What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write this book? I was originally supposed to write a short story for a sports romance anthology—which was canceled. It was intended to be a short, second-chance romance where the FMC lost a bet and had to participate in a flag football game where she was bound to face her ex-boyfriend…and then they’d get a steamy shower scene. I wanted it to be in my Chasing Victory world; that was really all that it took to get “inspired,” but once the anthology was canceled, I had room to let the…
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Model of a Neanderthal man at the Natural History Museum in LondonMike Kemp/In Pictures/Getty Images When our species and Neanderthals interbred, it may have been mostly female Homo sapiens and male Neanderthals that mated. That’s the conclusion of a study of the genetic traces left in both populations by the intermixing. It isn’t clear why this sex-biased mating pattern would have happened. It may be that male Neanderthals preferred female H. sapiens over females of their own species, or that female H. sapiens females preferred Neanderthal males, or both. There is also no way to determine whether the matings were…
Netflix screenshot There’s a new Lady Whistledown in town — and she isn’t going to let our beloved “Bridgerton” crew off easy in Season 5. The Season 4 finale of the Netflix series delivered a few plot twists — a surprise post-credits scene was among them — but none took us aback as much as Penelope’s latest finding: A new Lady Whistledown has taken over her gossip column. Given that this is a major change from the Julia Quinn novels from which the show is adapted, it’s anybody’s best guess…
One of Fox‘s most popular and longest-running comedies is getting another season, with the company confirming that Season 5 of the show was in the works. What Fox comedy has been renewed for a fifth season? Animal Control, the workplace comedy centering around a group of local animal control workers and stars Joel McHale, will be back for a fifth season. Deadline reports that the show has been considered a “shoo-in” for renewal due to not only its success, but the fact that it is owned, produced, and distributed by Fox itself. The show has also been a massive success…
The battle between Paramount and Netflix to own Warner Bros. may now be over, as the Warner Bros. Discovery board has announced that Paramount Skydance’s newest offer for the studio is a “superior proposal” to the current one from Netflix. WBD gave Netflix the deadline of four business days to submit a counteroffer, per the terms of the Netflix merger agreement that was previously signed by the two companies in December. In a stunning twist, Netflix has instead bowed out of the race, leaving Paramount as the sole bidder for the historic studio. The original Netflix-WBD merger agreement was followed…
If you’re anything like us on the Who What Wear UK team, you may also be devouring Love Story right now. Carolyn Bessette Kennedy was undoubtedly one of the biggest style icons of the ’90s, and with the launch of the show, we’re all once again enthralled by her impeccable taste. But as a beauty editor, I’m also equally obsessed with her minimalist approach to her beauty, from her pared-back makeup to her covetable “’90s blonde” hair colour. And if you’re wondering what perfume she wore, then you’re in luck. (Image credit: Getty Images)Carolyn Bessette Kennedy was known to wear…
Honorable MentionsDuring the winter, a whole WIRED crew tests ski clothes almost constantly. Here are a few other items that we like.Courtesy of REIHestra Fall Line 3-Finger Gloves for $190: I’ve long admired Hestra gloves from across the lift line, impressed by the Swedish company’s elegant stitchwork and thoughtful design touches. This was the year I finally got to try a pair for myself, and the Fall Line are exactly what they look like. There are six sizes available so you can get the perfect fit in this glove. The cowhide is buttery smooth and has already broken in a…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. One book that’s new to the list this week reveals a few different things happening under the surface of the bestseller lists: Little Blue Truck’s Valentine. Firstly, it nods to the fact that these bestseller lists have several weeks of delay. The other important aspect of these lists we often forget is that they usually don’t acknowledge children’s books, which are a big portion of the book market, but are usually kept on their own lists. Little Blue Truck’s Valentine is the only…
The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their survival on the burrows it digs. But it is imperiled in California thanks in part to an unusual predator: off-road vehicles that race through thousands of miles of trails—official and unofficial—that crisscross millions of acres of tortoise habitat. View Original Source Here
Troy Harvey/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 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: “Bridgerton” and “The Traitors” cap Season 4, while 10 network shows — including “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” — return from break. If you’d like a recommended watch-list like this delivered to your inbox each morning, you can sign up for our free What…
Another week is here and that means new movies will be streaming at home this weekend. Thankfully, ScreenCrush has your guide to the newly released films that deserve your attention while you unwind and relax as the long workweek comes to a close.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…
CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse have revived their Gnarls Barkley alias for one more album. Atlanta is due out on March 6 on Atlantic-affiliated imprint 10k Projects; a lead single shared today (February 25), “Pictures,” marks the pair’s first new studio release in 18 years. Give it a listen below.“Pictures” takes its inspiration from the many hours Green spent riding Atlanta’s MARTA public transit system as a kid, he shared in a press statement. “I had a middle school principal who,every Friday, would tell me to go when I would get to school,” he said in a press statement. “I…
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Stories rooted in Appalachia and the broader American South often center on place as much as plot — where landscape, family history and community expectations shape every choice a character makes. These narratives explore the tension between leaving and staying, the weight of generational memory and the complicated bonds that tie people to home. Lost in the Holler by Michael West A Southern Gothic family saga that unfolds like a nesting doll, this atmospheric mystery follows RJ Burnette as he leaves behind his hollow New York career and returns to his Appalachian hometown. There, he uncovers long-buried family secrets and…
For decades, a debate has raged about whether the moon ever had a strong magnetic field, or if it was always weak. Now, a new analysis of Apollo-era moon rocks suggests the moon’s magnetic field might be mostly weak, despite brief outbursts of strong activity — potentially solving the mystery for good.The research, published Thursday (Feb. 26) in the journal Nature Geoscience, shows that the moon’s magnetic field amped up for brief periods in its early history, roughly 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago, but for most of the moon’s 4.5 billion-year-old history, the magnetic field was weak.”For very…
Presley Ann/FilmMagic Jake Johnson is about to do some snooping: He’s signed on to play a private eye in an NBC comedy pilot from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” writers Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici, TVLine has learned. Johnson will play Mickey, who was an LAPD cop “until his life imploded three years ago,” per the official description. “Smart, cynical and heartbroken, but trying to pretend he’s not, Mickey is a private investigator with a knack for solving cases.” The untitled half-hour comedy earned a pilot order at NBC in January. Goor and Del Tredici…
Daniel Blumberg is an omnivorous artist, bringing intense conviction and curiosity to song form, improvised live performance, visual artwork and film composition. As a composer for Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet, he is part of arguably the most exciting musician-filmmaker team working today: a partnership that began with The World to Come in 2020 and continued with his Oscar-winning score for 2024’s The Brutalist. For The Testament of Ann Lee, Blumberg has co-authored a maximalist, avant-garde musical of original songs and Shaker-hymn adaptations, performed by the cast alongside a mass of experimental musicians.LWLies: Could you tell us about the process of researching the Shakers…
Far East Movement and Jay Park have been sculpting history for Asian-Americans in the music industry for nearly two decades — the former being a 2010s breakthrough Asian-American group with a No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the latter launched three record labels in Korea and a soju brand and was the first Asian-American artist signed to Roc Nation. Now, they’re joining forces. Billboard can reveal that Park’s More Vision label has entered a strategic partnership for international business strategy and global development with Transparent Arts, the Southern California-based entertainment company focused on amplifying Asian talent. In expanding…
As I write this, my copy of Lauren Elkin’s Scaffolding sits face down to my left, exposing its cobalt blue back cover against my chocolate brown desk. It’s a fitting symbol—and lede, for that matter—for the way that this exact hue has saturated the zeitgeist to become somewhat of an overnight sensation.Whilst the electrifying colour has always held a place in the sartorial landscape, from Phoebe Philo’s fixation with Yves Klein Blue during her tenure at Celine to the richly pigmented Dieu Bleu shade of Yeux Paint liquid eyeshadow from French beauty maven Violette, concurrent sightings of the tone on…
It’s the classic awkward icebreaker: If you could invite anyone, dead or alive, to a dinner party, who would it be? Aristotle? Ailias is a company based in Surrey, UK, which promises to make that hypothetical a reality. It can reanimate historical and current legends with 3D hologram avatars that are fully conversational, knowledgeable, and can be delivered to you in a box.The technology isn’t bespoke. Many companies provide life-size hologram displays for events and parties, everything from floating 3D displays of Santa’s sleigh or 3D Holo-Trucks. The physicist Dennis Gabor even won a Nobel Prize in 1971 for his…
Hold on to the edge of your seat as we hunt for clues and solve the case with these exciting new mystery and thriller books for the week! There are so many bestselling authors with new novels for you to dive into this week including Ben Tor, Mike Stetz, Ray M. Schultze, and more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading! View Original Source Here
Artificial intelligences opt for nuclear weapons surprisingly oftenGalerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises. Kenneth Payne at King’s College London set three leading large language models – GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemini 3 Flash – against each other in simulated war games. The scenarios involved intense international standoffs, including border disputes, competition for scarce resources and existential threats to regime survival. The AIs were given an escalation ladder, allowing them to choose actions ranging from diplomatic protests and complete surrender to full…
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 Wednesday: “Beast Games” crowns a winner, “Survivor” Season 50 gets underway, and ABC resuscitates “Scrubs.” If you’d like a recommended watch-list like this delivered to your inbox each morning, you can sign up for our free What to Watch newsletter here! Showtimes for February 25, 2026 12:00 AM ET Beast Games…
A Stranger Things alum is teasing massive stakes for Avengers: Doomsday. Speaking at a recent event, the actor suggested the upcoming Marvel blockbuster dwarfs even the scale of Stranger Things Season 5. He also hinted at a new on-screen trio that could become a major fan favorite in the expanding Marvel lineup. David Harbour on why fans should be excited to see Avengers: Doomsday While promoting DTF St. Louis, Harbour was asked by Entertainment Tonight about what audiences should expect from his upcoming movie, Avengers: Doomsday. The actor described the film as enormous in scope and impact. “Oh man, that…
Here are 15 Warped Tour acts that were rather unexpected when you look back at the annual lineups.In addition to its usual punk, emo, ska and metalcore acts, Warped Tour has often been a place for emerging artists since the first year of the festival in 1995.And the tour has also provided a platform for plenty of emerging acts outside of its go-to genres.READ MORE: Look Through 30 Years of Warped Tour Lineup PostersWarped Tour 1999, for example, added both the Black Eyed Peas and Eminem to its lineup. And yeah, the Black Eyed Peas didn’t have Fergie yet. And…
Claude / @claudeai: Anthropic starts rolling out Remote Control for Claude Code, letting users control a session begun in the terminal from the Claude mobile app or the web — New in Claude Code: Remote Control. Kick off a task in your terminal and pick it up from your phone while you take a walk or join a meeting. Claude keeps running on your machine, and you can control the session from the Claude app or https://claude.ai/code 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. Tom Hanks To Headline Adaptation of Lincoln in the Bardo On the one hand, it is not surprise to see Tom Hanks play a major historical figure from American history. And Abraham Lincoln is a favorite of actors to take on, with beautiful language and sideburns abounding. But this is not going to be an Abraham Lincoln story like you have seen it…
Nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger as worsening drought, conflict and global aid cuts intensify the country’s humanitarian crisis, the federal government and U.N. agencies said Tuesday. View Original Source Here
Ryan Emberley/amfar/Getty Images Samuel L. Jackson may be the Frisco King, but Taylor Sheridan will reign over the words he speaks. Paramount+ announced Tuesday that Sheridan — creator of the “Tulsa King” universe — will write all eight episodes of its upcoming spin-off “Frisco King,” starring Jackson. “We are honored to have Taylor Sheridan write the first season of ‘Frisco King’ and bring to life Samuel L. Jackson’s iconic character,” Matt Thunell, president of Paramount Television Studios, said in a statement. “Having him pen all episodes of the season with his…
No matter who is writing or drawing his adventures, there are a few immutable facts of Spider-Man. He always embodies the lines that closed his very first appearance by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Fantasy #15, that with great power must come great responsibility. And regardless of how often he screws up in his pursuit of that motto, Spider-Man will always try to get things right. He makes tons of mistakes — making a mess of things may as well be his true super power — but he never stops trying to fix them either.So in a way, the news that Sony is now looking to relaunch…