Culture

Mattel launches autistic Barbie as part of inclusive Fashionistas range

Independent.co reports Mattel is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its Fashionistas line intended to celebrate diversity and inclusion. Mattel said it developed the autistic doll over more than 18 months in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network to reflect some ways autistic

Culture

Sean Scully’s Blue paintings channel childhood blues in Paris show

Sean Scully, whom the writer calls "the greatest living abstract painter", is showing a new group of Blue paintings at Thaddaeus Ropac gallery in Paris. The works pair long, textured blue notes with black, red and brown to create what the piece describes as a slow, sad music

Politics

Trump may block Exxon from Venezuela after CEO calls country 'uninvestable'

Donald Trump said he might block ExxonMobil from investing in Venezuela after Exxon chief executive Darren Woods told the president the country was "uninvestable" during a White House meeting last week. Woods told Trump that Venezuela would need to change its laws before it could be an attractive

World

Estimates indicate thousands may have been killed in Iran protests

Fears are growing that the number of protesters killed by Iranian security forces may already reach into the thousands, according to Time. Cellphone footage and reports show truck-mounted machine guns firing in residential streets, hospitals swamped with shooting victims, and a morgue overwhelmed by hundreds of bodies after the first

Science

Photographer captures close-up views of the Thwaites Glacier from icebreaker Araon

Aboard the icebreaker Araon in the Amundsen Sea, a New York Times photographer made close-up photographs of the Thwaites Glacier while the ship sailed back and forth collecting oceanographic data on Thursday and Friday. “I probably shot all the corners and sides of the entire Thwaites’s shelves,” the photographer

Crypto

Early Ethereum investor completes exit, nets about $274 million

Beincrypto reports an early Ethereum investor appears to have completed a full exit from their ETH position after on-chain transfers to a centralized exchange, generating an estimated $274 million in profit. Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain said the investor accumulated 154,076 ETH at an average price of $517 and began

Sports

Martinelli hat-trick steers Arsenal past Portsmouth in FA Cup

Gabriel Martinelli scored his first senior hat-trick as Arsenal beat Portsmouth at Fratton Park to progress in the FA Cup. Portsmouth took an early lead through Colby Bishop, but Andre Dozzell bundled in from an Eberechi Eze corner to draw the Championship side level. Martinelli’s treble included two headers

Culture

Chloé Zhao's Hamnet takes Best Motion Picture — Drama at 2026 Golden Globes

Collider reports Hamnet has won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture — Drama at the 2026 Golden Globes, taking one of the night’s biggest awards after a season where the category never fully settled around a single frontrunner. The nominees represented six very different approaches to serious filmmaking. Hamnet

Sports

Reynolds pockets Racecourse turf after Wrexham's FA Cup win over Forest

According to Goal, Ryan Reynolds was seen picking grass from the Racecourse Ground pitch before Wrexham’s third-round FA Cup victory over Nottingham Forest, taking a piece of turf home as a memento ahead of the match that was ultimately decided on penalties. Deadpool star Reynolds, a regular in North

Culture

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet wins Golden Globe for best drama

“Hamnet” won the Golden Globe for best motion picture, drama, a victory that the Times said could improve the film’s chances heading into the Oscars in March. The film was directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O’Farrell, adapting O’Farrell’s prizewinning novel. Jessie

Health

Jirdes Winther Baxter, Last Known Survivor of Nome Diphtheria Outbreak, Dies at 101

Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last known survivor of a 1925 diphtheria epidemic in Nome, Alaska, died in Juneau on Jan. 5. She was 101, and her death in a hospital was confirmed by her son, Fred J. Baxter. The 1925 outbreak prompted a nearly 700-mile sled dog relay to deliver

Culture

Indy the dog wins Astra Award for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller

Movieweb reports that Indy, the canine star of the horror film Good Boy, won the Astra Award for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller at the 9th Annual Astra Awards held on January 10. Indy had made history in November as the first animal nominated in a major awards

Culture

Emma Stone shows midriff in Louis Vuitton at 2026 Golden Globes

People reports that Emma Stone, nominated for Bugonia, arrived at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 11 for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards wearing a butter-yellow Louis Vuitton two-piece that exposed her midriff and belly button. The 37-year-old's outfit paired a sleeveless tank top with a short hem and

Crypto

Monero reaches all-time high as privacy tokens and altcoins rally

Monero (XMR) reached an all-time high as privacy tokens and a range of altcoins rallied. XMR, ZEC, SOL and other alts were cited as rising while Bitcoin remained rangebound. The provided material does not specify what is driving the moves or how long the rally might continue. Key Topics Crypto,

Culture

Guardian Quick Crossword 17,374 page shows only 'Continue reading...'

The Guardian's Quick Crossword No 17,374 page, as supplied, contains only the phrase "Continue reading..." rather than the crossword content. The material provided for this item consists solely of that short prompt; no clues, grid, answers or additional text were included in the supplied content.

Culture

Golden Globes 2026: Hamnet and One Battle After Another among top winners

Independent.co reports Timothée Chalamet thanked Kylie Jenner again after his first major win of the awards season, as Hamnet won the Golden Globe for Best Picture – Drama and One Battle After Another won Best Picture – Musical or Comedy. Paul Thomas Anderson secured Golden Globes for Best Director and Best

Culture

Golden Globes 2026 adds podcasting; HFPA honors Mirren and Parker

Time reported that the 83rd annual Golden Globes kicked off the 2026 awards season, with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association adding podcasting as a new category and staging a separate "Golden Eve" ceremony that honored Helen Mirren with the Cecil B. DeMille award and Sarah Jessica Parker with

Crypto

Crypto YouTube viewership drops to January 2021 lows amid fading retail interest

Viewership of crypto content on YouTube has fallen to its lowest level since January 2021 after a sharp retreat over the past three months, according to a 30‑day moving average of views shared on Sunday by ITC Crypto founder Benjamin Cowen. Cowen said, "So it’s not just

Crypto

China alleges US stole 127,271 Bitcoin from Chen Zhi in 2020

Beincrypto reports that China says US government hackers stole 127,271 Bitcoin from accused scam kingpin Chen Zhi in 2020 and later presented the funds as a law-enforcement seizure. According to Chinese state media and a technical report by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC), Chen’s Bitcoin-mining

Culture

‘One Battle After Another’ wins best comedy at Golden Globes; ‘The Pitt’ takes best drama

The Golden Globes honored Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another with the award for best motion picture, musical or comedy, while HBO Max’s The Pitt won best television drama; lead acting prizes went to performers from Hacks and The Pitt. The film also picked up awards for

Culture

Wagner Moura wins Golden Globe for Best Actor – Drama for The Secret Agent

Collider reports Wagner Moura has won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. He took the prize for a controlled, psychologically precise performance in The Secret Agent. The category brought together very different contenders, including Dwayne Johnson for The Smashing Machine; Jeremy

Health

Three die and dozens poisoned after wild mushroom consumption in California

Three people in California have died and more than two dozen others have been poisoned after consuming wild mushrooms, officials said, prompting state health authorities to discourage foraging. A Sonoma County resident died last weekend after eating wild mushrooms, the county’s Department of Health Services said. Sonoma County reported

Sports

Fletcher suggests he will not keep Man United interim role after FA Cup exit

Darren Fletcher has hinted he will not be given the Manchester United job for the remainder of the season after his side were knocked out of the FA Cup, Goal reports. Fletcher has failed to win either of his games since being named interim boss following Ruben Amorim's

Culture

Netflix advances two more Emily Henry adaptations, picking up Funny Story and Happy Place

Movieweb reports Netflix has moved forward with two more feature films based on Emily Henry novels, acquiring the film rights to Funny Story and converting the previously announced Happy Place from a planned television series into a feature; the deal was made on Jan. 8, 2026. People We Meet on

Crypto

OKX overhauls institutional unit; about one-third of sales team exits

Crypto exchange OKX has overhauled its institutional business as part of a broader restructuring, with approximately one-third of its sales team exiting, according to one source. The change was described by the source as an overhaul of the institutional unit linked to the wider restructuring effort. The estimate is approximate