Culture

Happy's Place returns Jan. 30 — Reba McEntire leads Season 2 episode 'Silence Was Golden'

Happy's Place is back tonight, Jan. 30, 2026, on NBC with an all-new Season 2 episode. Episode 9, titled "Silence Was Golden," stars Reba McEntire as Bobbie and picks up the bar's mix of heart and humor. The week's logline reads: "

Culture

Bevan Cohen and Ryan Boesky married at Mar-a-Lago after childhood play dates

Bevan Alexis Cohen and Ryan Harris Boesky, who grew up together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and spent childhood play dates in Water Mill, N.Y., were married on Jan. 17 at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., the report says. The couple attended the Dalton School and

Culture

Ryan Seacrest’s slimmed-down look on Wheel of Fortune sparks fan worry

Ryan Seacrest, 51, drew concern after a clip from Wheel of Fortune’s Jan. 23 episode went viral on Instagram. In the footage he congratulated co-host Vanna White on her recent marriage to John Donaldson earlier this month. Fans reacted on social media, with one writing via X, "That’

Culture

Brett Ratner returns to directing with ‘Melania’ documentary

Brett Ratner has returned to the director’s chair with Melania, an authorized documentary about Melania Trump that was released widely on Friday and is the first film he has directed in nearly 12 years. Mrs. Trump is among the film’s producers, and the project was acquired by Amazon

Tech

Computer History Museum launches digital portal to browse its retro hardware online

The Computer History Museum has launched a digital portal so you can view its collection from home, the site reports via Hackaday. The museum is based near Mountain View, California, which the article notes can be quite a trek unless you live locally. The online collection is organised into curator

Culture

Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings shows faithfulness can trump accuracy

Polygon argues that 25 years after its debut, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings — back in theaters with overwhelming success — demonstrates that film adaptations need not be strictly accurate to the source to be faithful. The piece highlights a key change: in the movie’s Council of Elrond

Tech

Hard Fork: Tech grapples with ICE, Moltbot A.I. assistant and HatGPT

On Jan. 30, 2026, The New York Times podcast Hard Fork, hosted by technology columnist Kevin Roose, published an episode that examines recent tech news, including industry reactions to law-enforcement actions and new developments in A.I. The episode discusses the tech industry’s response to the killings by federal

Culture

Damon Lindelof to showrun HBO’s eight-episode thriller series The Chain

HBO has given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for Damon Lindelof’s adaptation of the suspense thriller The Chain, the network announced. The limited series is written and executive produced by Lindelof and is based on the New York Times bestselling book by Adrian McKinty. The novel’s achingly intriguing synopsis

World

16-Year-Old Found Dead in Blue Mountains After Teens Became Separated on Camping Trip

NSW Police said in a Jan. 30 press release that a 16-year-old boy was found dead in a creek in the Blue Gum Forest area of Blue Mountains National Park at about 1 p.m. on Jan. 29. The teen had been on a three-day camping trip with a 17-year-old

Business

Chevron, Exxon report lowest annual profits as Chevron highlights Venezuela potential

Chevron and Exxon Mobil reported their lowest annual profits in years on Jan. 30, 2026, and Chevron’s finance chief praised Venezuela’s oil assets as the companies prepared conference calls to discuss their 2025 results later that morning. Chevron’s chief financial officer, Eimear Bonner, said in an interview

Business

Whale Research: 2026 outlook — USD liquidity deteriorated, regionalisation reshapes allocations

Whale Research’s analysis for BeInCrypto says markets enter 2026 after an undercurrent-filled 2025, with USD liquidity deteriorating and a shift toward regionalisation already reshaping investor allocations. The report notes that three “defensive” Fed rate cuts and the end of quantitative tightening in late 2025 did not produce easy liquidity:

Politics

Trump selects Kevin M. Warsh as Federal Reserve chair nominee

President Trump selected Kevin M. Warsh on Jan. 30, 2026, to serve as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Warsh will replace Jerome H. Powell when Mr. Powell's term as chair ends in May. Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social praising

Culture

Ranking the 10 most realistic war epics — from Paths of Glory to Black Hawk Down

Collider ranks the 10 most realistic war epics, placing Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory at No. 1 and Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down at No. 10, and assessing how each film makes combat feel lived-in rather than staged. The piece argues a war epic feels realistic when it

Sports

Robin van Persie: son Shaqueel suffers serious knee injury in Seville

Robin van Persie said he was left heartbroken after his 19-year-old son Shaqueel suffered a serious knee injury during Feyenoord's Europa League defeat to Real Betis in Seville on Thursday night, being stretchered off just eight minutes after coming off the bench. Van Persie had introduced Shaqueel in

Politics

Trump calls slain Minneapolis nurse an ‘agitator’ after videos resurface

President Trump repeated claims against Alex Pretti, the nurse who was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis, calling him an “agitator” and possibly an “insurrectionist” in a Truth Social post early Friday after videos resurfaced showing a confrontation with agents 11 days before he was killed, the article said.

Culture

Parent of 8-year-old recalls 7-week Europe trip — 3 changes she'd make

A mother and her husband took their 8-year-old daughter on a seven-week trip through six European countries, starting in the Greek islands in early September and travelling slowly by train from Italy to Germany by the end of October. While they enjoyed many highlights, she says there are three things

Culture

David Brooks to Leave The New York Times After 22 Years

David Brooks, an Opinion columnist for The New York Times, wrote a farewell column published Jan. 30, 2026, saying he will leave the paper after 22 years to "try to build something new." Brooks reflected on his time at the paper and his background, saying he originally set

Tech

Microsoft: Windows 11 boot failures tied to failed December 2025 security update

Microsoft says a Windows 11 boot failure bug is linked to devices that failed to install the December 2025 security update and were left in an improper state, a condition that can trigger problems when installing the January 2026 update (KB5074109). PC Gamer previously reported users seeing an UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_

World

Venezuela congress approves hydrocarbons law to open oil sector to foreign investment

Venezuela’s congress has approved a hydrocarbons bill that opens the country’s oil sector to foreign private investment after pressure from the US, and acting president Delcy Rodríguez is expected to give her final approval to the bill imminently. The new hydrocarbons law promises to give private companies control

Culture

Jason Statham’s 'The Expendables' franchise — all 4 films land on Netflix Feb. 1

MovieWeb reports that all four films in the Expendables franchise will arrive on Netflix on Feb. 1, bringing Jason Statham’s early action work back to a single streaming home. The series kicked off with The Expendables in 2010, which opened Aug. 13 and debuted atop the U.S. box

Sports

Champions League playoff draw pairs Benfica with Real Madrid; Qarabag face Newcastle

The Champions League playoff draw in Nyon produced eight two-legged ties to be played over the midweeks of 17-18 and 24-25 February, including Benfica v Real Madrid and Qarabag v Newcastle, the Guardian live blog reported. The full pairings listed by the live blog were: Borussia Dortmund v Atalanta; Olympiakos

Culture

Pottery Barn outlet’s January deals: Pearl duvet $72, rug $1,919 off, up to 75% off

A shopping writer who regularly browses Pottery Barn’s little-known outlet on the brand’s site says January’s sale features deep discounts across furniture and décor, with markdowns up to 75% off. Highlighted outlet finds include the Camden Nightstand for $320 (orig. $799), the Hampton All-Weather Wicker Swivel Lounge

World

Syria and Kurdish-led militia reach deal to integrate forces

On Jan. 30, 2026, Syria’s government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces reached a comprehensive agreement to integrate Kurdish forces into the Syrian military, according to Kurdish officials and Syrian state media. The agreement calls for the formation of a Syrian military division made up of three brigades from

Crypto

Worldcoin (WLD) plunges 21% as funding rates flip negative; traders profit

Worldcoin (WLD) fell about 21% over the past 24 hours amid a market-wide sell-off, trading near $0.46 and holding above the $0.44 support level, BeInCrypto reported. The report said the token’s brief rally failed to break a month-long downtrend, and some traders who had positioned defensively were

Culture

Liam Neeson’s 2022 spy thriller Blacklight tops Tubi charts after flop

Liam Neeson’s 2022 spy thriller Blacklight has become a streaming hit on the free service Tubi, landing among the most-watched movies on the domestic Tubi charts this week and claiming the number one spot several days in a row, according to FlixPatrol. Blacklight was originally released in 2022 and