set by Jaime and Brienne’s bathtub scene in “Game of Thrones” Season 3, this week’s “House of the Dragon” gave us more insight into Ormund Hightower (played by James Norton) via dialogue delivered both in and out of the bathtub at his Tumbleton quarters. As the Hightower leader holds an audience with some disgruntled local nobles, he steps out of the water and dries himself leisurely as he announces that…
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On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Sébastien Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn and Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebush Pruning. For Film Club, we revisit Marco Bellocchio’s incendiary debut Fists in His Pockets. Joining host Leila Latif are Anton Bitel and Katherine McLaughlin. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases big and small, talking to some of the most exciting filmmakers, keeping you across important industry news, and reassessing…
Toronto singer-songwriter Charlotte Cornfield is going on tour with Friendship this December. No, not the concept of camaraderie—the Philadelphia band whose latest record, Caveman Wakes Up, came out in 2025. The co-headliners will spend the last month of 2026 traversing the U.S., making stops in New York, Atlanta, Nashville, St. Louis, and more. (Requisite hometown shows in Toronto and Philadelphia are also on the docket.) Support on select dates will come from More Eaze and Fred Thomas, respectively. Check out a full list of shows below.Cornfield shared her most recent album, Hurts Like Hell, back in March. Her first release…
Aditya Soni / Reuters: Flex, which offers AI-based payment tools, credit, and more to mid-sized companies, raised a $70M Series B1 led by Halo Fund, a source says at a $1.2B valuation — Flex, an AI startup pitching itself as a one-stop shop for the banking needs of mid-sized business owners … View Original Source Here
Stay current with young adult books that blend romance, mystery, fantasy, and coming-of-age themes. These fresh YA releases spotlight bold voices and unforgettable journeys. Perfect for teens and adults who love modern YA fiction. The Book of Wands (The Tarot Series 1) by Lauren Louise Hazel Release Date: July 3, 2026 The cards await, ready to unveil their secrets. Are you prepared to witness their magic? Buy on Amazon One for the Road by Elliot Fletcher Release Date: June 16, 2026 Burned-out GP Alistair Macabe never planned to return to his tiny hometown on the Isle of Skye. Especially not…
From precision medicine to personalized job training, customizing interventions for individuals is often assumed to produce better outcomes than a one-size-fits-all approach. But personalization also comes with costs: it can be more expensive, harder to implement reliably and may require more resources to design. View Original Source Here
Ryan Murphy’s latest TV project returns the executive producer to his high school roots, but you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone looking gleeful in the just-released trailer for “The Shards,” premiering Wednesday, August 5 (9/8c) with two episodes on FX and Hulu. Based on Bret Easton Ellis’ 2023 novel of the same name, “The Shards” takes viewers back to 1980s Los Angeles, introducing “a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they navigate identity, sex, jealousy, obsession, and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence,” per FX’s official description. “The Shards” stars Igby…
A new ad for Brand New Day brings Spider-Man and Ned Leeds back together ahead of the film’s theatrical release. The advertisement features Jacob Batalon reprising his role as Ned, while the superhero quietly steps in to protect his friend from a series of unexpected dangers. The ad is part of the movie’s latest collaboration with Liquid I.V. Spider-Man and Ned appear in Brand New Day’s Liquid IV collab Spider-Man and Ned Leeds have reunited in the latest ad for Brand New Day. In the clip, Jacob Batalon reprises his role as Peter Parker’s closest friend for Liquid I.V.’s official…
Editor’s note: the following story contains details about the death of an infant that some readers might find disturbing. Officials in Rothbury, Mich. continue to ask the public for any tips in the investigation into the newborn baby whose body was found in a portable toilet at the Electric Forest dance festival in Rothbury, Mich. on June 28, the final day of the event. Now, according to a tweet from the Michigan State Police, the FBI is involved in the case, with the feds offering a reward of up to $15,000 “for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction…
If I’m being honest, I never thought the “dated” pant trend that’s reemerged would see the light of day again, but It girls have played a big part in the comeback. In fact, Charli XCX was recently spotted in Brooklyn wearing the exact pants; however, she made them look chic and modern. The trend in question? Cropped black pants. Yes, you read that right. The pop star is known for her cool, edgy style on and off the stage and red carpet, so seeing her wearing cropped pants was a bit surprising, yet her take on them was refreshing.She made…
Summer is firmly here and the temperatures are feeling borderline apocalyptic in much of the northern hemisphere. Why not avoid the angry sun and stay inside where it’s (hopefully) cooler and distract yourself with some of the best movies on streaming right now?Your choices are notably rich too. The spring hit sci-fi movie Project Hail Mary, about the global freeze threatening Earth as a result of the sun mysteriously going out, is now on Prime Video, after winning theater audiences over with the help of an adorable pile of pebbles. If, however, you want to embrace the flames, you’ll find…
What goes into creating a Literary Activism story? A lot of time, energy, and effort. Not every story about book censorship or library challenges makes the weekly link roundup cut, as each story is vetted for as much context and insight as possible. For news stories that are reported, time and energy goes into doing significant research, which can include interviews on or off the record, interviews and research done on background that may never make the story itself, and, where possible, utilizing public records information acquired through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. There have been many times when…
Archaeologists have found five pairs of iron shackles at a 2,300-year-old Celtic site in France — a discovery that suggests the small settlement was frequented by metalsmiths and slave traders.The “extremely rare” shackles were discovered in the town of Allonnes in France’s Loire Valley in 2019, but the finds from the two-year-long excavation were announced to the public on July 9 in a translated statement from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP).The settlement at Allonnes was established along with a religious complex in the third century B.C., according to the statement. Specialist artisans — including blacksmiths, coppersmiths,…
The following post contains spoilers for the “All American” final season premiere. It’s going to be a very long week for the “All American” crew. After more than a year off the air, the CW drama has returned for its eighth and final season — a swan song that will stretch one week in the characters’ lives across 13 episodes. And if Monday’s two-episode premiere was any indication, the next seven days will be some of the show’s most eventful ever, especially for Alexis Chikaeze’s Amina. During the premiere, Amina — who’s been upstate at the Dinsburg boarding school — unexpectedly comes home…
It looks like a dream scenario could be developing for A Nightmare on Elm Street fans.Deadline reports that Paramount has secured the rights to the original screenplay of A Nightmare on Elm Street, the landmark ’80s slasher film directed by Wes Craven.“The idea,” they write, “is to reboot the franchise at Paramount.”They note that in recent years, copyright law has allowed the original creators of lucrative franchises (or their estates) to reacquire the rights to their creations, and then to license those rights out to other studios. That’s precisely what happened in the case of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The original films were released by…
Rocklahoma will be here before you know it, so this week we’re putting a focus on the annual festival and pitting two of the headliners — Papa Roach and Godsmack — against each other in our Loudwire Nights’ Chuck’s Fight Club. This should be a battle as these two rock titans have been duking it out on the airwaves for years.On one side, you’ve got Papa Roach who appeared on most people’s radar with their 2000 album Infest and the breakout single “Last Resort.” But the years that followed have seen the nu-metal upstarts evolve and deliver an eclectic catalog…
Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: Apple’s stock is up 15% since June 25, adding nearly $600B in market value and pushing shares back to record territory, as investors flee an AI stock selloff — Investors are flocking back to Apple Inc. as nervousness about artificial intelligence spending weighs on the stocks of chipmakers and cloud-computing giants. View Original Source Here
Nutrition advice is everywhere, but clear, evidence-based guidance can be surprisingly difficult to find. In Absolute Nutrition, author Chris Smith set out to cut through conflicting studies, fad diets and misinformation with a practical guide focused on nutrient-dense foods and everyday meals. Drawing on two years of research from leading scientific and medical sources, Smith offers readers a framework for building healthier eating habits that are affordable, accessible and grounded in current nutritional evidence. In this interview, he discusses the research behind the book, the challenges of translating complex science into practical advice and why he believes prevention through nutrition…
Inside the cell nucleus, genes must be turned on and off with precision to regulate biological processes. The first models of gene regulation were developed in the 1960s, yet modern science continues to uncover new layers of control. A new study involving researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), the Institut Pasteur and Princeton University, published in PNAS, suggests that genes obey an optimal switching principle—random at any given moment, yet precise on average. View Original Source Here
Brendon Thorne/Getty Images Hollywood icon Sam Neill – who died on Monday, July 13, 2026 — was best known for playing Dr. Alan Grant in 1993’s “Jurassic Park,” but he also had an impressive number of TV roles under his belt. Aside from going up against Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby in “Peaky Blinders,” Neill also starred in Netflix’s “Untamed” with Eric Bana. The crime drama takes place in Yosemite National Park, with Bana as Kyle Turner, an agent for the Investigative Services Branch. Speaking to ComingSoon in 2025, Bana said it was a…
Do you remember sending the cast, maybe it was just Ricki Lake, but you sent them a VHS tape demonstrating some of the Hairspray dances, the Mashed Potato… Do you remember making that tape?Oh yeah, I made it with the real people who were on the committee of The Buddy Deane Show. The real people, they helped with this movie. It was based on a real local show in Baltimore that was our local version of American Bandstand. We never had Dick Clark in Baltimore, we had our local version where the girls’ hair was higher, the boys’ pants were tighter! I think they are…
Digger has been cloaked with mystery since its original announcement. Known only up until now as “a comedy of catastrophic proportions,” the upcoming new movie from director Alejandro G. Iñárritu stars Tom Cruise, with an early teaser trailer not revealing his face but revealing that he has cowboy boots and, appropriately enough, a shovel. Now, a new trailer reveals a lot more about what to expect, revealing Cruise as Digger Rockwell, “the most powerful man in the world” who may be the only one who can save humanity. That does, to be clear, sound like a lot of other Tom…
Flip-flops have officially ditched their bad reputation, especially in New York, where many locals had sworn off them until the last few years, when they came roaring back into fashion’s good graces thanks to Scandi girls and a few elevated styles from the likes of The Row and Toteme. That’s not to say, though, that the flat shoe style is for everyone. Whether they’re trendy or not, some people still refuse to wear them, preferring to opt for other flat sandals, and that’s their right. Fortunately, there are plenty of chic flip-flop alternatives, with one particular style a beloved choice…
A decade ago, then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said he saw autonomous vehicles as an existential threat to the ride-hail company’s business model.“What would happen if we weren’t a part of that future? If we weren’t part of the autonomy thing? Then the future passes us by,” Kalanick told Business Insider.In the years since, Uber has settled on a strategy that, rather than see it build and operate its own self-driving cars, puts it on track to become the place where riders can get connected with any ride, driven by a human or robot. “We think there are going to be…
Stay ahead of the curve with Business books that deliver practical strategies fast. These new releases unpack everything from ethical leadership and elite performance to effective executive communication and legal tax advantages. Discover guidance from top coaches, inspiring leaders, and financial experts—each title equipping you to lead with confidence, build integrity, and make smart decisions in an ever-changing world. How Ethical Are Compliance Oriented Ethics Programs by Imad G. Al-Khoury Release Date: – Compliance-only ethics programs breed fear, mistrust, and burnout. Imad G. Al-Khoury draws on interviews and case studies to show how values-driven, hybrid programs balance rules with empathy,…
On April 6, the four crewmembers of NASA’s Artemis II mission swooped around the far side of the moon in their Orion spacecraft, disappearing from Earth’s sight and losing all contact with humanity for roughly 40 minutes.At the same time, some 250,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) away, Chris White, the mission’s lead communications officer, was nervously pacing the halls of NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston, waiting for the chance to do his job again.”It was all nerves,” White, the lead integrated communications officer (INCO) on Artemis II, told Live Science. In addition to maintaining communication with the Orion spacecraft (an…
ABC One of the core secrets behind “Lost” was the mystery of the island, the seemingly deserted land mass that the Oceanic 815 survivors crash onto — and one of the show’s creators was totally freaked out when a core cast member guessed its big secret. During Season 1 of the hit epic, actor Josh Holloway — who played one of the lead survivors, James “Sawyer” Ford — told showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse that he thought the island was moving its location within the series, even likening it…
Limited Run Games’ laltest compilation of licensed video games from the past is the Rugrats: Retro Rewind Collection. It features six different Rugrats games that were originally released during the Nickelodeon show’s heyday between 1998 and 2001. Ranging from some early 3D PlayStation 1 games to more charming 2D Game Boy titles, none of these are classics but there’s still charm to be found. The marquee titles that hold the most nostalgia will be the trio of PS1 games included in the collection: Search for Reptar, Studio Tour, and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie. I remember renting Search for Reptar…
On Friday night, more than 45,000 people gathered at Yankee Stadium not to enjoy the national pastime, but a bucket-list New York one: seeing Jay-Z perform in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt. It was the first in a three-night residency, with the Friday show dedicated to Reasonable Doubt and the Saturday show reserved for The Blueprint, which turns 25 this year. Across both nights, Jay-Z commanded an understated stage set up (“I think the statement piece in a Jay-Z show is Jay-Z,” Willo Perron, the performance’s creative director, told Wired recently) with support from guests including Beyoncé,…
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