Sports

Arsenal ready to join Man City in pursuit of Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi

Goal reports Arsenal are prepared to enter the transfer race for Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi, with Manchester City among the favourites. Guehi had appeared set to join Liverpool last summer after a £35m fee was agreed and he completed a medical, but Palace pulled the plug because they could

Culture

László Nemes recalls Béla Tarr’s ferocious spirit at their last meeting

László Nemes wrote that the last time he saw Béla Tarr was at the Nexus conference in Amsterdam, where the director was already physically weakened but retained a ferocious, rebellious, furious spirit. Nemes described their conversation as likely their ultimate and most heartfelt exchange. Nemes first met Béla in 2004

Politics

Grand Rapids protester arrested after viral TV interview says Venezuela trip led to targeting

Jessica Plichta was arrested on 3 January after a live interview with a local news station about a Grand Rapids, Michigan, protest against the Trump administration’s seizure of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, in an attack the report said had a death toll of 100. The interview clip went

Culture

Nolan Shot The Odyssey Entirely on IMAX Film, Matt Damon Marvels

Movieweb reports that Christopher Nolan filmed The Odyssey — a swords-and-sandals epic starring Matt Damon as Odysseus — as the first major Hollywood feature shot entirely using IMAX film cameras. The outlet notes Nolan is known for large-scale projects and innovative techniques, and says The Odyssey may be his most ambitious work

Politics

Senate votes to debate resolution limiting Trump's use of force in Venezuela

The Senate on Thursday voted 52-47 to take up a resolution invoking the War Powers Act aimed at curbing President Trump’s ability to use military force in Venezuela, with five Republicans joining Democrats to begin debate. The measure would force Mr. Trump to seek congressional authorization for continued U.

World

Trump says Cuba is 'going down' as Venezuelan oil disruptions threaten services

Time reports that on Sunday President Donald Trump dismissed the idea of U.S. military action against Cuba while offering a bleak assessment of the island’s economic and political stability, saying it is "going down for the count." The turmoil following the capture and extraction of Venezuelan

Politics

Rep. Massie calls U.S. action in Venezuela 'gaslighting' and questions its legality

Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky called the United States’ seizure and prosecution of Venezuela’s leader “preposterous” and said there has been “gaslighting” on Venezuela in an interview with The New York Times on Jan. 8, 2026. Massie, a rare Republican critic of President Trump’s military intervention, has clashed

Crypto

Institutional interest in Solana grows while SOL price lags

Beincrypto reports institutional demand for Solana is rising through ETFs, stablecoins and tokenized assets, yet SOL’s price has not followed: US Solana ETFs held more than $1 billion in net assets in early 2026, while SOL has fallen more than 50% over the past year and now trades near

Science

Antonio Viudez‑Mora adapts CAM6 to assimilate MODIS and VIIRS aerosols for CERES

Antonio Viudez‑Mora is a contractor with the Surface and Atmospheric Radiation Budget (SARB) CERES working group, where he is adapting the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM6) to assimilate and nudge MODIS and VIIRS aerosol retrievals for CERES Edition‑5. Viudez‑Mora earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from the

Crypto

2026: How markets are repricing scarcity for Bitcoin, gold and silver

In 2026 investors are repricing scarcity through narratives, market access and financial structures rather than by simple supply limits, a shift affecting Bitcoin, gold and silver. Analysts frame this repricing around credibility, liquidity and portability. Bitcoin’s scarcity remains fixed and transparent under its 21 million cap, but access is

Culture

Kevin Smith confirms Jay and Silent Bob will return in Store Wars

Kevin Smith confirmed that Jay and Silent Bob will return in a new film titled Jay and Silent Bob: Store Wars, he told Collider while promoting the re-release of his film Dogma. Smith said he was able to finance the picture and outlined its plot as a stoner-comedy take on

Health

Psychologists: Closure Can Aid Healing but Is Not Always Attainable

When people face painful events—being ghosted, losing a job or a parent—they often seek what is called "closure," and experts say closure may help some people heal. Psychologists describe closure as the feeling of having finished something or come to a conclusion; Arie W. Kruglanski of

Culture

Cherien Dabis’s film traces three generations of Palestinian men

Cherien Dabis’s generation-spanning drama All That’s Left of You, Jordan’s entry for the Academy Award, follows Palestinian men across decades, with key scenes set in the Occupied West Bank. The film opens in 1988, early in the First Intifada, as two friends, Noor (Muhammad Abed Elrahman) and

Culture

Rob McElhenney net worth estimated at $50m as Wrexham co-owner

According to Goal, Rob McElhenney, the American actor and co-owner of Wrexham AFC, has a reported net worth of about $50 million. McElhenney co-created and stars in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which had run for 16 seasons as of 2023 and whose 16th season premiered on 7

Culture

Gus Van Sant's Dead Man's Wire dramatizes 1977 abduction but feels subdued

Gus Van Sant’s film Dead Man’s Wire dramatizes a curious 1977 Indianapolis hostage case, but a New York Times review says the movie lacks the energy of classic 1970s crime pictures. Written by Austin Kolodney, the film is based on the real incident in which Anthony Kiritsis abducted

Culture

Writer says Stranger Things live-action spin-off may be unnecessary

Movieweb argues that after Stranger Things' Season 5 finale, the planned live-action spin-off may be unnecessary. Spoiler warning: this article contains spoilers for Stranger Things Season 5. The piece notes Vecna has been defeated and Eleven’s fate is left unknown, while the Duffer Brothers are reportedly developing a

Tech

Strapsicle unveils iPad mini case with built-in silicone straps at CES

Strapsicle unveiled a new iPad mini case at CES 2026 that it says features built-in silicone straps intended to make prolonged holding and reading more comfortable. The company, known for silicone e-reader straps for devices such as Kindle and Kobo, detailed key features including built-in straps for one- or two-handed

Culture

Katie Leung says racist online harassment followed her Harry Potter casting

Katie Leung says she experienced racist online harassment after her casting in the Harry Potter films, People reports. The 37-year-old Scottish actress, who played Cho Chang in five of the Harry Potter films and made her big-screen debut in 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, told

Tech

DJI Osmo 3 Pocket Creator Combo at Amazon for $654, Mashable says

As of Jan. 8, Mashable reports the DJI Osmo 3 Pocket Creator Combo is on sale at Amazon for $654, a $325 reduction from its $979 list price and the lowest price ever for the kit. Mashable describes the compact vlogging camera as capable of recording in vivid 4K, capturing

Culture

Amanda Lovett backs Stephen as surprise frontrunner on The Traitors

Amanda Lovett has named Stephen, a 32-year-old cyber security consultant, as her unexpected pick to win this year’s The Traitors, Amanda told Independent.co. Lovett, who appeared on the show’s debut series and earned the nickname “mother of dragons”, said she believes the current Traitors are doing a

Culture

Gerard Butler returns in Greenland 2: Migration

Gerard Butler stars in Greenland 2: Migration, a sequel directed by Ric Roman Waugh that follows John Garrity (Butler), his wife Allison (Morena Baccarin) and their son Nathan (Roman Griffin Davis) as they flee a Greenland bunker and head to southern France after a catastrophic earthquake. Five years earlier, a

Culture

Heckscher Museum mounts first museum survey of sculptor Emma Stebbins

"Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History" is on view at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, N.Y.; it is the first museum exhibition devoted to the 19th-century American sculptor best known for the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park and for a portrait bust of the actress Charlotte

Sports

Chloe Kim prepares for Milano Cortina Olympics after therapy and new tricks

Time spoke with American snowboarder Chloe Kim in December as she prepares for the Milano Cortina Olympics; her Olympic halfpipe final is scheduled for Feb. 12. Since winning her second Olympic gold in Beijing, Kim has won back-to-back X Games gold medals in 2024 and 2025 and the 2025 World

Crypto

Ethereum must clear institutional weakness before $3,300 breakout

Beincrypto reports that Ethereum fell nearly 3% over the past 24 hours, trading at $3,113, and that an analyst has identified a bearish signal the token must overcome before a confirmed breakout above $3,300 becomes likely. CryptoOnchain highlighted a bearish divergence between ETH’s price action and on-chain

Tech

CES 2026 spotlights extreme TVs, new AI platforms, robots and odd gadgets

CES 2026 is underway and ZDNET reporters are tracking launches from major consumer electronics brands including Samsung, LG and Hisense, alongside concept devices and unusual gadgets from smaller companies. On the TV front, TCL showed the X11L with a Super Quantum Dot Mini LED panel that the company says hits