Culture

Warner Bros.' Century-Long Tradition of Politically Charged Films

With Sinners and One Battle After Another together earning 30 Oscar nominations and 11 wins, Warner Bros. has again shown that, after 103 years, it still pursues politically charged and timely filmmaking. The studio’s place in the conversation about cinema and public life was underscored during the Oscars, where

Culture

'Edge of Tomorrow' Meets 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' in Redux Redux

Redux Redux, a critically acclaimed sci‑fi movie that premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival last year and received a limited release in February, has dropped on streaming and quickly found an audience on HBO Max. It sits at a near‑perfect 97% score on the aggregator website

Sports

'I didn't kill him' — Rudiger rejects claims over knee on Diego Rico

Real Madrid defender Antonio Rudiger has addressed the fallout from his collision with Diego Rico during the 1-0 defeat to Getafe, after appearing to drive his knee into the grounded Getafe player's face and drawing calls for a lengthy suspension. Speaking ahead of Real Madrid's Champions

Politics

Netflix co-CEO urged Trump to skip movie tariffs, prefers tax incentives

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he urged President Donald Trump not to impose tariffs on foreign-made films and television, arguing tax incentives are a better way to boost US production. "He has brought up tariffs for the movie and television industry many times, and I've hopefully talked

Culture

Kelly Clarkson Missed The Voice Battle Rehearsals; Jennifer Hudson Stepped In

After winning the powerful Super Steal following The Voice: Battle of Champions' all-new Triple Turn Competition, Kelly Clarkson entered the Battles with a key advantage over fellow coaches John Legend and Adam Levine. On the March 16 episode she said she could not attend rehearsals but was excited to

Politics

Regional NSW council abandons plan to stop flying Aboriginal flag

A regional New South Wales council has abandoned a controversial plan to ban the display of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags after receiving almost 700 submissions criticising the idea. Because of council procedure, the flags were removed anyway — at least temporarily. The Federation Council stretches from Corowa on the

Culture

'Road House' Remake Lands New Free Streaming Home This Month

The divisive remake of an '80s action classic arrives on free streaming this month, joining Tubi on Mar. 21, 2026 — exactly two years after its Prime Video debut on Mar. 21, 2024. Directed by Doug Liman, the film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an ex-UFC fighter who takes a job

Culture

R-Rated Horror Movies That Are 10/10, No Notes

These R-rated horror films line up premise, execution, performances, escalation, images, endings and aftertaste so cleanly that arguing against them starts to feel like arguing against gravity. They do more than deliver great scenes: they hold their nerve for the full runtime, knowing when to explain, when to withhold, when

Sports

Bayern appeal against Luis Diaz red card rejected despite referee admitting error

Bayern Munich failed to overturn Luis Diaz's red card after the winger was sent off for a perceived dive in the 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen, despite having earlier scored his side's only goal. Replays showed clear contact between Diaz and goalkeeper Janis Blaswich. Referee Christian

Business

Zelenskyy: Russia earned $10 billion in two weeks of the Iran war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia earned $10 billion in two weeks of the US‑Israeli war with Iran, roughly 10% of what Moscow has lost in the oil trade so far in 2026. He said Ukrainian intelligence showed global oil sanctions and Kyiv’s strikes on

Culture

John Legend's Daughter Told Him 'Good Boy' on The Voice

On The Voice: Battle of Champions, coaches John Legend, Kelly Clarkson and Adam Levine were evenly matched, and Legend had a secret weapon in the audience: his children Luna and Miles. Team Legend's AJ Robinson, 14, performed with braces and a cowboy hat and was described as '

Culture

Grant Morrison Defends Green Lantern After Lindelof's 'Stupid' Comment

The trailer for Lanterns reignited debate among comic fans after it downplayed many characters' cosmic elements in favor of a tone evoking True Detective. The conversation intensified when Damon Lindelof told the Lovett or Leave It podcast, "It's called Lanterns because we all agreed that the

Culture

Crossword editor’s desk: The joy of The Goodies and a setter’s deviation

Sometimes our puzzles have themes; sometimes they don’t. One reader thanked Soup for a birthday compliment to Graeme Garden, saying it brought back joyous memories of The Goodies and of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. Julie Mottershead, Deal, Kent. Another solver flagged a Harpo clue: "

Culture

The Rookie Season 8 Lets Its Most Terrifying Villain Walk Free

Episode 11 sees the case against serial killer Liam Glasser collapse, leaving him back on the streets. Nyla Harper's misconduct and Ryan Dearbourne's shaky testimony force prosecutors into a plea offer Glasser ultimately rejects, and a staged confession by Harrison Novak—likely coached by Glasser or

Sports

16-year-old Leonard Prescott may make Bayern history; his stats are mixed

With Manuel Neuer, Jonas Urbig and Sven Ulreich sidelined, 16-year-old Leonard Prescott could make his competitive debut for Bayern Munich’s first team on Wednesday in the Champions League round of 16 second leg against Atalanta Bergamo. At 16 years and 176 days he would be four years younger than

AI

Nvidia wants to own your AI data center from end to end

Nvidia presented an image of 40 rectangle-shaped server racks at its GTC event, implying a single company could supply every layer of an AI data center. CEO Jensen Huang used the keynote to expand the company’s chip and system lineup, naming its Vera CPU and Rubin GPU families and

Business

Goldman Sachs: Companies are hiring less but making better matches

Hiring has slowed sharply across many advanced economies, yet Goldman Sachs says firms may be getting better at picking the right people. The bank's economists point to a decline in short-term job separations — workers leaving or losing jobs soon after being hired — as evidence that employers and employees

Culture

Clarkson's Super Steal kept Liv Ciara on Team Kelly

Throughout the Blind Auditions on The Voice: Battle of Champions, coaches Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine and John Legend competed not just for the best Artists but for the best track record getting those Artists. The coach who won the most Triple Chair Turns was awarded a Super Steal in the

Culture

Yorgos Lanthimos’s absurdist photographs of Greece

In the centre of Athens a new temple displays Yorgos Lanthimos’s personal photographs, taken as he wandered his home country. The images reveal his absurdist eye: a coffin propped against a wall beside a mop, horses with their heads chopped off by foregrounded trees, and a roadside memorial beneath

Culture

'Double Jeopardy' on Netflix: '90s Thriller Hits Streaming Charts

Paramount’s 1999 thriller Double Jeopardy has returned to viewers’ attention, climbing to fourth place on Netflix’s global charts for most popular films. It appears alongside recent streaming hits such as War Machine, Joker: Folie à Deux and Despicable Me 4. Ashley Judd stars as Libby Parsons, a mother

Culture

5 Steamy Thrillers to Watch If You Love The Housemaid

Paul Feig’s The Housemaid proved an unexpected box-office hit in 2025, released just before Christmas and grossing just shy of $400 million against a $35 million budget. Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar star in the adaptation of Freida McFadden’s novel about a pretty young ex-con who

Sports

Jonathan Tah briefly enters Leverkusen dressing room by mistake

Jonathan Tah caused a few laughs with a bizarre moment during FC Bayern Munich’s away match at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. After warming up, he apparently turned into the Werkself changing room out of old habit instead of going to the Bayern dressing room, then realised his mistake and ran

Tech

Nvidia's Jensen Huang pitches tokens as recruitment strategy

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang proposed using tokens as a hiring perk during his two-hour keynote at the GPU Technology Conference. He said engineers will soon be asking "how many tokens comes along with my job?" and suggested giving them tokens worth about half their base pay "so

Science

Gray Limestone Pavement Shapes Ireland’s Burren

Landsat imagery reveals a stretch of gray amid Ireland’s many greens: the Burren on the island’s west coast, where fossil-rich limestone forms a rocky, treeless terrain known as limestone pavement. That limestone was deposited about 325 million years ago in warm, shallow seas during the Carboniferous Period, when

Culture

Adam Levine Broke Into Song, Singing "I Don't Wanna Do It, I Quit!"

Adam Levine, an original coach on The Voice: Battle of Champions with three wins, was visibly distraught during the Battles premiere when he faced sending members of his team home and broke into song about how much the choices were "gonna suck." For his first Battle he paired