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Culture

Russell Crowe's Hard-Boiled Detective Drama Is a Solid Alternative to Cross

Russell Crowe remains one of the most notable actors working in Hollywood, with three consecutive Academy Award nominations for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. He hasn’t been nominated for a performance in over 20 years, though many fans felt he deserved a nod for his recent WWII

Science

Low Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD) Project

The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project (LBFD) is part of NASA’s effort to help enable new aircraft noise standards required to open the market to commercial supersonic flight over land. The federal government banned all civilian supersonic flights over land more than fifty years ago because of sonic boom

Culture

Sydney Chandler on the Importance of Human Mistakes in an AI World

In Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Anima, a proposal to upload consciousness into the cloud raises questions about what keeps relationships alive after the body is gone. Takehiro Hira’s Paul finds the idea enticing, while Sydney Chandler’s Beck worries that embracing AI could erase the very things that make

Crypto

BlackRock’s Staked ETH ETF Sees $15.5M on Debut

Nasdaq data shows the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust (ETHB) traded 592,804 shares on its first day, turning over about $15.5 million. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart described the result as "very, very solid." The ETF invests and stakes Ether, locking up tokens on the blockchain to

Culture

9-1-1's Season 9 Episode 13 Fails to Deliver on Buck and Eddie

Season 9, Episode 13, "Mother's Boy," promised a chapter that would finally focus on Buck and Eddie and give them space away from the firehouse. The episode opens with a car crash and then rewinds to a road trip after flights at the Nashville airport are

Culture

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 nominees announced

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the field of nominees for the U.K.'s BAFTA Games Awards, while indie breakout Dispatch has surged into second place with nine nominations. Dispatch's haul marks a notable rise from The Game Awards in December, where it earned just two nods.

Culture

Seven Apple TV Originals That Never Have a Bad Season

For a relatively young platform, Apple TV has stood out for consistency. Several originals begin strong and sustain that quality across seasons, keeping storytelling sharp and characters interesting rather than fading after an early peak. The list includes Trying, a four-season comedy about adoption that jumps six years ahead in

Culture

Supriya Ganesh: Mohan's Panic Attack Marks Season 2 Shift

As The Pitt moves into the final third of Season 2, Episode 10, "4:00 P.M.", throws Dr. Samira Mohan (Supriya Ganesh) into an intense moment amid a Fourth of July shift made worse by a hospital network being taken offline and rising temperatures. The hour, directed

Culture

Guest Stars You Recognized in Law & Order's 'Bright Lights'

Season 25 delivered another standout episode with a powerhouse lineup of guest stars. After fashion designer Bella Ross was murdered with a stolen weapon, the 2-7 detectives quickly focused on Bella's soon-to-be ex-husband, who she planned to divorce and sue after learning he'd been financially abusing

Culture

Morrissey cancels Valencia show after 'catatonic state' from festival noise

British singer Morrissey cancelled a concert in Valencia after being left sleep-deprived during the city’s Las Fallas festival. A statement on his website said: “Having travelled for two days by road, Morrissey reached the hotel in Valencia late on Wednesday. Any form of sleep or rest throughout the night

Culture

SXSW 2026: Demi Moore, Keke Palmer, Eiza González and more

Texas’ annual festival South by Southwest 2026 kicked off this week in Austin, drawing celebrities and creatives for a packed schedule of movie premieres, concerts and panels. Scroll through to see the best photos from the festival. Those photographed included Keke Palmer, Demi Moore (with her dog Pilaf), Taylour Paige,

Culture

Dave the Diver's In the Jungle DLC launches June 18

Mintrocket announced at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase that the In the Jungle DLC will release on June 18. The expansion moves Dave's operation to Utara, a jungle village beside a giant freshwater lake. Utara follows a real-time schedule, making task prioritization more detailed than in Dave&

Culture

Family Guy's Stewie is getting his own spinoff series

Twenty-seven years after Family Guy premiered, Fox has ordered a two-season spinoff focusing on Stewie. Deadline shared the series, simply titled Stewie, will debut on Fox during the 2027-2028 season and stream the day after for international audiences on Disney Plus and Hulu. Seth MacFarlane will reprise the role and

Culture

Broadchurch: A Bingeworthy, Emotionally Raw Small-Town Mystery

Broadchurch is a three-season crime series originally broadcast on ITV whose 24 episodes can be binged in a single weekend. It stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman and was created by Chris Chibnall. The show suits fans of small-town whodunits and viewers who appreciate realistic true-crime drama. The story begins

Culture

The forgotten Oscar: title writing’s one-time category

A century ago, title writing was a distinct craft in silent cinema. Intertitles carried dialogue and exposition between shots, and some, like those for 1927’s Sunrise, had personalities of their own. The early Academy Awards looked very different from today. The first ceremony covered films from 1927 and 1928,

Sports

How to watch Mamelodi Sundowns vs Stade Malien: kick-off, TV and stream

Mamelodi Sundowns host Stade Malien at Loftus Versfeld in the CAF Champions League quarter-final first leg. English-language streams are available in several territories — USA: Fubo, Australia: beIN Sports Australia, Canada: Fubo Canada, South/Sub-Saharan Africa: SuperSport, Malaysia: beIN Sports Malaysia, and Middle East: beIN Sports MENA. The match kicks off

Culture

Lil Nas X seeks diversion in LAPD battery case after August arrest

Lil Nas X appeared in court on Thursday to seek diversion in the battery case stemming from his arrest in August. His lawyer asked the judge to delay proceedings so she could submit a motion to transfer the matter into an unspecified diversion program; it was unclear what type of

Tech

Former EVE Online developers building a society-simulation MMO with always-on characters

Two former developers of EVE Online have spent more than a decade at Klang Games building Seed, a society simulation MMO in which not only the world but individual characters—Seedlings—remain active after players log off. Klang Games showed a new trailer at GDC’s Future Games Show that

Culture

How to keep the meaningful parts of creativity after depression

You say you’ve come through a depression that was both debilitating and strangely vivid and creatively expansive. During that time you immersed yourself in creative work — writing poetry, painting your feelings and reading books that echoed your inner world — and found a depth that felt honest, vivid and alive.

Culture

Small and large lost relics in Pokémon Pokopia

Lost relics in Pokémon Pokopia come in two sizes — small and large — and are primarily decorative. Professor Tangrowth can appraise relics you dig up, and you can donate them to Gimmighoul in the Rocky Ridges museum in exchange for random furniture. Large relics serve as furnishing items you can place

Culture

Luc Besson's 'Dracula' Tops Apple TV Over 'The Housemaid'

Sydney Sweeney's R-rated thriller The Housemaid, which co-starred Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar, earned $390 million worldwide and surged to the top of Apple TV's digital charts. Its run at number one has now been ended by an unlikely successor. That successor is Luc Besson'

Tech

How to enter Safe Mode on your Android phone - and why it's critical to do so

Safe mode does not fix problems on your Android phone, but it helps diagnose them. It disables all third-party apps so only Android system software and preinstalled apps run, letting you see whether freezing, crashing, or slow performance are caused by an app. If the phone behaves normally in safe

Culture

10 Years Later, Mark Wahlberg's Big-Budget Disaster Epic Wins Big on Streaming

Mark Wahlberg has become one of the most prominent movie stars on streaming, an early shift he shared with Adam Sandler. His first starring streaming vehicle was the Netflix action-comedy Spenser Confidential, directed by Peter Berg, with whom he has collaborated on several films. A decade after a disappointing theatrical

Sports

How to watch Wrexham vs Swansea: kick-off, streams and TV

Wrexham host Swansea City in Gameweek 38 as the Championship playoff race tightens. The match kicks off on 13 Mar 2026 at 16:00 EST. English-language streams are available in key territories: USA — Paramount+; UK — Sky Sports; Australia — beIN Sports Australia; Canada — Fubo Canada; India — FanCode; South / Sub-Saharan Africa — SuperSport;

Culture

Official BookTok chart set to launch in the UK

An official "BookTok" chart will launch later this year in the UK, offering a monthly rundown of the most popular titles on social media platform TikTok. The Top 20 ranking will combine verified retail sales data with measures of social engagement to show which books are resonating online.